Emaar Hospitality Group has unveiled three new projects for digitalisation that will leverage IoT and AI to enhance guest experience, promote organisation-wide digital innovation and drive operational excellence.
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Dubai enters phase one of emirate-wide strategy to go paperless
Smart Dubai has broken ground on the first phase of implementing the Dubai Paperless Strategy, which seeks to digitise internal and external transactions at government entities and save time and effort for employees and customers alike.0 8548
Etisalat to charge five percent VAT on products and services
The move is in compliance with the Federal Decree-Law No 8 of 2017 issued by the government on the introduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) in the UAE.
Dubai Police services to be 100% AI-powered by 2031
The Dubai Police has announced its ‘Strategic Plan for Artificial Intelligence,’ which will see the government agency integrate AI technology to run all of its services by 2031.
Etisalat launches Innovation Centre to showcase smart solutions, drive digital transformation
Etisalat has announced the opening of its ultramodern Open Innovation Center in Dubai, which aims to be a hub to showcase the innovative solutions and that help drive digital transformation by enabling the use of latest technologies.
NYU AD engineers say ‘crowdforwarding’ is key to better mobile service
Jian Gao, PhD candidate in engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi, is investigating how a next generation model of mobile communications could be the key to faster cell service, fewer dropped calls, and cheaper phone bills.
Private sector firms to fuel Kuwait Vision 2035
The Kuwait Vision 2035 will fuel further private sector for the the national economy and boost efforts in achieving sustainable development, says a Kuwaiti government official.
Facebook’s new facial recognition feature alerts users of untagged photos
Facebook has recently announced that it would begin using facial recognition technology to tell people on the social network when others have uploaded photos of them, if they agree to let the company keep a facial template on file.
CNIL issues strict notice to WhatsApp to stop Facebook data transfers
WhatsApp, Facebook’s messaging service was given a one-month ultimatum by France’s data protection authority CNIL, which instructed it to cease …
KPMG Kuwait to accept payments in bitcoins
KPMG, a global network of professional firms providing audit, tax, and advisory services, has announced that its office in Kuwait will now accept payments in bitcoins for a wide range of consulting services.
Kaspersky Lab detected 360K new malicious files per day in 2017
The number of new malicious files processed by Kaspersky Lab’s in-lab detection technologies reached 360,000 a day in 2017, which is 11.5 percent more than the previous year.