Qaym is an Arabic-language review site specialized at user-based reviews on restaurants around the world. It started as a review site mainly for restaurants in the Arabian region. The website runs a social networking, user review, and local search using the second generation of web Web 2.0. The website is aimed to deliver good restaurant reviews and easy access contents for Arab readers.
History 2007: Qaym started as beta version. The beta version was a basic prototype to test the system's performance by selected professional users and normal internet users. 2008: By early 2008 Qaym was officially released to the public. 2009: Qaym joined Badir-ICT, a technology incubator in Saudi Arabia.Qaym on Badir ICT website 2011: In March 2011, Qaym raised a round of funding from N2V, a top MENA Venture Capital firm.N2V Announcing Qaym Deal Wednesday, 18 December 2019
API 2009: Qaym released a free application programming interface (API) V.1.0 in April 2009. The API provides access to business listing details, reviews, photos, and ratings to a website, widget, or mobile application.http://api.qaym.com The API has been used to integrate business reviews into existing Google Maps applications.
Applications Sep 02, 2011: Qaym launched its first Qaym iPhone official app on the Apple Apps-Store.Qaym iPhone App /Qaym App July 28, 2011: Ahmad Salman, a web developer has created Qaym-API-Class Resources that employs PHP and API for web and mobile applications.Qaym-API-Class Resources by Ahmad Salman https://github.com/ahmads/Qaym-API-ClassAhmad Salman Website http://as.sa/ Aug 26, 2011: Ahmad Salman, a web developer has launched QaymRoulette.Ahmad Salman Announcing QaymRoulette on Twitter https://twitter.com/a7mads/status/106831979605012480 Aug 17, 2010: A group of Android developers have launched an Restriod which is an Android Application.Resriod on ArabCrunch http://arabcrunch.com/2010/08/restdroid-social-restaurants-review-site-qaym-gets-its-android-app.html Devdriod website http://devdroid.org/
Publicity Qaym was mentioned on Saudi local newspapers such as Al Riyadh and Al Eqtisadiah in April 2009.A citizen establishes an electronic website to evaluate the performance of the capital’s restaurants 2 April 2009Al-Ammar: Qayyim has 1,400 branches of 600 restaurants in 100 cities around the world Al Riyadh. 3 April 2009. Several remarks was mentioned about Qaym such as that it is one of its kind in Saudi Arabia. In 2010, Bloggers and editors compared Qaym to Yelp, Inc. as the "Yelp for the Arab word". TechCrunch. July 2010.Join Zawya Business Development & Solutions, Latest Intelligence on Industry Zawya
April Fools On April 1, 2009, Qaym has featured an April Fools prank on the site. The site was totally revamped as if its going to be Camels reviewing social network.
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External links Qaym official site