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مسيحيّو عكار: هذه المنطقة لم تعد لنا

  ساساً، ولا حتى قنّ دجاج. تغيّرت القرى. ليس في ألوان الخضر التي في الدكان، أو في رائحة المناقيش ما يفتح الشهية. الساحة خالية، حتى من نصب للشهداء. مجرد جدران تملؤها النعوات. هو التمدن يقتضي إحلال سيارة سوداء بشعة محل سواعد الشباب في نقل المسنّين من أسرّتهم إلى القبور. يتزوجون في بيروت ويُدفنون في عكار. […]

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What does Nasrallah really mean?

  The Shia taxi driver who brought me home from the airport a few nights ago answered my question about the fate of the 11 Lebanese Shia pilgrims kidnaped in Syria with a rather shocking statement: “We don’t care. We don’t want them back if this causes any humiliation to the Sayyed. He will not […]

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Suleiman Says Dialogue Can Remove ‘Weapons of Civil Strife’

    President Michel Suleiman stressed Tuesday the necessity of resorting to dialogue, as the only way “to agree on the integrity of national security, the thing that would remove the weapons of civil strife”. In a speech marking the World Environment Day, Suleiman said that “economic progress is a main condition to achieve development, modernization […]

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Profile: Cheikh Philippe El Khazen

  Cheikh Philippe El Khazen is a proud member of the Khazen family.    Philippe is an Operating Partner at Valor Equity Partners, a Chicago-based private equity and operational growth investment firm focused on non-control and control investments in high growth companies across various stages of development.  At Valor, Philippe’s responsibilities primarily include interim portfolio […]

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ميقاتي من بكركي: الدولة أهم من الحكومة ولا نريد زيادة للفتن

  شدد رئيس الحكومة نجيب ميقاتي بعد لقائه البطريرك الماروني مار بشارة بطرس الراعي على أن "الحوار ضروري ويجب تمثيل الجميع فيه"، مؤكدا أن "هذه الحكومة أثبتت أنها تأخذ بكل الآراء ورأينا في كل المفاصل أنها تمثل كل اللبنانيين" ومشيرًا الى انه أكد للبطريرك على "الخطة لموضوعة لتفعيل العمل الحكومي بين مختلف الشرائح الممثلة فيها […]

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Lebanese Kidnapped citizen in Bekaa released

    The National News Agency reported on Monday that Lebanese national Hussam al-Boushrawi, who was kidnapped earlier in the day, was released later in the evening. However, the report did not elaborate any details on how Boushrawi was released. Boushrawi was abducted along the Ras Baalbek main road in the Bekaa Valley. The abductors had contacted […]

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البطريرك الراعي ناشد السياسيين الجلوس الى طاولة الحوار

  ترأس البطريرك الماروني مار بشارة بطرس الراعي قداس الاحد في كنيسة السيدة في الصرح البطريركي في بكركي، عاونه فيه امين سره الاب نبيه الترس، القيم البطريركي العام المونسنيور جوزف بواري، الامين العام للمدارس الكاثوليكية الاب بطرس عازار والاب خليل عرب، في حضور حشد من المؤمنين . بعد الانجيل المقدس، القى البطريرك الراعي عظة بعنوان: […]

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Army Completes Deployment in Bab al-Tabbaneh, Jabal Mohsen as ISF Vows Zero Tolerance

  The army on Sunday announced that it has completed its deployment in Tripoli’s Syria Street and all neighborhoods in Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, as the Internal Security Forces stressed they “will not be tolerant with anyone anymore,” after 15 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in fierce street clashes. Army units “deployed […]

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Social Media Companies: A Cheat Sheet [INFOGRAPHIC]

 

So you’re new to this whole social media thing. Maybe you’re savvy enough to know your Facebook from your Twitter, your Pinterest from your Spotify. But what about Tagged? Xing? Futubra? Where do they fit into the social media ecosystem? Just learning their names is enough to make your head spin, let alone how large they are or what kind of numbers they’re pulling down.

Never fear. Mashable has got you covered.

This comprehensive infographic whipped up by social media strategist firm Hasai, below, serves both as a cheat sheet for the newbies and a scorecard for old hands; there’s sure to be a stat that surprises even the most jaded social guru.

Did you know Club Penguin has more employees than Twitter? That Spotify has larger revenues than Tagged, which in turn has more users than Twitter? That Pinterest may be a hot property, but Foursquare still has more users? (All revenue figures are in U.S. dollars, by the way.)

 

Facebook remains at the top of the social media tree, of course. But as Thursday’s trending Twitter topic, “RIP Facebook,” suggested, that can’t last forever. So who is best positioned to replace them? Take a look at the chart, and let us know in the comments what you think.

 

 

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