Swiffix is an app that connects people with pre-screened independent service providers to fulfill their home maintenance and car service needs. With an instant estimate you have the ability to book within 60 seconds, track the progress of your job all the way until call completion, make a secure payment...

JetSmarter, the mobile marketplace that seamlessly connects travellers to private jets from their smartphones, has announced a new US$26.1 Million raise from its recent existing Series B investors and other prominent business executives. JetSmarter closed its recent US$20 Million Series B round in July...

Facebook we will be opening up the Instant Articles program to all publishers-of any size, anywhere in the world on April 12th it's F8 conference.  To date, Facebook has been working with a few hundred publishers around the world to build an incredibly fast and immersive reading experience for people...

FeedYak®, a video platform and app, has officially launched and is now available for both Android and iOS. The new platform is disrupting the way people request and give feedback, endorsements and recommendations about individuals and businesses. The app can be downloaded immediately at FeedYak.com...

Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 274.6 million wearable electronic devices will be sold worldwide in 2016, an increase of 18.4 percent from 232.0 million units in 2015 (see Table 1). Sales of wearable electronic devices will generate revenue of $28.7 billion in 2016. Of that, $11.5 billion will be from smartwatches. "From...

CASHU, one of the leading players in the online payment industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has announced that it has successfully migrated its regulated business to Singapore and is now regulated under The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The move, which follows a recent management...

Dubai-based serial entrepreneurs Ibrahim Jaber and Ahmed Al Qassimi today announced the launch of exclusive new crowd investing platform, Venturefin, aimed at promoting and enhancing global investment opportunities. Venturefin is an elite equity and loan crowd investing platform that connects qualified...

Etisalat launched its new eLife user interface (UI), designed to create a deeply personalised experience as well as to improve content discovery across its eLife TV channels and on-demand services. The new eLife UI will be able to tailor programming to customer interests, allowing eLife TV viewers to...

Today, February 9th, over 100 countries are participating in Safer Internet Day. The Internet doesn't just belong to those 100 countries, it belongs to you. And you play a role in keeping it safe too. Facebook's Head of Global Safety, Antigone Davis has some tips to help parents take more control over...

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) yesterday announced the launch of Visa Developer, a milestone that transforms the world’s largest retail payments network to an open platform that will drive innovation in payments and commerce. For the first time in the company’s nearly 60 year history, software application developers...