Tag: Egypt

3 Killed In “Honor Crime” In Egypt
Authorities in Luxor, Egypt say that ten men are accused of beating a woman and her two daughters to death in what they call an...
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Egypt Bans Online Porn, Some Fear It Could Go Further
Censorship is a tricky subject. It's especially bad when said censorship is taking a place in a country without proper protections for free speech and expression. One of those coun...
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Google Earth Scout Thinks She’s Found Lost Egyptian Pyramids
People uncover weird stuff all the time using Google Earth satellite imagery - alien structures, crop circles, the lost city of Atlantis, and structures that resemble giant male me...
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Google Map Maker Arrives for South Africa, Egypt
Google Maps unveiled many a fun product at yesterday's "Next Dimension"...
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President Obama’s Facebook Page Flooded By Egyptian Protesters
In the past 24 hours, Egyptians have deluged U.S. President Barack Obama's Facebook page with comments protesting a recent develo...
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Egyptian Government Institutes Pornography Ban
To quote Associate Supreme Court Justice, Potter Stewart, "[I can't define pornography], but i know it when I see it."...
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Internet Porn Might Be Banned In Egypt
Rick Santorum riled up Twitter last week when he announced his intentio...
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Twitter May Selectively Censor Local Tweets Yet Permit Them Globally
Shortly after the start of the January 25 protests in Egypt last year, a movement where activists removed their sitting president and arguable lit the fuse for the Arab Spring that...
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Lara Logan Talks About Assault for First Time on 60 Minutes
South African born 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan breaks her silence about the terrible sexual assault that she fell victim to in Egypt's Tahrir Square following the resignati...
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Russian Official Faults Google For “Manipulations” In Egypt
Google's attempts to "do no evil" and defend Wael Ghonim may have raised the Russian government's ire.  Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin has been quoted blaming...
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Google Exec Wael Ghonim Free From Government Custody in Egypt
Google exec Wael Ghonim went missing during the protests in Egypt, and has now been released from government custody in the country. The Wall Street Journal...
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Anonymous Joins the Middle Eastern Fray
While the Egyptian Revolution is not being televised -- not as long as President Murbarak is in power, anyway -- it is certainly receiving extensive coverage on the Internet, wi...
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Google Enables Tweets Via Phone in Egypt
Google has devised a way for Egyptians to tweet by calling a phone number and leaving a voicemail. The voicemail will be automatically interpreted into text and tweeted in real-...
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What Will Egypt Do Without the Internet?
Update 02/02/11: The Internet is back up in Egypt according to numerous reports. Original: According to numerous reports, the Egyp...
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