New Telecom Minister Boutros Harb To Lower Mobile Phone Rates

Telecom Minister Boutros Harb tweeted yesterday that he asked Alfa and Touch to revise the contracts signed with the state in an attempt to improve the quality of services and reduce the cost of cellular calls. I honestly don't think Harb has enough time to make drastic changes but as Matt stated, he could suggest new rates for mobile phone users and let the cabinet vote on them. I hope it works out and I…

iPhone To Be Officially Released Soon By Lebanon’s Alfa Telecom

According to 9to5mac, Apple is signing deals with new carriers worldwide and among them Alfa in Lebanon. Alfa's CEO Marwan Hayek confirmed it in a tweet that iPhone will be soon officially released in Lebanon. That's definitely good news but we still have to see whether Alfa will offer reasonable prices and plans. I will try to figure out how soon the launch will be for those interested. Update: I was told the launch will…
Lebanon

Apple Acquires Burstly, A Daher Capital Company

11 years ago
Apple has acquired Burstly, a software company that helps developers create smartphone and tablet applications. Burstly currently owns TestFlight, an iOS service that allows programmers to release and manage beta software to a limited audience, ...
Photography

Check Out The EyeEm Market!

11 years ago
Follow me on EyeEm Najib For those of you who don’t know about EyeEm yet, it’s a photo sharing app that’s not just focused on photo sharing, but tries to connect like-minded users through the ...
Information

CNN Report On Lebanon’s Slow Internet

11 years ago
While one cannot deny that Minister Sehnaoui has improved the internet situation in Lebanon as a whole, internet is still relatively slow in Lebanon and the data caps are still ridiculously low. I am currently ...
Lebanon

PayPal Has No Plans To Launch In Lebanon Anymore

11 years ago
According to Executive-Magazine’s [article], we won’t be having PayPal anytime soon in Lebanon. The Lebanese launch, however, is not just stuck in the pipeline – it has been taken out of it altogether. Currently, Barel ...
Humor

Whatsapp Down In Lebanon

11 years ago
Lebanese Telecom Minister Boutros Harb tweeted today to explain to the Lebanese that the ministry had nothing to do with the Whatsapp outage and that the applicaton is facing problems. I can imagine how panicked ...
Humor

Love Translator App by The Mukhi Sisters

11 years ago
[YouTube] It’s no secret that men and women don’t always get each other. That’s why the Mukhi sisters have come up with a fun Valentine app that translates what women really mean. Men just type ...
Smart Phone

Managing Multiple Instagram Accounts With Instapload

11 years ago
Instapload is a new app created by Lebanese Edgard Chammas thatallows multi-account image feeds, multi-upload and download for Instagram. I think it’s a pretty useful app for people handling several accounts. It’s only available in ...
Technology

Google Buys Lebanese-American Tony Fadell’s Nest Labs For $3.2 Billion

11 years ago
Most of you have heard of Google’s latest acquisition, but not all of you may know that a Lebanese-American is behind Nest Labs. His name is Tony Fadell and he’s mostly known for being the ...
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