"Free Wi-Fi service, like what was offered during the London Olympics, is becoming an important tool for operators in maintaining quality mobile service during a time of skyrocketing data traffic."
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"Feesheh, an online music store based in Jordan, is seeking to make it easier for Arab musicians to pursue their dreams.
With a wide range of musical instruments, books and gear at competitive prices, Feesheh which means “plug” in Arabic, seeks to be a hub for aspiring musicians across the Middle East, according to its co-founder Nur Alfayez.
The online music warehouse, which went online in February 2012, is one of the companies incubated by Amman-based Oasis500 that seeks to help young Jordanians turn their business ideas into reality.
“There is a huge market for musical instruments and gear not only in Jordan, but also in the Middle East. Musicians face difficulties in finding the instruments they need, but Feesheh.com seeks to music to their doorstep,” she said."
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"TAMPA—Sitting in my motel room Thursday on the fringes of Tampa, maybe 20 miles and three weather systems away from the convention site, I am surrounded by enough newsprint to equip a Broadway revival of The Front Page. These are all the newspapers, glossy magazine convention specials and other journalistic handouts that I have meant to read since I arrived on Sunday. Later today, when I arrive at my convention workspace, I will also have my pick of all the major newspapers this side of Le Monde. And (sorry to end this paragraph on a downer) I undoubtedly will read none of them.
Relax. This isn’t another jeremiad about the death of newspapers. At my first convention as a fledgling reporter—Miami Beach in 1968—I was awed to discover that stacks of dailies like the Washington Evening Star and the Chicago Daily News were flown in each morning as a promotional gesture. And sadly I never got around to reading them either..."
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