The highlight of 2011 so far has been the uprisings taking place in North Africa and the Middle East, particularly the Egyptian revolution. The Egyptian people have managed, through a peaceful revolution, to topple down a dictatorship that ruled the country for 30 years. One of the most interesting aspects of that revolution is that technology, particularly the Internet, played a very important role. As an Egyptian and a technology specialist, I figured I should analyze the role played by the Internet as a whole, and by Web 2.0 in particular.
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Web 2.0 and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
Posted: February 24, 2011 in InformativeTags: blogging, egypt, facebook, google, internet, politics, revolution, twitter, web2.0, youtube
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New Google Buzz vs. Twitter and Facebook
Posted: February 9, 2010 in Just Out!Tags: blogging, buzz, facebook, google, twitter
Google strikes again!!
The folks at Google just rolled out yet another application that tackles an area previously dominated by Twitter and Facebook: Microblogging! Microblogging is posting small entries that usually consist of nothing but a short sentence fragment, or an image or embedded video. This is commonly known as “tweeting” for those who use Twitter (except that Twitter only allows text and URLs – no images or videos). The same concept is found in Facebook where users post status updates, images, videos and links.
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