noon, the Middle East’s homegrown digital marketplace, has announced the launch of two entities in China, one on the mainland and the other in Hong Kong, kick starting noon’s Asia operations.
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Etisalat announces AAE-1 submarine cable
Etisalat has announced the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) undersea cable, which according to the company is the largest global submarine cable system bringing additional international capacity to UAE connecting Europe and Far East.1 3595
Survey: 92% of staff attempt unauthorised access
One Identity, a Quest Software business specialising in Identity and Access Management (IAM), has released results of a global survey …
HID Global expands eID capabilities, acquires Arjo Systems
HID Global has acquired Arjo Systems SAS, a provider of physical and digital identity solutions for secure government ID applications.
CBRE: Amazon entry to fuel Middle East e-commerce growth
Global property advisor CBRE’s tenth edition of ‘How Global is the Business of Retail?’ report states that Middle East’s online …
Linguistic analysis shows WannaCry’s possible links to China
A recent report stated that an analysis by research firm Flashpoint suggests Chinese-speaking criminals may have been behind the WannaCry ransomware.
OTT video service firm Viu hits 6 million users
Viu, a leading pan-regional OTT video service by PCCW Media, has hit 6 million monthly active users (MAU) across its markets in March this year.
Dawn of a new era
Held at HKCEC, the eleventh edition of Hong Kong spring electronics fair and the International ICT expo concluded last week, with exhibitors and visitors from all over the world coming together to see the latest products and technologies in these fields. Read on for an overview of the event.
IT pros urge Hong Kong government to reconsider Tech Bureau
More than 20 industry organisations support a petition that urges the Hong Kong government to establish the Technology and Communication Bureau, according to Charles Mok, Legislative Councilor (IT Constituency) and petition organiser.
Prism leaker steps forward, cites ‘massive surveillance machine’
The person responsible for disclosing details on the growth of U.S. government surveillance programmes that exploded into public view last …
Largest ever DDoS attack directed at financial firm, Prolexic reports
DDoS attackers attempted to bring down an unnamed financial services firm earlier this week using one of the largest traffic …