Dubai, November 24, 2016 NDIGITEC, the UAE-based creative production company, has announced that it is the creative production partner for a wide range of brand owners and exhibitors at The Big 5 Dubai – the largest construction event in the Middle East currently under way at Dubai World Trade Centre. NDIGITEC Fabrication, the main production contractor for the exhibition stands of its partners, provides conceptualization, design, production, […]
Jason van den Brand can’t promise that your mortgage won’t end up with Wells Fargo. As chief executive of Lenda, a home-loan provider, he’s in the business of selling mortgages into a huge secondary market in which Wells is a significant player. But he says that a wave of revulsion against the “too big to fail” bank, in the wake of the sham-account scandal, is prompting more […]
Google offered a “Popular Times” feature on its Google Maps app last year to allow users to assess how busy an establishment would be at specific times of the week or day according to past history. Last year, Google introduced a new Google Search feature showing users when a bar, restaurant, retailer store or any other location was the busiest and most popular. When Is The Best […]
A comment made on a GameStop investor relations call seems to have confirmed a so-far unannounced feature for the upcoming Nintendo Switch console – motion controls. While discussing how the console’s features have the potential to expand the gaming audience in a similar way to the Nintendo Wii, the US retailer’s CEO, Paul Raines said: “A movement-related game is more fun for kids, you know, taking those accessories off […]
Steam fans can now cast their nominations for the first-ever Steam Awards, coinciding with the kickoff of the Steam Autumn Sale running from Nov. 23 to Nov. 29. Steam Awards Categories Players may cast their nominations under eight available categories, the names of which aren’t exactly representative of a prestigious caliber found on most mainstream awards shows for video games such as the forthcoming Game Awards in December […]
Dubai tabloid newspaper 7Days is set to shut down by the end of December as a result of severe advertising cuts. Owners 7Days Media said the entire news operation, including the website, will close on December 31, with the last newspaper issue being printed on December 22. It is understood that about 120 jobs will be lost. In September, the newspaper announced that it would be publishing […]
Scientists from the University of Central Florida (UCF) may just have created one of the Holy Grails in mobile technology. The team has announced that they have developed a supercapacitor battery prototype that could charge in seconds but power devices for several days. The UCF battery technology is not exactly that novel as it builds on the traditional supercapacitor concept in its promise to revolutionize the way we […]
Telltale announced today that A New Frontier, the third season of its The Walking Dead series, will premiere worldwide on December 20th. That day, episode one will be available for purchase digitally for $4.99 on PC, Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3, iOS, and Android. A Season Pass containing access to all five episodes of the season as they’re released will cost $24.99. For players who prefer […]
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 23, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Abu Dhabi Comedy show Attend Comedy at the Greek and have some fun with the Yalla Laughs crew, featuring top local and regional comedians including Marwan Al Hashimi, Jon Boulton, Christian Plouvier, Akshay Ahuja, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Submitted by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “We Americans are the ultimate innocents. We are forever desperate to believe that this time the government is telling us the truth.”—Former New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg Let’s talk about fake news stories, shall we? There’s the garden variety fake news that is not really “news” so much as it is titillating, tabloid-worthy material peddled by anyone with […]
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 […]
“I’m going to get on my soap box,” says Dan Ayoub, studio head of strategy games at 343 Industries. “I think the term ‘beta’, it’s just lost. We should just give up; we’ve lost the word.” Ayoub is definitely onto something. At risk of showing my age, I remember a time when it was safe to expect a developer to release a demo for its latest game, […]
Submitted by Stephen Miller via HeatSt.com, The mainstream media continues to freak out over the spread of “fake news” on Facebook and other social media platforms such as Twitter and reddit. Hillary Clinton’s late campaign thinks this is a problem. The Democrat party seems to think people with Facebook accounts are to blame for Hillary’s decision to ignore crucial swing states in the final weeks of the campaign, that likely cost her […]
A new Allrecipes Alexa skill can now help around the kitchen, bringing 60,000 recipes to try out. Users can search recipes based on the name of the dish, the ingredients they have or the time it would take, and Alexa will read the instructions out loud. ( Allrecipes | YouTube ) A neat new skill from Allrecipes turns Amazon’s Alexa into a knowledgeable foodie, with a vast […]
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Abu Dhabi Art exhibition See the exhibition Beautiful World, in which Zayed University student Narjes Noureddine showcases a calligraphy painting created in response to the poem Beautiful World, written by Sheikh Zayed, the founding President of the UAE. […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 20, 2016-(ME NewsWire) Cengage, a global education and technology company, provided higher education representatives from the Middle East with a range of digital solutions at The Digital Education Show Middle East 2016. The event took place from November 14 to 17 at The Conrad, Dubai. The company focused on conveying the benefits of a range of digital platforms including MindTap, WebAssign, OWLv2, […]
Everywhere you look these days, it seems someone is talking about innovation. Whether at work or at home, when travelling, shopping or ordering a taxi, innovation is making our lives easier, reducing our impact on the environment and saving us money. As a result, it has become a career buzzword and young people across the region increasingly want to get involved and make an impact on their […]
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 19, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Abu Dhabi Ladies’ event Head to Yas Waterworld today for Ladies’ Day and enjoy access to more than 40 rides, slides and attractions in a private setting staffed entirely by women. Today, 10am to […]
The UAE has joined France and the Netherlands in the list of top three countries with the fastest growing group of happiness professionals in the world, a LinkedIn survey said. In the UAE alone, the number of happiness officers in public and private sector have doubled since 2015, it added. In February 2016, Ohood Al Roumi was named as the first UAE’s Minister of Happiness in February […]
As the dust settles and Macbook Pro owners begin working with their new laptops, problems begin to crop up. The latest of these involves a graphics card inconsistency that could confuse and even mislead users. Based on initial reports, the problem concerns how some MacBook Pro units purportedly show the wrong graphics card readout. MacBook Pro Readout Glitch The news was first reported by MacRumors, which cited users complaining […]
19 November 2016 Just 10 months after its launch, insydo was named ‘Startup of the Year’ at the Arabian Business Startup Awards that took place in Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi on October 15, 2016. This ambitious homegrown startup has already built a growing fan base of over 300,000 unique visitors per month, becoming the go-to city guide and a voice of influence in Dubai with the release of its native […]
Iuna Al Hashemi remains remarkably calm as she discusses the “very challenging” business year for Bahrain’s national telco, Batelco. Once a monopoly, Batelco is now facing a crowded market, with strong competition from Kuwait’s Zain and Saudi Telecom Company-owned VIVA, as well as about ten internet providers for 1.4 million residents. Current economic conditions are making it increasingly difficult to keep up margins. Batelco Group, the […]
