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Enabling digital democracyThis article appeared in the May 2013 issue of The Gulf. When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake triggered minor tremors across Bahrain last month, the Gulf kingdom’s interior ministry reacted instinctively More… |
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Facebook, Twitter update for BlackBerry 10Updated versions of Facebook and Twitter have been released for BlackBerry 10 smartphones. The enhanced apps are available as free downloads on the BlackBerry World storefront. Facebook version 10.0.1 new features More… |
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Saudi may try to end Twitter anonymitySaudi Arabia may try to end anonymity for Twitter users in the country by limiting access to the site to people who register their identification documents, the Arab News daily has reported. Las More… |
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Twitter hacking 'a wake-up call on privacy issues'Last week’s Twitter hack attack has given a wake up call on sophisticated invasion of privacy and more attacks await the uninformed and unprotected, according to an expert. More… |
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Hackers target Twitter, could hit 250,000 accountsAnonymous hackers attacked Twitter this week and may have gained access to passwords and other information for as many as 250,000 user accounts, the microblog revealed late on Friday. Twitter said in a blog post that the passwords More… |
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Connect Ads, Twitter launch Mena businessConnect Ads, a leading digital media and technology solutions provider, along with Twitter have announced the official launch of the social networking site’s business activities in Mena. Twitter will work in partnership with More… |
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BlackRock buys $80m stake in TwitterBlackRock, the world's largest asset management company, has taken an $80 million stake in Twitter, a person with knowledge of the deal said Friday. The six-year old social media company will not raise new capital as part of t More… |
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Mobily ‘most influential in social network’Saudi Arabia’s leading telecommunications provider, Mobily, is the most influential company in social networking websites Twitter and Facebook according to indicators that measure the extent of global familiarity of specific accounts onlin More… |
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Kuwait sentences 2nd man to jail for emir insultA Kuwaiti court sentenced a man to two years in prison on Monday for insulting the country's ruler on Twitter, his lawyer said, the second person to be jailed for the offence. The state has clamped down in recent months on pol More… |
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Kuwaiti gets 2 years for insulting emir on TwitterA Kuwaiti court sentenced a man to two years in prison for insulting the country's ruler on Twitter, a lawyer following the case said. According to the verdict on Sunday, published by online newspaper Alaan, a tweet written by More… |
