Update: Google updated Riyadh’s satellite images to something from late 2010. The maps however are still outdated. I complained many times about the extremely useless and out of date Google Maps for Saudi Arabia: roads are from 2004 and you can’t even get basic directions! Allright, Google have problems with all the red tape, we
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Google fails in Saudi Arabia
Dealing with haters
Tim Ferriss discussed, at the The Next Web 2010 event in Amsterdam, how to deal with haters, how to benefit from them as well. Here are some ideas that Mashable listed after they interviewed Tim. Quoted from Mashable of course. “1. It doesn’t matter how many people don’t get it. What matters is how many
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Just like that, Blackberry services banned in Saudi Arabia by CITC
So it wasn’t just the “Blackberry Messenger” that will be banned in Saudi Arabia. According to this the CITC has expressed concerns about the BIS for a year and asked the local carriers (STC, Mobily and Zain) to “look into” the concerns and provide an alternative for 3 months! The three months end next Friday
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iPad in Saudi Arabia and some rambling
OHAI, I didn’t see you there. I guess I was still laughing. I have been extremely busy with a lot of stuff including SaudiMac of course. I guess I have a few things to ramble about: SaudiPad I got my Apple iPad finally. Bought it from the Apple Store and shipped via MyUS. A word
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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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Riyadh International Book Fair 2010, let’s try this again
Apparently I was still used to 2009 I didn’t notice it on the old Riyadh Bookfair web site! They have finally update the page with a new design, tolerable design and actual content. Riyadh Bookfair Schedule & location It will be held at the new REC building (Gowalla location). As for the schedule, the fair
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