Facebook F8 is Hosting a Beirut Meetup This Year

Facebook's annual developer conference F8 is taking place this year on April 18-19 in San Jose, California. Facebook is set to reveal new features and changes to their page and it will all be live-streamed on a dedicated page to the F8. There will also be several meet ups in 45 different tech hotspots around the world, including Beirut Digital District in Beirut. Beirut will be one of 5 MENA cities to host F8 meetups…

Quick Recap from Ogero Head’s Q&A Facebook Session

Here are the key points discussed during Ogero Head Imad Kreidieh's Live Facebook session today: Overall: --------------- 1- There's no magic wand to improve the internet speeds, unlike what Minister Sehnaoui said. #Fta7_El_7anafiyye was nothing more of a hashtag apparently. 2- Ogero's new mission is to rebuild the internet infrastructure in the country and work on improving it. 3- The IMS project to revamp all the internet stations in the country was kicked off and…

Cake Sparklers Are Not Safe

Ziad Abi Chaker, an environmental & industrial engineer, has appeared on LBCI and AL Jadeed to talk about the hazards of cake sparklers, especially the ones that are commonly used in Lebanon. To be honest, I've always hated these sparklers because they produce smoke and are way too hot when you remove them, which is obviously dangerous for everyone, not just kids. However, it turns out they are even more dangerous than that, as those…

#PreventChildAbuse: Break The Silence & Report

The month of April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Himaya, the local NGO working on child protection, is initiating an awareness campaign and asking people to break the silence and report child abuse to Himaya. Child abuse needs to be prevented and reported and more importantly children need help to overcome it and that's where Himaya steps in. If you know about child abuse, you have no excuse not to report it and…
Critiques

Ogero Head Imad Kreidieh Facebook Live Session on April 5 At 7PM

8 years ago
New Ogero Head Imad Kreidieh tweeted today that he’s holding a live Facebook session tomorrow at 7PM. The aim is to meet the youth, interact with them and answer their questions. We were all relieved ...
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#KeepWalkingLebanon: The Resourceful Don’t Wait

8 years ago
Johnnie Walker revealed its 2017 edition of Keep Walking Lebanon a couple of weeks ago, and is shedding the light this year on the the resourcefulness behind every Lebanese. It’s a reminder that we Lebanese ...
Animals & Wildlife

Colored Easter Chicks Banned But Everyone’s Selling Them

8 years ago
Every year, colored Easter chicks are banned in Beirut and other Lebanese cities, which is obviously great news but the truth is no one is enforcing that ban. What happens is that a couple of ...
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I Almost Fell for Kababji’s April Fools Day’ Joke

8 years ago
Kababji announced Drone Delivery on March 31 and to be honest, I believed them for a second. There are drones delivering pizzas so why not Foul & Kabab? Imagine you’re up in the mountains craving ...
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