Bloomberg Apple Inc. is preparing to unveil successors to the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus as early as next month with more advanced photography capabilities and upgraded hardware in a design similar to that of last year’s models, according to people familiar with the matter. The standout features will be a dual-camera system on the larger iPhone, a ...
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Data centers’ water use has investors on high alert
Bloomberg Data centers, used by governments and large corporations to house their computer systems, have one big environmental problem: They get hot. To keep them from overheating, large data centers can pump hundreds of millions of gallons of water a year through the facilities, according to company reports. That high demand for water has some investors concerned, especially in ...
Read More »Suitcase that doubles as motorized mini scooter
Relaxnews It’s being pitched as the world’s first motorized, rideable carry-on smart luggage that can whisk tired fliers through the airport three times faster than old-fashioned walking. You could call the Modobag a scooter-slash-suitcase. Designed by Chicago entrepreneur Kevin O’Donnell and an engineer whose credits include professional race motorcycles at Daytona 200, the mobile suitcase features an electric motor, ...
Read More »Could the taxi of the future arrive before you call it?
Bloomberg Ford seems to think so and is working with MIT in order to shuttle in a new form of smarter, on-demand mobility service that can predict where it needs to be at any given time, in order to best help people get around. From September the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Cambridge campus will become the testing ground for ...
Read More »Tourism ‘pollutes’ Sri Lankan beaches
Mount Lavinia / AFP Tourists have flocked back to Sri Lanka’s palm-fringed beaches since a bloody civil war ended in 2009, but environmentalists warn unchecked development means some areas are now so polluted, swimming there is a health hazard. Sewage from thriving hotels and guesthouses pours, often untreated, out into the water polluting the sea and shore. Even the ...
Read More »Uruguay’s ‘enterprising’ prison
Montevideo / AFP Alvaro Brusti had never worked in his life before he wound up behind bars for armed robbery. Now after five years inside, the 34-year-old is running his own company, in an unusual scheme at a Uruguayan jail. The Punta de Rieles prison east of the capital Montevideo looks like many other penitentiaries from the outside, with ...
Read More »Al Tayer Group donates ten ambulances to ERC
DUBAI / WAM Al Tayer Group, a UAE-based business group, donated 10 Ford E-350 DRW ambulances to Emirates Red Crescent (ERC). The cut-away units were especially converted into ambulances by Horton Emergency Vehicles in Ohio, USA. Ahmed Al Tayer, Director of the Al Tayer Group, handed over the ambulances to Mohammed Abdullah Alhaj Al Zaroni, Manager of the Dubai ...
Read More »DED launches ‘IP Gateway’ for faster complaints redressal
DUBAI / WAM The Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector in the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai announced the launch of an ‘Intellectual Property Gateway’ for receiving complaints on trademark infringement via the DED website. The gateway automates all procedures relating to intellectual property (IP) issues, starting from receiving complaints and opening files to receiving reports from ...
Read More »UAE congratulates Cote d’ivaoire President on Independence Day
ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a congratulatory cable to President of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, on the occasion of the country’s Independence Day. Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed ...
Read More »Dubai Municipality wins award
Dubai / WAM Khalid Mohamed Sharif Al Awadhi, Executive Director of Food Safety Department at Dubai Municipality, has won the International Leadership Award for Food Protection 2016. He was honoured in St. Louis, Missouri, US, at the annual conference, in the presence of over 2, 000 participants, including food experts. The conference has been hosted by the Assembly for ...
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