Relaxnews YouTube has launched a messaging feature that allows viewers to share videos and chat with friends without leaving the mobile app. Wired reports that the new ‘native sharing’ feature went live for a small percentage of users. Instead of having to forward a video to Facebook or copying and pasting links to email, users can start message threads ...

  AFP Shares of Apple sank below $90 for the first time in nearly two years during trade , ceding the title of the world’s largest company by market valuation to Google. With investors souring on the outlook for sales of its iPhones and iPads, and no new blockbuster consumer electronics product in its offerings, Apple shares fell sharply to ...

  Bloomberg Polycom Inc., the video-conferencing company that agreed last month to be bought by Canadian technology company Mitel Networks Corp., received a takeover offer on May 6 from a separate party, according to a regulatory filing. That party, identified as ‘Sponsor 1’in the filing, is Siris Capital Group, people with knowledge of the matter said. Siris didn’t immediately respond ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Huawei — a leading global ICT solutions provider — took home the award for Best 5G Innovator at the inaugural LTE & 5G MENA Awards held at the Conrad Dubai. Sun Xiaofeng, the Vice President of Solution Sales and Marketing in the Middle East said, “We are excited by the award and this reflects our ...

    Our Correspondent / Emirates Business Al Forsan Real Estate — the property arm of Al Forsan Holding, develops mixed-use communities that support active lifestyle through the integration of world class sporting facilities. Al Forsan Village is home to several nationalities and has seen growing interest from various local and international investors from across the globe. Rashed Al Qubaisi, ...

  Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS AlMansoori Specialised Engineering is the leading provider of oilfield services in the Middle East. Founded in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in 1977, the company has grown to employ a workforce of 2, 075 across 24 countries throughout the world. In 2008, AlMansoori made the strategic decision to create holding companies AlMansoori Petroleum Services ...

  ABU DHABi / WAM The United Arab Emirates condemned, in the strongest terms, the terrorist massacres in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, which claimed the lives of dozens of innocent people. The UAE has announced its solidarity with Iraq and its people against organised terrorist attacks, targeting its institutions and its religious, cultural and civilisational fabric. The Ministry of Foreign ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Economy issued a report on monitoring, following-up and analysis of the development of the UAE’s Foreign Trade for the first quarter of 2016. The report, which was prepared by the Trade Policy Department at the Ministry, includes a number of important themes that together constitute the components and key elements of the report, ...

  Dubai / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, and Matar Hamed Al Neyadi, Undersecretary for the Ministry of Energy, visited the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, along with the control-centre compound at Warsan. They were received by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), Mohammad ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, inaugurated the Parliamentary Digital Library of the Federal National Council (FNC) at the Council’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of Dr. Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of the Federal National Council, and Dr. Mohammed Salem Al Mazroui, ...