The 100 Most Influential Arabs on Twitter. High-Tech : Paris, capitale connectée. Des milliers de start-up s'épanouissent dans la capitale où Google inaugure mardi un vaste complexe, tandis que s'ouvre mercredi la rencontre mondiale le Web11. «Il règne à Paris la même ambiance qu'à la Silicon Valley des débuts : c'est l'effervescence», se réjouit Brad Feld, l'un des investisseurs majeurs du numérique aux États-Unis. Mardi, Google inaugure son Googleplex, en présence de Nicolas Sarkozy. Installé rue de Londres dans le IXe, cet immense complexe de 10.000 m², unique en Europe, abrite un centre culturel, un laboratoire de recherche et développement et l'ensemble des services commerciaux. Tout le monde digital sera là.
D'autant que s'ouvre Le Web11, une des conférences les plus prisées du milieu, aux portes de Paris, sur les Docks de Saint-Denis. Ostensiblement branchée cette semaine, Paris l'est en réalité toute l'année. Derrière les pionniers, Dailymotion, Free, vente-privee.com, leboncoin.fr… la jeune génération a pris la relève. Une aventure collective. The Internet Freedom Fallacy and the Arab Digital activism Article OWNI.eu, Digital Journalism. This article focuses on grassroots digital activism in the Arab world and the risks of what seems to be an inevitable collusion with U.S foreign policy and interests.
It sums up the most important elements of the conversation I have been having for the last 2 years with many actors involved in defending online free speech and the use of technology for social and political change. While the main focus is Arab digital activism, I have made sure to include similar concerns raised by activists and online free speech advocates from other parts of the world, such as China, Thailand, and Iran. This piece stems thus from a major assumption that U.S official and corporate involvement in the Internet Freedom movement is harmful for that same freedom. I will explain why I consider the new context as extremely dangerous for the digital activism grassroots movement.
This Internet freedom policy won’t be applied in a vacuum. Digital activists as new actors for change A change is underway A new context. Trois remarques à propos du « Web 2.0 arabe » Actualité du monde arabe oblige (en fait, on espère que cela durera encore un peu !) : ce billet, un peu plus long que les “chroniques ordinaires”, est à nouveau sur la question du web social et de la révolution arabe. Personne n’ose plus s’aventurer aujourd’hui à prédire les conséquences des bouleversements politiques que connaît le monde arabe depuis le déclenchement de la révolution tunisienne. Il y a toutefois une certitude : le regard posé sur cette région a radicalement changé. Comme l’a très rapidement souligné l’économiste et essayiste libanais Georges Corm, on assiste même à cette chose impensable il y a peu encore : le Sud est devenu une sorte de modèle pour le Nord, cité aussi bien dans les mouvements sociaux de l’Etat du Wisconsin que dans ceux de la capitale portugaise !
Cependant, on ne peut que se réjouir de voir enfin modifié le prisme à travers lequel le monde arabe a été longtemps observé. 1. Un retard “bien venu” 2. 3. Imprimer ce billet. Qatar’s National ICT Plan 2015 | Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology. Qatar has made significant progress towards creating an innovative and vibrant ICT sector that will secure a thriving, diversified economy and enrich the quality of life for all members of its society. Read Overview Browse full Report Download the Report To continue this momentum, the Supreme Council of Information and Communication (ictQATAR) developed Qatar’s National ICT Plan 2015: Advancing the Digital Agenda, which will guide their efforts through the end of 2015.
The plan is aligned with the Qatar’s National Vision 2030, and its specific programs are aligned with Qatar’s National Development Strategy 2011-2016. In his introductory letter for Qatar’s National ICT Plan 2015, His Highness The Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani says, “Our visionary leadership understood that an advanced ICT sector was crucial to an innovative, diversified economy and a high standard of living for all of our people.
The Heir Apparent serves as the Chairman of ictQATAR’s Board of Directors. Apple removes ThirdIntifada from the App Store - TNW Apple. Apple has removed the ThirdIntifada app from the App Store, after the Israeli government asked Apple to get rid of it earlier this week. ThirdIntifada was used to distribute anti-Israeli editorial and announce scheduled protests to Palestinian users. Intifada is an Arabic word that means “shaking off” but can be more accurately translated to English as “uprising”. Two previous Israeli-Palestinian conflicts are known as the First Intifada and Second Intifada, and the name ThirdIntifada makes the intent of those behind the app quite clear. Israel’s information minister Yuli Edelstein and the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights group, both complained to Apple.
Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr told the Associated Press that the app “violates the developer guidelines by being offensive to large groups of people.” Best of the Arab blogs. 10 Best Arab Blogs, 2010. Again, this list is NOT in order. For a more complete list, visit toot , which has the Arab world’s best blogs. 2:48 AM While Mark might rub people up the wrong way, his blog is most definitely one of the best in the region. Random, eccentric, and almost always refreshingly new, it’s worth bookmarking. 360East In a society that shies away from thinking, 360East does only that. Mona Eltahawy I am very amused by the woman that everybody loves to hate. She has guts, and I like that. 7iber The groundbreaking Jordanian blog is getting Jordanians online and talking. Maya’s Amalgam Maya is brilliant. Saudi Jeans Straight to the point, Ahmed keeps you updated with what happens in the Magic Kingdom with his witty observations.
The Black Iris A brilliant blog about Jordan and the inner workings of Jordan. Abu Fares This Syrian blog is one of the most interesting you could read. Baheyya Unfortunately, this blog about Egypt isn’t updated often, but when it is, it’s always WOW. Top 10 Websites in the Middle East During 2010. 25 December '10, 10:05am Follow “It’s Facebook. No it’s Google. It’s Yahoo I tell you”. That’s how most discussions about the top website in the world is. And it really differs according to source, some say comScore is the only correct source.
Others agree on Alexa. So having no clear source on where Middle Eastern traffic pours throughout the year, we factored in as much data as we could. Coming up with a definition for a ‘Website in the Middle East’ was in itself a challenge. Our findings were interesting as we noticed that the majority of them are either news websites or websites where the content is at the center. With 5 out of 10 of the websites mentioned primarily relying on traffic generated from forums, it appears forums continue to generate the most traffic in the region compared to other platforms. Here are region’s most visited websites: Yahoo! Web sites such as Google, Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo! This article was co-authored by Ahmad Al-Shagra. Discover Digital Arabia: Middle East Internet usage in numbers. N2V, one of the largest Internet holding companies in the Middle East, just launched a brand new site aiming to bring together all statistics relating to Internet, mobile and social media usage, and more, in the region.
The new site, Discover Digital Arabia makes it easier than ever to understand how the Middle East is using modern technology, and how it differs from country to country. Taking a look at the statistics available on Discover Digital Arabia, and its original sources, you can get a sense of the movers and shakers in various online sectors.
Facebook In the past 6 months, Iraq, Egypt and Algeria have seen the biggest spikes in Facebook usage, increasing anywhere between 48 and 61%. With the Internet blackout in Libya, Facebook usage dropped over 70% but may begin to see an increase as the service is being restored. Digital Marketing Thanks to Discover Digital Arabic, we know that “Companies in MENA are spending 22% of their annual marketing budget on digital.” And: E-Commerce. Arabic to overtake English as Facebook's biggest Middle East language. Facebook use in the Arab countries is growing as such a rate that within a year, Arabic will overtake English to become the most popular Facebook language in the region, the Jerusalem Post reports.
The Arabic Facebook interface launched in 2009, growing to 10 million users within two years. As it stands, these users represent around a third of all Facebook users in the Arab world, with studies suggesting that two times as many people frequently use Facebook in the Middle East and North Africa rather than buy a daily newspaper. Middle Eastern PR agency Spot On PR commissioned the study, indicating that Facebook’s Arabic interface has grown 175% a year, double the rate of the social network’s growth worldwide. Algeria saw the biggest rise, growing 423% annually. The agency includes some interesting statistics: The social network played a pivotal role in the Arab Spring, helping to organise protests and give oppressed citizens a voice when feeling pressure from autocratic regimes.