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Revolution 2.0: Google Marketing Exec Wael Ghonim And The Facebook Page That Changed The World

BY David D. Burstein | 01-20-2012 | 5:22 PM | ETHONOMICS

In Wael Ghonim's new book, "Revolution 2.0," he maintains that last year's movement in Egypt was a leaderless revolution. We recently spoke with Ghonim, who is in Cairo, still hard at work trying to improve the future for his people and his country. READ MORE›

Inside The Egyptian Rebellion Launched On Facebook

BY Tyler Gray | 05-04-2011 | 11:58 AM | INNOVATION

In a new story for tablet app The Atavist, writer David Wolman explores just how important social media really was to the Egyptian uprising. Here's an early look.READ MORE›

Egyptian Protesters Raid State Security, Post Government Secrets to Facebook

BY Neal Ungerleider | 03-07-2011 | 10:19 AM | LEADERSHIP

Egyptian rebels stormed the headquarters of the feared State Security Intelligence Directorate this weekend. They stole files indicated that secret policemen spied on Facebook accounts, harassed Coptic Christians and had advance knowledge of terrorist attacks. Then they posted the secret files--to a WikiLeaks-like Facebook group.READ MORE›

How Urban Planning Fans the Flames of Revolution

BY Jenara Nerenberg | 02-24-2011 | 9:49 AM | ETHONOMICS

The accelerating role social media played in the recent uprising in Egypt has gotten a lot of people talking, but urban planning was just as vital. READ MORE›

Exactly What Role Did Social Media Play in the Egyptian Revolution?

BY Simon Mainwaring | 02-14-2011 | 12:59 PM | LEADERSHIP

The role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding the network of people who become willing to take action.READ MORE›

Egypt: Social Media as a Life or Death Proposition

BY Simon Mainwaring | 02-07-2011 | 1:04 PM | LEADERSHIP

Egypt is widely considered the litmus test for what will happen in the rest of the Arab world, but the importance of social media in its political transformation is larger than that. The use of social media in Egypt is a dramatic demonstration of a clash of cultures -- of the old and new, of violence and peace, of the past and future.READ MORE›

BBC Cutting Arabic Services During Egyptian Unrest

BY Neal Ungerleider | 02-04-2011 | 1:09 PM | ETHONOMICS

In polls, Egyptians stated they trust the BBC more than Al Jazeera. So why has the BBC announced plans to cut evening Arabic-language radio broadcasts just as Egypt undergoes a revolution and the Middle East enters an era of widespread unrest?READ MORE›

Kenneth Cole's Tone-Deaf Tweet! Vodafone's Coerced Texts! Salad Dressing Drug Charges! Business Misadventures in Egypt Multiply

BY Jenara Nerenberg | 02-04-2011 | 7:47 AM | ETHONOMICS

As a revolution unfolds, the forwardly fashionable, mobile operators, and even a purveyor of health foods have been caught up in Egypt's current chaos.READ MORE›

Iran Tech Expo Features Nuclear Might, Doubts, Concerns

BY Jenara Nerenberg | 02-03-2011 | 6:24 AM | ETHONOMICS

Rockets, satellites, nanotechnology, and aerospace advancements will also be on display this weekend in Syria. A Nobel Laureate's take: "Iran is like the fire underneath the ashes."READ MORE›

Google's SayNow, Twitter Offer Egyptian Protesters Voice-Based Speak-to-Tweet Access

BY Jenara Nerenberg | 02-01-2011 | 6:47 AM | ETHONOMICS

As Internet access crashes, Egyptians can now tweet by simply leaving a voicemail.READ MORE›

How Egyptian Protestors Use BlackBerrys in a Tech Blackout

BY Neal Ungerleider | 01-31-2011 | 9:33 AM | ETHONOMICS

While mobile phone service to much of Egypt was shut off this past weekend, BlackBerry devices quietly continued to work (mostly), offering a crucial portal to the outside world. Will other countries pressure RIM to slam shut the access? READ MORE›

How Social Media Accelerated the Uprising in Egypt

BY E.B. Boyd | 01-31-2011 | 7:39 AM | TECHNOLOGY

Did Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube send people out into the streets? Of course not. Did they speed up the process of protest? Absolutely.READ MORE›

Egypt Now Blocking Al Jazeera Broadcasts to Much of Middle East

BY Neal Ungerleider | 01-30-2011 | 6:34 PM | ETHONOMICS

The Egyptian government isn't just attempting to censor Al Jazeera within Egypt itself. The news station was just kicked off one of the Middle East's main satellite providers--which happens to be based in Egypt.READ MORE›

How Egypt Turned Off the Internet

BY Ariel Schwartz | 01-28-2011 | 5:18 PM | ETHONOMICS

The Internet is all around us--on our cell phones, our computers, even in the dashboards of our cars. It seems impossible that such a mammoth presence can just be shut off. Turns out, it's pretty easy.READ MORE›

Anonymous Goes Old-School, Attacks Egypt With Faxes

BY E.B. Boyd | 01-28-2011 | 4:49 PM | TECHNOLOGY

With most of the Internet down in Egypt, hacktivists resort to the electronic equivalent of the carrier pigeon to get information into the country.READ MORE›

Could Egypt Happen Here? Obama's Internet "Kill Switch"

BY David Zax | 01-28-2011 | 11:55 AM | LEADERSHIP

Egypt pulled the plug on the Internet. A Senate bill would give Obama the power to do the same--or something like it.READ MORE›

Egypt Shuts Off Tech, Tries to Shut Up Protesters

BY Kit Eaton | 01-28-2011 | 9:18 AM | ETHONOMICS

The Egyptian government, facing mass protests in the nation's streets by citizens calling for regime change, has shut off the Internet, SMS, and BlackBerry service and may have shuttered some mobile phone systems too. Now the population is turning to 20th century solutions.READ MORE›

Massive Egyptian Protests Powered by YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Twitpic [Pics, Video, Updates]

BY Neal Ungerleider | 01-25-2011 | 3:04 PM | ETHONOMICS

Egyptian pro-democracy protesters are embracing Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Twitpic. The pictures and video making it to the internet are, in a word, stunning.READ MORE›