The Internet of Things took center stage at this year’s Samsung MENA Forum, the mammoth annual event where the Korean tech giant unveils its product lineup for the coming year. Samsung Electronics Middle East and North Africa President Choong Ro…
Online food ordering giant Hellofood has joined forces with the Dukkan supermarket chain to launch an online grocery delivery service. “We have started expanding to grocery stores as our aim is to become the leading marketplace for food,” said Hellofood…
Samsung’s flagship smartphone improves on its predecessor in every way. By Sadad Talhouni With the Galaxy Note 4, Samsung finally seems to be getting the hang of upgrading their devices in worthwhile ways. Almost every aspect of the phablet is…
Boston-based Sami Shalabi, who famously moved to Google with his Zingku startup in 2007, was recently back in Jordan to attend its edition of Global Entrepreneurship Week. The head engineer of Google’s Digital Publishing Platform had a simple message for…
A crowdfunding campaign aiming to save Gaza’s only technology accelerator from closure looks set to end this month with its original funding target of $70,000 oversubscribed by 150 percent. The campaign was launched in November on the Indiegogo crowdfunding website…
After helping shape the region’s digital landscape through Maktoob, Ahmed Nassef now has his sights set on changing the way we watch TV. By Elisa Oddone Regional Internet pioneer Ahmed Nassef, who left his senior position at Yahoo last year,…
Taxi drivers beware. Uber, the fast growing ride sharing service laying waste to transport business models the world over, is setting its sights on coming to Amman. The San Francisco-based company recently posted an online advertisement looking for a community…
The economic forecast for 2015: volatile, with the chance of stormy competition. By Nader Museitif This year wasn’t a normal one on many levels, and there’s no reason to expect a normal 2015. But amidst all the assessment, soul searching,…
Does the Galaxy K Zoom prove there’s still life in Samsung’s smartphone-camera niche? Not really. Samsung conducted an experiment last year with the Galaxy S4 Zoom, which merged its flagship smartphone with a point-and-shoot digital camera. The results were perplexing….
Once dismissed as a niche too far, phablets—gargantuan smartphones with almost tablet-sized screens—are now all the rage. Here are four of the best. By Laith Abou-Ragheb iPhone 6 Plus www.apple.com Many thought they’d never live to see the day Apple…