You will have to now pay a fee on Dubizzle to post an ad for selling vehicles. Yes, the popular portal has finally started charging its users. The website has been allowing to free ads since it was founded in 2005. From December 3rd onward users must pay Dh 199 for each vehicle advert. “This change...

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced research revealing that it takes four weeks for the average IT department in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to equip staff and get them up and running with the mobility tools and applications they...

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior hosted a ceremony in his office at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters (GHQ) to announce the launch of the Ministry of Interior’s brand new Innovation Website. A first-of-its-kind in the Middle East,...

Regional payment gateway Payfort has released its latest infographic providing an overview of the core markets in Egypt, KSA, Kuwait and the UAE. It includes insight into consumer behavior, the travel market and what we can expect in years to come. You can also read the full report here. According to...

An extraordinary two-fronted smartphone that has both a regular touchscreen on the front and an e-ink touchscreen on the back has launched in UAE. Guess what, the YotaPhone2 can be controlled from either side. The front display is a crisp high-definition screen (1080p AMOLED) that you’d expect from...

Ooreedo yesterday launched 4G+ network to enable its customers to use mobile services at nearly double the speed of existing 4G network. The current available 4G speed is up to 150 Mbps. With 4G+, customers will be able to reach up to 225 Mbps, almost double the average 4G speed in areas of Doha. Customers...

Google has announced today its partnership with the National Archives of the UAE to launch a digital exhibit on its Cultural Institute platform, which showcases footage of the unification and the foundation of the UAE. This comes in celebration of the National Day and in marking the journey to the establishment...

T-PayTM offers over 200 million mobile subscribers in the Arab region the ability to pay for their purchases through their mobiles A unique local ecosystem covering 100 % of mobile subscribers in Egypt and Saudi Arabia Direct Operator Billing expected to triple globally by 2022, to reach US$12 billion...

The Middle East region’s first video review mobile application, travall, has revealed it will go live in the UAE market, on the country’s national day – 2nd December. Designed specifically to support the travel, tourism, entertainment and leisure industries, travall will offer popular Dubai-based...

ShopGo, the MENA region’s leading e-commerce solutions provider, announced at a workshop in Dubai that e-commerce is booming in the Middle East, particularly in the UAE, where the market registered a 300% growth between 2013 and 2014. The e-commerce sector in the UAE is currently valued at $2.5 billion,...