Business & Money | Thursday 27 August, 2015 4:10 am

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority joins Microsoft BizSpark Network Partner Program

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park and Microsoft Gulf, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will effectively enable DSOA’s tech start-ups to benefit from free software and services...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 27 August, 2015 3:57 am

HTC DESIRE 820G+ Dual SIM DELIVERS EASY 
MULTI-TASKING AND BIG-SCREEN PERFORMANCE

HTC, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, has announced a new addition to the HTC Desire family, the HTC Desire 820G+ Dual SIM, which is now available throughout the GCC. Powered by an Octo Core 8 x 1.7GHz processor, the Dual SIM version of the HTC Desire 820 allows you to switch...

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Business & Money | Thursday 27 August, 2015 2:25 am

JOBS ABU DHABI CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN RECRUITMENT AND ACCESS TO A LARGE POOL OF JOB SEEKERS

The Jobs Abu Dhabi (JAD) Portal (www.jobs.abudhabi.ae), a key initiative under the e-Government Program of the Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC), continues to witness widespread success and demand as it reinforces its status as the preferred recruitment channel for the emirate of Abu ...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 27 August, 2015 2:19 am

Entries Still Open for Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015

Writers from Africa have one month left to enter the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015. The Etisalat Prize for Literature is the first ever Pan African prize celebrating debut African writers of published fiction. Chief Executive Officer of Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 27 August, 2015 2:14 am

IHG® REWARDS CLUB ANNOUNCES ‘ACCELERATE’ PROMOTION

nterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®)  today announces the upcoming launch of its ‘Accelerate’ promotion, which offers IHG® Rewards Club members the opportunity to earn IHG Rewards Club bonus points faster than ever.    The promotion follows a series of recent ...

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Business & Money | Thursday 27 August, 2015 1:13 am

Coca-Cola on Track to Meet 100% Water Replenishment Goal

The Coca-Cola Company and its global bottling partners (the Coca-Cola system) today announced they are on track to meet their 2020 water replenishment goal by the end of 2015. Based on the Coca-Cola system’s global water replenishment projects to date, the system is...

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| Thursday 27 August, 2015 12:28 am

Visa Checkout Expands Global Availability with New Merchants and Issuers

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced continued global success of Visa Checkout, the online check out service that allows shoppers to pay with their cards online and on any device, with just a few clicks. In recent months, no less than thirty-three new merchants, ranging from Best Buy and Under...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 26 August, 2015 4:05 pm

TCA ABU DHABI LAUNCHES PROMOTIONAL ROADSHOW IN MAJOR GCC CITIES

Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) is touring a number of GCC cities later this month in a promotional campaign featuring Abu Dhabi’s unique tourist offering to boost shoulder season tourism growth.  Representatives of TCA Abu Dhabi’s tourism sector will...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 26 August, 2015 3:42 pm

GCC Governments Urged to Secure National Infrastructure in Face of ‘High Risk’ of Cyberattacks

GCC governments are urged to secure critical national infrastructure in the face of high risk of more sophisticated cyberattacks in the emerging Internet of Things era, industry experts announced today.   As Internet of Things era advances, with IBM predicting 30 billion autonomously...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 26 August, 2015 1:52 pm

MELBOURNE ONLY CITY NAMED AS WORLD’S MOST LIVEABLE FOR FIVE YEARS

 Melbourne remains the only city in the world to have this week topped the Economist’s Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Global Liveability Index for the fifth year in a row. The annual ranking looks at living conditions in 140 cities across the globe by assigning a rating across five...

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