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Sakhr Software Acquires Dial Directions, Launches Spoken Arabic Translation via Mobile

Arab Crunch  Jul 01 09

Sakhr one of the oldest Arabic software companies, founded in 1982 has acquired Silicon Valley based startup, Dial Directions , a voice-activated phone service for driving directions.

I remember the first PC I used in my life was from Sakhr back in the late 80s, running its own property Arabic Operating system, where I used to play games. But during the 90s, Sakhr PC met the dust for Win-tel based PCs. However this announcement is significant because, I think it is the first time an Arab tech company acquires an American IT company (There are rumors of the other way around deals coming soon). Full story...

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Apple iTunes Store Soon in Jordan, Tunisia, Armenia, Bulgaria, Niger and 8 other Counties

Arab Crunch  less than a day ago

Apple recently posted an updated Terms of Agreement for publishing applications to the App Store, and among the changes are newly added countries in which Apple’s iTunes Store is set to expand, these countries are: Jordan, Tunisia, Armenia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Kenya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal and Uganda.

The Winner The First ArabCrunch Twitter 100 $ Contest- #ArabCrunch24.

Arab Crunch  5 days ago

As a thank you to our loyal readers we launched our first twitter contest, celebrating the #24 worldwide blog rank ArabCrunch achieved in 2009 under the hashtag label of #ArabCrunch24.

Don’t Know What to Eat for Dinner? tasree3.com Helps You With Speed.

Arab Crunch  6 days ago

Today i was hungry, and did not know what to eat, I was tired of junk food and pizza, so i hit this website called tasree3 to help me find something to eat.

ArabCrunch is Hiring: Online Ad Sales/Business Development Executive.

Arab Crunch  Feb 01 10

As you might know we achieved unprecedented Arab rank in the blogs scene, as ArabCrunch earned the first rank in the Arab World and the 24th rank worldwide, beating both The Wall Street Journal and Forbes Blogs in the startup category.

Business Model Generation -Part I-

Arab Crunch  Feb 01 10

Are you an entrepreneurial spirit? Are you constantly thinking about how to create value and build news business, or How to improve or transform your organization? Are you trying to find innovative ways of doing business to replace old, outdated ones? These are the questions that Business Model Generation book starts with.

Abraaj Capital, Palestine Investment Fund Launch $50 Million Private Equity Fund for Palestine SMEs

Arab Crunch  Jan 28 10

The Palestine Investment Fund (PIF), a publicly owned investment fund which aims to strengthen the Palestinian economy through key strategic investments, and private equity group Abraaj Capital announce the first closing of a US$50 million private equity fund dedicated to Palestine.

Breaking Live: Apple Announces iPad and iBookstore. ($499)

Arab Crunch  Jan 27 10

At Apple’s major event today steve Jobes just announced iPad and iBooks store priced starting at $499, iPad is mutli touch version of Pod with great features, iBooks will be like iTunes app store,you will be able to download books from the cloud.

Yahoo! Launches Arabic Search via Maktoob

Arab Crunch  Jan 27 10

This is the first time a fully supported Yahoo! search engine has been available in Arabic and is currently in its first phase  on Maktoob.

Opera: Yahoo! More Popular Than Google in Indonesia.

Arab Crunch  Jan 26 10

According to Opera’s State of the Mobile Web report, In Southeast Asia among mobile-Web users, Google is at the top of the rankings for numerous countries, with the very significant exception of Indonesia where Google is only at #6 and Yahoo! is at #2.

#ArabCrunch.NET Hits Over 1000 Members and Launches Improved Startup Q&A with Smart Matching.

Arab Crunch  Jan 24 10

Amman, Palo Alto. Even though we are still in private beta, our small engineering and product development team has been working hard to improve ArabCrunch.



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