Technology & IT | Tuesday 9 June, 2015 2:04 pm

(Mobily) opens its latest Technical Building in Dhahran

Mobily opens latest Technical Building in Dhahran, which provides 660m² of white space to accommodate both telecom and IT equipment. It was designed and implemented based on the latest technology that meets Uptime Institute Tier II. Moreover, the site has a measured infrastructure availability...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 9 June, 2015 1:49 pm

Careem, MENA’s leading car booking service, adds public taxis to its Saudi Arabian offering

Careem, established in July 2012, is MENA’s leading app for the booking of private, chauffeur-driven cars. The service is also available on the Careem website or by calling their 24 hour global call centre. Since launch, Careem has expanded rapidly in the region, adding a further 16 cities to its ...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 9 June, 2015 12:38 pm

Lenovo Launches New High-Performance Storage for Small and Midsized Businesses in Middle East

Lenovo, the world’s No.1 PC vendor, today launched two new SAN offerings in select countries in the Middle East – the Lenovo Storage S2200 and S3200 storage arrays. Designed for simplicity, speed, scalability and availability, these feature-rich arrays easily integrate into any network...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 9 June, 2015 12:09 am

Northrop Grumman Hosts Successful Cyber Defence Workshop for Saudi Students

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) hosted a two-day cyber security awareness and training session called “CyberArabia” last month for students at King Saud University. The purpose of the event, held April 28-29, was to build interest and excitement for this critical, in-demand career...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 9 June, 2015 12:07 am

Panasonic's LED Large Screen Displays Provide an All-New Fan Experience

Panasonic Mexico announced today that its LED large screen displays were chosen as the new video display system for the Estadio Azteca located in the southern, historic part of Mexico City. The system includes a pair of 220 square meter large screen displays and two ribbon-shaped screens installed...

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Technology & IT | Monday 8 June, 2015 4:26 pm

2015 Telecom Leaders’ Summit Emphasizes Strong Need to Establish Close Cooperation between Government & Industry Stakeholders

Emphasizing the strong need to establish a strong base of cooperation with governments and industry to meet the growing demand for broadband and connectivity, SAMENA Council’s 2015 Telecom Leaders’ Summit took place recently in Dubai in the esteemed presence of His Highness Sheikh Nahyan Bin...

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Technology & IT | Monday 8 June, 2015 3:51 pm

Virgin Mobile unveils creative new marketing campaign designed by and for Saudi youth

Prospective Virgin Mobile members can now book new mobile phone numbers while traveling in specially-equipped taxis in Riyadh and Dammam. The Virgin Mobile branded cabs are fitted with internet-enabled tablets which passengers in the back can use to choose and reserve a new Virgin Mobile number.The ...

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Technology & IT | Monday 8 June, 2015 2:38 pm

YouTube tips and tricks

1) Save Videos to Watch Later: you don't need to look over your shoulder anymore if you are watching YouTube videos during work hours. Add a video to Watch Later by tapping the clock icon on video thumbnails, or through the "Add to" icon under the video on the watch page.2) Share a video from a...

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Technology & IT | Monday 8 June, 2015 1:51 pm

Cisco Calls On Middle East Organizations to Embrace the Internet of Everything Era

On the Eve of the inaugural Internet of Things Expo (IoTX) 2015, taking place in Dubai on the 8th and 9th June 2015, Cisco executives called for Middle East Organizations to embrace the Internet of Everything (IoE) Era by adopting strategies to become fully digitized. According to Gartner, by 2020, ...

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Technology & IT | Monday 8 June, 2015 1:49 pm

Samsung Gear VR for Galaxy S6 brings virtual reality closer as never imagined

Samsung Electronics’ innovative solutions set the tone for mobile VR with the introduction of the state of the art Samsung Gear VR powered exclusively by the Samsung Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 edge, which delivers a completely new immersive experience never seen before by surrounding the user with...

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