December 2011
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Dec 10th
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Best 10 News Reader iPad Apps
The App Store is now full of news reader apps - or digital personalized magazines - aggregating and presenting news in an interactive way on iPad, my favorite 10 - sorted: Reeder [$4.99] (Not a magazine, but still the best Google Reader app since 2010) Flipboard [Free] (Best social integration, many sources and most intuitive UI) Zite [Free] (Best recommended news) Google Currents [Free] (Nice...
Dec 9th
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November 2011
3 posts
Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
“I hate it when people call themselves ‘entrepreneurs’ when what they’re really...”
– Steve Jobs
Nov 4th
September 2011
3 posts
Local Group Buying Sites & Aggregators
As I always lose count of local & regional group buying sites operating in Egypt, I have decided to put them all together into 3 lists*: group buying sites, offers and aggregators: Group Buying: Cobone Dare’n’Deal Dealwaty El7a2 GoNabit HalaDeals Offerna Daily Offers & Discounts: Logta Souq.com Waffar Aggregators: edealo Farafeero Offeratak OffersMap ElDealz -...
Sep 30th
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How to Restore an Expired iOS 5 Beta
As usual, I was too lazy to update my iOS 5 Beta to the new release and iOS Beta 6 was expired today, so I should download Beta 7 Update to my computer, restore my iPhone to factory settings and install the update. For some reason, I lost all the backup files on my computer, so I was in risk of losing all data on my iPhone forever.. However, I managed to update it to iOS 5 Beta 7 and keep the...
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August 2011
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Aug 23rd
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April 2011
1 post
Apr 11th
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February 2011
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Feb 18th
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January 2011
1 post
Jan 16th
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December 2010
4 posts
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My Favorite 2010 Apps List
2Do (iPhone & iPad) Adobe Ideas (iPad) Angry Birds HD  (iPad) AppShopper (iPad) Birdbrain (iPhone) Calcbot (iPhone & iPad) ContactCars (iPhone) Cut the Rope HD (iPad) Dictionary (iPhone & iPad) Dropbox (iPhone & iPad) Evernote (iPhone & iPad) Facebook (iPhone) Flipboard (iPad) GoodReader (iPad) Gowalla (iPhone) IMDb (iPad) Instagram (iPhone) iStudiez...
Dec 31st
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Dec 15th
A Mobile App Story
All people in mobile apps market are judging it from a web goggles.. No, it’s different, totally different.. The main 3 differences: you don’t have this space of creativity to design an app on your own, you are limited with OS, hardware and guidelines.. you don’t have all the control over an app that user installs on his phone like any website, because it’s a (released)...
Dec 11th
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Dec 4th
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November 2010
4 posts
“الإنسان لا يكون له اصدقاء بالفعل خارج بلده، لا يكون الإنسان هو نفسه خارج بلده...”
– بهاء طاهر - في حديقة غير عادية (قصة قصيرة)
Nov 13th
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Nov 8th
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Nov 6th
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How to get robbed by TE Data Egypt (Again)
I have recently canceled my TE Data subscription, why I did that? No stable Internet connectivity They have suspended my account for not paying L.E 10 for extra usage No one notified me that they will suspend the subscription.. by email, phone call or even SMS They have suspended it for extra usage although I have unlimited account The extra usage was for the period I had limited account,...
Nov 5th
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August 2010
1 post
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Aug 4th
July 2010
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محطة مصر
كل ما ازور محطة مصر بحّس بالآتي: القذارة ان مفيش مدينة في مصر غير القاهرة ان أنا في مصنع مواتير من صوت القطارات الكآبة ان أنا هتضرب على قفايا من موظفين شباك التذاكر الحرامية بالأصالة في تمسكنا بالـ DOS في نظام حجز التذاكر ان اننا شعب جلياط في التعامل مع بعضه ريحة الحمام تقرف مع انه بربع جنيه لازم يحصل ثورة فيلم في شقة مصر الجديدة التراب القاهرة متحاصرة بالكباري فيه حد هيسرق الشنطة من...
Jul 13th
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May 2010
6 posts
3 tags
WatchWatch
iPad Shopping Mock Up
May 22nd
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May 13th
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May 7th
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May 6th
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Do I need an iPad?
  Do I really need an iPad? I am not a big fan of first iteration products (considering the major differences between iPhone 2G & iPhone 3G), but I tried keeping a list of digital activities I do daily, and see which of my Apple gadgets fits where.. here we go: Phone calls: iPhone! Find a place on the move: iPhone Skype at home & work: iPad Social networks: iPhone & iPad Push...
May 3rd
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May 1st
April 2010
5 posts
Too many data plans!
Getting up today, I discovered I am really cluttered with data plans.. Monthly:  TEData DSL at cairo home (2GB) (FUP up to 10GB) L.E 45 90 TEData DSL at Alex home (6GB) L.E 90 Mobinil mobile data plan (120 MB) L.E 20 Vodafone VPN line mobile Internet (3 MB per day x 30) L.E 30 Vodafone USB Modem (500 MB) L.E 59 Total:  8.7 GB for L.E 244 289  - WHAT THE HELL?!
Apr 29th
Sarmady launches NBA in Arabic
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Sarmady, Vodafone Egypt’s digital arm, announced today the launch of NBA.com/arabic, the first-ever Arabic language NBA website for basketball fans in the Middle East and North Africa.  The news in media: NBA site Sarmady site ArabCrunch msn Arabia MediaME FilGoal FilFan ContactCars Tech-WD AME Info * Will keep the list updated
Apr 28th
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Apr 16th
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Apr 1st
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March 2010
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Opera counts for Opera Mini for iPhone submission... →
Opera is playing it dirty or what?
Mar 23rd
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Mar 21st
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Mar 19th
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Tech Bel3arabi
Now there is a big number of websites covering tech news in Arabic, I have been following them lately, and most of them are doing good job: Sawlif - General tech & gadgets news (GadgetsArabia.com has been merged into it) Tech World - General Tech & gadgets News Electrony - General tech & gadgets news Teedoz - General tech news Arabic Crunch - General tech, social Media &...
Mar 16th
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WatchWatch
Skype for Symbian
Mar 14th
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Mar 5th
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What Gowalla is missing
I am a loyal Gowalla user in Egypt and they are sending me a package of swag for being so! But I think it is still missing couple of vital features to rock more: Check-in comments, so people can ask others about their experience on the spot live. Photo uploads at spot. Ability to search for a place by text through app. Ability to modify (or request to modify) spot location or data through app,...
Mar 3rd
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Sarmady recruiting mobile developers
Sarmady (a Vodafone Company) is currently building a team of mobile apps developers, they will be responsible for building different types of mobile apps, the type of apps that serve Egyptians needs, like Sarmady products have always did. Since 2001, Sarmady has been dominating the digital world in Egypt by producing and distributing finest digital content through websites accessed by millions,...
Mar 3rd
February 2010
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Feb 22nd
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Gartner Says Consumers Will Spend $6.2 Billion in... →
Feb 21st
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10 iPhone apps of choice
Apps I can’t live without for a single day: Twitterrific Facebook MoneyBook 2Do Gowalla Apps I don’t use on daily basis, but they just do the perfect job whenever I need them: Evernote Shazam Dropbox Dictionary tumblr
Feb 21st
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Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 6th