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LivingSocial Invades The Middle East

BY Neal UngerleiderMon Jun 27, 2011

LivingSocial has acquired popular pan-Arab coupon site GoNabit for an undisclosed sum, which is good news for local startups and quite bad news for Groupon's struggling Middle East operations.READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

Web Anonymizers And The Arab Spring

BY Neal UngerleiderFri May 20, 2011

A short discussion with the man behind Hotspot Shield about web anonymizers, the Arab Spring, and why expats in Dubai aren't happy with firewalls.READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Arab Air: How The Middle East Is Rewiring Our Friendly Skies

BY Greg LindsayFri Apr 1, 2011

One new hub of global air travel is in the Middle East.READ»

NORTH KOREA | Comment

Karaoke! Espionage! Haute Cuisine!: Adventures in the North Korean Government's Restaurant Chain

BY Neal UngerleiderMon Jan 3, 2011

Dishes are approved by the Dear Leader but guaranteed not to make you Il. By expanding into Dubai and Amsterdam, the NK government's eateries are providing an alternative to arms sales in raising foreign capital. Food not bombs, indeed!READ»

DUBAI | Comment

Massive Change Ahead in Middle East: Women Control $700 Billion and Counting

BY Jenara NerenbergTue Dec 21, 2010

Wealthy female investors in the Middle East are increasingly focused on the environmental and social returns of their investments--not just financial returns. According to Gulf News, women control 22 percent of the region's assets, ...READ»

DUBAI | Comment

Abu Dhabi and Dubai Ports to be Connected Via Rail

BY Jenara NerenbergWed Sep 29, 2010

Dubai's bankruptcy hasn't stopped the United Arab Emirates from making multi-billion-dollar infrastructure investments.READ»

THE MASTER PLAN | Comment

Wiring a Smart City in the Desert

BY Greg LindsayFri Jun 18, 2010

Is Dubai the world’s smartest city? Maybe not in the sense that it mortgaged long-term infrastructure with $100 billion in very short-term debt, but “smart” in a way IBM, Cisco and other tech heavyweights would be envious ...READ»

ARCHITECTURE | Comment

Design Crime: New Luxury Hotel Is a Five-Star Disaster Shelter

BY Suzanne LaBarreThu May 27, 2010

Slumming it never felt so rich.READ»

DUBAI | Comment

Bridging the Modern and Middle East With Furniture Inspired by Bedouins

BY Cliff KuangTue Apr 13, 2010

Swedish/German designer Katrin Greiling plumbs Arab traditions in her furniture designs.READ»

ANALYSIS | Comment

Leaders Presents... Balanced Scorecard Forum 2010

BY Joey FittsMon Apr 5, 2010

Joey Fitts chairs the BSC Forum 2010 in Dubai and will join Drs Kaplan and Norton for a 2 day masterclass. Fitts presents 3 sessions on The Social Strategist - explaining how new social media capabilities enable improved strategy formulation, communication and execution. www.leaderspresents.com/bscREAD»

MASDAR CITY | Comment

Financial Problems Hit Masdar City, the UAE's Sustainable Mecca

BY Ariel SchwartzMon Mar 22, 2010

Oh, Masdar City. We had such high hopes for you and your self-driving electric vehicles, giant geothermal facilities, and rooftop gardens. And the plan to generate all of your electricity from on-site renewable sources? It doesn't ...READ»

ANALYSIS | Comment

Video excerpt: Customer Intelligence @ Strategy Leaders Roundtable w/ Kaplan & Norton

BY Joey FittsSun Mar 14, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NerKNhodrao Joey Fitts discusses customer intelligence at the Strategy Leaders Roundtable with Drs. Robert Kaplan and David Norton at Palladium's Americas Summit in San Francisco in November 2009. Fitts cites cases of organizations utilizing both structured and unstructured information to gain competitive advantage. Included: the case of a leading cellular communications company who realized a savings of USD $2 Million per month, an example from the book he co-authored, Drive Business Performance: Enabling a Culture of Intelligent Execution.READ»

SUPER BOWL | Comment

Two Questions to Make Your Product Irresistible

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Feb 24, 2010

I could not sleep the night before my birthday. My mind was buzzing, not with dreams of birthday cake but with thoughts of what I had experienced earlier in the day. I was flying home overnight from Ecuador where I had just ...READ»

DUBAI | Comment

World's Tallest Fail! The Burj Khalifa Is Temporarily Closed

BY Alissa WalkerMon Feb 8, 2010

The Dubai skyscraper had only been open for about a month when it was unexpectedly shuttered.READ»

DUBAI | Comment

Dude-Bai: Base Jumping the Burj, Brah

BY Alissa WalkerFri Jan 8, 2010

Two jumpers took the plunge from the world's new tallest building and lived to star in a video about it.READ»

ARCHITECTURE | Comment

Off the Deep End: A Look at the Decline of Dubai

BY Zachary WilsonTue Dec 1, 2009

Deserts have a way of reclaiming whatever is built upon them. In the case of Dubai, the global financial implosion has sent that process into overdrive. After six years of frenzied expansion, during which the population grew at 7% annually and nearly $600 billion went into construction, reality has come rushing into view.READ»

TECHNOSPHERE | Comment

Dubai's Technosphere Is a Biological Bubble With a Twist

BY Ariel SchwartzMon Nov 2, 2009

In the face of a flailing economy and dwindling tourist dollars, Dubai presses on--this time with the Death Star-like Technosphere, a solar-powered biological bubble that will simulate the effects of climate change. The massive ...READ»

VERTICAL VILLAGE | Comment

Vertical Village Brings Energy-Efficient Gaudiness to Dubai

BY Ariel SchwartzThu Oct 8, 2009

In the United Arab Emirates, Dubai has always maintained a reputation as the center of excess and oil money gone awry, while Abu Dhabi's Masdar City has emerged as the UAE's sustainable core. But Dubai's developers might be ...READ»

MASDAR CITY | Comment

Zero-Emissions Masdar City Gets Persian Gulf's First Geothermal Facility

BY Ariel SchwartzTue Sep 29, 2009

Masdar City, a planned zero-emissions cleantech hub in the middle of Abu Dhabi, announced this weekend that it will raise between $300 and $500 million. Today Masdar announced even more significant news--the city is building the ...READ»

DUBAI | Comment

Bye-Bye, Dubai

BY Lauren GreenfieldTue Sep 1, 2009

Not long ago, Dubai emerged as a symbol of crazed civic ambition, a once-quiet desert burg suddenly superheated by cheap capital. That's over.READ»