Technology & IT | Sunday 29 November, 2015 3:31 am

Kingdom ‘has talent to push boundaries of technology’

Analysts recently predicted that Saudi Arabia’s spending on information and communication technologies (ICT) will top the $36 billion (SR135 billion) mark this year, driven in part by a desire to improve efficiencies and foster innovation in local industry. One of the companies at the...

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Business & Money | Sunday 29 November, 2015 2:25 am

GCC boards identify risk management as key issue in company governance

Following the last financial crisis and with the current economic climate, companies have been paying more attention to risk management. Boards play a crucial role in risk oversight, however, not enough board directors in the Gulf region are aware of and have clear visibility on the top risks...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 28 November, 2015 12:21 pm

Microsoft’s Gates to start multi-billion-dollar clean tech initiative

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will launch a multi-billion-dollar clean energy research and development initiative with heads of state on Monday, the opening day of the UN climate change summit in Paris, the French government said. Gates and a group of developing and developed countries will...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 28 November, 2015 12:19 pm

Schools to improve science education

The Ministry of Education and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have signed several agreements to boost science and technology teaching at schools. The agreements were inked by Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammad Al-Saud, president of KACST, and Azzam Al-Dakhil, minister of...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 28 November, 2015 11:59 am

SmartGrids France at the forefront of European Utility Week in Vienna

The SmartGrids France association was created in April 2015 to develop the sector in France and to promote it in Europe and internationally. The association participated to the European Utility Week in November in Vienna to raise the profile of businesses in this sector and their expertise,...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 28 November, 2015 11:45 am

Etihad Airways Wins Ultratravel Award For Best First Class

Etihad Airways has received the coveted award for Best First Class at the annual Ultratravel Middle East Awards (ULTRAs) ceremony, which was held last night at the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel in Dubai.   The award is another major accolade for the UAE national airline’s...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 27 November, 2015 4:55 am

Etihad Airways Honoured For Excellence in Communications Organization at Cacs Awards 2015

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today received an award for excellence in communications for news contributions and media coverage in China at the 2015 Civil Aviation Communications Summit (CACS).  The only foreign carrier nominated,...

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Environment & Energy | Friday 27 November, 2015 4:40 am

ADVANCEMENTS IN LIGHTING STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY DISCUSSED AT THE 4TH ANNUAL MIDDLE EAST SMART LIGHTING AND ENERGY SUMMIT 2015

Over 400 attendees from across the GCC had gathered across two days to attend the 4th Annual Middle East Smart Lighting and Energy Summit 2015, held under the patronage of the Abu Dhabi City Municipality. H.E Eng. Zahra Al Aboudi, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Public Works inaugurated the...

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Business & Money | Friday 27 November, 2015 4:29 am

Ride for a Cause This Week with Easy Taxi

Since the International Day of Persons with Disabilities annually marked on the 3rd of December is showing up soon, Easy Taxi will be dedicating the disabled a week of support by raising part of its revenue to the eminent Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City that nestle them in Saudi...

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Technology & IT | Friday 27 November, 2015 3:26 am

InnJoo sets the market on fire with the launch of Fire 2

InnJoo, the fastest growing smartphone brand in Middle East, today announced the availability of the most affordable LTE smartphone in the region with the launch of its 5.0 inch chic and full-metal body smartphone, Fire 2. The Fire 2 is a Dual SIM card smartphone with HD display, designed...

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