Last month, Hewlett-Packard glided into Amman with its “Personal Again” roadshow. “The Computer is Personal Again” is not an obvious choice for a campaign slogan: it almost automatically prompts the …
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Sometimes the simplest ideas work the best. When former winemaker Mario Polegato came up with the concept of a breathable sole whilst walking in the Nevada desert, he hardly imagined …
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How would you feel if you owned 49.9% of a company and could not elect even one member of the company’s board of directors? How would you feel if you …
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The journey and not the arrival matters”, said the English poet T.S. Eliot, who would have turned in his grave at the sight of most modern travel. Gone are his …
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There has been a lot of hype surrounding the Vertu mobile phone, arguably the ultimate in personal communication. The phone also comes with what it calls a Concierge service, an …
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When it comes to PDAs I am a virgin user. So far, they held little attraction. I am a minimalist kind of guy I suppose. For me a cell phone …
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In August 2005, Tarek Ayntrazi, the Starcom Group’s Middle East chief executive, left the media-buying arm of Leo Burnett after 15 years with the company, to head up Future TV …
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The February 14th attack, followed by the bombings in New Jdeideh, Kaslik, Sad al-Boushrieh and Broumana have seen increased demand for private security services from banks, shops, hotels, malls and …
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“Those who have deep smarts can see the whole picture and yet zoom in on a specific problem others haven’t been able to diagnose. Almost intuitively, they can make the …
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Like all other fields of activity, the pursuit of knowledge in Lebanon has suffered under the turbulences of spring 2005. A Beirut trade show on education and professional training options …