ABU DHABI // Thousands of people marked the 10th Abu Dhabi Walk on its return to Yas Marina Circuit by putting on their training shoes and stepping out to raise awareness of diabetes. Last year, more than 21,000 took part. At Walk 2016, friends and family got together while mothers pushed prams to kickstart a healthier lifestyle and help reverse a long-term diabetes trend in the UAE. […]
By Heather Somerville | SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO The fledgling drone industry is in the throes of change as weak consumer demand and falling prices drive startups to shift their focus to specialized business applications. 3D Robotics – an early drone startup that raised more than$125 million from investors – has seen its consumer business all but crash. This week, it unveiled a new commercial strategy, announcing […]
Stuck for things to do today? Why not head to a festival at Yas Marina or visit an art exhibition in Dubai? Click through the full list to check out some ideas: newslide Abu Dhabi Cultural festival Head to Yas Marina for Pick N Mix – Boho Spirit, an event that lets visitors pick among activities and experiences based on this month’s lifestyle theme “wild at heart, […]
The EU is ready to use punitive anti-dumping tariffs on imports — such as steel — after a UK-led blocking minority of countries opposed to the reforms collapsed. Britain had been part of an alliance set on scuppering the plan as unnecessary and protectionist. But on Friday the Netherlands and Austria indicated that they would throw their weight behind the proposal, leaving the UK likely to be outnumbered when […]
SHARJAH // At Sharjah’s annual stamp exhibition, hobbyists and traders gather to show off their collections, but it is not just stamps on show – old coins and notes also change hands. The 6th annual exhibition is in full swing at Sharjah Mega Mall, where more than 240 stamp lovers, or philatelists, are displaying their collections. They gave come from across the country, the GCC and from […]
Just like the bulk of political pundits and mainstream media commentators, opportunistic internet entrepreneurs were caught off guard by the shock result of Tuesday’s United States presidential election. The day after Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States it was still possible to find “Don’t blame me, I voted for Trump” T-shirts and hoodies online. But the full story of the shock sustained by […]
Looking for something to do today? Why not head over to Party in the Park to watch the Kaiser Chiefs and Travis or check out a photography exhibition in Abu Dhabi? Check out our full list of events and activities: newslide Abu Dhabi Fitness walk Take part in Walk 2016, the latest edition of the annual diabetes awareness walkathon hosted by the UAE’s Imperial College London Diabetes […]
LOS ANGELES // Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who seamlessly blended spirituality and human relationships in songs like Hallelujah, Suzanne and Bird on a Wire, has died at age 82, his son said Thursday. “My father passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles,” Adam Cohen said in a statement. “He was writing up until his last moments with his unique brand of humour.” Cohen, […]
Staples is looking to cash in on some Black Friday 2016, and it aims to do that with some smashing deals. Folks who are looking to pick up a new Surface laptop and or other Windows 10 devices should be pleased by what Staples is offering. We know of what Staples is planning because of a recently leaked advertisement. From what we can tell, these deals are more […]
UAE. In the GCC, healthcare, industrials & materials and financial services have recorded the largest fluctuations in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, despite the gradual decline witnessed by the industry since 2014. According to research published today in The Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) 2016 M&A Report, Masters of the Corporate Portfolio, companies that regularly acquire and divest businesses as part of their corporate strategy consistently outperform less […]
UAE. Middle East businesses embracing digital transformations in order to gain business advantage and drive innovation are being warned to place digital trust and cyber security at the heart of such change. The advice has been issued by two new senior experts in IT, digital transformation and cyber security appointed by PA Consulting Group Middle East and North Africa as part of an aggressive recruitment phase to […]
London-based gold dealer Sharps Pixley Ltd. is running out of bars and coins as buying surges after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency. The company’s store, a short walk from Buckingham Palace, has arranged emergency imports of Britannia coins and kilogram (2.2 pound) bars to meet demand. The frenzy began on its website overnight and continued in store this morning, Chief Executive Officer Ross Norman said by […]
Tech behemoth Dell EMC launched a new service to protect enterprise applications running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) yesterday called NetWorker. The company said the service will provide a complete enterprise-grade backup solution for those apps. In addition, NetWorker will run completely self-contained within an AWS environment and it will include client-side optimized backups, inline de-duplication, encryption, and compression with backup directly to Amazon S3. “The availability […]
Thanks to a new deep learning system called Caffe2Go, Facebook now lets users of its mobile app transform videos with artwork-inspired special effects in real time. The platform enables such on-the-fly style transfers by dramatically improving how efficiently artificial intelligence (AI) processes images and videos. With the help of Caffe2Go, users of Facebook’s iOS or Android app can quickly change the look of their photos or videos […]
Print newspapers may be disappearing like the home telephone, but not after Election Day. Remembering the frenzy for old-fashioned papers the morning after Barack Obama’s historic win in 2008, newspapers are printing extra copies and setting up temporary retail stands this year, regardless of whether the nation elects the first woman or reality TV star as president. The Los Angeles Times is also selling a commemorative printing-press […]
DUBAI // Multiple accidents caused delays on the roads of Dubai on Tuesday morning. Dubai Police advised commuters to adhere to legal speed limits after reporting a multi-vehicle accident on the Dubai — Al Ain Road the Al Ruwaya Bridge towards Dubai, which led to traffic delays. Three more accidents took place across the city: one on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road near Jumeria Village Triangle towards […]
UAE. Low natural gas and electricity prices have created a tough competitive environment for renewable energy, but this has remarkably had little impact on the momentum of alternative energy growth, finds a new Deloitte report entitled, “Alternative Thinking 2016: Five game-changers that are powering the future of renewable energy.” The report identifies the important trends and opportunities in the renewable energy industry. It also presents “what if” […]
INTERNATIONAL. Nine out of 10 banking professionals surveyed at large U.S., European and Canadian commercial banks said their company is currently exploring the use of blockchain technology for payments, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). The initiatives are designed to reduce costs, speed payments, reduce errors and drive new revenues. The report – Blockchain Technology: How banks are building a real-time global payment network – […]
The reality today is that most enterprise applications are well on their way to being cloud based. We’ve seen it with simple workloads such as HR and payroll, travel and expense management, and in the last decade we’ve seen the cloud as the new normal for customer relationship management (CRM) deployments. In fact, a recent Gartner report predicts that the public cloud services market in the Mena […]
The University of Birmingham has delivered an interactive digital version of what is very likely the world’s oldest surviving fragment of the Quran to the UAE. It is the first time that this version, which offers the touch sensitivity of a tablet and has become known as the Birmingham Quran, has been seen outside of the UK. Two versions will form permanent centrepieces of next year’s UK-UAE […]
JERUSALEM — The two teenage cousins met after school, discussed the tensions surrounding the Aqsa Mosque and other issues angering the Palestinians. They decided to avenge their grievances with knives. The younger one, Ahmad Manasra, 13, took a decorative six-inch blade from a cupboard in his parents’ bedroom, according to newly released legal documents. Hassan Manasra, 15, armed himself with a large kitchen knife. The pair then […]
By ISABEL KERSHNER November 7, 2016 JERUSALEM — The two teenage cousins met after school, discussed the tensions surrounding the Aqsa Mosque and other issues angering the Palestinians. They decided to avenge their grievances with knives. The younger one, Ahmad Manasra, 13, took a decorative six-inch blade from a cupboard in his parents’ bedroom, according to newly released legal documents. Hassan Manasra, 15, armed himself with a large kitchen […]
DUBAI // Investors who say they have lost millions of dirhams in a Dubai foreign exchange scam have turned to private investigators from the UK to help to recover their funds. More than 240 people have contacted Carlton Huxley, a private firm of legal and law enforcement consultants specialising in complex fraud investigations. Experts from the firm visited Dubai this week to interview those claiming to have […]
The next flagship phone from Samsung, the Galaxy S8, is expected to arrive early next year with a major new feature: a built-in intelligent digital assistant. The artificial intelligence will be made possible by Samsung’s acquisition of Viv Labs, which was announced last month. Founded by two of the creators of Siri, Apple’s signature digital assistant, Viv Labs said its technology represents a “new paradigm” for how […]
