August, 2016

• 27 August

  Iraq seeks formal deal with Kurds to protect new oil exports

  

    Bloomberg Iraq’s resumption last week of oil shipments through a Kurdish-controlled pipeline bumped up its export capacity by five percent almost overnight. Now OPEC’s second-biggest producer is seeking a formal deal with the self-ruling Kurds to ensure it can maintain the increased flows. The central government in Baghdad has been locked in a dispute with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional ...

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• 27 August

  N Africa’s largest Crystal Lagoons’ project to be built in Egypt

  

    Emirates Business Crystal Lagoons, the multinational innovation company and developer of the world’s top amenity patented technology that makes giant crystal-clear lagoons a reality, has announced two new project wins in Egypt, bringing its total portfolio of active and under development projects in the Middle East and India to 15. Showcasing a range of projects at this year’s Cityscape ...

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• 27 August

  Facebook reduces human input in ‘trending topics’

  

    AFP Facebook said it is further automating its “trending” stories feature, a move that will scale back human input to prevent personal bias from influencing which stories get highlighted. The social media giant will rely more heavily on an algorithm to operate the feature — which lists what news or events are hot topics — no longer requiring people ...

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• 27 August

  Spotify to retaliate against Apple’s exclusive artists

  

    Bloomberg An escalating battle between Apple Inc. and Spotify Ltd. is leaving some musicians caught in the crossfire. Spotify has been retaliating against musicians who introduce new material exclusively on rival Apple Music by making their songs harder to find, according to people familiar with the strategy. Artists who have given Apple exclusive access to new music have been ...

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• 27 August

  Best Buy set to be virtual reality’s first mainstream test

  

    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 ...

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• 27 August

  Bollywood rules LakmE ramp

  

    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 ...

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• 27 August

  Sonia Rykiel’s best catwalk moments

  

    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 ...

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• 27 August

  Fashion sector wakes up to wearable trend

  

    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 ...

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• 27 August

  Ukraine’s national costume conquers the catwalk

  

    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 ...

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• 27 August

  Blackberry adds DTEK50 to its ‘smart’ list

  

    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 ...

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