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06.17.13Saudi Arabia to Block WhatsApp Before RamadanIt looks like WhatsApp will the next VoIP-based communication tool that will block in Saudi Arabia. The reason? WhatsApp refused to accept the regulatory conditions issued by the CITC. This was in connection to the warning that CITC issued lst March, that they will block any VoIP-based messaging service such as Skype, Viber and WhatsApp if mobile providers in the KSA cannot find ways on how to monitor these encrypted applications. Continue Reading...
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06.09.13Viber CEO Promise to Restore Viber Service in KSAFour days after viber service have been blocked in the Saudi Arabia, Viber CEO and Founder Talmon Marco, talked to media and vows to restore the service in the Kingdom. Continue Reading...
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06.05.13VoIP-Based App Viber Is Now Blocked in Saudi ArabiaSaudi's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) just announced that it has blocked VOIP-based messenger app Viber. Attempts to use Viber yesterday, resulted to users getting the message "Viber service is currently unavailable or being blocked. Please try again later. Place a regular call instead?", even the Viber desktop application will just hang while connecting to the service, even though you will be able to activate it. The news will surely disappoint a hundreds, if not million viber users (expats and locals) who uses the services to communicated to their love-ones within and outside the country. Continue Reading...
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05.17.13BlackBerry Q10 In the Flesh – Now Selling in Saudi Arabia for SR 2,700.00Blackberry recently setup a showroom kiosk at the Granada Mall in Riyadh and it looks like the BlackBerry Q10 have been available in the Kingdom early May. The phones that were on display are actually dummy but the rep was kind enough to hand me the actual device and let me played with it, I asked which is better the Z10 or Q10, for obvious reason the rep said the Q10 because of it's qwerty keyboard and the 3.1" touch display. Continue Reading...
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04.06.13Speed Testing STC’s Afaq Wireless ConnectionWe recently visited a relatives in Al Khobar and this time they got a connection from STC which is the STC Afaq Wireless, this was different from their old connection which was provided by STC as well. Continue Reading...
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03.31.13Twitter in the Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaAs conservative as Saudi Arabia, you'd think that people here are not social online as you see them offline. Here are some funfacts regarding Saudi Arabia and the micro-blogging site Twitter. One of Twitter's biggest investor is Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal who invested $300 million in Twitter two year ago. You can actually compose your tweet in Arabic. 51% of internet users in Saudi Arabia surveyed were active Twitter users, putting it in first place worldwide. Saudi Arabia’s most prominent clerics, Salman al-Awdah has 2.4 million followers on Twitter Saudis are the fastest growing group on the social networking website Twitter with an increase ...
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03.31.13Twiter Users in Saudi Arabia Maybe Required to Use Their Real NameHere's another one of those not-so-good-news that will greatly affect Twitter users in Saudi Arabia. Arab News is reporting that the government planning to end anonymity for Twitter users in the Kingdom by limiting access to the site to people who register their national identification documents or Iqama for Expats. Continue Reading...
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03.26.13Saudi Arabia to Ban VOIP Base Communication Software and Apps[caption id="attachment_9320" align="alignnone" width="540"] Skype's Login Screen[/caption] Technology have been one of the tools for us OFW to remedy homesickness of not being able to be with your love ones and family, not it looks like it gonna reach an all time high for Filipino OFW, since VOIP base communication software or apps like WhatsApp, Viber and Skype may be ban in Saudi Arabia if the developers or companies of these communication platforms do not provide a monitoring server by the end of this week. Continue Reading...
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03.18.13Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W730 and DSC-WX60 Now Available in Saudi ArabiaSony Middle East just announce via their Facebook page that 2 new Sony CyberShot will now be available in the Kingdom - Sony DSC-W730 and DSC-WX60. Both where announced early this month and both sports a 16+ MP sensor, you find more details as to what these camera have in common and what makes them different after the break. Continue Reading...
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03.10.13Extra Now Accepting Pre-order for Microsoft Surface Pro for SR 3,999.00It looks like Extra Store will one of the first, if not THE first store to offer Microsoft Surface Pro in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Extra Store recently announced on their Facebook Page that they're now accepting pre-order for the 128 GB SSD and 64 GB SSD model of Microsoft Surface Pro, with retail price of SR 4,399.00 and SR 3,999.00 respectively. Continue Reading...
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