The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and Al Yahsat Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), have announced the launch of the …
RTA and Uber announce uberX service
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Uber have announced the trial of the lower cost uberX service offering. The …
Financial firms suffer million dollar losses per cyberattack
The costs associated with cyberattacks on the financial sector are rising as organizations face increasingly sophisticated threats. New research by Kaspersky …
Dubai entrepreneurs join Smart City movement
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has started assessing entries for the second edition of the Dubai Smartpreneur Competition.
GBM adopts social selling concept with LinkedIn
Gulf Business Machines (GBM) has become the first regional IT company in the GCC to adopt LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator tool …
Panasonic names new MD for the region
Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa has announced the appointment of its new managing director Hiroki (Harris) Soejima, who took …
Which countries should the GCC emulate for tech success?
The ambition of the GCC’s governments has been evident not only in their countries’ burgeoning infrastructures over the last few …
Uber reports $2.8 billion loss in 2016
Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies has revealed that it generated $6.5 billion in revenue in 2016, however, the company said that its adjusted net loss was at $2.8 billion.
DIFC opens FinTech Hive applications
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has opened applications for its FinTech Hive accelerator programme, following registered interest from over 200 …
Microsoft halts updates for Windows 7
Microsoft this week began blocking Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs equipped with the very newest processors from receiving security updates, making good on a policy it announced but did not implement last year.