Over the weekend parts of London descended into chaos as riots and looting spread after a protest organised around the yet unexplained shooting of a man by Police. Of course, there was huge amounts of chatter on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, with the latter coming under enormous amounts of criticism from the...
Since its launch at the end of March 2011, Jordanian-based on-demand video site Istikana has achieved up an impressive milestone. The site has racked up 1 million visits in the 135 days since its launch at ArabNet 2011. The announcement on Istikana’s blog read: We started Istikana with a simple mission: To help people find...
While some of Europe’s shooting stars have come and gone over the years, not all have either burned brightly or fizzled out. An important part of the development of the continent’s startup scene recently has been the emergence of a different sort of success: persistent, independent and innovative businesses that have stuck around when...