What's the Secret to Building an Innovation Ecosystem? To build an innovation ecosystem out of nothing, it’s commonly believed there’s an unwritten recipe which goes something like this: first ta... Kia Davis • 14 August, 2012 Ecosystem Innovation
Building Out-of-the-Box Business Applications: Emad Ayyash Of What Is Next? [Wamda TV] Emad Ayyash, co-founder of “What is Next?”, speaks about the platform he created to help businesses build their own online applications wit... Maya Rahal • 14 August, 2012 Arabnet Mobile Apps
LivingSocial Rumored to Pull Out of the Middle East: Comment From Competitor On Regulation The National has reported today that global daily deals company LivingSocial is priming to sell its assets in the Middle East and shut down... Nina Curley • 13 August, 2012 Trends
Is Online Payment a Solved Issue? Part 5 [Wamda TV] In the 5th and final section of our payment gateway panel at CoE E-Commerce, Marten Waldenstrom discusses the fees that cashU takes as Dan... Nina Curley • 12 August, 2012 CoE E-Commerce Payment Gateways Cloud Computing
3 Lessons for Building a Popular Arabic Content Portal There’s no shortage of demand for Arabic content online today, but building a niche site that will captivate and consistently entertain a l... Nafez Dakkak • 12 August, 2012 Arabic Content Digital Media
Is Online Payment a Solved Issue? Part 4 [Wamda TV] In the 4th section of our payment gateway panel at CoE E-Commerce, moderator Dan Stuart of LivingSocial explains why building customer... Nina Curley • 09 August, 2012 CoE E-Commerce Payment Gateways E-commerce
Content Delivery & Digital Services-Middle East 2012 Capacity Conferences announced the dates for "Content Delivery & Digital Services-Middle East 2012" taking place on the 10 & 11... Wamda • 09 August, 2012 Digital Media Trends
Pursuing the Extraordinary: Curiosity Key to Innovation and Bold Leadership At first glance, the five men on the stage of the Al Ain Men's College auditorium had little in common: Former astronauts and soldiers,... Knowledge @Wharton • 09 August, 2012 Wharton
Launching a Citizen Journalism Application: Mark Malcon & Emile Khatar from Sign.al [Wamda TV] Mark Malcon and Emile Khatar speak about Sign.al, a citizen journalism application they built and developed since more than a year. Sign.al... Maya Rahal • 08 August, 2012 Arabnet Social Media
Pivoting into Social Game Development After Birdy Nam Nam: J.C. Hoelt of Gamabox [Wamda TV] J.C. Hoelt, one of the original co-creators of popular iPhone game Birdy Nam Nam, discusses the new mobile gaming studio, Gamabox, that he ... Nina Curley • 07 August, 2012 Arabnet Gaming
Building an Apartment Rental Site in Saudi Arabia: Hattan Ahmed of ArabRooms.com [Wamda TV] Hattan Ahmed of Arabrooms.com describes how his Jeddah-based company launched to provide economy lodging and furnished short-term lease... Wamda • 06 August, 2012 Arabnet
Is Online Payment a Solved Issue? Part 3 [Wamda TV] In the third segment of the first panel of our CoE E-Commerce event this June, Dan Stuart, the managing director of the Mideast for L... Nina Curley • 05 August, 2012 CoE E-Commerce Payment Gateways E-commerce
Trends in Gaming in the Middle East Market: Alex Tho Seeth, Formerly of Travian Games [Wamda TV] Alexander Tho Seeth of monetizer.com, a company that helps digital content companies enter the Middle East market, discusses why German... Nina Curley • 02 August, 2012 Gaming Mobile Gaming
A Look at Turkish E-Commerce Site Lidyana.com's $3M Investment from Ru-net [Wamda TV] As in almost all emerging economies, Turkey’s e-commerce market is presenting very attractive growth opportunities. In 2011, with a growth r... Gulay Ozkan • 02 August, 2012 E-commerce Investment
Moving On from Oil: Asia's Lessons in Adaptation and Innovation for the Middle East Gulf governments have put millions into cultivating innovation and trying to develop future economies not dependent on fossil fuels. In... Knowledge @Wharton • 02 August, 2012 Wharton
Interactive Cooking Recipes: Hala Labaki of Shahiya [Wamda TV] Hala Labaki, CEO and co-founder of Shahiya, explains at Arabnet 2012 the idea behind Shahiya, the platform providing interactive cooking... Maya Rahal • 01 August, 2012 Food & Beverage