Archive for April, 2008
Yep! Leopard is not that perfect yet!
I’ve been enjoying my macbook air a lot lately, specially on my travel to US. I’ve tried to convince my friend and colleague Abdu on getting macbook air instead of macbook pro but then he already had his mind set on mbp. And trust me, there is a huge weight difference between those two laptops.
So [...]
In response to Michael Arrington: I Saw The Future Of Social Networking The Other Day
My friend and colleague Riyaad Minty “Mobile guru” had a fit about Michael Arrington’s post “I Saw The Future of Social Networking The Other Day” on Techcrunch.com.
Here is a summary of what is happening:
Michael Arrington is suggesting:
Mobile applications cannot go mainstream due to tech limitations - browser based networks don’t leverage the power of the [...]
Quick Note: Al Jazeera Arabic Podcast goes live
I am not sure how many of my readers will be interested in this, since most of you guys are non-arabs, but here it goes:
We just launched the first Arabic news podcast in the world. And now you can subscribe (via RSS / iTunes) to Al Jazeera Arabic Podcasts (Video & Audio) on http://www.aljazeera.net/podcast/arabic
Also, if [...]
Charge your mobile on the go
Usually I don’t blog about things that are not related to the web-sphere but thought I should since I find this thing a brilliant and useful idea.
Well, I am just going to say this: You can juice your mobile phone (iPhone AND ipods) in 3 minutes at the Las Vegas Airport with this machine.
Cost: $3 dollar. not [...]
Amazon.com revives SMS with a new service
Amazon keep coming up with new unexpected services (i.e. use amazon’s infrastructure (virtually & physically) to sell your things). Well, here is another one: order by SMS.
Straight from VentureBeat:
Amazon is offering a service to let you buy things with text messaging. Called TextBuyIt, it lets you text Amazon at 262966, with your search item (say “iPod [...]