Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 12 July, 2022 2:54 pm

Motawif pilgrimage company delivers Hajj services to 130,000 pilgrims

The Motawif Pilgrims for Southeast Asian Countries Co. successfully provided a full range of Hajj services for 130,000 pilgrims from Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines during this year’s pilgrimage. The company is a specialist in providing Hajj and Umrah...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 12 July, 2022 2:52 pm

Spotify rolls out real-time lyrics on Google Nest Hub

Spotify on Monday rolled out a real-time lyrics feature on Google Nest Hub that lets users listen to music while seeing a stream of lyrics accompanying the song. Previously available on iOS, Android, game consoles, desktop computers and select smart TVs, the feature was not formally announced...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 12 July, 2022 2:48 pm

Google offers concessions in effort to avoid US antitrust lawsuit

Google has offered to make concessions, including splitting parts of its online advertising business into a separate company under parent Alphabet, in an effort to avoid a second lawsuit from the US Department of Justice, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The first lawsuit,...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 12 July, 2022 2:45 pm

Twitter hits back at Musk, says no deal obligations breached

Twitter Inc. fired back at Elon Musk on Monday, accusing the world’s richest person of “knowingly” breaching an agreement to buy the social media firm, days after the Tesla Inc. chief sought to back out of the $44 billion deal.In a letter sent to Musk, dated Sunday and filed with regulators...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 12 July, 2022 2:36 pm

ADDED and MADE to support sustainable growth and Industry 4.0 applications

The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MADE Competence Center                 I 4.0, part of the Industry 4.0 Italian ecosystem composed by the competence centres and the digital innovation...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 12 July, 2022 2:33 pm

AGDA calls on Emiratis across the UAE to join its unique MA programmes

The Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (AGDA) announced the opening of registration for its two Master of Arts programmes. Starting from today until August 21st, 2022, Emiratis who have a keen interest in diplomatic leadership and humanitarian action are invited to apply for one of AGDA’s two...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 12 July, 2022 2:27 pm

Samsung launches the Anti-Counterfeit Program at a high-level workshop in Oman

Samsung Gulf Electronics has expanded its Anti-Counterfeit Program (ACP) in Oman, holding a dedicated workshop to advance anti-counterfeit solutions.    The workshop boasted 50 government employees from the Consumer Protection Authority, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry,...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 12 July, 2022 2:23 pm

Digitalisation holds the key to unleashing the full potential of the finance function

Over the past two years, chief finance officers (CFOs), accountants and their teams have played an invaluable role in steering organisations through turbulent times. They’ve been core to helping their businesses accelerate digital transformation to cater for a new world of remote work and higher...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 12 July, 2022 2:22 pm

STRATEZ CAPITAL ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH NEWTEK

Startup to develop Middle East real estate projects, commodity trading with blockchain and Web3 technology Stratez Capital has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with British entrepreneur Safi Qurashi and his newly-formed company, NewTek Holdings Ltd. The aim is to jointly develop...

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Technology & IT | Monday 11 July, 2022 1:34 pm

Facebook owner Meta announces new virtual reality login system

Meta Platforms Inc. is modifying how users log onto its virtual reality headsets, backtracking on an earlier change to require accounts from the company’s flagship Facebook app on the devices while preserving links to social connections there.The company will roll out its new “Meta accounts”...

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