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Zain instagram competition

 

Zain have just announced their first instagram competition, to participate do the following:

  1. Find and follow Zain on instagram (@ZainKuwait)
  2. Snap a photo with anything related to Zain (logo, product, poster…etc)
  3. send it to instagram.kw@kw.zain.com with you account name on instagram
  4. Zain will upload the pics to their account, and the voting will start by from today until Saturday 11:59pm
  5. 5 most liked pictures will win a BBQ set (Camping bag) from Zain

I have already participated :P my instagram name is: @nasseralmutawaa

and If I win, I’ll run a competition on the bag for my readers…

Good luck everyone! :)

Recent changes on facebook

I have tried the recently announced changes on facebook user homepage. At first sight, you will definitely get confused unless you follow a graphical guide you’ll find at the top of the home page. But, after reviewing and actually using these updates, I found them very useful, smooth, and easy to use.

THREE MAJOR CHANGES:

1- Updates time line:

A dynamic timeline that loads the “twitter way” showing recent updates at the top. This timeline will show at the top right side for your facebook homepage. Below is a screen shot of hovering an update, and getting its details displayed:

2- Custom lists:

Have ever wanted to list your friends into limited access, close friends, workmates, family members..etc to view updates from that specific list? As well as targeting them with specific status updates or walls posts? facebook custom lists now give you this feature. Below are two screen shots I have taken while creating a list for friends interested in receiving Blog37 updates.

 

 

3- Top Stories marking

Yes, you can mark stories in the timeline to be Top Stories showing always at the top of the page. Some stories will be initially marked as Top stories, I’m not sure on what basis, but I think it’s based on the level of people interaction with that specific post/article/story. Below is a screen shot of how to set a recent story into a top story, on your own feed!

 

Official video released by facebook below…

YouTube link

DOWA: 1st online pharmacy in Kuwait

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I received a tweet from a friend informing me about this new online pharmacy, DOWA, the first online pharmacy in Kuwait. To be honest, two questions popped into my mind, and I was really happy to find the answers in DOWA’s FAQs section:

This is enough for anyone to consider Dowa.co really trustworthy. Good luck guys :)

 

Website link: http://www.dowa.co
Twitter: @DowaCo

 

Thanks Mohammed Ashkanani

Twitter introduces Web Analytics

Twitter has announced two days ago the new Web Analytics, a tool that helps website owners to understand how much traffic is driven from twitter to their sites as well as how much of their website content is being shared over twitter. Analysis also include the effectiveness of their lately launched “Follow button“. The new tool is to be launched within the few upcoming weeks.

Source: Twitter Dev Blog

New Internet rates

I read on @FrankomBlog that the new internet rates have been set by all the local ISP’s after the agreement with MOC. below is the list:

QualityNet

KEMS

GulfNet

Fasttelco

Source: Frankom

الفنان طارق العلي… و تويتر

الفنان طارق العلي ينفي أي وجود له على موقع تويتر… بطريقة مميزة!

ADA2Z.com : free advertising website

ADa2z.com is a new Kuwaiti website that allows you to free advertise and have full control over your ads! a good idea. Website features:

  • Multilingual: supports Arabic and English.
  • Flexibility: you can edit your Ads at any time.
  • Map your store; provide map guidance to your store for customers.
  • Add your contact information.
  • Add pictures and videos to your Ad.
  • And a lot more!

NETGEAR Range Extender

I’ve been looking for this for over a month now, and I finally found it in X-Cite at a very good price (KD 33 – %20 discount = KD 26.750). This is the best solution if you’re living in a typical Kuwaiti house, where “nuclear-war resistant concrete” walls surround you!

Installation was very simple, plugged it to power, turn it on, accessed the control panel wirelessly. You’ll have the option to either use the main router access credentials, or even set new login information for the extender itself. My original home WiFi was really impossible to reach, but with this new toy I can move around freely with full internet access.

Brand: NETGEAR
Model number: WN2000RPT
Where to find it: X-Cite Alghanim
Price: KD 33 – %20 discount = KD 26.750 (I think this is a limited time offer)

Google+ cheat sheet

via Google+

Poll: The Social Network

It’s not about “The social network” movie! I’m creating this poll to assist me in a research I’m working on, so I assume that most of you, if not all, have facebook accounts or at least an account in any other social website. So, help? Please? :roll:

Question 1: (Below; you can choose more than one answer)

 

What's your favorite facebook feature?

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Question 2:

What is a “NEW” feature that you would like to see in a social networking website?
By “NEW“, I mean that it does not exist on any other website.

Comment please to answer :)