Yahoo Messenger, the messaging app is finally shutting down for good. Oath, the Verizon subsidiary that operates Yahoo, confirmed in a statement.
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Over 80% of UAE centennials are mobile gamers: study
The global gaming market will reach over $115 billion in 2018. At over $50 billion, the mobile gaming industry accounts for nearly half of all the global gaming revenue.0 4240
SoftBank appoints ex-Deutsche Bank exec to head Middle East operations
SoftBank Group Corp. is hiring former Deutsche Bank AG executive Faisal Rahman to head operations in the Middle East for …
Microsoft snaps up developer site GitHub: Bloomberg
Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub, the code-repository company popular with many software developers.
RAK accelerates e-commerce drive
Ras al-Khaimah Economic Development Department has launched a range of recent incentives that include the “Virtual Merchant Licence Initiative,” WAM reported.
UAE social media influencers urged to acquire licences by the end of May
The National Media Council (NMC) has urged social media influences and unlicensed online media organisations to register and acquire licenses by the end of the month.
Tech to bridge $1.5 trillion trade finance gap: DMCC
Ripe for industrialisation in the trade sector, technology advancements could bridge the current $1.5 trillion trade finance gap, with potential to inject new growth in trade, according to a report on ‘The Future of Trade’ from DMCC.
Despite tech advancements, M&A remains a human activity, says experts
The fundamentals of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the GCC region have not been significantly affected by artificial intelligence (AI) and still rely on human cognition, according to experts at the recent accountancy and finance body ICAEW’s Corporate Finance Faculty roundtable.
Global tech firms team up to foil rhino poachers in Africa
Global technology giants, Dimension Data and Cisco, has announced that they are expanding their anti-poaching Connected Conservation programme into Zambia, Kenya, and Mozambique to continue protecting rhino, as well as help fight the war on the startling numbers of African savanna elephant being poached.
Ajman “intensifies” support for UAE’s vision on AI
Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Ajman Municipality and Planning Department, has launched the “Artificial Intelligence Exhibition,” which is the first of its kind to be held in Ajman.
How AI can enhance network security
Dr. Ernesto Damiani explores leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance network security and ongoing work at Khalifa University to remove …