Technology & IT | Thursday 10 December, 2015 3:07 pm

Arabnet Riyadh To Host Ministers And Top Decision Makers In Saudi Arabia’s Largest, Most Exceclusiv Digital Forum

Under the patronage of HRH Prince Dr. Turki Bin Saud Al Saud, President of KACST, a ministerial panel with key ministries and dignitaries entitled “Vision 2030:Moving the Kingdom Towards the Knowledge Economy.” The distinguished panel will be preceded by a keynote by HRH Prince Dr....

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Technology & IT | Thursday 10 December, 2015 1:21 am

Twitter experiments reordering tweets by relevance

Twitter Inc. confirmed on Tuesday it is testing a timeline format for its tweets, calling it an experiment. The microblogging website's new format will result in tweets being sorted by relevance instead of in reverse chronological order. "Yes, this is an experiment. We're...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 9 December, 2015 12:44 pm

Gartner Says Smart Cities Will Use 1.6 Billion Connected Things in 2016

Gartner, Inc. estimates that 1.6 billion connected things will be used by smart cities* in 2016, an increase of 39 percent from 2015 (see Table 1). "Smart commercial buildings will be the highest user of Internet of Things (IoT) until 2017, after which smart homes will take the lead with...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 9 December, 2015 12:38 pm

Social media celebrates UAE National Day

Global media intelligence firm, Meltwater has issued an analysis of UAE National Day trending topics on social media. The following analysis is based on 19,369 mentions of the event, captured in both English and Arabic on social media in the UAE during the period November 15th – December 5th, ...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 8 December, 2015 2:12 pm

Ericsson officially launches its first hardware and software distribution Centre in the Middle East

  Ericsson officially inaugurated its first telecom equipment hardware and software distribution centre in the Middle East in a form of a ribbon cutting ceremony under the patronage and in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman, and Chief Executive Emirates ...

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Technology & IT | Monday 7 December, 2015 12:44 pm

Xerox Named a Managed Workflow Services Leader in New IDC MarketScape Report

Xerox (NYSE: XRX) has been recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScape: U.S. Managed Workflow Services Hardcopy 2015 Vendor Assessment1.     This new report focuses on the Managed Workflow Service (MWS) market, which the analyst firm defines as a set of services that automate and...

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Technology & IT | Monday 7 December, 2015 12:20 pm

2015: The Year on Twitter

2015 globally was the year of #TheDress debate, the year @kanyewest announced he was running for President and @OneDirection decided it was time to take a hiatus. Meanwhile in UAE, we saw the historic visit of Indian president @narendramodi, the opening of the country’s first #AppleStore and...

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Technology & IT | Monday 7 December, 2015 10:52 am

DORMA launches ‘800DORMA’ a dedicated service contact centre

·         David Tudor, Service and Maintenance Director, DORMA MENA- “In the spirit of continuous improvement we have launched our state-of-the-art contact centre to further lend our expertise to our valuable customers” ...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 6 December, 2015 12:32 pm

‘Organizations in UAE Need to Beware of SSL Decryption Solutions that Prevent Better Security’, warns Security Expert

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is everywhere. Today, many of the most popular websites leverage encryption to keep data secure and private. On top of that, other applications such as email, instant messaging, and FTP use SSL or its successor TLS to encrypt traffic. Need proof that SSL is ubiquitous?...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 6 December, 2015 9:58 am

Souq.com WHITE FRIDAY 2015 Smashes All Online Shopping Records in the Middle East

13 million visits and close to 600,000 items sold during the Biggest Online Sale in the Middle East 35% sold on Souq.com app while mobile app and m-web accounted for over 55% of sales Souq.com is the top local site in the UAE as a result of White Friday 12K units sold in an...

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