- Gulf News explains How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Etisalat How du Made Etisalat Great, explaining that "Etisalat continues to be fondly remembered and - thanks to the arrival of du - its services have improved and its renewed competitiveness has ensured its future prospects."

- Yahoo Maktoob, the biggest regional tech story of the year - and probably the biggest regional business story as well - led to some great pieces of writing. In case you didn't catch them, here are three must-reads. Ahmad Humeid of 360 East reflects on 15 years of Jordanian dotcoms, Fadi Ghandour of Aramex fame reflects in Maktoob Business on what makes a great startup, and Business Week takes the macro view, looking on the deal from a US perspective.

- We all know that Twitter is reducing public discourse to a series of monosyllabic grunts, but today the Jordan Times reports that it has also taken the Jordanian blogosphere to pieces. The evil twitterbeast must go down!

- Are you a media / advertising type who longs for greener pastures? Then head to Abu Dhabi, Business 24-7 reports. Apparently the capital is becoming something of a Big Rock Candy Mountain for those in the media business.

- Fresh from a racy cyber squatting scandal and the Dh7 million VIP.ae domain sale, the UAE telecom regulator will embark on a promotional campaign to get 200,000 new .ae web addresses registered by next year. May the speculative bubble begin!