“Let’s make a Happy video!” “Let’s do the Harlem Shake.” “Planking? Yes, of course. Check out my photos.” “Oh look it’s another Grumpy Cat!” You’d have to be living under …
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If you dream of a fully automated home environment where you can set the right mood via voice command, Legrand’s new concept store in Beirut’s Ashrafieh region might be a …
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Visiting Microsoft’s glass-walled office — overlooking Beirut to one side and a panoramic Mediterranean to the other — one can easily forget the enormous challenges looming on the company’s horizon. …
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The Republic of Lebanon is set to reignite its space program, more than 40 years after the first Lebanese rocket ascended 140 kilometers into the thermosphere. In a landmark decision, …
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For a hugely popular Lebanese-founded company, Woopra has had almost no success in the Middle East. The real-time web analytics company – which provides analysis of customer behavior on websites …
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It was not until the can-can came on that Firas finally lost it. The tall, bearded man rushed to the sound system, cranked it up to full volume, raised his …
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Today’s smartphones increasingly resemble “mini laptops”, allowing users on-the-go access to the Internet. They are about to get more useful and addictive, becoming wallets as well, allowing users to pay …
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The ‘good society’, in a connected world, is one that provides a framework for people to realize their potential in a meaningful and dignified manner. Steps toward this society, and …
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Over the course of the last decade, electronics have transformed the global markets: virtually all the world’s exchanges are electronic. Access to liquidity and the ability to execute in nanoseconds is …
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As businesses are working out what mobile applications can do for them, the ways in which connected citizens shop, eat, play, or even participate in activism are also finding new …