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Good news everyone, you no longer need to use questionable methods (such as installous) to download 17+ apps in Saudi Arabia because some of the 17+ apps has started to appear in the Saudi App Store. At least Opera mini is available right now. Other apps such as Atomic Web, iCab Mobile and Opera for Mac are still missing. A few months ago Apple removed all apps rated 17+ from the Saudi Arabia and United Ara ...

Arab Computers, ABM's distributor in Saudi Arabia, has announced a limited-time discount on MacBook Pro (2011 models with ThunderBolt). The offer is valid for 2 days only (Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23 June). The new prices are: • MacBook Pro 13-inch with Core i5 from 4,999 SR to 4,499 SR. (no such thing as core i3 macbook pro). • MacBook Pro 13-inch with Core i7 from 6,399 SR to 5,749 SR. • MacBook Pro 15 ...

The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) has released their iPhone app in the App Store. Screenshots of Tadawul app: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) would like to announce the release of the official application for the (iPhone/ iPad) devices. The application displays the Information of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) including the Equity, Sukuk & Bonds, and ETFs markets. The application allows users to ...

Opera mini web browser for the iPhone was updated to be a Universal App with iPad support. Opera mini 6.0 also adds Arabic language support as well as Retina display support and general performance improvements. The app is available in most App Stores except two. Since Opera mini is rated 17+ "You must be at least 17 years old to download this app" that means that it's not available in the Saudi Arabia and ...

Last week Google added "Paid Android Market" access to 99 countries excluding major tech markets in the Middle East such as Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt. These countries were left with the "free global Android Market" which includes most free Android apps (but no first party Google apps such as Gmail, Google Maps). Staring today many popular free Android apps were no longer available. Apps such as Adobe Flas ...

Google recently added support for paid Android apps (and first party app access) to 99 countries bringing the total of countries supporting the full Android Market to 131, beating Apple's 90 countries in global reach. Middle Eastern countries such as Oman, Bahrain, Morocco and more still has no Apple App Store. Unlike Apple's App Store the Android Market limits visitors by country (used to be by carrier) so ...

Mobily will hold a smartphone app developers conference tomorrow Monday 16th in Riyadh The event will be held at halls D and E in Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Registration is on location. You can follow the event on Twitter using the tag: #mobilydevday Here is the developer conference agenda: 08:00 - 09:00 Registration 09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and introduction (Faisal Bin Zarah, Execut ...

Banque Saudi Fransi has released their iPhone app, FransiMobile, last week. And similar to Samba's app it provides a number of services for the bank's customers such as: • Account Balance & Statement • Mini-Statement for your last ten FransiMobile transactions • Transfer funds between your accounts • Transfer funds to accounts within Al-Fransi • Transfer funds to local banks • Transfer funds to internat ...

Just like STC, Mobily has announced on their facebook page that the white iPhone 4 made with unicorn tears will be available in the Saudi market soon. Did you really wait for the white iPhone 4? Why? You can find the author of this post on twitter: @khaled. Arabic version of this post on SaudiMac Arabic Edition. Please follow SaudiMac on Twitter and add SaudiMac on Facebook. Remember to visit We Want Apple ...