Tech news Facebook meets Pakistan government after blasphemy death sentence Yomna Yasser Jul 9, 2017 0 A senior Facebook official met with Pakistan's interior minister on Friday to discuss a demand the company…
Tech news Apple challenges Imagination Technologies’ disclosure timing Yomna Yasser Jul 9, 2017 0 Apple Inc on Friday disputed the timeline of events leading up the disclosure by Imagination Technologies Group Plc…
Tech news Qatar telecom providers including Vodafone change network name to Tamim almajd Yomna Yasser Jul 8, 2017 0 The country’s largest telecom provider Ooredoo has changed its network name to “Tamim almajd” (Glorious…
Tech news Facebook to build housing in Silicon Valley for first time Yomna Yasser Jul 8, 2017 0 The shortage of housing in California's Silicon Valley has gotten so severe that Facebook Inc on Friday proposed…
Tech news Microsoft plans to cut ‘thousands’ of jobs, majority of them outside US:… Yomna Yasser Jul 6, 2017 0 Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is planning to cut "thousands" of jobs, with a majority of them outside the United States,…
Tech news Uber suspends unlicensed service in Finland until next year Yomna Yasser Jul 6, 2017 0 Uber said on Thursday it would suspend its unlicensed service UberPOP in Finland until a law deregulating the taxi…
Tech news Swedish mobile games developer FunRock opens its first MENA office in Egypt Yomna Yasser Jul 5, 2017 0 Stockholm-based mobile games development company FunRock has chosen Egypt as its first office in the Middle East…
Tech news Nokia, China’s Xiaomi sign patent deal Yomna Yasser Jul 5, 2017 0 Telecoms network equipment maker Nokia and Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Technology have signed a patent…
Tech news Samsung develops a voice-activated speaker similar to Amazon Echo: WSJ Yomna Yasser Jul 4, 2017 0 Samsung Electronics Co. is developing a voice-activated speaker powered by its virtual assistant Bixby, the Wall…
Tech news Amazon completes $580mn takeover of MENA e-commerce giant Souq.com Yomna Yasser Jul 4, 2017 0 Amazon has completed its acquisition of Souq, a 12-year-old e-commerce company sometimes called the Amazon of…