Paris / AFP Pokemon Go has sent millions of people onto the streets in a worldwide hunt for virtual monsters — and from neighbourhood restaurants to multi-national corporations, businesses smell a profit. “It’s going really well — this is the fourth time we’ve had to restock our Pokemon cuddly toys in two weeks,” said salesman Corentin Flamand, surveying a ...

  Relaxnews Fall 2016 promises another great lineup of smartphone releases with the IFA tech show, Apple’s keynote and various manufacturer launch events all in store to kickstart the season. Here’s a look at some of the mobile devices expected to land this year. A TOP-END PHABLET Unveiled early in August, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is up for release ...

  Bloomberg Dropbox Inc., the popular file-storage company, has met with advisers to discuss the possibility of an initial public offering as soon as 2017, according to people familiar with the matter. Management wanted to talk about the feasibility of a listing and get a sense of the valuation the company could fetch from public market investors, the people said. ...

  Relaxnews According to figures from Gartner, 344.3 million Android smartphones were sold worldwide in Q2 2016. This makes for a 4.3% increase in sales year on year. Samsung is still the undisputed market leader, selling no less than 76.7 million handsets in Q2 with a 22.3% market share. This puts the South Korean tech giant way ahead of Apple ...

  Bloomberg Xiaomi Corp., the once-hot Chinese smartphone maker, saw shipments tumble 38 percent in China in the second quarter as Huawei Technologies Co. took over the top spot in the world’s largest market. Xiaomi shipped 10.5 million smartphones in the quarter, down from 17.1 million in the same period a year earlier, according to research from International Data Corp. ...

  Hong Kong / AFP Some cities are fuelled by coffee. In Hong Kong, it’s milk tea that keeps things running — a potent nostalgia-infused caffeine hit, with fierce competition to brew the best in town. There are thousands of restaurants offering the full gamut of international cuisines, but the city’s no-frills diner- style cafes, some of them decades old, ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Four hotels from the Langham Hotels & Resorts portfolio have been selected as top hotels in the U.S. by the readers of Travel + Leisure for its 2016 World’s Best Awards – The Langham, Chicago; The Langham, Hong Kong; The Langham, Melbourne and The Langham, Sydney. In addition, Langham Hotels & Resorts was named one ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) awarded an international company with a contract for advisory services to develop a new plant to desalinate seawater using reverse osmosis at the Jebel Ali Power Station (JAPS). This is a key step to realize the Dubai Plan 2021. DEWA adopts an integrated strategy to enhance Dubai’s position as an ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) announced the completion of preventive and corrective maintenance of 289 schools across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, according to the action plan to raise readiness in preparation for the delivery to the Abu Dhabi Education Council, before the start of the new academic year 2016/2017. Eng. Hilal Abdullah Al ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a congratulatory cable to President of the Republic of Hungary, Janos Ader, on the national day of Hungary. Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown ...