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May 3, 2010

Dr. Fayyad speaks at Amman Tech Tuesdays (#AmmanTT) First Event

Filed under: Events, Technology — Tags: , , — Kamel Al-Asmar @ 3:30 pm
AmmanTT

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.

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March 4, 2010

QRCE hosts the first ArabNet pre-conference workshop

Filed under: Events, Technology — Tags: , , , — Kamel Al-Asmar @ 12:40 am
ArabNet Pre-conference Workshop

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.

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January 13, 2010

Nurturing the Internet Ecosystem in the MENA

Filed under: Events, Technology — Tags: , , — Kamel Al-Asmar @ 11:28 am

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!.

final arabnet logo

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.

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January 7, 2010

Mohamad Khawaja joins the Ideators!

Filed under: Technology — Tags: — Kamel Al-Asmar @ 7:16 pm

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 :)

December 1, 2009

Majd Shweikeh (Orange Mobile CEO) is helping us on Twitter!

Filed under: Life, Technology — Tags: , — Kamel Al-Asmar @ 9:54 pm

Few days ago I shared on this blog a story that happened between Aramex CEO (Fadi Ghandour) and one of my twitter friends while he was following up with her on Twitter about an issue that she was facing with Aramex. That was a good example of how Twitter became a new platform for customer service by getting in touch with the higher management of the corporates.

Few hours ago, apparently it was my turn to get into the same experience with Majd Shweikeh (@majd_shweikeh), Orange Mobile CEO, who apparently loves twitter and loves getting the feedback on her company’s performance from the tweeps around. I always see tweets coming in front of me between her and my friend Firas (@steitityeh).

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November 27, 2009

Aramex CEO takes care of his customers on Twitter

Filed under: Life, Technology — Tags: , — Kamel Al-Asmar @ 1:11 am

Are you on Twitter? Are you aware that Aramex as a corporate has its own presence there with, at least, the two accounts I’m following (@Aramex & @ShopnShip)? But what you might not know is that Aramex Founder & CEO, Fadi Ghandour (@fadig), is taking care of his customers on Twitter and following up with them on their issues.

Yesterday’s morning it was when I logged into Twitter from my iPhone to find one of the tweeps I’m following (@Zahia_) complaining about a problem she’s facing with Aramex people in USA:

Fadi Ghandour replying to Zahia Nasan on Twitter

Fadi Ghandour (Aramex Founder & CEO) replys to Zahia Nasan on Twitter

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November 4, 2009

41$ on Amazon and 120JD at iSystem!

Filed under: Technology — Tags: , , — Kamel Al-Asmar @ 12:26 pm
MacBook Pro Charger

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.

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October 31, 2009

Finally the ICANN approved the non-latin domain names

Filed under: Technology — Tags: , , — Kamel Al-Asmar @ 11:50 am
Finally, Arabic domain names.

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!

July 12, 2009

Jordan Festival Website (Reported Attack Site!)

Filed under: Events, Technology — Kamel Al-Asmar @ 11:40 pm

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:

Jordan Festival Website :)

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?!

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June 17, 2009

Princess Sumaya University for Technology Honors Akhtaboot – The Career Network at the Second Annual National Technology Parade 2009

Filed under: Events, Technology — Kamel Al-Asmar @ 11:19 am
Mais Gousous recieving the shield at the parade

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.

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