The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced that it has blocked up to 1,688 websites in 2019 for using offensive, racist, moral, religious, defamatory and obscene content.
GBM and SAP sign strategic partnership to accelerate regional digital transformation
Gulf Business Machines (GBM) and SAP have signed a strategic partnership aimed at supporting customers around the region to meet …
Dubai Municipality’s smart app sees increased demands
Dubai Municipality’s smart app Montaji has witnessed widespread demand by users and specialised companies.
Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai introduces virtual consultations
Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai (MEHD) has introduced the additional appointment option of virtual consultation appointments for both new and existing patients, to complement their current face to face appointment offering.
Apple and Google team up to track and fight coronavirus spread
Apple and Alphabet’s Google have announced a new partnership that will see the two companies work together to leverage smartphone technology to help trace and contain the spread of coronavirus.
Number of e-stores rise in the UAE: TRA
The number of stores providing e-services for consumers in the UAE rose by 150 percent in the past two weeks, according to the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).
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Abu Dhabi medical workers can download this app to get free on-demand bus service
Via has launched a new on-demand essential transportation system in Abu Dhabi to provide free rides for medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Organisations turn to UiPath’s RPA to respond to COVID-19
Organisations around the world are turning to automation to become faster and more agile in the face of increased demand …
FAB facilitates first Virtual General Assembly Meetings in UAE
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has launched a new service for managing Virtual General Assembly Meetings (GAM) and has conducted the UAE’s first fully virtual GAM.
NYU Abu Dhabi inks new deal to boost AI research
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has partnered with the Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence (IIAI).
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Coronavirus: Dubai unveils new online permit facility
Following the decision of the Supreme Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management, the Dubai Media Office has unveiled the new online permit facility.
Abu Dhabi Criminal Court activates remote trials system
The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court has expanded the Remote Trial System to include all its departments by using video conference technology,
Women in Tech: HPE’s Kinda Baydoun
For this month’s Women in Tech, CNME’s Deputy Editor Giorgia Guantario sat down with Kinda Baydoun, Pointnext Services Leader – …
Abu Dhabi launches new app to track quarantined individuals
The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) has reportedly launched a new smartphone application, called “Stay Home”, according to state news agency WAM.