Posted By
Najib
Nov 20, 2015 08:40
Update: All flights will take off on time today but might take longer than usual, few airlines cancelled scheduled trips to Beirut. Lebanon received an official memo from the Russian navy asking to shut down its airspace for the next couple of days but Transportation Minister Ghazi Zeaiter stated that Lebanese authorities have refused so far the request. MEA also assured that all its flights will take off at scheduled times on Saturday and that…
Posted By
Najib
Nov 20, 2015 11:36
Alfa set up a huge Lebanese Flag to celebrate Lebanon's independence Try to call anyone on their mobile today and you will notice the national anthem playing as a ringtone. This was set by the Telecom Ministry and both Alfa & Touch to celebrate Lebanon's independence. It's a nice move but I hope it won't last more than 1 day because it gets annoying especially if you make a lot of calls during the day.…
Posted By
Najib
Nov 20, 2015 09:09
The "Traffic" feature on Google Maps shows current traffic conditions on highways and roads but it is not available in Lebanon and several other countries. I always thought that Google didn't have enough data to activate this feature but that's not the case apparently. In fact, Google has enough data as it uses crowd-sourcing from people driving around and sharing their location, pretty much like Tari2ak works, and my friend Rita el Khoury figured out…
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Najib
Nov 19, 2015 09:33
via Jimmy All the Lebanese drivers were wearing seat belts, driving carefully and not using their mobiles yesterday all because of a voice note that was sent to some guy called Maurice. No one knows if it's a joke or not, but somehow everyone believed the story and became a better driver. Maybe that's what we need to make the new traffic law work, a new Maurice every week. Here's the original voice note: And…
Lebanon
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Humor
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Critiques
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