Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of China’s Alibaba Group, has announced the opening of four new data centres by the end of 2016 in the Dubai, Europe, Australia and Japan. As a major milestone of Alibaba Cloud’s global expansion, the new centres will boost its data centre network to 14 locations, covering key economic centres around the world. The data centre in the Middle East, located […]
Headphones are an ideal accessory for people who want to have a great music listening experience. A number of retailers including Best Buy, Amazon and more are offering discounts on popular headphone brands such as Beats, Skullcandy and more this Black Friday. Here are some of the best 2016 Black Friday headphone deals that customers can take advantage of this holiday season. Beats Beats by Dr. Dre […]
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Investors pushed US equity benchmarks further into record territory on Tuesday, buoyed by expectations of a hefty economic spending plan by the incoming Republican administration. The S&P 500 rose 0.2 per cent to 2,203 in the opening minutes of trading while the Dow Jones Industrial Average popped above 19,000 for the first time. That came a day after Wall Street set a quartet of records, with all […]
True to the adage “reflection of personality,” a new research has uncovered that day-to-day objects handled by users can reflect their lifestyle and personality. A full profile developed can even show traits of individuals such as shopping habits and health status. Lifestyle Sketches Out Of Molecules By scanning the molecular imprints left behind by the users on smartphones, University of California San Diego School of Medicine and […]
22 November 2016 Dubai – ICT spending in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) is forecast to total $243 billion in 2017, according to the latest insights presented today by International Data Corporation (IDC). Hosting its annual ‘IDC Predictions’ event at Dubai’s Burj Al Arab hotel, the global technology research and consulting services firm said it expects the region’s ICT market to grow 3.6% year on […]
Sitting on a bench outside a butcher’s shop in Bagnoli, a gritty Naples suburb, Emanuele Fusco can only speak scathingly of Matteo Renzi and his referendum to change Italy’s constitution that will be put to a vote on December 4. The 25-year-old barman says the prime minister’s government has been no different to those previously that failed to regenerate the area after the demise of the steel […]
The UK’s world-renowned Red Arrows, officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, is to perform a display over Abu Dhabi Corniche on Thursday. The display at 4pm local time will last for about 24 minutes and will include breathtaking moves such as the “heart and spear” and “corkscrew”, news agency WAM reported. The jets can move to within six feet of each other during the […]
The film had been pilloried by conservative Christians for a dream sequence in which Christ has sex with Mary Magdalene. In depicting Christ’s life as a doubt-ridden struggle between his human and divine natures, Scorsese had intended to make a film that was at once an act of doubt and an act of faith. In the novel he was reading, the priest was shown profaning an image […]
After a flurry of rumors, OnePlus 3T has already hit the market. Now, does it live up to the hype? The tech world is already testing, scrutinizing and possibly tearing the device down or subjecting it to some cruel torture — all to bring the public the most revealing insights about this new piece of technology. Reviews are coming out of the press as we speak and […]
Tuesday 08:00 GMT. European stocks are following a positive Asian session as global investor sentiment is buoyed by simultaneous record highs for Wall Street’s main equity gauges. A steadier dollar and further gains for oil prices are supporting the chipper mood. After the FTSE Asia Pacific index rose 0.8 per cent, the pan-European Stoxx 600 is advancing 0.7 per cent. Germany’s Dax is up 0.6 to challenge […]
The flagship Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones from Google are creating quite a stir – their lens flare issue and LTE connectivity problem notwithstanding – and have consumers hankering for the Android Nougat-powered phablets. We check out some of the best available deals for the Google Pixel XL and Pixel, as well as some expected Black Friday 2016 specials. Verizon Wireless Currently, Verizon has an exciting BOGO at 50 […]
ABU DHABI // Youths from across the Emirates met on Monday to dream up plans for unmanned vehicles capable of saving lives in an emergency situation, and build models of them. The Make It engineering and manufacturing competition, hosted at Khalifa University by Mubadala and the Abu Dhabi Education Council, challenged 95 public and private school pupils to develop a business strategy around their prototypes. Pupils had […]
Doha, Qatar – November 22 2016 Aamal Readymix, a branch of Aamal Company Q.S.C. and one of Qatar’s largest producers of quality ready mixed concrete has been awarded the First International Qatar Sustainability Award 2016 by the Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC). The award recognizes Aamal Readymix’s contribution to green and sustainable design in the development of concrete under the Green Building Material and Green Concrete categories. […]
Symantec, a computer security company, has decided to buy identity-theft protection company called LifeLock for around $2.3 billion or $24 per stock. With the goal of improving its consumers’ computer security sector, Symantec has agreed to acquire LifeLock, seller of identity protection services. The board of directors for both companies has approved the deal, which was bound to close in the early part of 2017. The World’s […]
Submitted by Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, America didn’t get what it expected, but perhaps it got what it deserved, good and hard. Daddy’s in the house and he busted straight into the nursery and now the little ones are squalling in horror. Mommy was discovered to be a grifting old jade who ran the household into a slum and she’s been turned out to solemnly await the […]
Dubai/London: November21, 2016 Advance Global Capital (AGC), announced the partnership with Invoice Bazaar, a FinTech Supply Chain Finance platform in the United Arab Emirates for offering receivables purchase from SME suppliers. As part of the initial term sheet signed, AGC is committing a capital of AED 4 Million (US$1.1Million) as the first tranche towards purchase of receivables mainly targeted towards the SME segment. Supply Chain Finance, is […]
Ending all speculations, NASA has presented its paper on the new rocket propulsion concept known as EmDrive, which has caught the imagination of all space enthusiasts despite defying the core laws of physics and workability. The long-awaited EmDrive paper of NASA has now been peer-reviewed and published with the title, “Measurement of Impulsive Thrust from a Closed Radio-Frequency Cavity in Vacuum.” Published online on Nov. 17 in the […]
How did they do it? How can it be that two decades after the fabled 1990s “big beat” boom – arguably the moment electronic music truly crossed over to the British public at large – The Chemical Brothers are the tallest tree from the era still standing? Their contemporaries might have sold more records, but today Fatboy Slim is a touring party DJ producing very little new […]
Samsung kicked off the Android 7.0 Nougat beta program for its flagship Galaxy S7 edge and Galaxy S7 smartphones in early November. Thanks to the beta program, users of the handsets in the United States, China, the UK and South Korea could register and get access to the firmware’s beta version once they were selected. Those excited by the news will be a little disheartened to know that […]
By Timothy Aeppel and Mai Nguyen American companies from appliance makers to auto parts suppliers have lined up to offer a quiet caution to President-elect Donald Trump as he considers pulling the United States from trade deals: most lost manufacturing jobs aren’t coming back, but higher costs for consumers could. Consider the sneaker industry, one of the first to move to Asia because of the sharply lower […]
FUJAIRAH // An Emirati girl who suffered severe injuries when she fell from the second floor at her school in Fujairah has yet to return to classes and faces a long road to recovery. Alaa Al Abduli, 14, was sitting on a small wall at Lubaba bint Al Harith School, in Al Bidyah, near Fujairah City when she lost her balance and fell on October 4. She […]
Wall Street is betting big on small. US president-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to ignite faster economic growth has put the shares of smaller US companies on track to outshine big multinationals this year for the first time since 2013. The Russell 2000, an index of shares with a median market value of less than $1bn, has surged 10 per cent to a record since the US election. […]
As a casual PC gamer, I always found it challenging to find the perfect PC gaming gear that matches my style. That style consists of simple gear that does the job perfectly and doesn’t put a hole in my wallet. Luckily, I think that’s what Logitech is aiming for with the G403 Prodigy wireless mouse. Design When you see the G403 Prodigy mouse for the first time, […]
