Online ordering platform for healthy meals Eatcleanme.com is set to open in Dubai in March 2017. The website will offer a wide range of healthy food and beverage options from restaurants available in the UAE, including joints such as 77 Veggie Boutique and The Salad Jar. Its menu will consist of raw, vegan and gluten-free meals as well as low calorie desserts and juices. Focusing fitness savvy […]
If you work in IT in the enterprise business space chances are the following scenario will sound familiar. You have spent the better part of the past few years working hard to help support or build a business that is more dynamic and responsive to everyone’s needs. A business which doesn’t see IT as the bottleneck where all ideas cost a million dollars and take a year […]
The new look of Google Voice across Android, iOS, and web. Google When Google Voice launched in 2009, the free service targeted business users who wanted a second phone number for work, without the burden and cost of carrying around a second phone. At the time, Google Voice lacked key features such as photo, video, and group messaging to truly replace carrier-assigned phone numbers, but it offered […]
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Anna Irrera | NEW YORK NEW YORK Day traders love making bets on tweets from U.S. President Donald Trump, but some of the most prominent quantitative strategists from hedge funds and banks are not quite ready to make big, bold trades on his social media musings. The president’s active Twitter presence has lifted volatility in financial markets, which is good for day traders […]
President Donald Trump has attacked airlines, the media and Democrats over the protests and criticism of his administration that emerged over the way he executed a ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations entering the US. In a series of tweets and comments at the White House, Mr Trump tried to shift the blame for the chaos that ensued after more than 100 refugees and migrants from […]
The growth of electronic trading in fixed income has always been driven by efficiency, but we’ll begin to see data science and analytics fuel new levels of smart trading this year. Marketplaces such as Tradeweb have spent the last 15 to 20 years building out infrastructure to digitise these businesses and organise their trading activity through more streamlined workflows and trading protocols. Yet, even now, a significant […]
An insatiable appetite for mobile apps among the UAE’s tech savvy millennials is fuelling the growth of UAE technology start-ups, says Fahad Al Bannai, CEO of axiom telecom. “What we are witnessing now is a lifestyle evolution, one in which errands are transforming into services, all with the help of mobile apps,” says Al Bannai. “And in the UAE, where app developers are widely available, and entrepreneurship […]
Doha – January 30, 2017 Ultra Luxury, a brand new exhibition, debuting in November 2017, aims at catering to the growing luxury markets in Qatar and GCC. Ultra Luxury will provide a platform for global luxury brands to meet and showcase their products and services to a highly targeted and sophisticated group of VIP visitors. The exhibition will take place over 4 days at the Doha Exhibition […]
Yet a new update is beginning to roll out for Pokémon GO, although the latest isn’t as sizable as the ones before it — just some minor but welcome changes to the popular mobile gaming app. Pokémon GO Update Niantic took to Pokémon GO‘s official website on Saturday to announce that a new version of the app has arrived for both iOS and Android platforms. Trainers are advised […]
In response to the federal government’s draft guidelines for its Smart Cities and Suburbs Program, Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) has called for greater clarity around what constitutes as “innovative” and for the government to present outcomes that are more tangible than “improving liveability”. The council, which launched in Australia and New Zealand mid-2016, insisted that greater “transparency”, “specificity”, and stronger wording is needed to […]
MANILA The Philippines police will disband anti-drugs units following the killing of a South Korean businessmen by rogue officers, but the country’s president vowed on Sunday to forge ahead with his war on drugs until the last day of his term. President Rodrigo Duterte said he was embarrassed that anti-drugs officers had abused their power to engage in kidnapping, leading to the death by strangulation of Jee […]
The world’s largest technology companies condemned Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration after coming under pressure to speak out from employees. Leaders of companies including Apple, Google and Facebook sent emails to their workforces attacking the move to block refugees and entry to the US from seven Muslim-majority countries. Tim Cook, Apple chief executive, said the company had told the White House the company did not support the policy. […]
Abu Dhabi 29 January 2017 His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, may Allah protect him, issued, as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, a law concerning the Abu Dhabi Government’s financial system. The law seeks to set a comprehensive regulatory framework for public financial resources to guarantee that government work is conducted within an institutional framework with a high level of transparency and […]
Bahraini entrepreneur Mohamed Anwar Sheikhaldeen considers an opportunity to sell technology developed in Bahrain to Japanese clients among the major milestones achieved by EXA.iO, his Manama-based start-up which provides an affordable high-speed rendering service. Sheikhaldeen explains that EXA.iO, a cloud 3D processing service for architects, studios, interior designers and engineers to accelerate their 3D and VR processing workflows at a fraction of the cost, is the first […]
DUBAI // As professional cycling teams power through the streets of Dubai this week, one group of riders will carry a special message of hope for the country’s many diabetics. Team Novo Nordisk is making its third appearance in the Dubai Tour, which begins from the Marina Club on Tuesday with a 181-kilometre opening stage. The team is the world’s first all-diabetic professional cycling outfit and was […]
GE Healthcare’s latest advanced solutions designed to accelerate sustainable healthcare development, now on show at Arab Health 2017 As demand for better healthcare grows, GE firmly committed to partnering with governments and private providers to upgrade health infrastructure and build capacity across the region Tackling breast cancer, GE’s, new Senographe Pristina system, launched at Arab Health, reduces discomfort, pain and anxiety of a mammogram Jeddah; […]
By Ingrid Melander | PARIS PARIS Thousands of supporters gave embattled French presidential candidate Francois Fillon and his wife a standing ovation at a rally on Sunday, in a show of support after his campaign was thrown off track by allegations of misuse of public funds. Satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine reported on Wednesday that Penelope Fillon had been paid thousands of euros as a parliamentary assistant […]
(Image: ZDNet) Senior Trump administration aides communicating over encrypted messaging apps may be violating federal record-keeping laws. The Wall Street Journal reported that political aides close to the president are using Signal, an end-to-end encrypted messaging app. And it’s not just in the White House. Aides close to the New York governor and the mayor and Obama administration staff also use the encrypted messaging app. It’s no […]
Credit: ZDNet In the early 2000s, Microsoft was all-in on robotics. By the middle of that decade, the company seemingly had all but abandoned the robotics space. But this may be the year that Microsoft may be ready to get back into robotics, on multiple fronts. special feature AI, Automation, and Tech Jobs There are some things that machines are simply better at doing than humans, but […]
Donald Trump’s ban on Muslim immigrants has provoked sharp criticism from US corporations, pitching the US president into an epic clash over US values and the legality of the new measures just one week into his presidency. A growing chorus of condemnation rose from the tech sector on Saturday, with companies including Google, Microsoft and Uber issuing statements of concern over the new policy. The founders of many […]
In a preliminary study, engineers found that as subway use swells during events that draw big crowds, so too does the number of tweets at these events. The results suggest that data from Twitter, and possibly other social media platforms, can be used to improve event planning, route scheduling, crowd regulations and other subway operations. (via WSJ)
Former top Mozilla engineer Robert O’Callahan argues there’s little evidence non-Microsoft AV improves PC security, so stick with Windows Defender. Image: Microsoft Former distinguished engineer at Mozilla, Robert O’Callahan, has told users on Windows 8.1 and up to ditch any antivirus (AV) that isn’t Microsoft’s own Windows Defender. O’Callahan, a Mozilla veteran who departed the non-profit last year, says there’s little evidence non-Microsoft AV improves PC security, […]
Google announced in May 2016 that they will be bringing over 1 million Android apps to their Chromebooks though only a limited number of units will be able to support them. Now, taking it a step further, they have announced that all Chromebooks set to be released in 2017 and thereafter will support Android Apps. Chromebook’s access to Google Play gives the device an array of opportunities to […]
Apple is joining the Partnership on AI, a group that aims to create best practices for artificial intelligence, keep an open dialogue with experts, and ponder how society and business can benefit. special feature How to Implement AI and Machine Learning The next wave of IT innovation will be powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning. We look at the ways companies can take advantage of it […]
