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UAE airline offers special WhatsApp service to passengers
Etihad Airways has launched a WhatsApp Business solution, allowing guests to communicate instantly with the airline via the popular messaging app.1 4174
France to push ahead with digital tax
France has reportedly confirmed that it will introduce its own taxation scheme for big technology players starting from 1st January 2019.
Facebook to repurchase additional $9 billion of shares
Facebook will buy back an additional $9 billion of its shares, as it looks to pacify investors following a slump …
Facebook to take MENA story to the next chapter with new appointment
Facebook has announced the appointment of Ramez T. Shehadi as its new Managing Director in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Facebook’s Zuckerberg orders execs to boycott iPhones
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly “ordered” members of his management team to stop using iPhones in favour of Android devices.
“Making data public is communist”: MIT research chief
Andrew McAfee, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s principal research scientist, and co-director and co-founder of the MIT initiative on the …
EU digital tax plan on the verge of collapse: report
French President Emmanuel Macron said he still hopes to persuade Germany to back a European Union-wide digital turnover tax, despite Berlin’s preference for a global minimum corporate tax to stop firms shopping around for tax havens.
Facebook’s Zuckerberg bets big on “stories”
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is betting the company’s future on video and disappearing posts called “stories,” not the company’s famous news feed. Investors are buying into the vision for now, Bloomberg reported.
Alphabet shuts down Google+ social site
Alphabet Inc’s Google will shut down the consumer version of its social network Google+ following its announcement that the private profile data of at least 500,000 users may have been exposed to hundreds of external developers, Reuters reported.
Global tech giants lead boot camps for Arab talents
Thirty Arab national have reportedly been shortlisted for a six-month intensive training programme with global tech giants including Google, Twitter, Amadeus, Facebook and Udacity.