Correction on Lebanon’s Rankings in The Global Information Technology Report

I posted almost a week ago on how Lebanon was ranked in the top 5 countries of the World for Maths and Science education and in the top 10 for Quality of the Educational System according to the World Economic Forum’s 2013 Global Information Technology Report. For some reason, this piece of news got everyone's attention and spread online like crazy. I have to admit I didn't think it was that appealing as we ranked…

3G Plans to be increased by 50% on May 7th

I just got a confirmation from Minister Sehnaoui that the upgrade will take place on May 7th. What I am unsure of though is what will happen if a user had already exceeded his limit before the upgrade takes place. For example if you have 500 MB and you already consumed 600MB, will the extra MBs be accounted for or will the limits be refreshed automatically?
Critiques

MTV vs. Charbel Khalil

13 years ago
[YouTube] I thought the controversy that followed Basmet Watan’s episode on Patriarch Sfeir had died out but it seems Comedian Charbel Khalil has gone as far as attacking a religious official and calling him names ...
Humor

Picture of the Day

13 years ago
الشاعر سعيد عقل بعد ممارسته الجنس في 18-06-1964 The image caption is hilarious! Check out more old and cool pictures [Here]. ...
Lebanon

VICE on Sunni Child Soldiers in Tripoli

13 years ago
AP Photo/Bilal Hussein I follow VICE religiously. They have some of the most intense documentaries like the one on The Cannibal Warlords of Liberia. I hope one day they’ll make a video report on Tripoli ...
Events

Few words on the SMAs

13 years ago
Picture taken by Nath Halawani As you all know by now, the first edition of the Beirut Social Media Awards took place yesterday and I posted the list of winners earlier this morning. Needless to ...
Advertising

Almaza – Fta7oulé Reji3

13 years ago
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Information

Photo Essay by Natalie Naccache: Lebanon’s ‘uncomfortable’ maid culture

13 years ago
Picture taken from CNN Photos Check out the rest of these photos that got featured on the CNN Website [Here]. Photojournalist Natalie Naccache grew up with Lebanese parents in London and visited the small country ...
Information

Beirut’s First Social Media Awards Full Results

13 years ago
Haifa Wehbe showed up to pick up her award for Most Engaging Celebrity on Twitter This list is not official so please feel free to correct me if I got any name wrong. Blog of ...
Information

Mobile OS Statistics in the MENA Region

13 years ago
Picture taken from Tech-Ticker.com via FrootApps There are 22 million smartphones in the MENA region, 12 million in the Gulf alone. Android has the biggest market share with 40%, followed by iOS with 35%, then ...
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