Bloomberg Salesforce.com Inc. and other companies eyeing Twitter Inc. may pay more than $16 billion to get their hands on the social-media company’s valuable data. But they’ll also inherit challenges, including management turmoil, lackluster growth and an unsolved identity crisis. While it remains a destination for conversation among influential people, Twitter would be tough to digest. Chief Executive Officer …

  Relaxnews The digital mapmaker acquired by BMW AG, Audi AG and Daimler AG is rolling out a real-time traffic service that warns of road hazards and helps find parking spaces by utilizing the sensors and cameras mounted on board the luxury models of its owners. The service that will debut early next year is the first use of automotive …

  Relaxnews Telecoms provider Orange is testing the waters of mass-market VR with an experimental OCS VR channel for the Samsung Gear VR and PlayStation VR. The Paris, France headquartered telco is teaming up with Californian startup Wevr to offer premium video content in “an immersive VR environment customized to look like a private theatre” from October 12, 2016. From …

  Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co. opened a branch of its early-stage technology investment program in Tel Aviv to better tap into the innovative engineering for which Israel is known. Investment in individual companies will typically be about $1 million with no limit on the number of beneficiaries or the funding amount, Eyal Miller, Samsung Next Tel Aviv’s general manager and …

  Wellington / AFP New Zealand researchers said Monday they have restored the first recording of computer-generated music, created in 1951 on a gigantic contraption built by British genius Alan Turing. The aural artefact, which paved the way for everything from synthesizers to modern electronica, opens with a staunchly conservative tune —the British national anthem “God Save the King”. Researchers at …

  Kiel / DPA If the only thing putting you off yachting is the discomfort, Sailing Yacht A, the world’s biggest motor-assisted superyacht, might just be the answer. But you’ll need to be a billionaire to afford it. Work on building A began four years ago in Germany and it is not quite ready yet. According to the magazine Boat International, …

  Copenhagen / AFP A snow-covered former US army base in Greenland — dubbed “a city under ice” — could leak pollutants into the environment as the climate changes, raising difficult questions over who is responsible for a clean-up. In 1959, US army engineers began constructing a futuristic project in northwestern Greenland that might as well have been lifted from …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Mariam Mohammed Al Rumaithi, Chairperson of the Abu Dhabi Businesswomen Council, discussed with Rita Swan, Finnish ambassador to the UAE, ways to strengthen bilateral relations, exchange experiences and best practices of women entrepreneurs to better discharge their functions at labour market. During their meeting, held at the council’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi, Al Rumaithi said …

  DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS Dubai Exports, the export promotion agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai, and the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre in partnership with the Consulate General of the UAE recently hosted more than 180 representatives from diverse industries in a business forum in Sao Paulo as part of the strategy to position Dubai …

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with the Department of Government Relations, hosted the New Zealand-UAE Business Roundtable on Sunday at the chamber’s headquarter. The meeting sought to present investment opportunities in Sharjah to the New Zealand business community, along with boosting trade and strengthening the investment partnership between the Emirate and New Zealand, …