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Self-Balancing Electric Scooters to storm Gitex Shopper
Technology & IT | Sunday 27 September, 2015 12:43 pm
XTOUCH, the leading new age consumer electronics brand unveiled its brand new innovation, an Self-Balancing Electric Scooter, S1 that is built with solid, durable, super light magnesium alloy to lends extra strength to the scooter. It is equipped with the most advanced technology that even when...
Etihad Airways Selects BT for Global Contact Center Vvirtualistion
Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 27 September, 2015 12:36 pm
Etihad Airways has signed a five-year, multi-million dollar agreement with BT (British Telecom) one of the world’s leading providers of communications services and solutions, to virtualise its global contact centres. The partnership has enhanced the...
WD Red Pro Drives Now Available In 6 TB
Technology & IT | Sunday 27 September, 2015 9:30 am
A Part of the Industry-leading Family of NAS Hard Drives, WD Red Pro Enables Higher Storage Density for Systems Up to 16 Bays   – WD®, a Western Digital® (NASDAQ:WDC) company, and world leader in storage solutions, today announced the expansion of its award-winning WD Red...
220,000 cubic meters of water pumped since first day of Tashreeq in Mina
Environment & Energy | Sunday 27 September, 2015 4:30 am
The National Water Company pumped 220,000 cubic meters of water in Mina without any disruption in supply since the first day of Tashreeq, according to Saudi Press Agency. Engineer Abdullah bin Ahmad Hasnain, director of the work unit of Makkah and Taif at the National Water Company, said that the...
Golf carts a great help for pilgrims in Jamarat
Government | Sunday 27 September, 2015 4:29 am
The golf carts that have been provided by the Central Administration for Development Projects within the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs have transported 30,000 Haj pilgrims so far to their destinations including the sick, the elderly and those with special needs inside the Jamarat...
BlackBerry to release smartphone to run on Android OS
Technology & IT | Sunday 27 September, 2015 4:25 am
BlackBerry has revealed plans to release the BlackBerry Priv as its first smartphone to run on the Android operating system. CEO John Chen said that the new phone, which is named after the privacy of its high-level security technology, will arrive before the end of this year in major...
Madinah prepares for 600,000 visitors
Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 27 September, 2015 4:23 am
Government departments in Madinah have completed their preparations to receive over half a million pilgrims who have just completed the Haj rituals under the direct supervision of Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman.  These preparations involved the participation of 6,000 male and female...
Pilgrims stream out of Mina as Haj 2015 ends
Government | Sunday 27 September, 2015 3:59 am
Pilgrims streamed out of Mina after performing the ritual stoning of the devil for one last time on Saturday. There was no respite from the hot weather and the mercury hovered around 45 degrees Celsius in the afternoon. The pilgrims had poured into the Jamrat Complex since morning to perform the...
Etihad Airways Showcase its Innovation in Europe with Mobile Product Exhibition
Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 26 September, 2015 4:37 pm
Etihad Airways has launched a unique new mobile exhibition which will visit its key European markets to give commercial partners and consumers first-hand experience of the airline’s revolutionary new cabin products and inflight service elements.   Weighing approximately 22 tonnes...
Qatar Rail’s tunneling operations enter Guinness World Records Book
Business & Money | Saturday 26 September, 2015 4:23 pm
MARKING a milestone for large-scale transport projects in Qatar and across the region, Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail), the company overseeing the construction of Qatar’s integrated railway network, has been officially recognized by the Guinness World Records (the global authority on...
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