- Mabrouk to
, who were among the
six winners of Seedcamp in London last week
. I had a chat to co-founder Zeid Koudsi yesterday,
the story is in The National today.
Also in the paper today, the chief of Abu Dhabi-owned Globalfoundries
.
- But while we're on the topic of Jordanian dotcoms, apparently
Yahoo's acquisition of Maktoob last month
has some sort of broader importance for the Middle Eastern internet sector. I never really would have imagined, but apparently it is a big deal. Thankfully, after five weeks of detailed analysis of the deal,
AT Kearney have put out a report explaining it all
. Did you know, for instance, that "the presence of the world's biggest display advertising company will certainly help to stimulate increased online spend by advertisers"? A scoop of insight, to be sure.
Click here to download the report
- A few bits and pieces: Business 24-7 covers
a scientific breakthrough of global importance in Al Ain
, Startup Arabia has a good summary of
a study on Algerian internet users
, and LG is searching for the owners of five of its Chocolate handsets - if your
serial number matches one of these five, you've won $10,000
.
