December 2011
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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...
November 2011
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I hate it when people call themselves ‘entrepreneurs’ when what they’re really...
– Steve Jobs
September 2011
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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 -...
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...
August 2011
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April 2011
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February 2011
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January 2011
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December 2010
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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...
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)...
November 2010
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الإنسان لا يكون له اصدقاء بالفعل خارج بلده، لا يكون الإنسان هو نفسه خارج بلده...
– بهاء طاهر - في حديقة غير عادية (قصة قصيرة)
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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,...
August 2010
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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...
May 2010
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iPad Shopping Mock Up
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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...
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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?!
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
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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?
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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 &...
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Skype for Symbian
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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,...
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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,...
February 2010
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Gartner Says Consumers Will Spend $6.2 Billion in... →
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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
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