Today, Apple announced its new PC operating system that will be available this summer: Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8). It is an implementation of their iOS (Apple’s operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPods) on Macs and the company makes it clear on their website: “Inspired by iPad. Re-Imagined for Mac”. After the launch of […]
Here is a short video or kind of report I did as a final project for my Digital Media Literacy course at university. It tackles the issue of media censorship in Lebanon and how the web can be used to overcome it. Here is the list of some ideas covered in the report: • Arab […]
I know I’m a bit late posting this article about the report posted by Google around mid-December but I wanted to share this anyway specially for those who haven’t taken a look at the Google Zeitgeist 2011. In a quick summary: Google Zeitgeist is an overview of all what happened during the year using Google […]
Since Christmas is approaching here is an ad I’d like to share with you! Excentric is a Portuguese company offering digital solutions for businesses with a focus on the relationship between a brand/company and its consumers/clients. Few days ago, they posted their latest Ad on YouTube: The Digital Story of the Nativity. This video is […]
. Here is an event that I would recommend you to attend: Social Media Changing Lives organized by AUB’s Online Collaborative. A very interesting event taking place this Friday, December 16th from 12:00PM to 9:15PM at Issam Fares Hall, American University of Beirut during which a lot of great speakers will talk about the use […]
YouTube is actually testing a completely new design for the website and there is a way to get the new version if you are using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox as web browsers. Here is how to do it: Go to YouTube.com Open Developer Tools in Chrome (CTRL-SHIFT-J for Windows or CMD-OPTION-J for Mac) or […]
Blogging According to Google dictionary a blog is “a personal website on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis”. Some of the top reasons motivating people to blog are: to express their opinions and thoughts, to market or promote something, to help people, to establish theirself as expert, […]
On October 5th the world of technology lost a great innovator and visionary: Steve Jobs. And being an Apple and Pixar fan, I would like to pay a tribute to this great man. Since the death of Jobs I’ve seen a lot of creative works done as a tribute to Jobs and I thought that […]
On March 2nd 2011, Apple launched the iPad 2. On October 4th, at the “Let’s Talk iPhone” Conference, Apple launched the iPhone 4S while everybody was expecting an iPhone 5. However, before presenting the iPhone 4S they talked about iOS 5, iCloud and iPods and I would like to share with you some features of […]
On September 20th the pilot or testing phase for 3G connection in Lebanon started. The testers will have the opportunity to use the 3G connection on their phones for a period of one month meaning till October 20th which is the date set to make 3G connection available to public. I am one of those […]
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