This latest announcement signifies el Grocer as the first grocery delivery app to be made available in Arabic in the UAE.
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Oman’s Ooredoo connects 77,000 homes with ‘super fast’ fibre broadband
Oman-based telecom provider Ooredoo has provided 77,000 homes across the Muscat region with super fast fibre home broadband from the existing fast home broadband. 0 5536
Smart gates at DXB to slash immigration time to ‘5 seconds’
With the installation of 120 new smart gates at all terminals, the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) in Dubai is expecting around 40 per cent of travellers to use the smart gates.
Oman’s Wadi Accelerator Programme to enhance tech startup support
Oman Technology Fund (OTF) has launched the Wadi Accelerator Programme – an innovative three-month startup programme that brings together regional talent and global expertise.
DEWA appoints 5 robots as customer service employees
The move comes as part of its continuous quest to envision the future through the development of mechanisms that enrich the experience of customers, and contribute to the provision of seven-star quality services at its Customer Happiness Centres.
Transformation Talk | Weekly news round up 09.11.17
Transformation Talk gives you a weekly roundup of the biggest news in the technology industry.
OIC to establish Cybersecurity Centre to combat cyberterrorism
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC, has announced that it is on the path of making real progress towards establishing a Cybersecurity Centre.
Uber enhances app features to improve experience of Dubai drivers
The company said in a statement that the new features, which are being rolled out across the MENA region, aim to address three key areas: flexibility, efficiency and earnings.
Xennials: the latest micro-generation everyone’s talking about
Dan Woodman, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Melbourne, has curated a new category for those born between 1977 and 1983, which he says are “a combination of the pessimistic Gen X-ers and optimistic millennials.”
Abu Dhabi solar plant ‘on track’ to start operations in 2019
The 1.2-gigawatt project is “well on track and on schedule,” said Mothana Qteishat, Jinko Solar’s managing director for project development in the Middle East and North Africa.
NEOM sparks over 60,000 social media mentions in first week
According to monitoring service Meltwater India & Middle East, over 75 percent of the social media chatter was posted in Arabic, followed by 24 percent in English.