Suffering From e-Mail Overload Syndrome? Help Is At Hand, If You Want
After a prolonged period suffering from e-mail overload syndrome, I’ve finally decided to do something about it. If you are like me, then you struggle to stay afoot with too much information coming...
View ArticleWomen Taking Strong Foothold In ICT Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship among young Arab women has never been better, especially in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector which is now a stable option for women to succeed and flourish in...
View ArticleQatar Tops World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Rankings In MENA
We have done it again! Qatar has moved up to 13th place in the overall rankings of 148 economies in the Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) recently in...
View ArticleTeam Qatar Makes An Impact At Global Youth Summit
It was an incredible experience to be part a group of young professionals working in Qatar who recently travelled to San José, Costa Rica to participate at the BYND 2015 Global Youth Summit. The...
View ArticleThe State of the Net in Qatar
Northwestern University in Qatar’s third Media Industries Forum brings to lights a plethora of interesting and relevant research results regarding digital content, e-commerce, internet usage and...
View ArticleQatar Sharpens Its e-Commerce Potential
In the wake of Qatar National Bank’s (QNB’s) new partnership with PayPal, we discussed the security benefits of the online money transfer service, how online spending is on the rise in the region, and...
View ArticleGet Creative With Your Online Competitions
The online competition has been a staple of the healthy business diet for a long time now. But does anyone stop to think if they are getting enough bang for their buck? Who doesn’t want to drive...
View ArticleNew Assistive Technology Resource At Your Fingertips
Assistive technology is increasingly opening the doors of possibilities for people with different types of disabilities be it education, work, or everyday life in society. It is becoming that essential...
View ArticleBlair Levin: Broadband new table-stakes for a successful economy
Indeed, being connected is the essential element in modern society, conferring broad social and economic benefits. And that connection is possible with high-speed, high-capacity broadband connections....
View ArticleRichard Adler: Broadband Blueprint Leads To Rapid Change
The astonishing pace of development of modern information and communications technologies is profoundly changing all sectors of society and the way in which we live our daily lives. Individuals and...
View ArticleOur Top 10 Tech Stories, Dec 2013
After a brief hiatus over the summer, our series of monthly Top 10 Tech stories is back! Each month we identify the biggest – and some of the more unusual – technology based stories from the past four...
View ArticleYour computer is watching movies. Just not the way you do!
Can you imagine a world without any movies? I don’t know about you, but to me movies are an inherent part of our lives. They fill a void that the stress of living life in a world full of complicated...
View ArticleNew Mobile App Provides Consumers in Qatar with Free and Transparent Information
Did you know that every household in Qatar owns at least three mobile phones and one smart phone? And a staggering 86% of ICT users access the Internet from a smart phone? With a growing number of...
View ArticleTelecommunication Regulatory Conference Keynote: Technology Push vs Demand Pull?
I had the brilliant opportunity to meet Professor Laurent Benzoni, Founder of TERA Consultant, France, and Professor of Economics at Sorbonne University, at the most appropriate place – at the first...
View ArticleThe State of the Net in Qatar
Northwestern University in Qatar’s third Media Industries Forum brings to lights a plethora of interesting and relevant research results regarding digital content, e-commerce, internet usage and...
View ArticleQatar Sharpens Its e-Commerce Potential
In the wake of Qatar National Bank’s (QNB’s) new partnership with PayPal, we discussed the security benefits of the online money transfer service, how online spending is on the rise in the region, and...
View ArticleQatar Most IT-Friendly Country In Middle East
For the second year running Qatar has ranked the most IT-friendly country in the Middle East. The findings of the “The Global Information Technology Report 2014: Rewards and Risks of Big Data” survey...
View ArticleStuck in a traffic jam or a road block? There’s a handy app at help
A friend shared with me recently that she often ends up being late to work, which results in a portion of her monthly salary being deducted. And the cause of this unintentional “late” arrival is simply...
View ArticleQitcom 2014 – Innovating Today For The Future of Qatar
Have you registered to attend the third edition of QITCOM? Hurry and sign up to be a part of the nation’s largest Information Communication Technology conference set to take place May 26 to 28, 2014 at...
View Article5 Technologies from the 2014 World Cup
Did you know that the World Cup is the 3rd largest sporting event on the planet? In today’s world, it’s impossible to hold an event of this magnitude without it having any creative technological...
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