tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59850976435730564962012-01-25T15:34:07.868+04:00From Dubai/Doha to Digital, speak your mind out...! A blog about Online Social Conversations..Kapil Bhatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766277694485463105noreply@blogger.comBlogger1421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985097643573056496.post-5472837673208011612012-01-25T15:28:00.001+04:002012-01-25T15:34:07.881+04:00

Interactive Info-graphic of the Financial Service Industry for Hong Kong. Please see the details for the categories as follows: - Banking - Licensed Bank, Restricted Banks, Deposit Taking companies, Local Representative Offices Insurance - General Insurers, Life Insurers, Insurance Agents/Brokers Other Financial Services Industry - Investment and holding companies, Stock and share companies, 

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Jesse Rosten pokes fun at beauty product ads. Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

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Below is an infographic depicting the search trends for Visa and Mastercard from 2007-2011 for 33 countries. I have used Google Trends to collect the for data last 5 years. You can sort the data by Country or by Year. The key words used in the analysis are 'visa' and 'mastercard' in the Financial Services Category.According to Google - The data reflects how many searches have been done for a

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The below article was published in Qatar Today magazine- Jan 2012 issue. The article is about how can banks manage customer relationships online without just talking about banking and being innovative. Click on the below pics to continue reading. "Text Version"  I am a Bank; Iam Boring Financial Institutions are perceived to be not innovative and creative when it comes to Online Media and

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Wish you all a Happy New Year. Hope things go really well for every one in the coming 366 days. Check out the below video by Gerald Donovan depicting time lapse of traffic in Down Town Dubai at the New Year's eve. Fireworks at 1:28:00. Timelapse of traffic in Downtown Dubai on New Year's Eve (close-up 2) from Gerald Donovan on Vimeo.

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A known fact - people in need of Financial Services flock to the Internet to conduct their preliminary research. A largely ignored fact - Online Sentiments determine the demand and supply in the 'offline' world and online research helps the customers make their purchase decisions. An excellent example of Sentiment Analysis is how Google's Search Index trends along with the UAE's housing pricing

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Santa gets the iPhone - Merry Christmas

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A known fact - people in need of Financial Services flock to the Internet to conduct their preliminary research. A largely ignored fact - Online Sentiments determine the demand and supply in the 'offline' world and online research helps the customers make their purchase decisions. An excellent example of Sentiment Analysis is; how Google Index trends along with the UAE's housing pricing index to

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Below is a comparison of how the Google Search Index varies when the housing bubble burst in Dubai in 2009. From the charts you may notice that a peak in the search of 'Home Financing' category happened few quarters before the bubble burst in UAE. This is very interesting and probably tells a lot about the fact that sentiment plays a very important role in the market movements. Surprisingly, the

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This series covers Google Trends 2011 for UAE,  Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Oman and Lebanon. Google has once again released its annual Zeitgeist report, showing the fastest rising searches for countries all over the world. Saudi Arabia and Egypt were covered as part of the MENA region. I have used Google Trends to do the analysis of other countries in the Middle East. Part 1 covers - UAE, Saudi

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This series covers Google Trends 2011 for UAE,  Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Oman and Lebanon. Google has once again released its annual Zeitgeist report, showing the fastest rising searches for countries all over the world. Saudi Arabia and Egypt were covered as part of the MENA region. I have used Google Trends to do the analysis of other countries in the Middle East.  Part 1 covers - UAE,

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The below article was published in Qatar Today - Oct 2011 issue. The article highlights the way Social Media has redefined itself and a financial perspective to it. Text Version Social Commerce drives Online Business Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver- Ayn RandHuman beings always like to be in control of things. However, in

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I have recently got a Fujitsu Lifebook T 901, which is an awesome notebook.  The laptop has some awesome features like: - Finger print sensor Bi-directional rotatable display Multi touch - screen pad Charge you phones/media devices even when the system is turned off via the USB port 3G port to help you be connected anytime Intel Core i7 vProNext  Having a Modular bay for an optional second

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The below article was published in Qatar Today magazine, September 2011 issue. The article highlights innovative mobile marketing technique adopted by brands. Click on the below pics to continue reading. "Text Version"Emergence of Mocial Marketing Mobile marketing has come way beyond sending the 160 character text. With the growing popularity of smart phones the scope of reaching your

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The below article was published in Qatar Today, August 2011 issue, highlighting how few brands in Middle East have started thinking about online reputation management. The article highlights issues faced by brands who completely ignore the importance of monitoring their online presence. Click on the below pics to continue reading. "Text Version"Online Reputation Management On 17th June 2010 @

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I wannna Express blog has been listed on Creative Commons Qatar website as one of the featured works. This is a proud moment for me. A bit about creative commons - Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share.[1] The organization

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The below article was published in Qatar Today magazine - July 2011 issue. The article summarizes various initiatives taken by banks to adopt Online Media to communicate with their customers. Click on the below image to contiue reading.  ***TextVersion *** Today most of the financial services companies are on a recovery mode and looking for optimistic signs in their books. While the

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The article gives a visual depiction of Internet v/s Social Marketing, published in Qatar Today Magazine - June 2011 issue. Internet v/s Social Marketing  In my previous post I had given few tips to convince your boss to adopt social media for commercial purposes. If you have managed to even partially convince your boss on introducing social/online media in your organization, the next step is

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Dedicated to all the ladies - the below post articulates various trends observed on the online media. The article was published in the Woman Today Magazine - May 2011 issue. Click on the below pic to continue reading. ***Women Rule the Roost***Both men and women have basic differences in their opinions and habits, which can seem a little confusing, depending on your perception.The irony is that

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The below article was published in Qatar Today's April 2011 issue. Click on the below pics to read. Text Version *****Boss - We need to Socialize…***** The last conversation with your boss on adoption of Social Media may have left you stranded and you may be wondering how to convince him/her. You may conclude that the person is rigid not open to new ideas. A close minded person is difficult to

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The below article was published in Gulf Times on 09 June 2010, my initial interaction days with the people in Doha to speak about twitter. Click on the below image to read the article.

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The below article was published in Qatar Tribune on 26 March 2011 for Doha Twestival. Click on the pic to read. Doha Twestival Team managed to raise QR 87,000. Proud to be part of the Doha Twestival team.

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The below article was published in Qatar Today's March 2011 issue (Qatar's No. 1 business magazine). Click on the images to read through.  *** Article Text***  Mobification of your website!  When was the last time you spent more than 30 seconds on a mobile based website to find some content? You may try using your iPhone, Android or Blackberry to get a daily dose of news, social media or

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The Egyptian crisis has moved the International media as the world focuses its attention toward a peaceful political breakthrough. The social media has played a very important role in creating awareness, organizing protests in the country, reporting various events at the rallies etc. Below is a summarized analysis of  Let us go through a few trends on the keyword #Egypt and #Jan25: - -

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The below study covers UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.Check out below the Top Keywords that the users searched on Google in 2010. The searches are dominated by social media sites. One interesting point to be noted is how users are searching their interests in Arabic (العربية) on Google. Dubai emirate has dominated search in UAE, considering it has been in highlights for financial

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FIFA awarded Qatar the 2022 world cup to Qatar today evening. Qatar brings the World Cup to the smallest host ever but one which has unparalleled financial power to stage the world's biggest single-sport event. It overcame the reservations of many people about holding the games in desert heat. Qatar will stage a World Cup in and around Doha in a desert summer but promises state-of-the-art

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Friends.. Check out a new blog roll on Doha. The blog will display tweets about any one and every one that mentions Doha or Qatar in their Tweets. dohatweets.blogspot.com

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The trend of neologism – creating new words – is on a rise in the world of technology. We need new words to interpret new ideas.  We had the Internet, Websites, Blogs, Web 2.0, Social Media, Tweet and now Gamification.‘Gamification’ is the new buzz word and it’s coming soon to your gym, your job, your government and even your doctor. In fact it has already arrived in the world of financial

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The scope of the article covers banks for social networks and not Internet Banking. Many banks have realized the potential of online social engagement; however, most of them are reluctant to connect with customers online. The concept of virtual online websites is not getting any younger. The realm of social media or online social engagement is growing with an estimated value of US 10 million in

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Google India has recently introduced the Bollywood Search Engine. You can now search the latest to the oldest bollywood music online and listen to the songs. The search can sort by Artist, Albums, Songs and even the time period. List down the 1950 melodies or the latest hindi movie songs on the website. Google has partnered with SaReGaMa, In.Com and Saavn.com to stream music, which is fully

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After Facebook went down on Thursday, thousands took to Twitter to share the news, vent their frustration and get their fix of social networking. The two-and-a-half-hour outage for the users was like they were drug addicts going through withdrawal. Facebook's more than 500 million users have grown accustomed to sharing updates from their daily diets to pets. Twitteratis were not behind in

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The Common Wealth Games (CWG) to be held in Delhi in October 2010 have been slammed by national and international media for lack of readiness. I believe some of the officials may have screwed up but the games will definitely happen and the Indian government is working towards it. Lot of negative publicity churned with mishaps at the venue has given some of the potential hosting candidates like

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Check out the below link for few unofficial photographs of the Google Office in Dubai Internet City. The office has a modern Arabic look with dedicated area to work and relax. Most of the meeting rooms are named after famous Arabic cartoon characters.  Google opened its office in Dubai Internet City in early 2008 as part of its plans to focus on its Arabic language services. Google office is

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This is what we all would like to hear, don’t we? To put things in perspective, UAE and Saudi Arabia are not banning the BlackBerry device produced by Research in Motion Limited (RIM). But instead it is the BlackBerry mobile services like e-mail and text messaging by October 11, 2010. The reason for this ban is a dispute between the UAE and RIM concerning RIM's encrypted data system. The system

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English Translation - 'Awesome Quotes on Facebook'. More often than not many of us write hilarious, thought provoking, opinioned quotes and share with our friends. I decided to keep a track of these quotes, by my friends, over the past few weeks on Facebook and below is the outcome. Every quote has been credited with its respective source and are selected on the basis of being hilarious and

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The Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) announced the launch of $35 laptops; cheapest in the world. The Linux based device will also have provisions for running on solar power besides the usual battery operated systems. A student at VIT, Vellore came up with a mother board design, and the PCB of the same was later fabricated in IIT, Kanpur. The Rs 1,700/$35 computing device is

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Twitter looks set to unveil another revenue raising model with launch of @earlybird account, that will carry special offers with brands paying to feature on the channel. The development was first reported on Read Write Web, but there is no official statement from Twitter. The company’s spokeswoman told Read Write Web: “There are interesting things in store for @earlybird. Keep waking up early and

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On 17th June @ sandeepgeetla tweeted the below rumour which led to a slide in the ICICI shares by 3.5 % in the intra day trading hours, however within hours the stock price recovered due to prompt action by the bank. This info was published in Business Standard on 24th June.ICICI bank is known to monitor 3-5k tweets per day via its Twitter handler @icici_care. The bank also monitors online

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To fix the "whaling" issues on Twitter and avoid frequent outages, Twitter team has placed restrictions on various functionalities. Below is a list of restrictions placed by the technical team to ensure maximum availability of the websites: - •Direct Messages: 250 per day. •API Requests: 150 per hour. •Updates: 1,000 per day. The daily update limit is further broken down into smaller limits for

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We had organized a Tweet up for Doha Twitteratis this week on 06 June. Members of the social networking site Twitter gathered at Café Colombiano earlier this week to discuss the uses of the service and how it could be used to encourage socialising and information sharing in Qatar. We also got reporters from Gulf Times who helped us cover the event followed by an article in their paper. We had a

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The leaders in the Middle East have realized that Web/Social Media are one of the potential mediums to reach their people. Some of the leading personalities in the region are Jordan's Queen Rania, Sheikh Mohammed from UAE. Recently Egyptian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei (231,462 fans) overtook Queen Rania (207,666) on the total number of followers on Facebook as per an article in

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UAE has the highest Facebook penetration rate followed by Qatar in the Middle East as per the data released by Facebakers. Saudi Arabia has the highest number of Facebook users but the penetration rate is very low. The users in Qatar are growing rapidly and overall in the Middle East. Users in UAE have grown by 11 % and Qatar by 8% in the last 6 months. This illustrates the Social Media boom in

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Check out the screen shot below, showing online ads from Qtel (Qatar Telecom) and Vodafone Qatar on the same page. Looks like the boys are fighting hard to grab/retain their market share. This is what you call Aggressive Online Marketing.

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A graphical "Balance" Comparison of how has the life changed after Social Media/Networking has entered our lives. The graph may not cover every aspect but highlights some of the important day to day changes impacting people. People continue to communicate but through different medium. The existing tools like mobiles have found themselves for a different use.

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Google India announced today the IPL (Indian Premier League) Zeitgeist for 2010. Sachin remains at the top as the most searched player followed by Saurav Ganguly. Interestingly Deccan Chargers are the most searched team on Google followed by Mumbai Indians. MI was the most searched team in 2009. MS Dhoni and Sehwag were not able to make it to the top 10 searched players list. Newcomers in this

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Lately there has been some unusual events in Dubai, which makes me wonder if there is a trend shift in lifestyle or are the officials changing their ways of addressing issues: - Example 1 - The overly hyped British Couple lip kissing issue. I believe if they have violated the decency laws of Dubai, ideally they could be warned for the first time rather than dragging them into courts. Yes, they

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This was the only session I managed to attend at this prestigious event, which was utterly entertaining. The story reciting session with Dalrymple was fun and passed too quickly. The session was about him being a travel writer. He described how modern day India has changed since yester years but continues to maintain its charm. Speaking about his book, “Nine Lives” he thought the book may not

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This is the Part 2 of the post Death of Social Media. I decided to name it as above to highlight potential threats to this popular communication medium in the Middle East. Social Media is vibrant and booming in the region but the possibility of its sudden death cannot be overlooked. The political sensitivity and formation of agendas against the existing regimes has provoked many governments in

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Come on let it rain, let it rain down on me Let the rain touch my hands - Melissa Etheridge. Check out the videos of the heavy rains filled with thunder storms.Click here to view the pics. VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2

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Social Networking in the Middle East is a completely different living thing, that has some how slithered into our life. The approach to social media from a commercial point of view needs to be fundamentally different from the global trends, which may not work here. Past few years marketers have been trying to convince the Senior Management of their respective companies to allocate more budgets

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Trevor Johnson, head of strategy and planning for Facebook EMEA, announced Facebook's recent alliance with Connect Ads, who have been named the site's official representation partner in the region, at a press conference on Wednesday Facebook hopes that the deal with Connect Ads will give exposure to advertisers in a socially conservative Middle East region where online marketing is in its early

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The Twitter party is on in Bollywood. Many stars are catching up with the social media website to reach out to their fans. @PriyankaChopra takes the lead with 182,548 followers, followed by @iamsrk with 155,919 fans. SRK is still tweeting about the much hyped MNIK while other stars are busy tweeting about their daily chores. I have managed to compile a list of Bollywood Celebrities available on

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The Musical Fountain of Qanat Al Qasba is purely enchanting. The Qasba Musical Show is fun to watch as the water dances to the tunes. There are various sessions in the morning and evening with a gap of 1 hour between each show. This is the one similar to the Dubai Mall Fountain which is definitely much more dynamic and larger than life. The show is approximately for 8-10 minutes. Kids have

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Hello UAEns... Ibn Battuta has got a mention in a Bollywood song, infact an entire song dedicated to Ibn Battuta. Check out the song below which is from a forthcoming movie Ishqiya. Set in western Uttar Pradesh, the movie is a tale of romance between individuals caught in a web of crime, suspense, passion and deceit. The movie is expected to hit the theatres on January 29th. Ibn Battuta (

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Google can help us predict what the sexes are looking out for in a relationship. Wow! That's a discovery. What are the needs of a man and what is a women looking out for. You don't need to look out for a relationship consultant. Just Google your thoughts :). A query on Google.ae gave the below results of what men and women may be frequently searching for in UAE. I used the phrase "How can I get

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Caution – I am not trying to be a sexist or show that breast cancer issues don’t really matter. Just ridiculing the level to which Facebook platform was used to raise the Breast Cancer awareness Last week did you update the color of your bra on Facebook? I am sure being a woman you wanted to show your support for the deadly Breast Cancer and make people aware of its affects. Well, some really

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Google has released its long awaited mobile gadget - The Nexus One, running on the Android OS. The best part about Nexus One is that you can purchase its unlocked version. This is good news for all the UAEns as you would be able to use it on either Etisalat or Du network. Google has smartly placed itself in the market by not signing up with a single telecom provider as previously done by iPhone.

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The marketing industry’s obsessions seem to change every two years or so. Few years back in the Digital Marketing world Web 2.0 was the buzz now “user-generated content.” which is an extended version of Web 2.0. Notable examples include the now world-famous Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit; YouTube, the world's most popular place to find web video; and social communities

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Congratulations Dubains….you have once again made it. The launch of Burj Dubai with pomp and show makes this astonishing 828 metres building the highest man made structure in the world. While a part of media may have criticized the launch, the tower was proudly holding its esteem in surpassing all the world records. Salute to the worker’s who have given their life in building this monster and

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Check out this video which shows the amazing view of the city from the top most spot on Burj Dubai. The video depicts the top view of the statling skyline of Dubai and explains the various elements involved in developing the top most floor of the giant structutre. Burj Dubai is set to launch on January 04th, 2010. The Burj Dubai Metro Station will also be official inaugrated on the same day to

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Every one has made a hue and cry about this 10% service charge levied by the restaurants in UAE. Ministry says service charge is illegal and restaurants continue to justify the same. As quoted in the 7 days article “The committee, which is chaired by Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, the Minister of Economy, said that under Consumer Protection Law 26, issued in 2006, restaurants are not allowed to

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After the search giant, Google and Yahoo, both the social networking websites Twitter and Facebook released a list of trending topics in 2009. Starting with Twitter, Iran Elections dominated the tweeting scene during the year, followed by Swine Flu. The Hash Tag list also has #iranelections at the 2nd position after #musicmonday. Micheal Jackson was the most popular celebrity on Twitter;

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Every year Google releases a list of most popular search of the year on the search engine. This is called Google Zeitgeist. Google tracks what people are searching online from most popular news site to restaurant. Below are the rising trends in UAE: The above chart shows that most of the people in UAE were busy searching for airlines like Fly Dubai, Air India etc. this year. The trend shows

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Today most of the financial services companies are busy taking a stock of their losses and looking for optimistic signs in their books. While the financial pundits predict the possibility of reviving the economy, I believe listening to your customers is what’s missing in most of the companies. Many financial and non financial companies are busy implementing what then want to but not what the

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Ohhhhh God! It took us 4 hours to travel from Shaikh Zayed Road to Al Mulla Plaza..damn this is just not good. Some of the rumors taking rounds in the market were… Emirates road was blocked Airport road was jammed Some mall like Khalidiya and Al Wahda Malls in Abu Dhabi and Ibn Batutta Mall in Dubai had a leakage The roof of Mercato Mall had some damage and the rains had caused severe damage A

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My mom usually does her grocery shopping at the Al Adil store. Out of curiosity I accompanied her last week to the shop to observe the customer profile and category of product offered at the store. A quick summary of the store : In 1984, Adil Store was opened in order to cater to the needs of the Indian house wife residing in Dubai. Clients from far off places like Abu-Dhabi, Sharjah, Al

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It is so mesmerizing to see the world largest dancing fountain, set on the Burj Dubai Lake, shooting water as high as 500 ft. The Dubai Fountain has daily shows scheduled every 20 minutes starting at 06:00 pm. Check out the daily schedule of the fountain show. The fountain has 1.5 million lumens of projected light and uses 22,000 gallons of airborne water. The below video has the show

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Sharjah Municipality has set up dams near the Sharjah International Airport, Emirates Road, Al Dhaid Road heading toward Sharjah and industrial areas to avoid water logging during the rainy season. Small dams have been built in these high traffic areas to ensure smooth flow of vehicles during rains. Sharjah Municipality says please call the number emergency municipality number 993 in case of

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Google has gone one step further in the field of Search. Now you can search on the command of your voice. Google Search by voice is now available on Nokia S60 phones. S60 phones are any of your ESeries or NSeries phone running on a Symbion operating system. Yell any thing on your phone from Dubai to Digital and your effort will be recognized. Check out the below video for details. The new

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The Eighteenth Twitter Conference will be held in Dubai, on 18th Nov 2009. The event will be held at Media Rotana, Barsha. The event is being held in association with Total IT Solutions of Dubai. The event is being organized world wide in association with a Washington, DC-based technology group, The Cool Blue Company LLC. The Cool Twitter Conference provides an environment for developers,

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Social search or a social search engine is a type of web search method that determines the relevance of search results by considering the interactions or contributions of users (courtesy Wikipedia) Well Social Search in simple terms is ability to search content (blogs, pics, reviews etc) uploaded by people in your Social Circle. These people can be your connections on Linked in, your friends on

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This one was a really well organized event at an implausible location like Shelters. Thanks to Alex for getting all the geeks together under one roof. This was an event which didn't require registration/entrance fees/'wasta' ;) Some of the highlights of the evening were … Catalin Marin – He spoke on the High Dynamic Range, photography and how can we master it using Photoshop. Thanks Catalin

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Attending Tedx Dubai was just so fulfilling. For once I felt, yeah! Someone is thinking here :) Tedx is an independently organized event which is a major success for Dubaians. We had 19 passionate speakers highlighting topics ranging from social media to marginalized communities to traditional food to biophotonics. TED is an annual global event where some of the people are invited to share

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The country’s largest service provider will launch it own mobile phone targeting mass market as reported in Business 24-7. The phone will be launched in a week’s time as reported by the vice president of product marketing. The phone will be priced @ of AED 300 and feature mobile broadband applications, service portal Weyak and other customizations. Etisalat used to offer customized handset to

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Make magazine interviewed some of the greatest minds working in the field of science and technology. The people interviewed have various fascinations like microbes, chess, sharks, fossils, periodic tables etc. The magazine asks these great thinkers what they would like to do for the planet. Hey, if you do have any ideas about science and tech do share it with the site, to have you own space.

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All the Fire Fox fans, please be careful with downloading the latest browser version. An ad on Google actually directs you to firefox.mozilla-now.com, a site that tries to get users to pay $2.50/month for an ongoing support.Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser born from Netscape Communicator Suite. Firefox has 22.98% usage share of web browsers as of August 2009, making it the

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Gizmodo a tech blog got its hands on what it believes is the secret new tablet computer being developed by Microsoft. This 7 inch new tablet PC has two screens, opens like a book and is designed for writing, flicking and drawing with a stylus. Courier is believed to be in a "late prototype" stage of development. It's not a tablet, it's a booklet.Check out the article and initial video of the

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Summary of the Sharjah Power Outages past 1 month.(Attached is the map highlighting the areas most impacted by the outages in RED)14 Aug 09 –15 Sep 09 – Intermittent power failures across Sharjah, leading to complete blackout on a number of days.- Electricity failures continued for few days and no satisfactory explanation from Sewa officials increased doubts on the recovery from the outage. News

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News – Dubai Metro has been halted, rumour is that one of the passengers on the train pressed the emergency. Due to this all the stations are shut until further notice. The Rashidiya station was jam packed a while ago…Another rumor is that it was a signal failure due to which the trains were halted and all the stations were shut. It took more than 3 hours for the passengers traveling to and fro

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Guys,Awesome video! The speech was given by Severen Suzuki representing ECO at Rio De Janerio in 1992 highlighting environmental issues that we continue to face now. We really need to clean up our act, and help save the planet. Selfish and greedy people continue to exploit the planet even though the world leaders were made aware of the environmental problems 17 years ago. To honour the video lets

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It was almost a year ago when, Lehman Brothers, one of world’s most trustworthy investment bank collapsed. This led to global financial panic, crashing of stock markets, housing crises failure of major investment houses etc. The series of event took place last September spreading panic world wide among bankers and destabilizing the financial system. When the dust had settled most of the world

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You can now be tracked on Twitter J.Don’t be scared. Twitter is planning to add a location feature in its micro blogging platform. Twitter co founder Biz Stone informed that the new API will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to any tweet.This service can be exploited by marketers to target their respective geographical customer segments. This can help marketers/retailers to offer

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Yahoo has finally taken a plunge in the Arabic world by acquiring Maktoob.com, the largest Arab web portal and online community. GCC companies can now target their ads toward Arabic speaking customers using the Yahoo portal. Last year, I had met online sales director for Yahoo Middle East at a conference who confirmed that Yahoo had previously attempted to acquire Maktoob, but was not able to

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The Fashion bug is trying to get into our car seat belts. The following article was reported in 7days newspaper, stating that UAE Road Safety officials are trying to encourage young drivers to wear seatbelts while driving by introducing fashionable and stylish straps.Many young drivers don’t consider it cool and deem it as a cowardly act to wear seat belts while they are behind the wheels. As per

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Yeah! I have finally got my Emirates ID done. It took me just 2 hours to complete the formalities. I just wanted to make every one aware of the renewal procedures for the ID and wanted to share my frustration with the potential ID takers.For Illustration PurposesMy Visa Expires in September 2010I went to register for the ID card in August 2009Emirates ID Charges – 100 per year (for the year you

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Many companies are busy sending emails to their customers to promote their products and services. ISPs (Internet Service Provider) monitor and manage emails sent via their servers to ensure they are not being flooded by spammers. Besides blocking and filtering nowadays ISPs use throttling technique to block emails from a user having vague reputation or has been known to spam the

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I have just come to know that on 09/09/09 RTA will launch only 10 stations. Below is the list of 10 probable stations that may be launched in Sep : -- Rashidiya- Deira City Center- Al Rigga- Union Square- Burjuman Square- Al Jafiliya Station- Financial Center (DIFC)- Mall of Emirates- Jumeirah Island- Dubai Airport Terminal 1The inauguration will be done at the Financial Center Station. Most of

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41 Days left for the launch of Dubai Metro. One of Dubai’s most ambitious projects is coming to an end. On September 09, 2009 RTA will launch the Red Line. Some of the facts of this line: -Estimated Passenger Traffic – 600,000 per dayTotal Stations – 29Route – Rashidiya – Jebel AliLength – 52.1 kmAs an estimate by RTA, the Red and Green Lines will serve 1.2 million passengers on an average day,

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Why does the earth face the sky?Why do the royals stay at high?Why is the poor always suppressed?Why is the rich always depressed?Why does the sunrise and moon never?Will she achieve her dreams ever?Why can’t women put mascara with mouth closed?When he got an opportunity he never showed.Why is that the rain drops but snowfalls?Why are the skyscrapers very tall?Why are miniature things priced high

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I recently visited the Dubai Central and Vegetable Market in Al Aweer, which was designed to meet the requirements of the Emirate's vegetables and fruits trade until the year 2012.The wholesale market comprises seven blocks consisting of a total of 284 outlets, while the retail market has four blocks consisting of 150 vegetable, meat and fish outlets. Each shop in the wholesale market is provided

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Attention: all the online businesses seeking to drive traffic from Search Engines. Yeah.. people are spending more time on Social Networks than on Search Engines. Some of the sites have started reporting some improbable facts, one being; Facebook sends more traffictheir way than Google, according to Adage.comSocial Media sites like Twitter, Facebook etc are becoming huge contributors to the

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Two major international banks have decided to boost the property market in UAE by opening the liquidity tap.HSBC declared that it will now offer 75 percent financing on completed villas, 70 percent on completed apartments and 50 percent on off-plan units. The applicants must earn a minimum of AED20,000 per month, irrespective of their nationality. The maximum loan term is five to 25 years, or

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I recently visited the Sharjah Aquarium (Museum) and was astonished by its facilities and exquisiteness. The museum has over 250 species to see, from the smallest clown fish to moray eels, and poisonous snakes to sharks. They also have an underwater journey (something like the Underwater Park in Sentosa, Singapore and the one in Dubai Mall). They have actually tried to replicate the old Sharjah

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Friends,Got the below warning in an email, hence decided to post on my blog. I am not sure how accurate is the below information. QUOTEWEATHER ALARM - 25th March - 1st April ABU DHABI:Light Rain / Thunderstorms chance On: Mar 25 – Night / Mar 26 / 29 Mar & 1 Apr / 5 AprilDUBAI / SHARJAH:Rain / Thunderstorm: Mar 25, Mar 26, Mar 27, Mar 28, Mar 29, Mar 31Heaviest Rain on: 25 Mar Wed Night and 29

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Playing loud music, dancing, nudity, kissing and even holding hands in public is considered inappropriate behaviour under the new guidelines laid down by the authorities of Dubai.Dubai Executive Council issued a list of public behaviour that is inept for a Muslim country and should be respected by visitors and residents.Ban on exchange of kisses between men and women and even on holding hands for

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As of this minute 1,508 cities and towns in 80 countries have already committed to VOTE EARTH for Earth Hour 2009,which is a fight against Global Warming.In simple words on 28th March 2009 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. you need to switch off your lights.Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi are also amongst those 1,508 cities, which will be part of the of the worlds first global election between Earth and

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Digital technology is another medium to help a company reach its products and services to a different target segment. It helps to lure an online customer towards your brand. A customer can virtually engage with the brand and know more about its features. There are various methods by which a marketer can reach his customer on the Internet. Some of them are: -· A dedicated Website for your company/

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Parking tickets at midnnight night 2:30.... It seems like RTA inspectors have started working a lot harder now, by charging fines to the public at midnight. I had parked my car in a huge parking lot in Bur Dubai, but adjacent to the footpath. I agree that this is not a parking, but I was not obstructing the allotted parking spaces. At midnight after taking several rounds in the area, I was not

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Many companies have lost their face in an urge to promote their products on the web. Many employees have been involved in so called unethical practices using various techniques to aggressively promote their company product on the web. Some of these practices are described below: -Flogging. The creation of a blog which appears to be an organic site, but in fact is sponsored by the organization

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Update 12 Jan 2012: - The application of late fee for expatriates (above 15 years) will be implemented in four phases: Phase 1: From December 1, 2011 Includes all expatriates in the Northern Emirates: Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain and Ajman, in addition to all employees in the federal and local public sectors and semi-government organisations and their families Phase 2: Ffrom february

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