OSN hailed the success of its participation at the InfoConnect Exhibition which was held at the Kuwait Fair Grounds between 29 January and 4 February 2012. OSN has been an active participant at InfoConnect for 11 consecutive years, as it continues to strengthen its presence across the Kuwaiti market to showcase its latest technology and content offering to serve its [...]
7th February 2012 – Thorsten Heins, President & CEO, Research In Motion (RIM), today opened the BlackBerry® DevCon Europe conference in Amsterdam. Admission to DevCon Europe 2012 is sold out with more than 2,000 attendees expected from across Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and beyond. Delegates at the two-day event will learn how to leverage the strength of the [...]
World’s thinnest and most compact premium notebook with undeniable optical characteristics Amman, Jordan (February 2012) – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, unveiled the second generation of the Samsung Notebook Series 9 at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Following the former model’s premier at the CES 2011, the [...]
Digital Media & Appliances Business recorded USD 14.36 billion quarterly revenue and operating profit of USD 508.5 million Dubai, United Arab Emirates – February 06, 2012 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that Samsung’s Digital Media & Appliances (DMA) business, which encompasses Visual Display, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, and Digital Imaging, posted global revenues of USD 14.36 billion for [...]
6 February 2012 – The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity will introduce a brand new academy at the 2012 Festival, taking place from 17-23 June in Cannes, France. The Young Lions Creative Academy with Bob Isherwood will see him taking the helm as Dean of the Academy and will offer 35 young creatives, aged 28 or under, the un-rivalled [...]
Huawei, a leading global information and communication technology (ICT) solutions provider, has successfully deployed its transmission network solution on the Dubai Metro through Du, enabling passengers and small retail businesses access to mobile services in the stations across 18 metro stops in total on the green line. Huawei announces the successful completion of the project following the Middle East Rail [...]
Governments in the GCC are preparing for increasing use of social media to interact with citizens, spread government messages and gain feedback on policies. In 2011 the world saw how social media has changed the world we live in: the instant dissemination of news, giving a voice to the masses and, in the Middle East, aiding the mobilisation of citizens [...]
Aside from Motorola RAZR’s groundbreaking design and dazzling technological specs, the smartphone is winning plaudits on the Middle Eastern smartphone scene for its ability to make life that little bit easier. The innovative new SmartActions app is central to this mission, letting users create automated tasks and improve battery performance by up to 30%, so they spend less time fiddling [...]
Dubai, UAE, 02/07/2012 – Ibtikarati, the fast growing online destination for online, telecom and media entrepreneurs in the MENA, is launching its App Store dedicated to showcase MENA developers and Start-ups apps, and games – apps.ibtikarati.com. Ibtikarati which means “my innovations’” in Arabic, provides an online ecosystem entrepreneurs, developers, investors and start-up job seekers and aims at fostering innovation end [...]
E-commerce will witness an upward growth trend in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt with Internet retail sites touching $1bn sales in 2011 for the first time, according to industry analysts Euromonitor International. This evolution is due to the increasing internet user-base in these countries and more Arab shoppers moving to an online purchasing model, said senior management from Dubai [...]
