Archive for category: Features
Samer Marzouq / September 13, 2012 5:24 pm
The DV300F is a 16.1-Megapixel 5X-Zoom Dual-LCD Smart Camera from Samsung, the point-and-shot camera enables you to share your photos and videos to your social networks and smartphone, it also offers a lot of pre-defined filters as well as manual tuning capabilities, in addition to a photo editor on-board, have a look at the camera and some of its features [...]
Samer Marzouq / September 6, 2012 2:29 am
Back in July I was invited to tour Sky News Arabia studios in Abu Dhabi, to be quite honest I was really impressed by the equipment and facilities they have, although I’m a digital guy but I always thought that people who work in TV stations enjoy the best working environment, it’s very busy and vibrant, 24/7, it doesn’t turn [...]
Samer Marzouq / June 6, 2012 3:04 pm
With a rich agenda presented by an impressive lineup of speakers, Adobe introduced the all new Creative Suite 6 to the creative community in the UAE in an energetic event that was held earlier this week in Dubai, the Adobe D-Day attracted more than 600 delegates from designers to photographers and film makers to animators, gamers and web developers. The [...]
Samer Marzouq / June 5, 2012 6:46 pm
Pre-Revolution-Facebook was a male-dominated community consisting of 11 million, mostly 20-something-year-old, Arab users who preferred English over their native language and chose to be discreet about their relationship status. Back in March 2010, we created a report about Facebook in the Middle East, at that time the total number of users was 11.1 million, 54% of the users where between [...]
Samer Marzouq / June 3, 2012 11:46 am
On the other hand, 43% feel that their company’s social media strategy is ‘excellent’ Dubai, UAE, June 3, 2012: According to Bayt.com’s latest poll, “Corporate Usage of Social Media in the Middle East”, the majority of respondents (46.8%) believe that social media is not being used effectively by the region’s companies. Eight out of every ten respondents (81.6%) claim that [...]
Samer Marzouq / May 15, 2012 1:02 pm
Have you heard of the Google Art Project? It’s a fascinating project that takes you inside a variety of museums and art galleries around the world, 151 museums in 40 countries to be specific, some of these museums can be explored via the Street View, which makes you feel as if you actually in the museum. Google just announced the [...]
Samer Marzouq / April 30, 2012 3:20 pm
The fourth edition of the Arab Media Outlook (2011-2015) offers an overview of the current status, key trends and projections for the media sector in the region. Download the Launching Presentation of the Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015 ADVERTISING SPEND Several of the markets impacted by the recent political turmoil are rebuilding their media industry with a greater emphasis on freedom of [...]
Samer Marzouq / April 25, 2012 11:15 am
Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the 11th Arab Media Forum is set to take place between 8th and 9th of May 2012 at the Grand Hyatt in Dubai. For more details please visit ArabMediaForum.com Click here for the latest news about the [...]
Samer Marzouq / April 22, 2012 9:16 am
During a media hangout last week, video giant YouTube announced the launch of the local UAE domain youtube.co.ae and revealed some staggering numbers about the Middle East North Africa MENA region. This event is the second hangout that Google holds in Dubai, where the internet giant engage in direct conversation with UAE’s bloggers, as well as journalists. Matthew Glotzbach, YouTube [...]
Samer Marzouq / April 16, 2012 5:02 pm
When Google released their all new concept video for augmented reality glasses on April 4th, it caused a stir in the tech world and, of course, the effect was seen all over social media. The now infamous “Google Glasses” were developed by the Google X research group, who coded the trendy invention under the title “Project Glass”, providing the world [...]