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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Technology & IT | Tuesday 8 December, 2015 2:52 pm

Mobily and Saudi Electronic University Dammam, Launch Free Trainings for Android App Developers

Etihad Etisalat "Mobily" in collaboration with Dammam based Saudi Electronic University, launched the second phase of free training course for App developers. This session focuses upon training for programming smart devices running on Android operating system. The training seeks to target ...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 8 December, 2015 2:12 pm

Ericsson officially launches its first hardware and software distribution Centre in the Middle East

  Ericsson officially inaugurated its first telecom equipment hardware and software distribution centre in the Middle East in a form of a ribbon cutting ceremony under the patronage and in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman, and Chief Executive Emirates ...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 8 December, 2015 5:17 am

Arabnet Riyadh To Host Ministers And Top Desicion Makers In Saudi Arabia's Largest 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 | Monday 7 December, 2015 5:02 pm

Deputy Governor Al-Ahsa Inaugurates New Mobily Data Center

Deputy Governor Al-Ahsa province Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Barrak inaugurated the state of the art Mobily technical center in Al-Ahsa region in the Eastern Province; the inauguration session was also attended by Engineer Essam bin Othman al-Jubair, Senior  Executive Officer, Facilities and...

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Technology & IT | Monday 7 December, 2015 12:44 pm

Xerox Named a Managed Workflow Services Leader in New IDC MarketScape Report

Xerox (NYSE: XRX) has been recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScape: U.S. Managed Workflow Services Hardcopy 2015 Vendor Assessment1.     This new report focuses on the Managed Workflow Service (MWS) market, which the analyst firm defines as a set of services that automate and...

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