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‘The Power’ To Feed Your Soul This Ramadan

New indie movie by Zenofer Fathima is a timely release that highlights prayer as a mighty spiritual force The debut of the independent film ‘The...

Visitation Programme takes DSF experience to the region

Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) attracts millions of tourists each year, yet a pioneering and ongoing initiative is helping spread the festive mood...

Yahoo! Maktoob launches revamped Helwa women’s portal at Gitex

Yahoo! Middle East today announced the launch of its fully revamped women’s portal, including Helwa, Under20 and Abraj, as well as redesigned Alfrasha and...

Where Social Media Is Suppressed: Qatar, UAE Restrict Internet Calls

Since 2015, around 62 countries worldwide have blocked or at least restricted access to social networks. This is the result of the online privacy...

Introducing New Google Photos

Google introduced Google Photos—a new, standalone product that gives you a home for all your photos and videos, helps you organize and bring your...

Social Media as a Portfolio Tool

For entrepreneurs and small businesses, social media is an equalizer Without a doubt, social media is nowadays becoming a portfolio tool for businesses and individuals...

‘Facebook Spaces’ Is a New VR Social Network

Facebook Inc. launched a new augmented-reality platform at its annual developer conference, F8, in San Francisco on Tuesday. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a keynote...

Alarab: New news channel in Arabic by Bloomberg, Alwaleed

Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who heads Kingdom Holding Co. , said Tuesday he has inked an agreement with news service Bloomberg LP...

5 Media and News Trends That will Reach Beyond 2015

What will happen in the world of media and news over the next one decade? Will traditional media, like radio, print and TV still...

Summer Olympics Openers Draw Big Crowds and Advertising Dollars

Nielsen took a look back at past years’ Olympics opening ceremonies to see how they measured up. According to the  analysis, of non-U.S.-based Games,...

Social Media Demographics – Find Out What Works for Whom

In order to be an effective marketer in any medium, it’s important to know your audience. For social media marketers, knowing who the core...

Eighth Edition of the MENA Effie Awards Set to Take Place

The eighth edition of the MENA Effie Awards (Effies) is set to take place on November 9, 2016, in the opulent settings of the...

Twitter Seeks Public Input on Synthetic and Manipulated Media

When people come to Twitter to see what’s happening in the world, Twitter wants them to have context about the content they’re seeing and...

How Weather Impacts Mobile Ads Response

Among the many factors that impact digital marketing and online advertising strategy, a new study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science provides insight to...

Fire, Smoke and Social Media

When people see smoke on the horizon, what do they do? Besides (hopefully) calling fire authorities, they post to social media, of course. The fact...

Instagram Worst Social Media App for Young People

Instagram is the worst social networking app for young people's mental health, followed closely by Snapchat. These findings are revealed in a new report...

The State Of World Press Freedom

The 2020 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders, was released this week. It states that the next 10 years are going to...

How to use Social Media Marketing

Social media marketing has taken the world wide web by storm. It touches each of our lives in one way or another practically every...