Technology & IT | Sunday 15 November, 2015 3:20 pm

Ericsson named most committed company to diversity in region Middle East and Africa

Ericsson was named “Most Committed Company to Diversity” at the CommsMEA Awards event for 2015 that took place at Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai on November 11th. This award goes to a company which has kept a strong focus on empowering women in the telecoms sector. Ericsson aims...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 15 November, 2015 12:10 pm

Bricks and Mortar Retail in Saudi Arabia will Survive Only with Digital Customer Experience Revolution

In-store retailing has been under rising pressure from increased costs of doing business, as well as the growth of online shopping. Yet, bricks-and-mortar sales still accounts for the majority of retail spend. As per a recent report, Saudi Arabia is the second largest B2C E-Commerce market in the...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 15 November, 2015 7:09 am

Virgin Mobile celebrates launch anniversary

Virgin Mobile is celebrating one year of making mobile better in Saudi Arabia by offering sought after premium numbers at half price for a limited time. All Virgin Mobile customers can also get up to double the credit they pay for, as well as free calls to other Virgin Mobile numbers during the...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 14 November, 2015 1:27 pm

Mobily CIO Summit recommends using the “M2M” technology to raise productivity of energy and utilities sectors

Mobily has concluded the fifth edition of “Mobily CIO Summit” recently, under the title of "A New Era in Business Efficiency" in Istanbul city with a remarkable presence of senior officials and specialists of information technology in both public and private...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 14 November, 2015 4:08 am

Facebook tests vanishing messages

Facebook users in France were able to send vanishing missives with its smartphone Messenger application, ramping up the challenge to Snapchat. “We’re conducting a small test in France of a feature that allows people to send messages that disappear an hour after they’re...

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Technology & IT | Friday 13 November, 2015 1:03 am

Hitachi DATA SYSTEMS REDEFINES IT Infrastructure Performance with NEW FLASH Portfolio

As organizations digitize their businesses, the demand for immediate access to information has soared, forcing IT departments to focus on modernizing their core IT infrastructures. As a result, companies large and small are increasingly moving to flash-based technologies to create faster, more...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 12 November, 2015 2:48 pm

LG Watch Urban Second Edition to Begin Rollout in Key Markets Worldwid

The LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, the first Android Wear smartwatch to feature cellular connectivity, will begin rolling out to customers worldwide starting this month in the United States and Korea with key markets in Europe, Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States to follow in the months...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 12 November, 2015 2:37 pm

Brand Videos on Twitter

Twitter Video improves a brand’s ability to share its story and attract loyal customers and followers. How can Twitter Video do this you may ask? Effective Twitter Video can boost engagement between businesses and consumers. An internal analysis revealed that a native Video on Twitter drives...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 12 November, 2015 1:48 pm

“Challenge ME!” An Internet of Things Competition for MENA region by Intel

Under the patronage of His Excellency the Lebanese Minister of Telecommunications, Boutros Harb, the final award ceremony of “Challenge ME!” an Internet of Things (IoT) Competition took place yesterday. The competition featured the participation of 70 projects from different Arab...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 12 November, 2015 10:18 am

More than 100 million people connect, discover and share on Facebook on mobile across the MENA region

Facebook in the Middle East and North Africa announced today that as of September 30, 2015, Facebook had 114 million monthly active users in the region. Of those, 102 million access the site through mobile devices. Across MENA almost 60% of people come back to Facebook every day and...

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