DUBAI/ WAM The UAE has been appointed to chair the World Bank’s Cloud Computing Working Group, in recognition of the country’s remarkable progress in advanced technology and digitalisation, as well as its role as a global leader in digital transformation. The selection also acknowledges the UAE’s success in applying international best practices in cloud computing, and supporting government entities and ...

BLOOMBERG Apple Inc’s senior executive overseeing touch-screen technology, health sensors and the company’s Face ID interface is leaving the company, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Steve Hotelling, most recently a company vice president, is retiring from Apple, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the move hasn’t been announced. He had reported to Johny ...

BLOOMBERG Conglomerate Tata Group plans to build one of India’s biggest iPhone assembly plants, tapping Apple Inc’s ambitions to increase manufacturing in the South Asian country. Tata wants to construct the factory in Hosur in the southern Tamil Nadu state, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The facility will likely have about 20 assembly lines and employ 50,000 ...