Technology & IT | Saturday 30 January, 2016 5:46 am

Online shopping still in its infancy in KSA

About 5 percent of Saudis shop online, and online marketplaces occupy 25 to 30 percent of the total market, according to recent statistics. Online shopping has a number of risks relating to poor credibility, fraud and delivery delay by some companies and websites. This is true because of the...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 30 January, 2016 1:21 am

GSMA Provides Update for Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016

 The GSMA today provided further details for the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, which will be held 29 June – 1 July 2016 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). The GSMA announced several updates, including a partnership that will bring the International Smart...

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Technology & IT | Friday 29 January, 2016 6:45 am

Microsoft Names Jawabkom As One Of The Top 100 Websites in The Arab World

This month, Microsoft named Jawabkom.com as one of the top 100 most visited websites in the Arab world. Jawabkom is the largest questions and answers Arabic website, connecting users to certified experts who can answer urgent and serious questions in dozens of fields, spanning...

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Technology & IT | Friday 29 January, 2016 3:18 am

Panasonic solutions for better Indoor Air Quality

Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa launched its latest indoor air quality improving products. Air Purifiers to suit different requirements and the decorative Q Fan all made their debut in Dubai today. In its quest to address the surging issue of poor indoor air quality, Panasonic is...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 28 January, 2016 4:30 pm

Organisations must treat cyber-security as a high priority

Cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are affecting nearly 90% of large organisations around the world. According to speakers at a panel discussion, organised by ICAEW’s Corporate Finance Faculty in the UAE, the most effective organisations at safeguarding their assets are ...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 28 January, 2016 4:11 pm

Ericsson demonstrates how IoT will pave the way for smart utilities in the Middle East

Rutger Reman, Ericsson’s President of Industry & Society Unit for Region Middle East, addressed the Second Annual Energy Forum about the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) to revolutionize smart utilities.  “Our vision is the Networked Society – a society where...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 28 January, 2016 2:36 pm

Zain Saudi Arabia Concludes 2015 with Record Financial Results

Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) posted record financial results for the year ended 31st December 2015, recording a significant 48% increase in EBITDA to reach SAR 1,629 million, for the 12 months period, up from SAR 1,100 million during the same period of 2014.  For...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 28 January, 2016 4:44 am

Microsoft to Empower Thousands of IT Professionals on the Cloud

In view of the company’s mission of empowering every individual and organisation on the planet, Microsoft Gulf has organised a training series on Azure as part of their Azure Gulf Training program to support efforts of enabling companies to harness the cloud and achieve more with less using...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 27 January, 2016 2:49 pm

Mobily improves more than 2000 employees’ talent through training and development programs

Etihad Etisalat Mobily has successfully conducted trainings to fine-tune the skills and abilities of more than two thousand and eight hundred employees across the company based on various programs for training and development. The entire exercise has been carried out with the aim of developing and...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 27 January, 2016 2:42 pm

GCC Governments Urged to Hire Chief Smart City Officers to Guide Urban Development

GCC governments must hire Chief Smart City Officers to ensure the long-term delivery of Smart Cities, one of the world’s leading digital experts challenged today.   As Internet of Things technology decreases in cost and increases in capability, GCC cities such as Dubai and Masdar...

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