Technology & IT | Monday 14 December, 2015 1:42 pm

Canon sparks enthusiasm for photography at professional workshop in Kenya

 Canon, a world leader in imaging solutions hosted its fourth professional photography workshop in Nairobi from 1st December – 7th December, 2015, as part of its commitment to the communities in which it operates. The week-long session, held in partnership with the Kenyatta University,...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 13 December, 2015 3:26 pm

Mobily is the first telecom operator in the World to be inducted in Business Continuity ‘Hall of Fame’

Mobily has been inducted to the Business Continuity Institute (BCI, UK) ‘Hall of Fame’ as the first telecom operator in the world, as recognition of Mobily’s excellent maturity and effectiveness level of design, development and implementation its business...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 13 December, 2015 1:21 am

Panasonic Introduced Its Tomato-picking Robot and Parallel Link Robot at International Robot Exhibition 2015

Panasonic took part in one of the world's largest robot exhibitions, the International Robot Exhibition 2015 (held from December 2 to 5, 2015 at Tokyo Big Sight). Panasonic proposed numerous robotics solutions that contribute to a wide range of industries, including the manufacturing industry...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 12 December, 2015 4:41 am

The most watched and shared videos on YouTube in MENA this Year!

Another great year has passed with amazing videos from the Arab world. The time has come to look at which videos were the most watched and shared in the Middle East and North Africa.    This year, the list represents an amazing variety of creativity from comedy shows to social...

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Technology & IT | Friday 11 December, 2015 3:19 am

Twitter and Car Enthusiasts in Saudi Arabia

Saudis have always been car enthusiasts, and it is no surprise that many car devotees use Twitter to keep up with the latest  car models and vehicle updates in Saudi Arabia. Not only do they share news of new models, but they also share pictures and updates of their own vehicles to their...

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Technology & IT | Friday 11 December, 2015 12:19 am

Yahoo Provides Update on Planned Spin Off of Remaining Stake in Alibaba Group

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today announced that its Board of Directors, after careful review and consideration of how to best drive long-term value for shareholders, has unanimously decided to suspend work on the pending plan, announced in January of 2015, to spin off the company’s remaining...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 10 December, 2015 8:41 pm

Google to help local businesses in Saudi grow on the web

More than 500 businesses, agencies and brands  confirmed their attendance to join Google’s first ever ‘Think with Google’ event in the kingdom at the Faisaliah hotel on Thursday.  The company announced its intention to increase its efforts in supporting small to medium...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 10 December, 2015 3:07 pm

Arabnet Riyadh To Host Ministers And Top Decision Makers In Saudi Arabia’s Largest, Most Exceclusiv Digital Forum

Under the patronage of HRH Prince Dr. Turki Bin Saud Al Saud, President of KACST, a ministerial panel with key ministries and dignitaries entitled “Vision 2030:Moving the Kingdom Towards the Knowledge Economy.” The distinguished panel will be preceded by a keynote by HRH Prince Dr....

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Technology & IT | Thursday 10 December, 2015 1:21 am

Twitter experiments reordering tweets by relevance

Twitter Inc. confirmed on Tuesday it is testing a timeline format for its tweets, calling it an experiment. The microblogging website's new format will result in tweets being sorted by relevance instead of in reverse chronological order. "Yes, this is an experiment. We're...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 9 December, 2015 12:44 pm

Gartner Says Smart Cities Will Use 1.6 Billion Connected Things in 2016

Gartner, Inc. estimates that 1.6 billion connected things will be used by smart cities* in 2016, an increase of 39 percent from 2015 (see Table 1). "Smart commercial buildings will be the highest user of Internet of Things (IoT) until 2017, after which smart homes will take the lead with...

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