September, 2016

• 28 September

  du demonstrates e-SIM for first time in ME

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business UAE-based telecommunications service provider, du, demonstrated e-SIM for the first time in the Middle East, in collaboration with Gemalto, the world leader in digital security. Demonstrated during a roundtable held on Wednesday at the Grand Midwest Hotel in Media City, the e-SIM initiative will enable du’s subscribers to activate the e-SIM on any device over ...

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• 28 September

  Apple to expand HealthKit from tracker to diagnosis tool

  

    Bloomberg So far Apple Inc.’s HealthKit has mostly collected fitness data from its devices. In the future, if the company gets its way, the software will interpret that information, turning it into advice for users, doctors and others. Scores of health-care experts hired by Apple in recent years are building improved electronic health record software that can better analyze ...

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• 28 September

  Microsoft to plug Renault-Nissan cars into the cloud

  

    Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. agreed to provide cloud-computing services for cars made by Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA as the manufacturers push ahead with developing connected vehicles. Microsoft will build cloud infrastructure for the two carmakers that can host navigation data and allows drivers to predict gas usage and check on their cars remotely, the Redmond, Washington-based software producer ...

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• 28 September

  BlackBerry to outsource handsets, will halt production

    AFP BlackBerry, the Canadian firm that helped pioneer the smartphone market, said Wednesday it will stop making handsets, outsourcing production to an Indonesian partner. Handsets with the BlackBerry name will be produced under license by PT Tiphone Mobile Indonesia Tbk, allowing the Canadian firm to concentrate on software and services, a statement by the firms said. BlackBerry, which a ...

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• 28 September

  McLaren unveils its first all-electric car

  

    Relaxnews British supercar brand McLaren clearly likes toying with its fans because its newest model is a battery-powered hypercar for the under sevens. It would appear that with its latest offering, McLaren has taken recent surveys regarding the next generation of drivers and their willingness to get behind the wheel of an electric car quite literally. The newest edition ...

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• 28 September

  Phone dead? These firms seek to charge it from a distance

  

    Bloomberg Energous Corp. has seen its share price more than double this year, largely on the promise of a smartphone future without electrical outlets or charging mats. San Jose, California-based Energous is one of a handful of companies racing to introduce technologies that may allow our phones, tablets and smartwatches to be powered from across a room —all at ...

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• 28 September

  Making tunes from trash

  

    Los Angeles / AFP Festering alongside mountains of stinking trash under the sweltering South American sun, Cateura is a long way from the conservatories of Prague or Vienna. Yet the township which grew out of Paraguay’s largest dump is gaining an unlikely reputation as a hothouse for musical talent — and for its youth orchestra that plays instruments made ...

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• 28 September

  Taking environmental bite out of salmon farming

  

    Hitra / AFP In a peaceful bay off Norway’s Hitra island, massive nets teem with salmon destined for dinner tables worldwide — an export boon for the Nordic nation that comes with a long list of environmental side-effects. As an industry, the ocean-farming of salmon is only about 40 years old. But the harm it causes has been widely ...

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• 27 September

  Slowdown alarm: WTO cuts global trade forecast to 1.7%

    Geneva / AFP The World Trade Organization on Tuesday downshifted its global trade forecast, warning that anti-globalisation rhetoric and Brexit were pushing trade growth to its slowest pace since the financial crisis. The warning comes as talks on a landmark free trade deal between the European Union and United States battle stiff opposition and as Britain’s EU exit causes ...

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• 27 September

  Abu Dhabi-Sino Investment Forum attracts over 250 bizmen, investors

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi-Sino Investment Forum, organised by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) at Crown Plaza Hotel in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, attracted more than 250 businessmen and investors. The event was also attended by Sheikh Nahyan bin Hamdan bin Mohammed and Chinese officials. The Acting Under-Secretary of the ADDED, Khalifa bin Salem Al ...

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