A 'halal' social networking site will be launched during Ramadan. The site, called 'Salamworld', is said to be an Islamic alternative to the popular social networking site Facebook. The site will be kept free of all things that are forbidden in Islam. The site's promo stated that "by filtering out harmful content, and by making the content uphold and respect family values, we confirm to the requirements of Muslims throughout the world".

Recent price increases have encouraged Qataris to use social networking sites and tweets to voice their complaints and wage campaigns, including a call to boycott some outlets. The sudden trend was kicked off by Qatar Telecom (Qtel) customers, who launched the much-talked-about drive ‘Qtel Fail’ criticising the company of charging more and providing inefficient services.

Despite the regional unrest and the economic downturn in the US, Ramadan witnessed an increase in advertising expenditures compared to previous months this year, but remains lower than last year.