Technology

UAE missing out on billion-dollar e-commerce trading

Aug 20, 2011

There is a "very low" takeup of e-commerce among UAE businesses, according to the local telecoms regulator, but daily deal websites are helping to boost acceptance. Read article UAE missing out on billion-dollar e-commerce trading

Consumers switch to i-TV

Aug 19, 2011

Demand for internet televisions is growing at a monthly rate of four per cent, making the UAE the largest market in the Gulf with a 40 per cent share, according to Samsung. Read article Consumers switch to i-TV

Sony cuts PlayStation 3 prices 17%

Aug 18, 2011

Sony has dropped the price of the PS3 by $50 in the US and ¿50 in Europe. Read article Sony cuts PlayStation 3 prices 17%

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Pakistan partnership reaches for the stars
Aug 19, 2011
By teaming up with China on a satellite launch, Pakistan has taken a bold step forward with its space programme. And there are mutual benefits to the arrangement.

Syed Fazl-e-Haider

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Google goes gunning for Apple
Aug 17, 2011
The decision by Google to spend $12.5 billion on Motorola Mobility is the latest move to break Apple's vice-like grip on the booming smartphone and tablet market.

Gareth van Zyle

Jashanmal launches e-book reader with a difference

Aug 17, 2011

Jashanmal Bookstores is set to launch an e-book reader that uses digital content sold on a card in its shops - with video. Read article Jashanmal launches e-book reader with a difference

Try-before-you-buy store Sample Central to open in Dubai

Aug 17, 2011

Products given in exchange for reviews as Sample Central hopes to make money from alliances with firms seeking brand awareness Read article Try-before-you-buy store Sample Central to open in Dubai

UAE subscribers paying high price for broadband

Aug 16, 2011

Entry level broadband subscriptions cost $868 a year in the UAE - more than eight times the cost in countries such as Russia, India and the Ukraine. Read article UAE subscribers paying high price for broadband

Call for stronger data protection laws

Aug 14, 2011

Legal experts in the UAE call for federal privacy law to help fight the rising tide of spam emails. Read article Call for stronger data protection laws

Smartphones partly to blame for hike in spam

Aug 14, 2011

Growing popularity of smartphones in the UAE and Saudi Arabia is blamed for an uplift in malicious spam emails sent by global cyber-criminals. Read article Smartphones partly to blame for hike in spam

Qatar in line to be the first

Aug 14, 2011

Proposed privacy law in Qatar has specific rulings on email marketing and spam. Read article Qatar in line to be the first

Media zone plays the game

Aug 11, 2011

Abu Dhabi media zone twofour54 invests more than $2.5 million in two online gaming companies, eying growth in sales of virtual goods - with video. Read article Media zone plays the game

Virtual shisha, flying horses and lions tempt Abu Dhabi's twofour54

Aug 10, 2011

The Abu Dhabi media zone twofour54 invests in two online gaming companies, eying growth in sales of virtual goods. Read article Virtual shisha, flying horses and lions tempt Abu Dhabi's twofour54

RIM takes a bold step forward

Aug 7, 2011

Amid a slip in investor confidence and stock value Research In Motion – the maker of the BlackBerry – is launching its most ambitious global product launch in history. Read article RIM takes a bold step forward

Chip sector takes a leap forward

Aug 5, 2011

A Dubai tech firm expects to sell 100 million UAE-designed microchips - which it says could help to save the planet. Read article Chip sector takes a leap forward

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Middle East will be a battlefield as China's search engine Baidu takes on Google
Aug 12, 2011
China's search giant already has Microsoft on side in its desire to challenge Google's supremacy as non-English-speaking markets are set to grow rapidly.

Tony Glover

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BlackBerry the latest in flood of counterfeits
Aug 11, 2011
A fake version of Research in Motion's much anticipated BlackBerry 9900 smartphone is on sale in Dubai weeks before the genuine device is set to be launched in the UAE.

Gareth Van Zyl

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UAE residents prefer lesser known brands for tablet computers
Aug 11, 2011
Many consumer electronics shoppers in the region are buying up gadgets by lesser-known brands. Here is what's driving their preference for the underdogs.

Neil Parmar

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