Archive for April, 2008
Update 2: Released! - Update on Fouad Al-Farhan: His blog goes down along with him
Update 2: Prominent Saudi blogger Fouad Alfarhan was freed today. He is back home in Jeddah after 137 days in custody. Alfarhan was arrested on 10 December 2007 for unspecified “violation of non-security regulations.” ~ Global Voices
I did post something about Fouad Al-Farhan few months ago in regards of his arrest and how the Western press pressured The [...]
Photography and I
Adrift
Originally uploaded by champy1013
Thanks to Abdu, he got me hooked into photography and here I am exploring flickr pictures.
I just came across this photo which I think is fantastic… Now, the question is, where can I grab such a thing in Qatar? Abdu claims that [...]
China Internet Population surges - passes US users
Need another reason why US firms still try to jump into China-wagon despite the discrimination and law-issues they face with the Chinese Gov’t? Well, here it is:
According to the Beijing-based research firm BDA (in China) the new stats for internet users in China just jumped over 220 million users. yep! that is right… so with [...]
Google Developer Courses: How to make a gadget
If you are into development and kinda addicted to Google API to expand your distribution or your app infrastructure, but not sure how to or where to start from. Then I recommend to subscribe to "Google Developer Courses" youtube feed.
Google team has this great video tutorials on how to build things and they keep coming [...]
Twitter: my tools
Definitely many conversations are moving towards twitter land (10 Downing Street moving there). Twitter is extensible, and many developers are creating tools around the simple data being exported for a variety of unique applications.
Now, if the twitter usage is for personal, corporate use, or to manage the brand of a client, then you’ll need certain [...]
Morad Rayyan is IT professional specialized in New Media development and has special interest in networking "routing" as well as programming.
