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A Virginia Tech College of Science economics researcher says the popular social media website Facebook — and its open sharing of information — is a vital and often a significant tool against government corruption in countries where press freedom is curbed or banned. In new research recently published in the journal Information Economics and Policy, Sudipta Sarangi of the Virginia Tech Department of Economics said his cross-country […]

23 April 2017 H.E Ali Salim Al Midfa, Chairman of Sharjah Airport Authority, was re-elected to serve a second term as Regional Board Director, during the 12th Regional Assembly of the Airports Council International (ACI) Asia Pacific, which was held in Doha, Qatar, last week. H.E was re-elected for another three-year term, as one of the 13 Regional Board Directors, by a majority of votes by the […]

Two of the biggest chipmakers are in for a potential high-stakes battle. With rumors about AMD’s Radeon RX Vega GPU making the rounds, a flurry of reports about Nvidia’s counterattack has also surfaced: a new GeForce GTX 20-series based on Volta Architecture. AMD Radeon RX Vega GPUs The Radeon RX Vega leaked recently via a teaser, offering the first look at the GPUs in addition to the limited-edition […]

April 23, 2017 by: Anne-Sylvaine Chassany in Paris Emmanuel Macron will go head-to-head against Marine Le Pen in the run-off election for French president on May 7 after qualifying in Sunday’s first round vote. Mr Macron, an independent centrist, came out on top with 23.7 per cent of the vote ahead of Ms Le Pen, the far-right leader, on 21-22 per cent, according to three estimates for […]

Australian hotel management company StayWell Hospitality Group and the UAE-based Cristal Group are joining forces to develop businesses with a key focus on the Middle East. StayWell CEO, Simon Wan, said the company is seeking further expansion into the UAE market with the upcoming openings of Park Regis Business Bay and Park Regis Boutique Jumeirah this year, followed by the opening of Leisure Inn Jumeirah and Park […]

Microsoft has launched IoT Central, a fully managed “IoT-as-a-service” offering to assist enterprises with the deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) applications without the need for in-house expertise. IoT Central aims to lower the barrier of entry to deploying IoT solutions in the enterprise, with a spokesperson from Microsoft telling ZDNet that the company “has a history of simplifying complicated technologies and bringing [them] to the masses”, […]

22 April 2017 In line with its core values of supporting the community in the Sultanate and developing employment opportunities for Omani youth, Sohar Islamic, Bank Sohar’s Islamic Banking Window, recently participated in the 3rd Intercollegiate Career Fair. The event was organised by Waljat College of Applied Sciences (WCAS) in association with number of colleges in the country and held under the auspices of Dr. Younis Bin […]

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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has warned overseas organisations selling to Australia that noncompliance with the proposed GST Low Value Goods legislation amendment may result in their websites being blocked. The comments were made in response to a question posed by the Senate Economics Legislation Committee on Friday, which is looking into the Treasury Laws Amendment (GST Low Value Goods) Bill 2017 that will see goods under […]

By Leika Kihara and Francesco Canepa | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON International Monetary Fund members on Saturday dropped a pledge to fight protectionism amid a split over trade policy and turned their attention to another looming threat to global economic integration: the first round of France’s presidential election. Concerns that far-right leader Marine Le Pen and far-left rival Jean-Luc Mélenchon, both critics of the European Union, could top the […]

The conventional wisdom says that the days of the mainframe are numbered, but it just might be that a new generation of apps will breathe new life into it. A state-of-the-mainframe survey by Syncsort shows that the mainframe market as ever is experiencing some shrinkage, but also that there are some grounds for optimism. Syncsort has been working on mainframes since 1968 and has customers in more […]

Ajman Tourism Development Department to promote the Emirate’s Tourism Attractions at ATM 2017 22 April 2017 Ajman – The Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD) will participate in the Arabian Travel Market exhibition (ATM) which will be held at Dubai World Trade Centre from 24-27 of April 2017. The ATDD stand will be located in hall number four on stand ME4230. Through this participation, the ATDD will promote […]

A new nationally representative survey of American teenagers age 13-17 finds that teens have shifted their favored social media platforms and are now most likely to use Instagram and Snapchat. The study also found that while almost all teens — 91 percent — use the regular text messaging tool on their mobile phones, 40 percent of teens also use messaging applications like Kik, WhatsApp, or Line on […]

It’s been a busy week: Samsung and Google partnered on special version of Google Play Music and White House staffers’ favorite secure messaging app might not be that secure. Oh, and Facebook wants you to talk and listen your skin. Luckily, we’ve kept up for you. Each week, we round up the latest app news, along with a few of our favorite new and updated products, to […]

Apple has developed a testing procedure for drivers who would act as failsafe controls during autonomous vehicle testing, documents discovered by Business Insider via a public records request show. The documents detail the testing procedure that Apple has created in order to comply with the California Department of Motor Vehicle’s rules regarding autonomous testing on state roads. Business Insider’s report on the documents detail the development platform being used by […]

Good news! Soon, Gmail users can get their hands on the newest Windows 10 Mail & Calendar apps, according to Microsoft. Windows 10 Mail & Calendar Over the years, Microsoft has worked relentlessly to come with up architectural improvements to enhance and speed up Windows 10 Mail & Calendar apps’ performance. Earlier this year, the company excitedly announced several new features, which included: • Color categories for calendar […]

Tens of millions of iPhone owners are ready to upgrade to 2017 iPhones, fueling the so-called iPhone “supercycle,” market research firm comScore reports. Apple has always enjoyed a loyal fan base and each new product iteration attracts many existing customers looking to upgrade to the latest and greatest. A new report from comScore now reveals that tens of millions of legacy iPhone owners are looking to upgrade […]

Study Watch is an investigational device and is not available for sale. Alphabet’s life sciences unit Verily on Friday unveiled a wrist-worn “Study Watch” designed to gather complex health data in clinical studies. Study Watch is meant for research and will be put to work in several studies including a multi-year study to identify patterns in the progression of Parkinson’s disease, according to a blog post by […]

-Site offers community insight, brand awareness, thought leadership and lead-generation opportunities- 21 April 2017 London – IBC is delighted to announce the launch of IBC365 at www.ibc.org, a new online community platform and weekly e-bulletin that will share IBC’s unparalleled business knowledge and insight through fresh and original content, throughout the year. As part of IBC’s remit to be run “by the industry, for the industry”, the organisation […]

The UAE’s museum offerings are maturing and modernising. January marked the opening of Etihad Museum in Dubai, which tells the story of the birth of the UAE through films, documents and interactive experiences. And preparations are well under way for the Louvre Abu Dhabi to open later this year, with plans for a gallery dedicated to younger visitors. Outside the UAE, too, museums are looking to engage […]

Good morning. Program changes are same old The swashbuckling Murdochs now look as milquetoast as old media rivals whom they upended and disdain. With the belated firing of Bill O’Reilly, the monarchical lords of 21st Century Fox turned 1990s with their initial programming decisions. Yes, you can easily make dumb decisions when you’re king of any media hill and a financial juggernaut. But the initial post-O’Reilly programming […]

Oddball duo Rick and Morty, amid their frenzied travails moving from one bizarre realm to another, have now entered virtual reality, under the aptly named Virtual Rick-ality app. There’s no surprise too that the titular characters’ entry in the VR space is just as weird, childishly enchanting, and ridiculous as its TV adventures. It’s no secret that Rick and Morty is one of the funniest and critically acclaimed […]

A federal appeals court ruling Friday has the potential to raise copyright liability risks for online platforms that allow users to moderate content post by other users. The case decided by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concerns the “safe harbor” protections of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, the law that insulates sites […] (via WSJ)

The narrative of shiny Silicon Valley topping decrepit Detroit in the race to develop self-driving cars has become a recurring theme in recent years. Just as tech companies have reinvented (dare we say, disrupted?) everything from telephones to how we consume music, the thinking goes, so too will they leave traditional automakers in the dust when it comes to autonomous cars. While it’s true that […]

The pound was last worth $1.30 on September 30, a day when lawyers were lining up to derail Brexit in the courts, a resilient consumer was challenging economists’ dire post-referendum predictions and carmaker Nissan was demanding compensation for staying in the UK. Investors have become familiar with such Brexit unpredictability. Yet few of them could have guessed how sterling, tweeted by Nordea analyst Martin Enlund as “the […]

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