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Where are the gaps in the digital Arabic content sector? [Infographic]

In the past several years, the MENA region has witnessed a rapid growth of internet and smartphone penetration - and these trends are...

Taghreedat DAC Digital Arabic Content

Regional

Digital Arabic Content: an industry brief [WRL report]

In the past few years, the MENA region has witnessed a rapid growth of internet and smartphone penetration - and these trends are projected...

Taghreedat DAC Digital Arabic Content

U.A.E

A forum for Android lovers, Droidcon comes to Dubai

Droidcon Dubai 2015. (Images via Facebook) "A 17-hour flight is how long it took for some of the event speakers to come...

Dubai Smart City initiative Alljoyn Groupon

Egypt

YouTube, the ultimate tool for Arab startups?

Despite being around for more than a decade now, the video sharing network YouTube seems to have become a popular model for startups...

tarayah Partners YouTube

Global

Could Google's Quality Score make or break your startup?

Yesterday I wrote about what a Quality Score was and how it was measured; today I’m going to tell you about how you can improve it and let y...

quality score Google

Global

A quick, current, and crucial guide to Google’s Quality Score

Whether you’re brand new to pay-per-click marketing with AdWords, or you’ve been at it for ages, you’ve probably heard others harp on the im...

quality score Google

AstroLabs+Google announce plans for Dubai coworking space

At San Francisco’s TechCrunch Disrupt conference this week, the entrepreneurship platform AstroLabs announced their collaboration ...

tech communities MENA Dubai

Women-led startups in Google's #40Forward network have raised $20M USD this year

In March, Google for Entrepreneurs launched a campaign called #40Forward, to provide program assistance and $1 million USD in aggregate...

#40Forward google for entrepreneurs Google

Google's top 10 all-time acquisitions

Heard of it? Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998, offering their soon-to-be famous search engine to the world of the...

acquisition Google

Can you build a startup solely based on Google APIs?

Some Egyptian startups have offices on world-famous Tahrir Square, while their Dubai-based cousins work from fancy accelerators. But...

CRM Algérie Google

Announcing the Mix N' Mentor Competition Cairo edition finalist

We’re excited to reveal today the name of the first Mix N’ Mentor finalist from Cairo: Codly, a software development company. Watch their s...

Mix n Mentor Google

China's largest search engine takes on Google in Egypt

The digital media scene – especially that in the Arab region – seems to be an appealing market for competition between China and the U.S., ...

Baidu china Egypt

Startup news ticker: Google brings Android to cars; new platform for teachers and students

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

morocco Jordan Google

What You Look Like to a Social Network [Infographic]

Facebook makes a lot of us feel warm and fuzzy; if commenting on ‘life event’ photos and smugly stalking friends and family halfway around ...

privacy tumblr twitter

The Middle East's most-searched terms of 2013, from Google Zeitgeist

Never has watching an organization pat itself on the back been more fun than Google Zeitgeist. The search engine that has become a part of...

middle east search search terms

5 tips for getting your content on Google's In-Depth Articles search result

Whenever Google introduces a new feature to search results, smart businesses will sit up and take note of the new opportunities they might...

in-depth articles SEO Google

Why e-commerce site Namshi stopped using 'Sukar' as a keyword

In an e-commerce sector that is increasingly competitive in the Middle East, online retailers of all sizes are seeking to enrich their...

sukar Namshi Google

GDG Dubai's dbcon

In collaboration with MongoBD and Nabbesh, Google Developers Group (GDG) Dubai is hosting dbcon on November 23rd, offering technical and...

Google

10 lessons for building a startup from the Google for Entrepreneurs Partners Summit

Two weeks ago, Muhammed Mekki and I participated – as AstroLabs – in the first Google for Entrepreneurs Partners summit, a two da...

silicon valley Advice Google

6 surprising facts about the future of the internet

Google is dominating the internet, Business Insider Intelligence reveals in a new presentation on 'The Future of Digital.' While the search...

Internet growth Data Google

5 tips for building the perfect startup pitch, at Google Zurich

A week ago, I ventured off on a special roadtrip: StartupBus Europe, a trans-European 3 day-long hackathon on wheels. In the...

hackathon Startupbus Pitching

Google launches Helpouts, a real-time how-to video platform over Hangout

Global

Thought Leadership

Where are the gaps in the digital Arabic content sector? [Infographic]

Digital Arabic Content: an industry brief [WRL report]

A forum for Android lovers, Droidcon comes to Dubai

YouTube, the ultimate tool for Arab startups?

Could Google's Quality Score make or break your startup?

A quick, current, and crucial guide to Google’s Quality Score

AstroLabs+Google announce plans for Dubai coworking space

Women-led startups in Google's #40Forward network have raised $20M USD this year

Google's top 10 all-time acquisitions

Can you build a startup solely based on Google APIs?

Announcing the Mix N' Mentor Competition Cairo edition finalist

China's largest search engine takes on Google in Egypt

Startup news ticker: Google brings Android to cars; new platform for teachers and students

What You Look Like to a Social Network [Infographic]

The Middle East's most-searched terms of 2013, from Google Zeitgeist

5 tips for getting your content on Google's In-Depth Articles search result

Why e-commerce site Namshi stopped using 'Sukar' as a keyword

GDG Dubai's dbcon

10 lessons for building a startup from the Google for Entrepreneurs Partners Summit

6 surprising facts about the future of the internet

5 tips for building the perfect startup pitch, at Google Zurich

Google launches Helpouts, a real-time how-to video platform over Hangout

Google for Entrepreneurs & Community Outreach Meetup in Dubai

Egyptian startup Instabug chosen as a finalist in The Next Web's USA Mobile Rally

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