Google launched four new Arabic versions of Google News for Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. According to Google, there are over 40 million Arabic-speaking Internet users, so you might say these versions of Google News are long overdue.
Yahoo to Launch Arabic Versions of its Properties
Yahoo has announced its intent to acquire Maktoob.com, an Arab portal that reaches one in every three people online in its region. That accounts for about 16.5 million people. Yahoo says this is its largest geographic expansion in years.
Facebook Introduces Arabic And Hebrew Versions
It doesn’t look like Facebook’s international growth rate is going to taper off anytime soon. Huge numbers of people will find the social network easier to access as of today, since Arabic and Hebrew versions of the site have been introduced.
Google Seeking Arabic-Speaking Engineers
Yesterday afternoon, Patrick Pichette, Google’s chief financial officer, said something elegant about investing in the company’s core business both in and out of the U.S. It seems the man’s far from a liar, as a manager has now followed up with a call for Arabic-speaking engineers.
Blogger Learns Persian, Hebrew, And Arabic
One of the most basic things about reading (or writing) English is the left-to-right motion. Blogger’s now able to accommodate right-to-left movements, however, and as a result, has become available in Persian, Hebrew, and Arabic.