AmmanTT
Tomorrow I will be missing the first #AmmanTT event that will be held in Amman as the beginning of a new platform for the tech-community by the tech-community. Amman Tech Tuesdays will bring engineers, business people, experts, investors, marketers, entrepreneurs, students and regular enthusiasts from the technology community together on the first Tuesday of every month in a casual but structured setting. The main goal behind the program is to organically fortify and interweave ties in Amman to further our position as the region’s new Tech Hub. Read the full post...
ArabNet Pre-conference Workshop
Couple of hours ago we were at Al-Hasan Science City (the campus that hosts QRCE) interacting and working together to explain the idea behind the first international conference for the Arab web industry; ArabNet 2010.
The workshop started with an introduction about the conference by Mohamad Khawaja (QRCE) and Ayman Azzeh (YEA), the introduction also included some stories on entrepreneurship in the Arab world. We were 9 in the hall when it started, then people started to join until we reached 14 people who introduced themselves in front of everyone. Read the full post...
Highly anticipated and finally here is the first international conference for the Arab internet industry: IBAG, International Business Alliance Group, presents ArabNet 2010: Trends and Opportunities in Arab Web Business. The conference will be held in Beirut on March 25-26, 2010 with the support of Endeavor Jordan, the Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship, the Syrian Young Entrepreneurs Association and YallaStartup!.
ArabNet
ArabNet is bringing together the internet community to network and help launch the hottest startups from across the region – that means you! Top investors, internet executives and leaders from Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, AdMob and Intel will adress subjects that are critical to the Arab Web Industry including: e-commerce, gaming, mobile, content, online advertising, social networking, new media, and start-up fundraising. Read the full post...
Hello people, I have an update for you; couple of days ago we announced the Ideation Labs with four ideators. Today we are welcoming Mohamad Khawaja, the Executive Director of the Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE), as a new Ideator joining our team.
Stay tuned for what’s coming next 
MacBook Pro Charger
My MacBook Pro charger stopped working suddenly 2 days ago, definitely I wouldn’t stay without a charger at all as I do my work on my Mac! I called a friend of mine who used to work at iSystem and asked him if they can fix the charger and how much does it cost to get a new one.
Apparently the charger issue is a hopeless case, it can’t be fixed so I had no option but buying a new one which cost 120JD. Before going further with that step I took a charger from a friend of mine so I can proceed with my work until I get a new one. Read the full post...
Finally, Arabic domain names.
Years ago, when I used to read a couple of local and regional computer magazines, they used to mentioned something about the future of the internet and if we will be able to use Arabic domain names instead of the English ones.
According to the BBC News, the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) board yesterday voted to allow non-Latin domain names; such as Arabic and Chinese.
The first Arabic or any other non-Latin domain name, or what they call Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), will be available within 9 month from now!
Few days ago Amer (my friend) asked me to check Jordan Festival website, I forgot about it and today after seeing the ads on the streets I decided to go there and check the schedule of the festival in order to see if there are any interesting events that I would like to attend.
What happened when I used Firefox to open the website? Let the picture tell you:
Apparently the company that developed the website is called IT Imagine and their hosting servers are extremely black listed. What’s going on IT Imagine?! Read the full post...
Mais Gousous recieving the shield at the parade
Akhtaboot – The Career Network has been honored by Her Royal Highness Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan during the opening ceremony of the Second Annual National Technology Parade (2009), which was held at the Princess Sumaya University for Technology campus on May 11th and 12th, 2009.
The steering committee of the Second Annual National Technology Parade recognized Akhtaboot, alongside a number of local and international companies, for its commitment and contributions to shaping the Job market in Jordan while providing job seekers and fresh graduates with thousands of job opportunities each year. Read the full post...
