If you grew up in the Middle East, whatever your age, you probably know Majid magazine, the most circulated Arab children magazine. Kaslan Jidan, Amouna Al Mazyouna, Mickey the Monkey, Moza and Rashoud were likely your childhood friends on paper. Well, Majid is still thriving and attracting new readers – and bringing back the old ones - in creative ways, including the use of augmented reality.
Today, June 30, is social media day! It’s a day to celebrate the revolution of media becoming social. Celebrate by sharing your thoughts on how social media has changed your life!
Some exciting news last week, as Google announced that it is opening its trial Google Voice service to those in the United States at this point. Google Voice’s move from testing to full deployment hopefully means that in the future there will be an international version (maybe wishful thinking).
Lots of users are excited about the prospect of Google jumping into the television market but some are still a bit confused about what Google TV actually will be. Google just released a nice short video that gives you a good understanding of what your Google TV experience will be. (watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS0la9SmqWA&feature=player_embedded)
Two years before Twitter exploded onto the scene, a young Arab entrepreneur had a dream: an Arabic website that uses micro-blogging to connect Arab users, blending the personal features of blogging with the easy access features of SMS to extend online relationships further.
After weathering a storm of criticism on their privacy policies, Facebook last week announced that they would introduce simpler privacy controls and settings. Users who logged into their Facebook accounts were greeted by a notification that the changes were now live and that they could now “control what I share.”
Al Jazeera Network is hosting its first UnPlugged Forum on May 22, 2010 at the Sheraton Hotel & Resort, Doha. The forum's theme is "Real Time Media: The Power of Now".
Do you mind if people take the song you created and mix it? Does it matter if someone takes your blog post and puts it on their website? Some people believe anything online is free and fair game to use as they please. But for most people that are creating original digital works, they want some sort of protection or rights.
To help parents and teacher keep children safe online, ictQATAR launched www.SafeSpace.qa, a website filled with valuable information and resources on cyber safety.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that Qatar has received approval to have its internet domains written in Arabic, one of the first countries in the world to receive approval to use non-Latin language scripts in domain names.