Technology

Bloomberg Chances are few outside of China have heard of NetEase Inc., though it makes more money from games than Nintendo Co. Now it wants recognition, but first it’ll have to learn what makes Western gamers tick. The company is on a global hiring campaign and exploring acquisitions or investments in foreign studios, so it can earn 30 percent of ...

Bloomberg Researchers in Japan are closing in on a safer generation of batteries that could weather extreme temperatures in outer space. At least that’s what Hitachi Zosen Corp. is betting on. The Osaka-based company, better known for building plants that convert waste to energy, is developing a new strain of solid-state lithium-ion battery that’s been capturing the attention of industry ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. will introduce a new video hub on the world’s largest social network, offering some US users short episodic series from content partners including A&E, Major League Baseball and National Geographic, in a bid to capture more online advertising dollars. The new section, called Watch, is meant to increase the amount of time users spend watching video by ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Trukkin Middle East has launched its new cloud-based B2B platform that unites customers with shippers and truckers in the Middle East region to create new business opportunities and deliver streamline logistics solutions. The startup was the brainchild of entrepreneurs from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and was co-founded by Ahmed Al Nafie and Janardan Dalmia. Trukkin ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has announced its on-demand connectivity service. It is the first in the world to demonstrate full compliance with the stringent security requirements of the GSMA’s Security Accreditation Scheme for embedded SIM (eSIM) remote provisioning. As a result, OEMs, mobile operators and service providers worldwide can be assured that Gemalto ...

Emirates Business HP Inc. is reimagining the retail industry with the unveiling of its innovative and versatile all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) system, the HP ElitePOS. The company is working with leading retail and hospitality customers and partners to reimagine how technology can transform the in-store experience for customers. With e-commerce influencing consumers’ shopping experiences, brick and mortar retailers must ensure sales ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Together with MTS, the largest mobile network operator in Russia, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, Ericsson has conducted the first successful live trial with a commercial small cell product of Rel-13 Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technology in Russia. The demonstration was conducted in an MTS test lab over a live network and ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Mobile video is exploding. Over half of all video views are on mobile and mobile video consumption is increasing exponentially on Facebook. Mobile is where your customers watch everything from video ads to branded content—and it’s time to adapt yours to match. Businesses around the world are experimenting with PockeTVC including Emirates in the United Arab ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business As South Korea prepares for the largest winter sporting event in its history, LG Electronics (LG) focused on improving automated services at the main hub for the world’s travelers – Incheon International Airport (IIA). LG put into service a number of Airport Guide Robots and Airport Cleaning Robots at the award-winning airport to assist travelers arriving ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business LG Electronics’ (LG) newest smartphone featuring the proprietary FullVision display will become available to consumers around the world starting this week. The LG Q6, designed to meet the needs and expectations of discerning millennial customers worldwide, will be available this week in Korea, soon to be followed by key markets in Asia, Europe, Middle East and ...