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John Paczkowski in News on May 9 at 7:31 am PT
Whatever supply constraints Apple once faced with the new iPad, it appears to have resolved them. The company will launch the device in an additional 30 countries including Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. Noticeably absent from this latest rollout list: China. With the addition of those nations, the total number of countries in which the new iPad is available for purchase will be almost 90.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 24 at 11:15 am PT
What is
AllThingsD’s Arik Hesseldahl doing in Brussels, anyway? Talking tech, naturally.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 30, 2011 at 4:58 am PT
The Salesforce.com CEO will give a keynote speech in New York later this morning. Expect him to revisit his favorite subject, the social enterprise, and a new one, the social marketing cloud.
Liz Gannes in Social on October 27, 2011 at 9:03 am PT
Founder Ramy Adeeb, an Egyptian living in San Francisco, built Snip.it’s bookmarking tool after experiencing his home country’s revolution earlier this year from afar.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 30, 2011 at 8:59 pm PT
A quick look at what Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff will talk about in his Dreamforce keynote Wednesday. A hint: It will have something to do with the social enterprise.
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Peter Kafka in Mobile on August 13, 2011 at 5:40 am PT
Authorities said they shut down cellphone service on parts of San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit on Thursday night to stifle a planned protest on the subway system. A BART
statement defended the move “as one of many tactics to ensure the safety of everyone on the platform.” The Electronic Frontier Foundation immediately described the move as a “
Mubarak”; others noted the parallels with the
United Kingdom’s proposal to limit phone and social media services in the wake of that country’s riots.
Drake Martinet in News on July 1, 2011 at 3:06 pm PT
What does an entrepreneur need to build a disruptive businesses in the midst of revolution?
In Egypt these days, it takes a reliable Internet connection and a culturally uncommon aversion to risk.
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Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 30, 2011 at 11:11 am PT
An Egyptian administrative court fined ousted President Hosni Mubarak and two former officials the equivalent of $91 million on Saturday for
cutting mobile and Internet services during protests in January. It was the first court ruling to be made against Mubarak since he was ousted on February 11.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 25, 2011 at 10:00 am PT
Wael Ghonim, the Google executive detained by the Egyptian government who reluctantly became the face of the Egyptian people’s revolution after helping organize protesters using social media, will leave Google to start an NGO.
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Christopher M. Schroeder, Angel Investor, CEO, HealthCentral.com in News on March 21, 2011 at 1:15 pm PT
These days the word “exit” in connection with Egypt often conjures the departure of a politician or business executive caught on the wrong side of historic, popular forces. Indicative, however, of a growing new narrative in successful entrepreneurship in the country, Intel announced last week its acquisition of Cairo-based SySDSoft, a leading 4G wireless software developer.
