So I finally got my iPad 3G, and the first thing to do of course is to get a microsim card with an internet plan so I can get the most from my iPad. In Kuwait we have three options as everyone knows, Zain, Wataniya, and Viva. This is the result of my research and [...]
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10 Nov 09
In my Do you Tweet? post, I said the following about AlQabas newspaper – “On the media side, AlWatan is the only account that is active. Sadly, AlQabas is probably 20 years behind and I doubt they even know that it exists. AlJarida had an account which was active for 1 day and four tweets.” [...]
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Posted in Business, Kuwait, Media, Technology
19 Oct 09
Twitter did it this year. They’ve been there for a while but finally became the biggest phenomenon on the net since blogs came up. Even facebook is slowly changing into a mini twitter with their “feeds”. Anyway, do you tweet? If so, who do you follow? I’m very interested in seeing if people follow local companies. [...]
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Posted in Business, Kuwait, Media, Technology
22 Feb 09
For my one day trip to Dubai mentioned in my last post, we traveled with Wataniya Airways for the first time. I read about in 248am last month but like Mark said, they are his clients so I wasn’t sure if it was a fair opinion. After trying them, I can safely say they are [...]
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Posted in Business, Travel
17 Dec 08
First of all, belated عيدكم مبارك everyone! Sorry was out of town and had almost no internet access for a long time! ————————————— Created in 2004 and listed two years ago, Boubyan Bank is the newest listed bank in Kuwait. Even though it is less than 5 years old, the bank still decided to change [...]
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Posted in Business, Kuwait
26 Nov 08
قرأت قبل يومين عن قرار مجلة PC Magazine و هي اسبوعية و تأسست قبل 26 سنة بوقف طباعة المجلة و التركيز على النسخة الالكترونية فقط، و قبل اسبوعين قررت جريدة The Christian Science Monitor و هي يومية و تأسست قبل 100 سنة أن تتحول كليا إلى جريدة الكترونية أيضا. لفت انتباهي أيضا قرار New [...]
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Posted in Business, Kuwait, Media
23 Nov 08
Those who are very close to me know that there is a geeky side in me. Today, I will mention some of my favorite and most used google applications. These are not things that I bookmark and like to check out, these are tools that I use on a daily basis – Yes everyone uses google, [...]
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Posted in Business, Technology
17 Nov 08
Former US President Bill Clinton was hosted today by National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) for their annual international symposium. He delivered his keynote speech address various political and economic issues globally. I was lucky enough to be in attendace and was really looking forward to it for many reasons, mostly the timing of the event [...]
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Posted in Business, Kuwait, Politics
16 Nov 08
الأزمة الاقتصادية و مشاكلها صارت بكل مكان و كل سالفة، و ضيف عليها مشاكل المجلس و الحكومة .. الوضع كئيب اليوم شفت بالجريدة موضوع فرحني و أتوقع الكثير راح يعجنهم – أتوقع نزول أسعار البناء من النقاط الايجابية الوحيدة في هالوقت! الحين أسعار المواد نزلت … ناقص بس الأرض و الفلوس Tweet This Post
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Posted in Business, Kuwait
