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Social media emerging as major business enabler for Arab SMEs, says Orient Planet Research report

  • 92 per cent of polled GCC SMEs already on social media
  •  Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn driving unprecedented customer engagement for Arab SMEs
  • Internet users in the Arab World is poised to climb to 226 million by 2018
  • SMEs contributes around 33 percent to GDP and comprises nearly 25 percent of the total labor force in Saudi Ar

Arab world urged to revamp education system to root out instability and extremist tendencies in region

 
  • Experts and knowledge influencers at First Knowledge Conference discuss roadmap for Arab Knowledge Index

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 9, 2014: The instability represented by the Arab Spring and the rise of extremism in the region are the direct outcomes of current inadequacies in the education system in Arab countries, experts said on the concluding day of the First Knowledge Conference in Dubai.

A Trip around Lebanon through the Lens of LG G3

Beirut, October 16th 2014: LG Electronics organized an exploration trip for 10 social media influencers around Lebanon which included Lebanese bloggers covering the technology, food and lifestyle sectors. The trip was held on the 27th and 28th of September and included different stops around Lebanon full of fun and adventure.

The aim of the trip was to introduce the bloggers to the newly released Smartphone the LG G3.