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UAE residents can now pay Zakat via smart devices
UAE residents can now make Zakat donations through their smart device in a new initiative launched by Smart Dubai in collaboration with Dar Al Ber Society, WAM reported. Zakat al-Fitr is charity given...
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Mobile subscriptions to reach 20M in UAE
Mobile phone subscriptions in the UAE have increased to around 20 million by end of April 2018, against 19.826 by end of 2017, according to statistics released by the Telecommunications Regulatory...
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Virgin Mobile offers exclusive data plan for Samsung users
Virgin Mobile UAE has partnered with Samsung to deliver an exclusive mobile data offering in the UAE. Karim Benkirane, managing director, Virgin Mobile, said, “Samsung is a global leader for mobile...
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Over 80% of UAE centennials are mobile gamers: study
Over 80 percent of centennials living in the UAE play games on their mobile devices on an average 20 to 40 minutes per day, according to a recent study. AdColony EMEA partnered with OnDevice to conduct...
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Snapchat users can now unsend messages
Snapchat users can rejoice as the app will allow you to unsend a message, avoiding those awkward moments when you make a faux pas you immediately regret. It’s a new feature called Clear Chats. The...
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BlackBerry shares fall as software revenue gets hit
BlackBerry has dropped the most over the last 12 months after investors focused on weak growth in software revenues that the company attributed to a change in accounting standards, according to a...
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Are mobile apps spying on UAE residents?
The monitoring capabilities of mobile apps are becoming a concern for users, with 58 percent of UAE residents saying they are uncomfortable with sharing their location information with websites and...
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Huawei sets its sights on becoming number one smartphone vendor in 2019
Huawei Technologies has announced it plans to be the world’s largest smartphone maker by the end of 2019, just days after it edged past Apple to slot into the number two position. Richard Yu The...
View ArticleMeet XTouch’s new mobile phones: drop it, get it wet or layer it with dust
XTOUCH‘s Tim Chen, Founder and Managing Director and Sandeep Agrawal, Executive Director, discuss new mobile phone launches in an event in Dubai. The flagship phone of this range, the XTouch XBot...
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Thousands of Android devices get stolen every month: study
An average of 23,000 Android devices are being reported lost or stolen per month, according to the latest figures from Kaspersky Lab’s Anti-Theft feature in its Kaspersky Internet Security for Android....
View ArticleSamsung’s newest Note is here
Samsung Electronics has recently introduced the Galaxy Note 9 “phablet”, which is aimed at wooing its younger audience. Samsung expects the phablet to be available in stores on 24th August. The post...
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Apple productions could face delays after virus attack
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which makes chips for Apple’s iPhone is back in full production after being infected with malware during the weekend. TSMC, the world’s largest...
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Samsung Galaxy Note9 arrives in the UAE
Samsung Gulf Electronics has announced the latest addition to its premium Note series with Galaxy Note9 during an event held at the Habtoor Palace, LXR Hotels & Resorts, in Dubai. The Galaxy Note9...
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HMD Global completes Nokia Android smartphone portfolio
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, has announced the arrival Nokia 2.1 in UAE. According to the firm, this addition completes the portfolio of new Nokia Android smartphones that have been launched...
View ArticleSamsung launches Galaxy Note9 in the UAE
Samsung Gulf Electronics has announced the latest addition to its premium Note series with Galaxy Note9 during an event held in Dubai. The Galaxy Note9 comes with a new S Pen with connectivity and...
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Mobily and Ericsson demonstrate 5G in Saudi Arabia
Saudi telecom operator Mobily has joined forces with Ericsson to show 5G capabilities in a demo held at the Mall of Arabia in Jeddah, in the western region of Saudi Arabia. Ericsson supplied a...
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Apple’s new iPhones aim for fresh momentum
Technology giant Apple is geared up to introduce new iPhones, with an objective to refresh its momentum in the premium segment of a global smartphone market showing signs of saturation, according to a...
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China tariffs could raise costs of Apple products
Apple has said proposed US tariffs on $200 billion worth of products imported from China will raise prices for some of its popular consumer goods such as the Apple Watch and AirPods headphones,...
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BlackBerry shares fall as software revenue gets hit
BlackBerry has dropped the most over the last 12 months after investors focused on weak growth in software revenues that the company attributed to a change in accounting standards, according to a...
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Are mobile apps spying on UAE residents?
The monitoring capabilities of mobile apps are becoming a concern for users, with 58 percent of UAE residents saying they are uncomfortable with sharing their location information with websites and...
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