With schools closed over the summer, young children and teenagers will spend most of their time on their devices – increasing their average online activity to eight hours per day, a recent study highlighted.
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Excessive technology use to blame for child obesity in UAE, Saudi Arabia
Nine in 10 children across UAE and KSA have access to tablets, smartphones or other handheld electronic devices with screens.1 3916
GCC investors sign deal to complete The Entertainer’s acquisition
GFH Capital has announced its partnership with Al-Futtaim to complete the landmark acquisition of the Entertainer, one of the leading incentive providers and lifestyle technology platforms in the region.
Facebook sued for misleading investors before stock plunge
Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg were sued on Friday in what could be the first of many lawsuits over a …
Intel data centre business falls amid AMD threat
Intel’s fast-growing data centre business missed has Wall Street targets on Thursday as the world’s second-largest chipmaker faced stiff rivalry …
Dubai Police launch smart stations across the city
Dubai Police has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Emaar Properties to set up smart police stations at Emaar projects to provide all police services to tenants and owners without human intervention.
Facebook shares plummet over slow growth
Facebook shares took a hit after the world’s biggest social network reported weaker-than-expected user growth in the first full quarter since being rocked by a series of scandals on data privacy.
HID Global rolls out world’s first secure, contactless ticketing solution
HID Global has announced that it became the first ticketing solution provider to be certified to deliver more secure, lower cost, faster contactless tickets based on an open standard called Calypso Light Application (CLAP).
“End-users, not vendors, to shape GCC’s future”: Fujitsu VP
Fujitsu’s vice president for the Middle East region has said that technology end-users will be those who truly define the …
Polycom goes “all-in” with expanded Microsoft partnership
Polycom has announced that RealConnect Service, the first cloud-based video interoperability solution, now supports Microsoft Teams.
Sports technology to boost broadcast industry by $3.4 billion in five years
A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that future sports technologies, including professional sports wearables, in-game monitoring and the rapidly growing eSports channel, will see annual spend reach $3.4 billion by 2023.