Bloomberg Best Buy Co. Chief Executive Officer Hubert Joly was sold on virtual reality after he was almost eaten by a shark in an experience he called “mind- boggling.” Now he’s betting the masses will be enthralled with the technology too. In what’s seen as the first mainstream test of VR products, Best Buy began rolling out demonstrations for ...

  Emirates Business A star-studded show marked Lakmé Fashion Week in Mumbai, with Etihad Airways presenting the celebrated Indian designer Manish Malhotra at the unveiling of his winter festive collection. Famed for his lavish Bollywood costume designs, Malhotra’s stunning show featuring 75 models was attended by more than 400 guests who experienced an innovative adaptation of a traditional opening, ‘Etihad ...

  Relaxnews Sonia Rykiel, the Parisian fashion designer who shook up the French style scene, has passed away at the age of 86. We look back at some of her most visionary catwalk moments. Rykiel burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, and remained the darling of the Parisian fashion world even after Parkinson’s disease forced her to take ...

  Relaxnews As technology advances inexorably, the domination of wearables seems increasingly inevitable. And it seems that the mainstream fashion industry is gradually waking up to the necessity to embrace the trend, teaming up with tech brands to ensuring that their trackers, smart devices and other connected items acquiesce with the rules of stylish design. With tech brands such as ...

  Kiev/ AFP Fashionistas the world over are snatching up a must-have item for the “boho chic” look — an embroidered blouse or dress that is, in fact, Ukraine’s national costume and new symbol of unity. Fashion bible Vogue wrote in its US May issue that the peasant-style “vyshyvanka”, as it’s called at home, has “made waves far past the ...

  Emirates Business BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in mobile communications, has announced its new smartphone DTEK50T. Touted as the world’s most secure Android smartphone, DTEK50 is BlackBerry’s second smartphone powered by Android, after the PRIV. Fully equipped with Android Marshmallow 6.0, DTEK50 combines BlackBerry’s unique security, privacy and productivity with the full Android experience in ...

  AFP Passing through the aged faded gates into Gorongosa National Park, it’s difficult to imagine you’ve just entered Mozambique’s largest wildlife sanctuary. Bled dry by a long civil war that ravaged Mozambique from 1976 to 1992, the park has seen a remarkable turnaround in the last decade. But even as it rises from the ashes, a fresh bout of ...

  DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS In strategic partnership with the Central Bank of Bahrain, World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) 2016 is set to gather over 1,300 leaders onto a single platform to chart new areas of growth, address economic uncertainties, and unlock opportunities available for the global Islamic finance industry. The event will be held at the Gulf Hotel in ...

  Dubai / WAM Foreign investors purchased AED595.3 million worth of shares on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and sold AED596.1 million over the week, DFM said on Thursday. Net foreign investment on the market reached AED780,000 as aggregate sale. Value of shares bought by foreigner investors comprised 39.8 per cent of the total value of stocks traded during the ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory cable to President Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas of the Republic of Uruguay, on the occasion of his 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 ...