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• Jordanians are so excited about Obama, you gotta see this

  I flipped out when I saw this ad, many families run ads to celebrate their son’s 3rd birthday, or their daughter’s kindergarten graduation, or what so ever, but this guy was so excited about... Posted Nov 20 2008, 12:14 AM by jazarah! Filed under: Jordan, Ads, Funny, USA

• Mosques and Synagogues Twinning

  Tikun Olam’s Richard Silverstein reports: This coming weekend (November 21-23), forty communities (see list) throughout the U.S. will feature a local mosque and synagogue joining together to host... Posted Nov 19 2008, 10:32 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Islam, USA, Humanity, Judaism, Antidote

• The Day The Earth Stood Still, is it too late for peace on our planet?

  I’m not a fan of Sci-Fi movies, but this one seems to be very interesting, The Day The Earth Stood Still, opening on 12 December 2008. The movie is about a group of aliens that land on earth, they... Posted Nov 19 2008, 12:36 AM by jazarah! Filed under: international, Interesting, USA, Stuff, Clips

• America’s Favourite Stars

  Will Smith has topped a list of America’s Favourite Stars, a list that includes the top 10 voted celebrities through a public vote by America’s largest magazine, PARADE, and Entertainment Tonight, America... Posted Nov 16 2008, 02:10 PM by jazarah! Filed under: Interesting, USA, Lists

• Communications for Technology Professionals -Thurs. Nov. 20, ‘08

  TechWadi the organization of Arab technology professionals in Silicon Valley and around the world, will be hosting its next networking event on Thursday Nov. 20, 2008. you can join the event to network... Posted Nov 13 2008, 11:05 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Events, USA, event, TechWadi, San Jose, CA

• Iraq War Ends says The New York Times Spoof

  More than one million copies of a fake issue of The New York Times were handed out in different cities across the US, with a headline that says: “Iraq War Ends”. The 14-page paper was dated... Posted Nov 13 2008, 02:06 AM by jazarah! Filed under: media, Interesting, cool, USA, Stuff, PR, Smart, Amazing, Controversial

• Spoofing the Times: the War is Over

  …or not, as the case may be, but thanks to the liberal group, Yes Men, we can imagine just for one day: 1.2 million free copies of the “special edition” New York Times were circulated... Posted Nov 13 2008, 01:53 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: media, Culture, USA, Frivolities & Miscellaeny

• DHL ends its operations within the USA

  As a result of economic crisis in the US, and the rest of the world, DHL announced that it will end its domestic operation within America on January, however they will continue their express operation... Posted Nov 10 2008, 11:13 PM by jazarah! Filed under: international, USA, Stuff

• ONE | Join celebrities in making poverty history

  One by One Here is an interesting MySpace video clip that promotes ONE initiative, celebrities like Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, and many others join forces in this... Posted Nov 10 2008, 02:33 AM by jazarah! Filed under: international, Interesting, africa, USA, Asia, Arabia, Public Interest, Clips

• The Obama Fever hits media worldwide

  One topic grabbed the headlines of almost every publication in the world, the new president of America, more than 600 publications from around the world, all covering the same topic; Obama’s historical... Posted Nov 07 2008, 11:07 AM by jazarah! Filed under: media, international, Interesting, USA

• باراك حسين أوباما والانترنت !

  من هو باراك أوباما ؟ ما هو أصل باراك أوباما ؟ كم أنفق على حملته الانتخابية ؟ كيف ستكون سياسته ؟ ؟ ؟ هذه كلهاأسئلة تجد أجاباتها في أغلب المواقع على شبكة الانترنت وعلى القنوات التلفزيونية لكن ما لفت انتباهي... Posted Nov 06 2008, 10:48 AM by ابن الشمــــال Filed under: USA, امريكا, حكاية التدوين, ابن الشمال, مدونة ابن الشمال, Barak Obama, barak hussein obama, الانتخابات, الآعلان عبر الانترنت, elect, باراك اوباما, حملة انتخابية

• The world is back on track

  It has been long 8 years. 8 years in turmoil, going through a crisis after another, and disaster after another. George W Bush has managed to shake up not only the US, but also the entire globe. It isn't... Posted Nov 06 2008, 09:14 AM by The Arab Observer Filed under: USA, Elections, Obama

• McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin didn’t know Africa was a continent!

  Sarah Palin - Miss Alaska, was the funniest part of the elections, she has been criticized for the lack of knowledge and political experience, she spent $150,000 on clothes for the campaign, and she read... Posted Nov 06 2008, 03:39 AM by jazarah! Filed under: media, Funny, international, Interesting, cool, USA, Stuff, Clips

• Random photos after Obama’s victory

  Obama’s extended family in Kenya celebrating his victory Iraqis hoping for a better future under the new administration American soldiers in Afghanistan watching and hoping to see home soon George... Posted Nov 06 2008, 02:20 AM by jazarah! Filed under: media, international, Interesting, USA, Public Interest

• Wikipedia… go ahead, follow the blue!

  With over 10 million articles in 253 languages, you’ll be too busy reading to even wonder how you got there. So go ahead. Follow the blue. Advertising School: The Creative Circus Atlanta, USA Art Director... Posted Nov 05 2008, 11:47 PM by jazarah! Filed under: media, Ads, cool, USA, Public Interest

• ArabCrunch Partners with Mashable’s 2nd Annual Open Web Awards: NOMINATIONS OPEN!

  ArabCrunch is proud to announce its partnership with Mashable , in its 2nd Annual Open Web Awards. Mashable is one of the top visited blogs worldwide, its choice to include ArabCrunch as one of the 100... Posted Nov 05 2008, 10:48 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Blogging, international, Events, Europe, Blogs, USA, Social Media, Web 2.0, Asia, Startups, Mobile 2.0, e-commerce, e-marketing, Social Networking, arabcrunch, Mashable, Telecom, Search Engines, Where 2.0, SaaS, ArabCrunch News, VC & Capital, Nomination, 2nd Annual Web Awards, Vortals, Web Awards, Voting

• Interview with Obama

  This is the first interview with Mr. Barack Obama after the US Elections: Me: Congratulations. Obama: Thank you. Me: Can you describe your feelings now? Obama: First of all, I'd like to thank Allah... Posted Nov 05 2008, 01:07 AM by Not Green Data Filed under: politics, Economy, world, USA, Middle-East

• Top 10 Stupid Things Americans say to Brits - The Late Show with David Letterman

  Read More... Posted Nov 04 2008, 11:27 PM by jazarah! Filed under: Funny, cool, USA, Stuff, Clips

• The outcome of the elections

  Via The Daily Kos. Read More... Posted Nov 04 2008, 06:48 PM by Jordan, I will be back... Filed under: USA, Misc.

• My entertainment tonight

  My entertainment tonight: Watching Fox News. HAHAHAHAHHAHA... Read More... Posted Nov 04 2008, 06:38 PM by Jordan, I will be back... Filed under: USA, Misc.

• White Obama vs. Black McCain! Let the issues be the issue, not the color

  Interesting ad by Tor Myhren, creative director of the Grey Group; Let the issues be the issue, not the race. But however the question remains, will the Black Guy make it to the White House? via Read More... Posted Nov 04 2008, 02:13 AM by jazarah! Filed under: media, Ads, international, Interesting, USA, Public Interest, Controversial

• If the world could vote, Obama will get 86.8%

  Out of 665,797 voters from 210 countries around the world, 86.8% voted for Barack Obama, interesting website that enables you to vote for the next American president, here take a look. Read More... Posted Nov 02 2008, 06:05 AM by jazarah! Filed under: media, international, Interesting, USA, Stuff

• More of George Bush Great Moments - The Late Show with David Letterman

  David Letterman makes fun of George Bush in front of him. Read More... Posted Nov 02 2008, 01:34 AM by jazarah! Filed under: Funny, international, Interesting, USA, Amazing, Clips

• Don’t Vote… interesting celebrity endorsument in a US Elections TVC

  Interesting TVCs encouraging Americans to vote, I’ve never seen such a big number of celebrities together, I guess Leonardo DiCaprio is behind the idea, interesting indeed. Read More... Posted Oct 31 2008, 04:16 AM by jazarah! Filed under: media, international, Interesting, cool, USA, TV Commercials, Public Interest

• OpenX Launches a SaaS Version of the Popular Open Source Ad Server

  If you are a blogger or a med size website who wants to monetize your website and manage your ads at easily with less hassle, the free open source company OpenX today’s announced OpenX Hosted is... Posted Oct 30 2008, 01:34 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Blogging, international, Arabic, Europe, USA, Web 2.0, Asia, Startups, online advertising, e-marketing, emarketing, Adsense, Arabic version, OpenX, OpenX Hosted

• Intel and Dubai Silicon Oasis Invests in Dubai Based Software Developer Sphere Networks

  Joining forces with Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) , Intel announced its investment in Dubai-based Sphere Networks , an emerging Arab based software development firm specialized in enterprise management. Intel... Posted Oct 29 2008, 06:50 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, international, UAE, 2007, Dubai, USA, 2008, Networking, Startups, Press Release, Telecom, Orascom Telecom, WiMAX, VC & Capital, investment, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Intel Capital, Sphere Networks, funding, Inetl, DSO, Capital, 2005, enterprise network management, Joint Venture, Arena

• Don’t Vote… things are fine just the way they are

  Interesting campaign to encourage people to vote and change the situation in USA, take a look! Read More... Posted Oct 28 2008, 11:41 PM by jazarah! Filed under: Ads, Interesting, USA, Smart, Public Interest

• Obama or McCain? Vote Now!

  If you could vote (talking to NOT Americans) who would you vote for? 92.9% out of 453 votes from Jordan, were for Obama. 64.9% of 430 votes from Israel also went to Obama. 147,895 Votes from USA, 80.7... Posted Oct 25 2008, 11:50 AM by JanMania.NET Filed under: USA, 2008, Vote, McCain, Obama, Election

• falling between the lines

  Arabic, especially media Arabic, has clearly been influenced by English and French. (You can often tell which journalists know English, because it is reflected in their vocabulary and sentence structures... Posted Oct 25 2008, 04:07 AM by bint battuta in bahrain Filed under: media, Arabic, USA, language, Translation, teaching, Britain, France

• plays on words

  A few nights ago I watched Closer . (I’m currently catching up on just about every film made in the last few years, thanks to Um and Abu Naief , who have lent me a load of DVDs.) I watched Closer knowing... Posted Oct 23 2008, 05:58 AM by bint battuta in bahrain Filed under: USA, language, films, Britain, theatre

• Sarah Palin Before and After $150,000 Makeover

  Every morning before I go to work, I read the headlines on Google News. I was surprised this morning that the top headline under the world news category was related to Sarah Palin’s wardrobe! It... Posted Oct 22 2008, 08:11 PM by H.A.N.I. 101 Filed under: USA, Political, fashion

• Wikeez Received Seed Funding of USD $250,000 from Kuv Capital.

  Wikeez a Lebanon based new social entertainment web site has received USD $250,000 from Kuv Capita l, the funding will be used for development and attracting market adoption. Wikeez allow people to publish... Posted Oct 22 2008, 06:54 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Blogging, international, Lebanon, Europe, Dubai, startup, USA, Social Media, Beirut, Web 2.0, Asia, Startups, Portals, Social Networking, France, VC & Capital, Venture Capital, Paris, Entertainmen

• Accident!

  The question is: Can you count how many people were in the van? Read More... Posted Oct 19 2008, 09:42 AM by Jordan, I will be back... Filed under: USA, Misc.

• US National Debt by President

  Political mythology claims that Liberals are big spenders and waste large amounts of money on social programs and such when in reality this isn’t necessarily the case. The trick is to know what to... Posted Oct 19 2008, 08:21 AM by H.A.N.I. 101 Filed under: Economy, USA

• wall of sound

  This cheered me up just when I was feeling overwhelmed with work... I don't keep up with music (or anything else, these days) so I hadn't heard of Naturally 7 . Believe it or not, this is just... Posted Oct 17 2008, 10:11 AM by bint battuta in bahrain Filed under: Music, USA

• Linked Development Enables Social Media CRM: Connects Microsoft Dynamics CRM to Facebook

  Founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of the Egyptian company LINKdotNET , LINK Development‘s Facebook Dynamics CRM Connector , is a new application to enable companies to communicate with and handle queries... Posted Oct 15 2008, 09:10 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Egypt, Arab World, international, Europe, USA, microsoft, CRM, Facebook, Social Media, Web 2.0, Asia, Social Networking, Telecom, Orascom Telecom, SaaS, Linked Development, SAP CRM, Oracle CRM, MSN Arabia, Enterprise 2.0, SugerCRM, Business social networking, LINKdotNET

• The Daily show on being an arab family man..

  Love it! Read More... Posted Oct 15 2008, 05:31 AM by Jordan, I will be back... Filed under: Funny, USA, Misc.

• No more Twitter SMS! BrightKite has Free International In-Bound SMS and, It Also Redesigned and Added New Features -30 Invites-

  If you are outside USA, Canada and UK, you no longer can get your twitter friends update via SMS, yhough a number of starups came along to offer you twitter SMS but with hefty charge per SM S . Well that... Posted Oct 11 2008, 01:31 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World,