Photography: Pisang Goreng

Image of the day: Pisang goreng (Fried banana) crumbs at the Tanjong Pagar Railway station. One of the most favorite snacks of Singapore at the old Singapore-Malaysia railway station. After the closure of...

[infographic] Startup Weekend Alexandria Entrepreneurs

The Entrepreneurs of Startup Weekend Alexandria - Who are they? What they think? and What they worked on?

Doing Business in Smaller Cities

This is the first article of a new series on business growth. In this series which I have titled “Why start from neutral, when you can start from an advantage” I will be highlighting what's great about running and starting up a business, "Of course, from an...

Iceland volcano ash closes airspace in northern Germany

Germany has grounded air traffic in and out of Bremen and Hamburg airports in the north of the country, because of the spread of volcanic ash from an eruption in Iceland. The European air control agency, Eurocontrol has warned that parts of Denmark and southern Norway and...

Startup Weekend Cairo Wrap-Up

Hello all my fellow reader! I'm sorry for not being able to write for soooooo long…its juts that I did TOO much in the past few days. The American University in Cairo hosted the first ever Startup Weekend Cairo, which kicked off this last Thursday, meticulously organized by...

Apple Slammed over iPhone and iPad Location Tracking

"Privacy watchdogs are demanding answers from Apple Inc. about why iPhones and iPads are secretly collecting location data on users — records that cellular service providers routinely keep but require a court order to disgorge. It’s not clear if other smartphones and...

ArabNet Shift: The Biggest Digital Gathering in the Middle East

ArabNet 2011 is here, providing entrepreneurs with the best opportunity to get exposure for their ideas and startups!If you don’t know what ArabNet is, it’s the leading conference for the Arab web/mobile industry, and brings together all the major players in the digital...

CNN: The 10 biggest tech 'fails' of 2010

" In 2010, we saw social networking skyrocket in popularity. We embraced a new category of tablet computer. And we rushed to new gaming systems that let us play video games without a controller. But in the technology world, not all valleys are made of silicon. While the highs...

Galaxies in Turmoil: Sources of Power in The Depths of Space

In recent years astronomers have realized that some of the billions of galaxies scattered through space-a few in every hundred-are in violent turmoil at their cores. Huge quantities of light, heat radiation, radio waves, and X-rays pour out from the centers of these active...

Geekfest Cairo 1.0

I’m pleased to announce the first CC licensed event in Egypt, GeekFest Cairo. Geekfest Cairo will provide a platform for Egypt’s techies, creative professionals and entrepreneurs to speak to an energized...

Great uses for your Cell Phone!

Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it: FIRSTEmergencyThe Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find Yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is...

Political take over of Citizen Journalism

In the world of politics, citizen journalism on the internet has become to look very dangerous, in its context and ability to attack political indoctrination and propaganda. The normal news media can be...

Brett Favre Madden 10 Update on Aug. 19: Favre Gets 82 Rating

Now that Brett Favre has signed with the Minnesota Vikings, the real question on a lot of people's mind is: when will Favre be available on EA's Madden 10 and what will his rating be? Well, it didn't take long for...

Through-the-Wall Surveillance Technology - Part 1

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.“ - Galileo Galilei How do you feel about your right to privacy? Suppose your neighbor possessed technology capable of remotely recording detailed images of...

Layoff 2009: An Ex-Yahoo's Survival Guide

Part One: Suddenly a Statistic So it's 2009 and you've just spent the past 15 years or so either working, going to school (partying), or pursuing your chosen profession. You were one of the most experienced guys in...

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