Dubai / Emirates Business According to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), FinTech companies in the GCC now account for 7% of all FinTech business in the Middle East and Africa region. Taking on the successful business models of the United States of America (USA), payment solutions account for approximately 40% of all FinTech business in …
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Dubai / Emirates Business The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature picked up another accolade on Tuesday, winning Best Family Friendly Day Out at the Time Out Dubai Kids Awards 2016. Isobel Abulhoul, OBE, CEO and Trustee of the Emirates Literature Foundation and Director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, accepted the Award. ‘We could not be prouder of …
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Sharjah/ Emirates Business The Arabic script is well-known in the world for its beauty and elegant intricacies. Arabic calligraphy, the artistic practice of handwriting based on the Arabic alphabet has been seen in important texts. The Sharjah Public Library (SPL) — a Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) subsidiary — recently organised a workshop focusing on the promotion of Arabic Calligraphy, …
Read More »Dubai / Emirates Business Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, has announced that its customers will benefit from a new release of its popular Epicor iScala ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution. The iScala solution is designed for the worldwide divisions and subsidiaries of multinational corporations and local or regional companies that …
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Dubai/ Emirates Business With their functionality, flexibility and mobility, 2–in–1 convertible laptops are one of the fastest growing devices in the industry according to PCMag, and GITEX Shopper will be showcasing the latest models when it opens next month. Taking place from 1 – 8 October at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) the region’s largest consumer IT and electronic …
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NEW YORK / AP Does “Pokemon Go†have a second act? The mobile phone app was an instant hit when it debuted in July. Crowds stampeded after a Vaporeon in Central Park and people fell off cliffs playing it in California. At an Apple event on Sept. 7, Niantic CEO John Hanke said 500 million people had downloaded the …
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Relaxnews You might have noticed a new birthday doodle from Google on Tuesday as the internet search engine turns 18. Designed by Gerben Steenks, one of the team’s illustrators —better known as doodlers at Google HQ —Tuesday’ss logo celebrates the company’s coming of age with the Google “G†blowing up a balloon which lifts it off into the sky. …
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Relaxnews The new cameras and lenses presented at Photokina 2016 — the biannual photography trade fair in Cologne, Germany — showcased new technologies that once again push back the industry’s limits, with 6k photos, 4k video, interchangeable viewfinders and 360-degree video. New products from camera-world heavyweights unveiled at Photokina 2016 include lenses from Leica and Canon’s 5D Mark IV …
Read More »Relaxnews YouTube revealed on Tuesday the launch of a new app, YouTube Go. Making the announcement on their official blog, the video service announced that the new YouTube go would allow viewers, particularly those in India, to watch videos with slower connections. After visiting India and seeing the problems users had with a 2G connection, the video-sharing service realized that …
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Bloomberg On the face of it, U.K. supercar maker McLaren would seem an odd partner for Apple Inc. as the consumer electronics and software giant seeks to crack the global auto industry. With its racetrack heritage and gas-guzzling models priced from 126,000 pounds ($165,000), Woking, England-based McLaren is a world away from the mainstream auto market, which Apple appears …
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