Designed for overseas asset-holders, the new smart service enables eligible investors living outside of the UAE to create, register, witness and store a Will for Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah assets from anywhere in the world.
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UAE’s Etisalat plans $2 billion buyback
UAE-based telco Etisalat’s shares climbed after it said that it’s planning to buy back stock valued at as much as $2 billion, according to Bloomberg.0 3013
ADGM partners with ADIB to boost capital’s FinTech prospects
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), has announced a memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) to collaborate and …
Slack valued at $5.1bn following SoftBank funding round
SoftBank said on Monday that its Vision Fund led a Series G funding round alongside Accel and other investors, topping up Slack’s existing $540 million in funding to $790 million.
RTA adds 50 Tesla electric vehicles to taxi fleet
Integrating these vehicles, which are fitted with several components of self-driving techniques, is a manifestation of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to transform Dubai into the smartest city in the world.
RTA installs smart speeding signs within school zones
The smart signs are capable of detecting and displaying driving speeds, and sending direct friendly messages to the motorists through expressive emoticons.
‘Let’s meet at our place’: Apple’s launch event announced
Apple has confirmed that it will announce its new line of products on 12th September during its annual keynote event, which will be held for the first time at the Steve Jobs Theater.
Recruitment tech firm Cazar deploys Azure
Cazar, developer of Sniperhire, an e-recruitment system in the GCC, has chosen Microsoft Azure to enhance its solution and future-proof its already-innovative software.
Google’s ARCore set to bring augmented reality to 100m Android devices
ARCore will be made available to at least 100 million Android users, but Google have not yet set a date for its general release.
Souq adds ‘affordable’ AmazonBasics range to its website
In a Facebook post on August 24th by Ronaldo Mouchawar, the founder and CEO of Souq, he announced that AmazonBasics would be available immediately for sale on the Souq website.
Dubai’s smart car rental service registers over 60,000 trips
Since its launch in January this year, the smart car rental service has executed 60,277 journeys; which tantamount to 49,139 rental hours.