You Are What You Share

We live in a world where web 2.0 and massive technological innovations have created unprecedented potential for collaboration with no regard for geographical distances, or any of the traditional divisions of humanity.

Check out this clip from the Us Now film project- a succinct synopsis of our rapidly changing methods of communication:    



Matthew Taylor of the Us Now film project said it best:

"The state needs to understand the potential of these new forms of collaboration and give them the kind of non-intrusive support that they need to grow. "

Facebook goes Arabic

Facebook currently operates in 40 languages- from Afrikaans to Greek... but no Arabic... until now. 

Although Facebook has been available throughout the Middle East since it expanded beyond the US college network in 2006, it will now be fully functional in Arabic.  According to an article in the Guardian, "50 million of the world's 250 million Arabic speakers already use the internet, but Arabic only makes up 5% of global web content."

Considering the fact that there are currently over 300,000 Facebook users in Lebanon, and over 250,000 in Saudi Arabia- this should be an interesting trend to track.  Social networking is often used differently in various cultural contexts... it will be informative to see how Facebook is utilized throughout the Arab-speaking world.