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Apple will host an iPhone event on October 4. The event, titled “Let’s talk iPhone“, will be held in the Apple campus at 10 am PT (8 pm Makkah time). I would guess that Apple will announce the fifth generation iPhone, iOS 5 and iCloud. You can find the author of this post on twitter: @khaled. Arabic version of this ...

Google has updated its Google+ social network app. The new update brings many improvements including adding support for Hangouts from the iOS device. Google Plus 1.0.4.2326 features are: Join Hangouts from the mobile app Huddle is now Messenger Send photos in Messenger +1 on comments Reliability improvements in Messenger Granular push notification settings Map view in profile for places you’ve ...

Apple has released 2 new Thunderbolt related updates. The first is Thunderbolt Display Firmware Update for the Apple Thunderbolt Display released last week. The update improves the stability of the Apple Thunderbolt Display. The Apple Thunderbolt Display is a 16:9 widescreen with 2560 x 1440 resolution. It includes a Thunderbolt connection turning the display in a hub with 1 FireWire ...

Rami Kayyali has compiled and compared the prices of products in the newly launched UAE Apple Store with the prices at the Apple US Store and Saudi Arabia’s distributors. The results are interesting even though the comparison does not include taxes nor custom rates. UAE Apple Store vs Saudi Arabia Prices By comparing UAE Apple Online Store with Arab Computers ...

Apple has finally launched its first Online Store in the Middle East. The Emirates Apple Online Store is now open for business offering most Apple products including the iPhone (unlocked). You can also engrave iPods and iPads. Unfortunately these prices are a bit high compared to the US and Hong Kong Apple Stores. It’s even more expensive than the “official” ...

Google has released a stable version of their Chrome browser. Chrome 14 supports the following: The Web Audio API enables developers to add fancy audio effects such as room simulation and spatialization. Native Client is an open-source technology which allows C and C++ code to be seamlessly and securely executed inside the browser. Currently, Native Client only supports applications listed ...

Apple has released some more Thunderbolt related updates. The first is Thunderbolt Software Update available for all Macs with Thunderbolt (2011 models). The update provides support for the Apple Thunderbolt Display and bug fixes for Thunderbolt device compatibility. Apple also released Macbook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.2 for MacBook Pro laptops (2011 models). This update enables Lion Internet Recovery which ...

The Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission has released some interesting numbers about Saudi Internet usage in their latest newsletter (PDF): Total subscriptions to mobile broadband reached 11 million at the end of H1 2011, representing a penetration of 39% of the population. Other interesting tidbits from the newsletter: total number of mobile subscriptions grew to around 54.8 million by ...

Mobily has announced the launch of “4G LTE” service in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The “first phase” will be in the following cities: Najran, Jazan, Al Kharj, Ras tanoura, Algurayat and Aldudamy. Riyadh will not get it until the third phase after a month. With that Mobily has became the first carrier to offer 4G LTE in the Middle ...

Apple has released MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.1 for laptops released in 2011 (with Tunderbolt). This update includes fixes that enhance the stability of Lion Recovery from an Internet connection, and resolve issues with Apple Thunderbolt Display compatibility and Thunderbolt Target Disk Mode performance on MacBook Air (mid 2011) models. The MacBook Air EFI Update will update the EFI ...