Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Technology
Samsung Starts Sales of $90 Tizen Smartphone in India
Samsung Electronics Co. started selling a $90 smartphone in India on Wednesday that runs on the company’s Tizen software, its first major break from Google’s Android operating system in the mobile phone market. The Samsung Z1 went on sale for
Facebook puts warning labels on graphic videos
Facebook is putting warning labels on graphic videos that members upload and share with friends, the leading social network said Tuesday. The California-based Internet giant will also prevent potentially shocking or upsetting video clips from popping into News Feeds of
Meet ‘Shaheen,’ Tekken’s all-new Saudi character
Video-game beat ’em up franchise Tekken is welcoming on board its first Saudi Arabian character to feature in this year’s upcoming installment. Dressed in a white thawb (traditional robe worn in Gulf countries) and a checkered ghutra (a traditional head-covering),
Obama renews push for cybersecurity law
President Barack Obama made a renewed push Tuesday for cybersecurity legislation, asking the new Congress to revive an initiative stalled over the past few years. The new proposal would allow increased sharing of information on cyber threats from the private
Google launches Dubai Street View, first in the Arab world
Google has announced the arrival of Street View in Dubai, a feature by Google Maps that allows users to view and navigate 360 degree street-level imagery of major streets across the city. Street View was launched in May 2007 and
BlackBerry will pay you to dump your iPhone for a Passport
Here’s a holiday deal for you: If you trade in your iPhone 6 for a BlackBerry Passport, the company will basically pay you $50. Starting Dec. 1, BlackBerry will pay customers up to $400 to trade in their iPhones including
Symantec uncovers spying malware with ‘stealth’ feature
An advanced malicious software application has been uncovered that since 2008 was used to spy on private companies, governments, research institutes and individuals in 10 countries, anti virus software maker Symantec Corp said in a report on Sunday. The Mountain
Google reaches out-of-court settlement in UK defamation case
Google Inc said on Monday it had reached a settlement with a British businessman over defamatory postings in its search results describing him as a pedophile, a murderer and a money-launderer. Former Morgan Stanley banker Daniel Hegglin, who said he
Social music app Tunepics sounds out Arab investors
Tunepics, a social-media app that pairs users’ pictures with music, is in talks with Middle Eastern investors as it looks to continue its rapid growth in members. The service – among the world’s fastest-growing social networks – has been in
Infosys BPO chief executive quits on ‘moral grounds’
MUMBAI: Indian outsourcing major Infosys Ltd’s back-office services unit was overcharging Apple Inc, leading to the exit of top executives, two senior Infosys people said. Infosys, India’s second-largest IT services exporter, said on Tuesday it had fired Abraham Mathews, chief
Cell phone trackers to include altitude data
WASHINGTON: Cell phones long have doubled as tracking devices, capable of revealing your location to police, paramedics, even grocery stores looking to deliver coupons to nearby customers. But there’s a measurement cellphones once struggled to make: altitude. No more. Cell
Yahoo replaces Google as Firefox’s default search
SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo will supplant Google’s search engine on Firefox’s Web browser in the US, signaling Yahoo’s resolve to regain some of the ground that it has lost in the most lucrative part of the Internet’s ad market. The five-year
Mobile video traffic to rise 10-fold by 2020
Mobile video traffic will increase tenfold and constitute 55 percent of all mobile data traffic by 2020, the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report – a comprehensive update on mobile trends leveraging big data from live networks worldwide –
Nokia plots comeback with Android tablet
Nokia is back in the fray. Just months after selling its ailing handsets business to Microsoft, the Finnish company is planning to go back into the consumer market with a new tablet. The former top mobile phone maker, which has
Internet changing car-buying habits in UAE: Google research
Research conducted for the first time in the United Arab Emirates by Google, in partnership with international research company Netpop, reveals that the Internet has changed the process of buying cars in the Gulf emirate, with visiting dealerships now the
Google Glass future clouded as some early believers lose faith
After two years of popping up at high-profile events sporting Google Glass, the gadget that transforms eyeglasses into spy-movie worthy technology, Google co-founder Sergey Brin sauntered bare-faced into a Silicon Valley red-carpet event on Sunday. He’d left his pair in
Europe’s comet lander ends up in cliff shadow
BERLIN: A shadow was cast — literally — across Europe’s historic mission to land on and explore a comet. Scientists said Thursday the landing craft not only bounced twice, it also came to rest next to a cliff that’s blocking
Samsung take ‘virtual reality’ to another level with new 3D camera
Technology giant Samsung has revealed its latest 360 degree camera could ‘revolutionize’ the virtual reality world – an experience usually associated with video games. Dubbed Project Beyond, Samsung’s camera is expected to give users a high-resolution 3D, 360 degree view
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