Egobook: Turn your Facebook Profile into a printed book

TNW Quick Hit Egobookis a service that will turn your Facebook profile into a physical book. Hits: Great collection of peoples’ lives, brilliant for anyone sentimental. Misses: Sadly other than the text on the cover there is little control of what goes into the book. Overall: 4/5 The Details EgoBook created by Nicolas Cazelais, it is a personalized book created from status updates, published pictures, wall messages and the comments from a Facebook profile....

2 min · 270 words · Randall Fisher

Egypt Rebuilds as the Revolution Continues [Interview]

A thrilling tide of updates on Twitter and Facebook drew all eyes to Egypt this January, as the world watched a generation fight to end a tyrant’s three-decade rule, spurring similar protests across the Middle East. The Egyptian revolution of 2011, which began for many in the summer of 2010 and is still ongoing for some, was spurred by a series of protests demanding the forced resignation of President Hosni Mubarak after 29 years in power....

13 min · 2667 words · Adrian Lopez

Egypt sees its first Startup Weekend with SW Cairo

In thepost-revolution worldof Egypt, we’re positively thrilled to see that a startup weekend is being organized. Billed as the first of events targeting entrepreneurship in the new Egypt,Startup Weekend Cairois bringing togetherspeakers, presenters and mentorsfrom around the globe. The goal? Startup Weekend is an intense Thursday through Saturday event (the weekend in Egypt) where the team gathers entrepreneurs and helps them form teams, taking their business concepts from idea to launch in just 54 hours....

1 min · 175 words · Mr. Martin Rosario

Egyptian activist to be charged for a tweet

After being summoned today by the Egyptian Military Prosecution, Asmaa Mahfouz , a former April 6 member and online activist, has been released on 20,000EGP bail (over $3,000). She was summoned for a statement posted on bothTwitterand Facebook in Arabic, in which Mahfouz wrote, “If the judiciary doesn’t grant us our rights, don’t be angry if militant groups carry out a series of assassinations since there is neither law nor justice....

2 min · 320 words · Paul Smith

Egyptian activists organize an e-protest on Facebook and Twitter

Taking their fight online, as a means of spreading awareness, Egyptians logged on to Twitter and Facebook yesterday in their first official e-protest against the inordinate number of Egyptian citizens who have been tried in the country’s military courts in the past 6 months. Organized by the Alexandria branch of a group of activists who have been campaigning for months against military trials for civilians, the e-protest was slated to last one hour, but participants continued to tweet and post long after the hour was over....

5 min · 905 words · Douglas Cruz
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