Who’s Biking to Work Tomorrow?

The Chain Effect is organizing for the second year in a row a "Bike to Work" event whereas thousands of people will be leaving their cars at home and hitting the streets of Beirut with their bikes. All participating bike shops will be offering free bike rental and there will be three different bike stations for people living outside Beirut. For those living outside Beirut, all you need to do is park your car and…

Careem Got Hacked

This is from Careem's official website and it's some serious shit: On January 14th of this year, we identified a cyber incident involving unauthorised access to a system we use to store data. Our team immediately investigated this, working with an external cybersecurity firm to put in place measures to protect our customers and captains, and to ensure that our service and your lives were not disrupted. As online criminals’ methods and tactics continue to…

Qabrikha Gets 24/7 Electricity After EU Solar Farm Becomes Operational

I posted about this story a couple of months ago but I didn't have much info on it. As it turns out, it's an EU-funded project that helped build a 250kWh solar farm in the town of Qabrikha South of Lebanon. This is a great project, which tackles two issues in one go: compensating for the power shortage that is endemic in Lebanon, while also minimizing pollution caused by auxiliary generators in almost every neighborhood…

Which Lebanese Supermarket Has the Best Loyalty Card?

I'm really bad at keeping track of my supermarket expenses and I've never really considered getting loyalty cards up until I saw Le Charcutier Aoun's ad last month. Since I'm a regular shopper there, I thought there's no harm in applying for it. I submitted the form, got my card a couple of weeks back and I have to say it's a pretty good loyalty program. I'm a frequent Le Charcutier customer mainly because its…
Critiques

A Platform We Desperately Need For the Upcoming #Elections

7 years ago
As elections are approaching, we have everything from informational videos on the electoral process, poll-based apps, apps that inform you further on the candidates and their programs, but the one missing platform that no one ...
Fun

The Huawei Y7 Prime: Who Should Get It?

7 years ago
Huawei has been renowned for the decent specs and good performance even on their low and mid-range phones and this newbie, the Y7 Prime 2018, is definitely Huawei’s newest trend. The phone’s three key features ...
Art

Watch this Awesome 3D Mapping Show During the 2018 #LaNuitDesMusees Edition

7 years ago
Cre8mania prepared a stunning 4-minute 3D Mapping show projected on the National Museum of Beirut during the 5th edition of La Nuit des Musées that took place last weekend. Check it out: ...
Lebanon

Hanna Lahoud, Lebanese Red Cross Aid Worker, Killed in Yemen

7 years ago
The ICRC has confirmed earlier today that a Lebanese aid worker called Hanna Lahoud was shot and killed by an armed man when a team of aid workers were returning from Taiz city South of ...
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