An illuminating explainer from Le Monde (in French) shows the dynamics of the confrontation between rebels and the regime in and around Damascus.
Carte animée : comprendre la bataille de Damas… by lemondefr
An illuminating explainer from Le Monde (in French) shows the dynamics of the confrontation between rebels and the regime in and around Damascus.
Carte animée : comprendre la bataille de Damas… by lemondefr
For people whose society is organized into a rather extreme public/private divide, Saudis turn out to love sharing information about themselves online. It turns out they share the most of any country on earth.
From a slideshow by Mary Meeker, a renowned analyst on internet trends whose annual presentation at the D11 Conference is a geek favorite:
[via Daring Fireball]
Our occasional contributor Paul Mutter has a piece on the Mobily hacking scandal with tons of links and analysis over at Tech President. We rarely get so much detail about Middle Eastern net censorship.