Update: according to AlArabiya a fire in Mobily’s headquarters caused the network to be down. Started at about 4 pm Saudi time. Right now 3G data is not working in most parts of Riyadh. We hope that Mobily fix this soon.
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5 year old child died stranded in a van in Dammam
This is tragic. From Arab News: DAMMAM: A private van driver faces charges of criminal negligence following the death on Sunday of a five-year-old girl who was left unattended for five hours in the vehicle in the full glare of the sun outside the International Indian School in Dammam’s Al-Raka district. The kindergartener, Fida Haris,
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Anti-smoking campaign targets Saudi youth
Published on yesterday’s Arab News: JEDDAH: Seven commercials about the harms of smoking are being screened on television as part of an anti-smoking campaign that has recently been launched targeting Saudi youth. Flyers are also being distributed on the harms of smoking and lectures are being delivered on the subject as part of the campaign.
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Jordan to ban smoking in restaurants – What are we doing?
Via Zsafwan: The Ministry of Health decided to fully implement the smoking ban in the Kingdom’s restaurants starting Wednesday, a ministry official said. Just what are we doing here in Saudi Arabia? WE SIGNED AN ANTI SMOKING PACT IN 2005! Nothing changed: Major coffee shop Dunkin Donuts allow smoking (except one branch, but people are
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Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robins prepare for IPO in Saudi Arabia
Sha-heiah “شهية” or “appetite” is a name of a Saudi company for food (ltd). I really wanted to link to the official website of Sha-heiah “شهية” but the only thing I found was this email: dunkindonuts.ksa@gmail.com. The link to the company’s site titled: “شركة شهية المحدودة للأطعمة” actually takes you Dunkin’ Donuts’ official website. Again
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Riyadh Rain news on Twitter with #RiyadhRain (Update)
It’s raining heavily in Riyadh at the moment and everyone twitter has agreed to use the following twitter hashtag #RiyadhRain. Since the old media has failed covering this. ArabCrunch is the first to report about this. Keep an eye on RiyadhRain for updates as well. I also made @RiyadhRain and curating some of the tweets
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Saudi Toyota and Lexus dealer finally recall some cars
Abdul Latif Jameel Co. Ltd., Toyota and Lexus’ dealer in Saudi Arabia, has finally announced a recall for the following cars: Toyota Prado VX manufactured between August 2009 and April 2010. Lexus GX manufactured between November 2009 and April 2010. As advertised on today’s newspapers. Thanks Bander for taking that picture.
UAE suspend Lexus GX 460 sales, what about the Saudi distributor?
Apparently there is an issue with the Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) in the 2010 Lexus GX 460. The distributor of Lexus and Toyota in the UAE, Al Futtaim Motors has suspended sales of this SUV and are contacting all of their customers. As reported by Arabian Business. The Lexus distributor in Saudi Arabia, Abdul Latif
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From STC: 100 megabyte fiber? wait, MEGABYTE?
This is downright ridiculous. Another press release with STC lying to their customers once again (example: STC announcing they are the first to have HSPA+ and we saw no HSPA+ devices from them until now!). But first I have to show you this press release: STC Customers enjoy the Benefits of the 4G/LTE Network. This
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I am on CNN!
At least my ugly avatar (and SaudiMac) were on CNN International last Friday in a segment about the Apple iPad and the world wide interest in it. They showed a post on SaudiMac about the iPad pre-order start in Saudi time. So according to CNN I am an Apple Fanatic! Guess it’s official Here’s a
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