Culture & Education | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 6:19 pm

Instagram introduces endlessly looping videos

When Vine introduced loop counts, it instantly replaced likes and shares to become the default metric to gauge the popularity of a video. Facebook has dabbled with a similar technique for auto-play videos in users' mobile Newsfeeds, but only now has it appeared on its other popular social network,...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 6:10 pm

PSI Successfully Participated at ‘Arab Health 2015’

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA, February 4, 2015—Pharmaceutical Solutions Industry (PSI), the largest sterile IV solutions manufacturer in the MENA region, headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has successfully participated at the recently concluded ‘Arab Health 2015’, which took place from January...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 4:25 pm

GOIC: COVERTECH’s Official Sponsor

The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) took part in the International Exhibition for Wall and Floor Covering Technologies (COVERTECH) as the official sponsor of the event. The exhibition was inaugurated today and will continue from the 4th till the 6th of February, 2015 at Doha...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 3:02 pm

Celebrity Chefs From Across the Middle East Set to Cook Up a Storm at Dubai Food Festival 2015

Visitors to Dubai in February will be able to rub shoulders with their favourite celebrity chefs at Dubai Food Festival, which takes place from 6-28 February at various locations across the city.As part of the delicious and diverse events lined up for the 2015 edition, Dubai Food Festival has...

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Cars & Autos | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 2:40 pm

A REMARKABLE 23% GROWTH ACHIEVED FOR ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS IN THE KINGDOM IN 2014

Mohamed Yousuf Naghi Motors, the sole authorised dealer of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in KSA, has announced an impressive 23% increase in its Rolls-Royce sales in 2014, placing it among the top five biggest selling dealerships for Rolls-Royce globallyFollowing the recent global announcement that the...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 2:31 pm

Black & Veatch appointed consultant for major Jeddah desalination project

Black & Veatch has been chosen by the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) as engineering and design consultant for the Jeddah 4 project. This major desalination scheme will augment dramatically water supply in Saudi Arabia’s second largest city. Jeddah 4 will enhance water resources for...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 2:28 pm

The first Nikon DSLR with touch screen LCD monitor and built-in Wi-Fi

Nikon Middle East & Africa FZE unveils the Nikon D5500 DSLR in the UAE, the world’s smallest, lightest and slimmest DSLR.The 24.2-megapixel DX-format camera is designed for aspiring photographers seeking to challenge convention by creating images in new and exciting ways. The D5500 also comes...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 2:05 pm

SAUDIA (SV) and SAP Sign MoU to Support Kingdom’s Workforce of the Future

SAUDIA, the Kingdom’s national carrier and global enterprise software leader SAP, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to boost the Kingdom’s economy and employment opportunities.In the Kingdom, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 90 percent of all businesses and 60...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 1:29 pm

TELEPERFORMANCE BRINGS LEADING TECHNOLOGY TO LAUNCH FIRST-EVER MIDDLE EAST VIRTUAL CONTACT CENTRE

- State-of-the-Art Technology Used by Virtual Contact Centre Offers Middle East Clients Substantial Cost and Time-Saving BenefitsTeleperformance, the global leader in outsourced multichannel customer experience management, today announced the launch of the Middle East and Africa’s first ever...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 9:17 am

Teradata Acquires RainStor

— Teradata Corp. (NYSE: TDC), the big data analytics and marketing applications company, today announced that it completed the acquisition of RainStor, a privately held company specializing in online big data archiving on Hadoop. This acquisition strengthens Teradata’s enterprise-grade Hadoop...

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