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5 AI Copywriting Tools That Are Transforming Content Creation
In today’s digital world, businesses constantly seek ways to stay ahead of the competition. One of the most effective ways…
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Advertising and Digital Adoption in MENA and SEA
As traditional advertising revenues plummet globally and broadcasting budgets are slashed, The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and South…
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How Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionising Video Editing
In a world where technology continues to push the boundaries of what’s creatively possible, one industry stands poised for a…
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Facebook Milestones, Logo, Features, More
META, Facebook is one of the giants of the Internet today. Its founders may not have dreamed of this success…
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The Evolution of Twitter from 2009 to 2022, Milestones, Logo, Features
Check out Twitter new web look & feel and share it with your friends!
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Google to shut down ‘Hangouts’ in November
Google Hangouts is officially shutting down in November 2022. Google is prompting users who still use the Hangouts mobile app…
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Amazon to introduce a new Alexa feature to mimic anyone’s voice
Amazon has recently unveiled that it’s working on a new mimicry feature of its voice assistant Alexa that will be…
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Coinbase lays off 18% of its staff amid ‘Crypto Winter’
The cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase is laying off 18 percent of its workforce due to the recent collapse in its…
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YouTube launches critical alerts, tests updated format for channel navigation
YouTube has launched critical alerts to notify creators when performance drops significantly, along with an updated format for channel navigation…
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All you need to know about Apple iOS 16 for iPhone, iPad
Apple has unveiled a significant update to the Lock Screen and new sharing on IOS 16, communication, and intelligence features.…
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COFE App launches new Siri ordering feature on Apple devices
The coffee-centric marketplace COFE app has launched a new Siri feature on Apple devices that makes ordering coffee quicker, funner,…
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Apple Retires MacBook Air and Pro 2014 models
According to an internal memo, Apple will add the 11-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Air, and 13-inch MacBook Pro models,…
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Egypt’s interior design & build platform Shatablee raises $1.2M
The Egyptian digital interior design & build platform, handling the diverse finishing problems in the Egyptian Market, Shatablee has raised…
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B2B SaaS startup ‘Insider’ raises $121M series D, unlocks Unicorn status
Singapore-based B2B SaaS startup Insider has unlocked unicorn status after raising a $121 million Series D round led by Qatar…
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UAE store management platform ‘Dukkantek’ raises $5.2M seed
UAE-based digital store management platform Dukkantek has raised $5.2 million in a seed round to digitalize traditional retail spaces. The…
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Chefaa Raises Venture Round from Global Investors
Chefaa, Egypt’s patient-centered pharmacy benefits platform, has raised a venture round from globally renowned investors Newtown Partners and Global Brain…
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Global Proptech Facilio Secures $35M in Series B
The global proptech startup Facilio has secured $35 million in its Series B round led by Dragoneer Investment Group. Brookfield…
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UAE’s Tech Udrive Startup for Car Rental Secures $5M
UAE’s Tech startup for car rental Udrive, providing a pay-per-minute car rental service for UAE residents and tourists, has secured…
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TikTok to introduce avatars, live audio, new creator tools, more
TikTok is working on a number of new features including, Bitmoji-like avatars, keyword filtering for the “For You Page”, group…
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Apple releases a new macOS Monterey 12.1 update, more
Apple has released a new macOS Monterey 12.1 update that adds SharePlay, an entirely new way to have shared experiences…
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Egypt’s Sympl raises $6M in seed round by Beco Capital, Global Ventures, A15
“Save Now, Pay Later” fintech startup, Sympl has raised $6M following its launch last month. The investment is led by…
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Hack Alert: GoDaddy data breach exposes 1.2 million user accounts
Web hosting and domain seller giant GoDaddy has reported a data breach that exposed 1.2 million customers’ data to hackers.…
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Cairo-Based EdTech Startup Career 180 Raises $200K
Cairo-based EdTech Startup Career 180 has raised $200K from EdVentures.The investment aims to develop a new employment platform and emerge…
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Saudi FinTech, InsurTech Rasan Secures $24M
Saudi FinTech and InsurTech startup Rasan has secured $24M in its latest funding round led by Impact 46, a Saudi…
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Jordan’s EdTech Startup ‘Abwaab’ Secures $20M in Series A
The Jordanian EdTech and online learning platform Abwaab has successfully secured $20M in its Series A funding round. The funding was…
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UAE-based financial literacy platform Verity secures $800K
UAE-based financial literacy platform Verity has secured $800,000 in pre-seed round. Gearing for the launch of its family banking and…
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Jordanian Startup Eon Dental Raises $26M in Series B
Jordanian dental tech startup Eon Dental has successfully secured $26M in its Series B funding round. The round was led…
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Vodacom buys 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt
South Africa’s Vodacom Group Limited has agreed to buy 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt. The deal captures growth in a…
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CoinMENA Raises $9.5M Seed Fund
Bahrain-based CoinMENA has raised $9.5M in its first seed funding round led by BECO Capital, Kenetic, Arab Bank Switzerland, Bunat…
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Fintech Startup ‘Sympl’ Raises Its First Funding Round
Cairo-based startup ‘Sympl’ has raised the first funding round from A15 with a regional focus. This first investment marks the…
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Snap to launch Creator Studio in Riyadh
Snap Inc. has announced that it will launch a Creator Studio in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2022 to support its highly…
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71% of parents in Saudi Arabia are on Snapchat
Snapchat is not only the platform of choice of Millennial and Gen Z audiences in Saudi Arabia but also incredibly…
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Aleph acquires 86% in Connect Ads
Aleph Holding, global partner to the world’s biggest digital media players, has today announced its acquisition of 86% of Connect…
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FasterCapital Launches Startup Program To Support Women Entrepreneurs
FasterCapital, an online incubator and accelerator based in Dubai, is launching a cohort for women entrepreneurs. Recent statistics reveal that…
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Laverie: Egyptian Laundry Services provider raises seed round led by A15
Laverie, the first dry-cleaning & laundry app, announced securing an undisclosed six-figure (USD) seed round from A15, the leading Egyptian…
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Access Bridge Ventures: Exclusive Interview
Access Bridge Ventures is a leading early stage venture capital fund supporting budding entrepreneurs across MENA region & Pakistan. With…
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Exclusive: Egyptian Fintech Startup NowPay Joins Y Combinator
Cairo-based fintech startup NowPay has joined Y Combinator’s Winter 21 batch, following a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the Export…
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Egyptian Fintech Dayra Joins Y Combinator, Secures US $3M in Pre-Seed
Dayra is a Cairo-based fintech startup providing unbanked gig-workers and micro-businesses with financial services. The company has joined Y Combinator’s…
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XPLOR Secures $3M Seed funding from Ayana Holding
XPLOR, the 3D tech, digital twin, and master planning software, has raised a seed fund of US $3 million from…
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ElCoach Releases 2020 Numbers- DB Exclusive
Today, ElCoach, MENA’s premier on-demand fitness, and nutrition app released its Year in Review 2020 and we are seriously impressed.…
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WhatsApp Dilemma: To Signal or Not to Signal
Update: Whatsapp announced on January 15th, 2021 that it is moving back the date from February 8. It also announced…
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Financial Identities’ Cassbana Raises 6 Digits USD
Cassbana, a financial identities’ startup, announced raising a pre-seed round of 6 digits USD to revolutionize the financial service industry in…
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How to screenshot on mac, change screenshots folder
In case your workflow requires taking frequent screenshots on Mac, you will need to know three widespread keyboard shortcuts and…
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BREAKING: Google Workspace is DOWN
While there are still no official announcements at the time of posting, we can report that almost all Google Workspace…
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LCP Fund II acquires significant minority stake in Dsquares & Lucky
As its first investment in the market, Lorax Capital Partners Fund II has announced today that it has acquired a…
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Foundation Ventures powers up with 4 new investments
Cairo – Foundation Ventures (FV) is a regional venture capital firm founded in 2019 and is managed by Mazen Nadim,…
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instaConsult Launches Personal Consultation via Whatsapp
In this age, technology can literally be injected into your skin. So don’t expect this to be a far topic.…
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What is a Burn Rate and Why Should Startups Care?
For early-stage startups, having cash is essential to staying afloat. But it’s one thing to have money and another to…
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Amber Solutions Secures $5.5 Million in Series B
Amber Solutions, a technology innovator creating a modern hyper-intelligent electrical architecture, announced the completion of a $5.5-million Series B and…
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Mexico’s Auto-parts Startup ‘RIGS’ Teams Up With Tribal Credit
The auto parts market in Mexico has seen tremendous growth over the past five years, redefining how the automotive industry…
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How Can Startups Use Virtual Credit Cards To Empower Growth?
Virtual credit cards are quickly gaining traction around the world in the B2B payment space. Created for online transactions, they…
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Fintech Tools Every Startup Should Have
In this day and age, there is literally a digital tool for everything. But when you’re a startup with limited…
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Facebook Clones TikTok, Introduces Instagram Reels
Facebook announced early last month the launch of Instagram Reels: a clone of TikTok videos, describing it as a new…
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Viber cuts business ties with Facebook
Japanese owned Rakuten Viber, one of the world’s leading messaging apps for free and secure communication, announces it will cut…
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Redefining ‘Norm’ for Organizations Post-COVID-19
Look at the date on your phone, it might as well be 1920 and COVID-19 might as well be the…
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Outsourcing IT support – why are so many companies doing it?
As a business, having 24/7 support from your IT department is a must. Sadly, with current business infrastructures, many IT…
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Unlocking Potential Unicorns in MENA’s Mystery Land
Aside from the never-ending ancient archeological discoveries, Egypt is one of the fastest-growing startup ecosystems in MENA. A Magnitt report…
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Silicon Valley’s Tribal Credit Raises $5.5M in Seed Funding to Bank Startups
Tribal Credit closed a $5.5 million Seed round led by BECO Capital and Global Ventures to bank startups in emerging…
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Silicon Valley’s Tribal Credit Eyes MENA, Closing Round to Bank Startups
Silicon Valley-based Tribal started private beta testing with MENA startups and is closing a funding round that includes some of…
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Google to Hire Cairo-Based Team
Google plans to hire a team for its Cairo office, seeking to expand its business in Egypt and implement new…
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Facebook Announces Cryptocurrency ‘Libra’, Digital Wallet ‘Calibra’
Yesterday, Facebook has shared plans for Calibra, a digital wallet for Libra, a new global currency powered by blockchain technology.…
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Top Six Digital Supplies that Businesses Should Order
Businesses are currently operating in an era where digital incorporation is a critical factor in the success of the entity.…
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Top 5 Jordanian Startups That Raised Money in 2018
2018 was not bad at all for the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Jordan. It witnessed good news for 36 Jordanian startups…
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Facebook Launches Individual Verification for Developers
Facebook has released an individual verification process that enables developers to complete the app review process and continue using Facebook…
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Careem launches minibus service in Egypt
Careem, the region’s leading ride-hailing app has launched “Careem Bus”, to help solving daily transportation struggle of 40 percent of…
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Why Patch Management Is Crucial For Business Security
Company data breaches have gone up a whopping 75% in the past two years, according to a report published in…
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World’s leading startup event ‘Slush’ takes place in Helsinki this December
20,000 tech professionals, mentors, investors and entrepreneurs from all around the world are gathering in Helsinki, Finland on Dec 4–5,…
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Apple services revenue reaches an all-time high of $10 billion
Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2018 fourth quarter ended September 29, 2018. Apple services revenue reached an all-time…
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Vivaldi browser releases version 2.1 with improved Quick Commands
After a robust upgrade to version 2.0, the Vivaldi browser continues transforming users’ everyday interactions on the Web – boosting productivity…
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Israeli Tech Startup ‘Snappy’ Raises US$8.2 Million
Snappy, the company revolutionizing corporate gifting, announced that it had secured $9.7 million in funding to date after raising $8.2…
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Egyptian FinTech Startup ‘Accept’ Ventures Into The Jordanian Market
Accept for payments and technology has announced that it has extended its services to the Jordanian market, in partnership with MEPS,…
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Cairo-based transport startup ‘Buseet’ raises investment
Cairo-based buss booking startup Buseet has successfully raised an undisclosed amount of investment in a seed funding round by Cairo Angels,…
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Vezeeta raises $12 million from Saudi Technology Ventures
Egyptian digital healthcare startup Vezeeta has raised a $12 million Series C funding round led by Saudi Technology Ventures (STV).…
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A15 exits TPAY, sells 76% stake to Helios Investment Partners
A15, a leading tech investment fund based in the Cayman Islands; announced today that it has successfully sold 76% stake…
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EY: 53% of MENA executives have AI and Automation on their agenda
53% of senior executives in the MENA region named artificial intelligence (AI) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) as the most…
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ConsenSys to hold First Blockchain Developer Bootcamp in Lebanon
Excited about Blockchain technology? ConsenSys, a blockchain software technology company will held a 3-day blockchain developer training followed by a 2-day Hackathon…
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How AI can open up Silicon Valley to international investors
Mobile apps are detecting skin cancer. Drones are delivering aid across continents. Artificial intelligence is disrupting every aspect of our…
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Four Takeaways From Google Cloud Next ’18 by Sherif Kozman, CEO of Extreme Solution
25,000 tech professionals, entrepreneurs, engineers and developers from all around the world gathered in the Moscone Center in San Francisco…
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WUZZUF debuts its newly revolutionized platform among top employers at ‘Unlock’ 18’
WUZZUF, Egypt’s number one online recruitment platform is revealing its newly revamped platform during “Unlock’18”, an exclusive event that gathers…
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Chef Manal Al Alem becomes the latest investor in Yumamia
Famous TV celebrity Chef Manal Al Alem has become the latest investor in the Cairo-based food tech startup Yumamia. The…
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Samsung acquires ‘Kngine’ Cairo-Based AI Startup
Samsung Research America recently announced its acquisition of Kngine — an artificial intelligence startup from Egypt. The startup, which was…
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Gemalto high speed passport readers come into operation at Cairo International Airport
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, is supplying Cairo International, the second busiest airport in Africa, with automated document…
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Top 12 blockchain startup ICOs in Feb 2018
Which startups raising funds through ICOs are most likely to succeed? Using Aingel’s AI based Deal Flow Analyzer, we generate…
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Vivaldi introduces vertical reader mode, a first for browsers
Vivaldi has launched version 1.14, celebrating its third anniversary since the browser’s first public technical preview. With this update, Vivaldi…
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7 Reasons Not To Miss TechWadi.org Annual Forum 2018
TechWadi Annual Forum, taking place on 27 Jan in Plug and Play Tech Center, Sunnyvale, California has been a frequent…
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Egypt’s Mazady Wins Africa’s mCommerce Award 2017
Ten African ventures were awarded for excellence in mobile and tech at the annual AppsAfrica Innovation Awards 2017 held in…
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Bahrain’s Jehan Abdulkarim Among Holmes Innovator 25 EMEA
Bahraini national and accenture’s marketing and communications director Jehan Abdulkarim has become the first Gulf national marketer to be named…
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WUZZUF crowns winners of Egypt’s first programming competition
15 winners were crowned at Egypt’s first programming competition “A2OJ’s Code Battle”, organized by WUZZUF.com on Saturday, Oct 28 at the…
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Google unveils Pixel 2, Home Mini, Max, PixelBook, more
Google has announced a new set of products today at a special event in San Francisco. Including the new Pixel 2,…
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3 Ways Telecom Companies Can Outlive the Digital Revolution
The telecom industry is approaching a tipping point. Average revenue is falling and many telecom providers are experiencing significant reductions…
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10 Promising Jordanian Tech Startups
MENA has over the years cemented its importance as a global tech hub. Of the massive Arab-speakers population of 350…
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Watch: Apple launches ‘Why Switch Campaign’
Apple has launched a new campaign called “Switch” to showcase the differences between iPhone and other phones in the market.…
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Tecno Mobile Crowns the Camon CX Craze in Egypt
The last day of May will crown the Camon CX craze in Egypt. What began as a social media activation…
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Will AR bring beloved characters to life?
Last summer, the release of Pokémon GO in the app store announced the arrival of mainstream augmented reality (or AR)…
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WUZZUF organizes the second mobile developer career fair in Egypt
The second round of Mobile Developer Career Fair “Egypt’s only mobile developers career fair” will take place on the 18th of…
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Facebook launches Bots for Messenger Challenge in MENA, Africa
Facebook has announced its Bots for Messenger Challenge, a contest to recognize and reward developers who create an innovative new bot…
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TIEC, Microsoft Present ‘Accelerate Your Business’ Competition
A chance to win 90,000 EGP and receive Acceleration Program/ Consultation Services in Digital Marketing, Marketing, Finance and Technical from The Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship…
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Radio Garden Live Map of The Globe’s Radio Stations
Radio.garden is a free radio aggregator service, that allows users to live streaming radio stations across the globe using map.…
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eldolar.live One Place for Dollar Exchange Rate in All Egyptian Banks
Since floating the pound, Egyptians are more eager to know the dollar exchange rates everyday. But it’s really annoying to…
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