There are no shortage of games on Apple’s App Store; app developers are constantly evolving their ideas to create the next Angry Birds. Some apps function as useful services, trying to add gaming elements to prompt users to come back to the app, but with gamification often coming as an afterthought, many services fail to attract a large userbase. Appysnapis an app that motivates users to play a game, not on their handsets, but by interacting with objects in the world around them....

Who ever thought winningbusiness plan competitionsactually paid off? In the case of Aqarmap, it’s safe to say founder and CEO Amad Almsaodi is a believer. Driven by passion, determination, and after today’s investment: hard cash. Closing its first round of financing led by National Net Ventures (N2V), investors also included Jamal Al-muttareb, CEO of almuttareb group and Angel Investor Fadi Ghandour, MENA Venture Investments CEO. N2V’s investment comes merely days afterit investedin video gaming news portal True-gaming....

AR isn’t just ‘exciting’, it’s practical: Here’s how to use it for your business Great AR needs great content As aheadless CMS, Contentstack leads the way in helping businesses create innovative content experiences. In 2020, blogs and websites are no longer the main avenues of brand communication – modern customer experiences can include everything from chatbots and apps to new types of streaming media. Contentstack helps you adapt to new technology quickly and seamlessly, no matter the platform....

There has been a significant growth in on-demand Arabic video online, with several sites vying for the title of the Middle East’s Hulu. We most recently told you aboutCinemoz, a site that will be launching in the final quarter of 2011, joining the long establishedIstikana,Shahid.netandShofha. Dubai basedArabia.tvis the newest site offering free, legal on-demand content in Arabic. The site, with an entirely Arabic interface, has just launched and the listed TV shows hail from Egypt, Syria, the Gulf region, and other Middle Eastern countries....

Facebook use in the Arab countries is growing as such a rate that within a year, Arabic will overtake English to become the most popular Facebook language in the region, theJerusalem Post reports. The Arabic Facebook interface launched in 2009, growing to 10 million users within two years. As it stands, these users represent around a third of all Facebook users in the Arab world, with studies suggesting that two times as many people frequently use Facebook in the Middle East and North Africa rather than buy a daily newspaper....