He appreciated the quality of startups that appeared in the 2023 edition of the LBS MENA Startup Competition. Ihab expects the next edition of the LBS MENA Startup Competition may happen in Saudi Arabia as the Kingdom is betting big on startups.

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The high-quality ZSB Series label printer is easy to use and includes a guided mobile set-up that enables small- and home-based businesses to be up and running in as little as three minutes. Offering a cloud-based and feature-rich software experience with on-the-go printing capabilities, the label printer allows small business owners to create labels anywhere via the ZSB Series mobile app and browser-based label designer tool. Compatible with all major shipping carriers, shipping services and key e-commerce platforms like Amazon, eBay, Etsy and Shopify, Zebra’s innovative printer makes it easy to print shipping labels, address labels, name badges, product pricing labels and much more.

“Zebra is applying the lessons learned from our rich history pioneering the thermal printing market and introducing the SOHO market’s first end-to-end solution consisting of a label printer, software and eco-friendly label cartridges,” said Mike Millman, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Zebra Technologies’ Specialty Printer Group. “With consumer demands growing, small businesses can’t afford to plug and pray, so we designed the intuitive ZSB Series with virtually unjammable supplies to provide a reliable and stress-free label printing experience that allows these companies to focus on growing their business.”

Sustainability is a core value of small businesses everywhere, and Zebra’s label printer offers an eco-friendly labeling experience featuring recyclable label cartridges and packaging that underscores its commitment to improving the environmental impact of its products and solutions. The ZSB Series’ label cartridges – made from potato starch – are easy to load, eliminating wasted time and the frustration from paper jams.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Zebra Technologies is introducing its first wireless label printer designed for SOHO businesses and the market’s first end-to-end solution consisting of a printer, software and labels.
• The easy-to-use ZSB Series can be up and running in three minutes, allowing small business owners to design and print quickly and effortlessly.
• Featuring easy to load and virtually unjammable recyclable label cartridges made from potato starch, the ZSB label printer provides a high-quality, frustration-free label printing experience that allows small business owners to focus on the needs of their business.

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We’ve already seen DJs use wearable tech such as Lightwave to track live audience reactions to the music. Now XOX is using similar technology to gauge the reaction of crowds through biometric wristbands.

The UK-based company has created a piece of wearable tech that fits around wearers’ wrists and includes a number of sensors that measure their biometrics, such as heartbeat, breathing and body temperature.

Trialled at the recent Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase 2014, attendees were each handed the wristband so they could take part in a demonstration of the XOX technology. As they watched the ad reels being shown at the event, their individual data was tracked and amalgamated into visualizations in real time.

Additionally, the wristbands were equipped with LEDs that changed color depending on the emotions they were feeling, allowing Saatchi & Saatchi to immediately scan the audience to determine how they were reacting to the content.

Watch the video below to see what happened at the event:

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XOX’s technology could enable event organizers to more accurately determine how crowds feel in real time. Are there other ways that businesses could incentivize consumers to hand over their personal metrics so they can better target their products or offers?

Website: www.xoxemotionaltech.com
Contact: explore@xoxemotionaltech.com

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Funding currently stands at $36,244,310 from 355,059 backers.

Now that Star Citizen funding has reached $36 million, players have unlocked the first of the backer-voted systems, Tamsa. If funding reaches $38 million, the waterworld Cano system will be unlocked. More information about these systems is available at the game’s website.

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Roberts also announced in the blog post that beginning this week, he will sit down with the Dogfighting Module team to go over feedback. This module was recently delayed because it simply was not ready, Roberts said in an update from December.

After this, Roberts said he will visit the new Cloud Imperium Games offices in Manchester, UK and Austin, Texas. The company also plans to hold a summit in the Austin office where team members from around the globe will meet to discuss development plans for 2014.

Star Citizen has been in development at Cloud Imperium Games for more than a year. The game itself centers on a storyline that is set in a persistent online universe. Roberts has said that Star Citizen will fuse elements of his previous games, Wing Commander and Freelancer. Support for the virtual-reality headset Oculus Rift is planned.

Star Citizen is expected to be released in late 2014.

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As the Middle East partner for Blackbox Connect’s upcoming Silicon Valley immersion program, powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, AstroLabs will be nominating four startups from the Middle East and North Africa to attend a two-week program on March 17-28, 2014.

Of the four, one will be selected to attend, with all expenses paid, including airfare, room and board, and tuition for two founders. Over the two weeks, they’ll gain access not only to Blackbox Connect speakers (who in the past have included Dave McClure, Robert Scoble, Tim Draper, and others), but also, on a final Demo Day, they’ll get to pitch to a broader community of mentors and investors, and get connected to Blackbox’s global community.

Two nominations will be from the group of startups that have been through the AstroLabs Scaling Online Startups program, and two slots have also been reserved for any other promising startups in the Middle East.

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Past attendees have called the programs a “transformational experience.” This past summer Middle Eastern startup Instabug joined the Blackbox program. Instabug co-founder Omar Gabr shared his experience with Arabnet, saying that it gave the company “great momentum.”

Interested applicants can learn more, and apply before December 10th here.

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