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Yahoo's $1.1 Billion Acquisition of Tumblr: Good or Bad?

Yahoo's board of directors approved a deal to buy Tumblr on Sunday. This acquisiting is what many were waiting for, since Marissa Mayer took to the helm of Yahoo! last year. It's a good time for Yahoo. Here's a breakdown of what lies ahead for Yahoo!.

Fortune Mag Says Sell Your Gold, Buy JC Penney Stock Instead

Gold is on its way out and stocks are back in. Billionaire George Soros sold much of his gold and recently bought a huge stake in JC Penney. So if you're looking to unload some of your gold, here's a how-to guide.

Canadian Entrepreneurs Teach Kids to Love Arabic

Muslim Canadian tech entrepreneurs have created a storybook app to teach children Arabic.

iPhone Device Tells if Your Food is Really Organic

Unless you grow your own food on a roof or balcony or in traditional backyard garden, the Lapka iPhone device might be for you.

Qatari Students Create Navigation System for the Blind

An all-female team of students from Qatar University has created a wearable navigation device for the blind and visually imparied.

Kids of the Ummah App Celebrates Muslim Cultures Worldwide

Australian graphic designer and award-winning digital artist Peter Gould has just released his newest creative project, Kids of the Ummah, a book and app series intended to celebrate Muslim cultures worldwide.

Farah Pandith Wants More Women Entrepreneurs

Farah Pandith, along with Hillary Clinton, has recently launched the “Women in Public Service” initiative, naming public service as “the next frontier.”

Saudi Arabia's $109 Billion Solar Plan

Saudi Arabia has finally noticed it has twenty centuries of solar reserves and has made plans to tap them. For its own use.

Beyond the Grave: Capitalizing on the Legacies of Our Favorite Artists

Sure, the technology is impressive, but are we capitalizing off the legacies of our favorite artists who have long since past?

Saudis to Make Desert Sands into Solar Polysilicon

Saudi Arabia has lots of open land with sand rich in silicon needed to make polysilicon for the solar industry.

Iran Launches Spanish-Language Satellite TV

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad officially launched HispanTV, a Spanish-language satellite TV network, on Tuesday

Prince Walid bin Talal Buys $300 Million Stake in Twitter

Saudi billionaire Prince Walid bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding Company announced a combined investment of $300 million in the social networking site Twitter, in a statement Monday.

7 Amazing Clean Tech Projects in the Arab World

Despite the mainstream news depicting nothing but political drama and violence, there are all kinds of great green projects ongoing in the Middle East. Take a look at 7 that might surprise you.

iRoots: Steve Jobs' Arab Ancestry

Steve Jobs, arguably the most influential CEO in the world, is the biological son of an Arab American who was born in Homs, Syria, and studied at the American University of Beirut.

Forget Zuckerberg, How About Fazal?

The entrepreneurial world is loaded with bright, usually young, people who dream of one day founding the next Google, Facebook, or something uniquely new and revolutionary.