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Update: More people are having problems (here and here). The problem is apparently caused by using any external DNS (Google DNS for example). This is very weird. This is not surprising. Some STC customers (including me, Muneeb in Dhahran and Abdullah in Riyadh) are having problems accessing Google. This appears to be random because others told [...] Google’s very own “Google Groups Guide” Google group is blocked for no known reason. This is a Google Groups help and support forum. Here’s more info about it: The Google Groups Help Forum is the primary channel for getting your Groups questions answered. You’ll find that this community is always buzzing with activity. Get ready to [...] To celebrate The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s National Day, the Google Saudi Arabia homepage has changed the logo to the following:
The logo was previewed on Google Arabia’s facebook page hours before the beginning of September 23rd. Additionally, Google has launched a Saudi Arabia edition of Google news a few days ago (via ArabCrunch). Update: YoutubeIslam.com is now down. There was not anti-Islamic conspiracy. Youtube didn’t use the site to push inappropriate content. So these statements “والذي تحاول جوجل أن تستولي عليه لعرض مقاطعها الرديئة” and “وحسب ما ذكر بأنه سيتم تحويل الدومين إلى أحد صفحات يوتيوب التي لا ترضي المسلمي” were just wrong. YoutubeIslam.com has been renamed to TubeIslam. [...] The Google Wireless Transcoder is a simple tool that rearranges websites for mobile phone web browsers. This service is enabled by default on Google searches made on Nokia phones without an easy method to disable them. The service is completely blocked in Saudi Arabia and most mobile phone users are annoyed by this block. It is [...] Microsoft released Maren for Windows. Maren is a keyboard add-on utility that converts Arabic text written in English to Arabic. For example I can write 5aled and get “خالد” (Khaled). Watch a short video demonstrating Microsoft Maren here. This is not the first service. Google Labs have the “Google ta3reeb” service. Which is basically a dynamic [...] |
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