Q8Ba7th Official Blog

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Aramex it seems are extending their Ardiya office working hours to more than 12 a day. At such time when everyone seems to be going away from Aramex for their prices, and slow delivery, I would think this is the last thing Aramex should be worried about.

What people really want I think is, first faster delivery, then cheaper prices, and better (much better) tracking.

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Name: Our Kuwait

Site: ourkuw.com (Coming Soon)

Twitter URL: http://twitter.com/ourkuwait

Type: News

Brief: Our Kuwait is a new upcoming site, still unclear how the main site will be and what will be it’s nature, but it’s already got a Twitter account, and it’s primarily about latest on the stop Kuwait news in Arabic. I’m not really a fan of local news, but this one is quite good and could help me stay updated without much hassle, I highly recommend it. What’s so good about them is that they give you what they promise… News, rather than opinions which sparkle heated debates, and I hope they stay that way. Just to keep it right, turns out they do give their opinion along with the news.

Just follow them on Twitter, and get updated instantly.

Their website is still under construction, but I’m sure following their Twitter account would keep you updated once it launches.

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Sadly, Wataniya just sent a late notification for migrating their Wataniya numbers to the new plan starting today. The SMS is requesting all users to add a 6 to all their Wataniya stored contacts. I also heard Zain are doing the same as well. This is a very tedious job, and I didn’t have that in mind in the original Eight Digits Converter release.

We have worked on a quick solution to allow you to specify the operator you want to convert specifically. It’s pretty much the same. You basically just uncheck the operator you don’t want to convert to right now.

You can check all the latest updates and download the new release at the Eight Digits Converter page. Or if you like, you can download the software directly from here:

• Eight_Digits_Converter.jar (Version 0.2.0 Fix) – Java JAR File (All platforms) – Requires JRE 1.6
• EightDigitsConverter.zip (Version 0.2.0) – Windows Installer (Windows only)

For Java Version: Please make sure after installing JRE 1.6 that you set it as the first to use. For Mac, check the Java Application Runtime Settings. For Windows and Linux, check the path environment variables.

UPDATE: I got an SMS from Wataniya saying you can convert your numbers using WBackup. I did not find any relative information on the website, but you may wanna call and ask about the service. It’s an application you install on your phone that lets you do the conversion. According to the SMS, the service is FREE of charge. I think it’s FREE for first 3 months, and you will need to store your contact information on Wataniya servers.

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Some people reported problems running the Eight Digits Converter Java version, getting the following error:

Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jdesktop/layout/GroupLayout$Group

For Geeks, problem was building GUI Apps using Java, the editor for some reason does not include some primary classes needed for the GUI Interface in the built JAR file, and those classes are not included in the Java versions by default.

For everyone, the problem is now fixed and you should be able to run the new version 0.1.1.

Please note I am not changing the file name in reaction to people linking probably directly to that file from their site, thus people will download the old release by mistake.

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Ramadan Kareem first, and God bless you all. Ramadan is a month of religion, prayers, and it’s also a lot more. It changes the social life style of all Islamic countries for people of all religions. It brings families and friends back together, strengths the social life, somehow encourages the sporting activities that we see Ramadan tournaments now more popular than the official soccer league. And heck, you can’t find an empty pitch to play! People keep writing about what they do and how they spend their Ramadan. So we figured, why not vote on it?

What’s your activities in Ramadan?

Q8igg for Ramadan section. There you will be able to see, vote, and submit the most popular Ramadan activities. The old way is changed, you no longer need to submit a URL for your news. For the sake of this practice, you can now write an editorial your self. Participating in this event is pretty easy:

1. Login to Q8igg (Register if you haven’t already. Takes three minutes)
2. Click on “Submit a new story” button
3. Write the original news url (if you have one) and click Continue
4. Write your story title. Could be something like “Play soccer”, or something more specific as well, such as “Play at Roudan contest”. Up to you. Please make sure though you check other stories before you submit yours. Chances are someone has already submitted the same activity, and you can vote there directly. Try not to generate duplicate content
5. Tags: Comma separated. Make use of them. For example, playing soccer at Roudan tournament could give something like “Sport, soccer, roudan, tournament”.
6. Upload Image: Would look much nicer if you have one. It would also make it show in sidebar rotating news box
7. Description: As much or little as you like. Shorter and more concise however might be more convenient for readers.
8. Category: If submitting for Ramadan, make sure you select Ramadan from the list.
9. Click “Preview and Submit”
10. Take a final look. All good? Click “Submit story”

That’s it! Now go on and submit some more if you have. Tell your friends to share their thoughts. See what other people are doing, give votes for what you like. Keep in mind there are two places for news:

Ramadan Upcoming: Where new stories are queued until they receive enough votes. Be sure to check there and get your favorite activities published.
Ramadan Published: Activities which already got the blessing of the community (i.e., enough votes).

Also, while you are there, you may want to check the other news categories. We are regularly posting news from Kuwait and Worldwide. You can also subscribe to any of our list of RSS feeds as per your desire:

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