Popular paid music streaming service, Spotify, has officially launched in the Middle East and North Africa, Reuters reported.
Dubai launches “world’s first smart park”
Dubai Municipality has completed the development of Mamzar Park to become the first of its kind smart park, WAM reported.
du secures Dubai Community Development Authority’s digital future
du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has signed a Managed Security Operation Centre (SOC) agreement with Community Development Authority (CDA).
Kaspersky Lab eyes Dubai centre to promote transparency
The cybersecurity specialist Kaspersky Lab could open a “Transparency Centre” in Dubai to strengthen confidence among regulators and partners, a …
Dubai to accelerate developments in technology, sustainability and AI
The Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority has signed an agreement with General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs to enahnce smart government services at hi-tech park.
Nokia to roll out Android Pie across all its devices
After Nokia, its now Sony’s turn to bring the latest Android operating system to its users Two months after the …
Dubai Health Authority unveils smart homecare innovations
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has launched smart homecare technologies that would allow the homecare team to contact doctors via smart applications and devices for instant consultation, WAM reported.
Abu Dhabi, Bahrain to foster fintech innovation
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) have partnered to promote and facilitate innovation in financial services.
UAE, World Economic Forum to create framework for data policies
The UAE Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and The future and the World Economic Forum, the International Organisation for Public-Private Cooperation have unveiled an agile data policy framework for personal data.
Mobile, broadband data, key growth drivers as revenue from voice hits roadblock
Mobile and broadband data will continue to drive growth within the telecom sector, even as mobile voice and messaging is …
“Let innovators shape the future of jobs”: MIT research head
The World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils today hosted an enthralling discussion around the effect on jobs in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
“Exceptional” UAE seeing “concrete” 4IR progress: World Economic Forum
The United Arab Emirates is one of a few countries across the world to have seen tangible progress in the ways it tackles the impending Fourth Industrial Revolution, a World Economic Forum executive has said.
UAE seeks to regulate future technologies
The UAE has introduced a new federal law authorising the Cabinet to grant temporary licenses for the testing and vetting of innovations that utilise future technologies and its applications such as AI.
Dubai police officers will soon patrol on flying bikes
Dubai Police has reportedly started training officers to use a flying motorbikes that will be introduced to the service by 2020.