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  AFP Major technology firms are racing to infuse smartphones and other internet-linked devices with software smarts that help them think like people. The effort is seen as an evolution in computing that allows users to interact with machines in natural conversation style, telling devices to tend to tasks such as ordering goods, checking traffic, making restaurant reservations or searching ...

  Emirates Business LG and Paymentwall will give developers the opportunity to create apps that enable LG webOS Smart TVs in over 200 countries to support more than 140 different payment methods. This partnership will give consumers easier access to paid apps, movies, games and much more through LG’s intuitive webOS Smart TV platform. By expanding the number of markets ...

  Relaxnews Gartner forecasts global sales of just under two billion mobile phones each year until 2018. On the whole, the research institute estimates flatlining sales of smartphones, tablets and even PCs in the coming years. In 2016, total sales of such devices are expected to fall by around 3% to an equivalent 2.329 billion unit sales, comprising 265 million ...

  Relaxnews LinkedIn has just made it easier for disgruntled employees to put themselves on the market without their current employer finding out. The professional networking site is launching a new feature called “Open Candidate” which allows members to privately signal to recruiters that they’re open to new job opportunities. Users can specify the types of companies and roles they’re ...

  Bloomberg Twitter Inc., struggling to find new users, will need to rely more heavily on its live video streaming strategy after top potential bidders were said to have lost interest in making offers amid pressure from their investors. Twitter once saw interest from Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Salesforce.com Inc. and Walt Disney Co., all of which consulted with banks on ...

AFP As cities expand, eating up swathes of countryside in the process, agricultural pioneers are finding new ways to grow the fresh produce we need, in containers, empty buildings and any other spare space they can find to create new vertical farms. “We are just trying to imitate nature. It’s not as futuristic as it might sound,” insists a smiling ...

  Kumasi / AFP It’s a Wednesday night and Rose’s Luxury won’t open for nearly another hour, but a line is already snaking out from under the brightly colored awning of one of Washington’s buzziest restaurants. The flock of eager diners is a testament to the capital city’s newfound foodie street cred, which grabbed the attention of international culinary tastemakers ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM HE Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs and his delegation, met with Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Finance Minister as part of a series of bilateral talks held in Washington, alongside the 34th annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG). Al Tayer and Gramegna discussed mutual ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme announced that it would build a 729-house project in the emirate of Ajman, the largest residential complex the programme has carried out since its inception in 1999. “The housing project is to be implemented based upon the leadership’s directives to provide houses to citizens, so as to enjoy social stability. The ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM A high level delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), headed by Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, will take part in the World Energy Congress (WEC 2016), which will open in Istanbul on Sunday. The UAE delegation will have representatives from the Ministry of Energy, Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity ...