Tech

 His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has issued Law No. 01 of 2020 on Smart Dubai. The new Law is applicable to the Smart Dubai Office established pursuant to Law No. 29 of 2015. According to the new Law, the …

The fourth annual Global Energy forum of the Atlantic Council opened today in Abu Dhabi, setting off the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. The event is organised under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE …

Etisalat announced the launch of a cloud-based business unified communication and collaboration service, ‘CloudTalk’, for small and medium businesses and enterprise customers in the UAE. In a statement, the UAE-based telecommunications services provider said that it had partnered with Ribbon Communications “to provide customers with a secure, scalable, and cloud-native …

Apple is reportedly planning to launch two ‘iPhone SE 2’ models in 2020, in different sizes. The upcoming models are expected to feature 5.5- and 6.1-inch LCD displays, Digitimes reported recently. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo had also suggests there could be another iPhone SE 2 model on the way, dubbed …

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, TRA, announced that the number of participants in the crowdsourcing campaign aimed at developing the official portal of the United Arab Emirates Government, ‘u.ae’, reached more than 17,300 contributors in 2019, bringing the total number of participants to over 34,000 contributors. The crowdsourcing campaign aims to …

A statement from TRA regarding the “Totok” application TRA continuously follows up the recent allegations and concerns raised about the privacy of voice and video communication via the approved applications in the country and especially the “Totok” application. The authority affirms that the legal and regulatory framework in the UAE …

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, TRA, has warned the public against a worldwide virus outbreak that goes by the name of ‘Emotet’. The virus is a malicious system that spreads malware and infects users through its bulk spam email campaigns containing harmful links to users. Emotet first emerged in 2014, originally …

ToTok, a popular chat app, has been accused of being a spying tool for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). ToTok is cleverly disguised as a secure app that lets users chat with their friends and family. Both Google and Apple have taken down ToTok from their app stores. According to …

 Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, has launched an online system for handling right-of-way application permits. The system covers main and subsidiary road diversions, using part of the right-of-way, designs of external pavements, and heavy vehicle movement as well as some other services to individuals. “The new system marks a …

Etisalat today announced the successful deployment of a multi-access edge computing, MEC, which will pave the way for the telecommunications entity to roll out new 5G-styled services, beginning with its content delivery network, CDN. MEC is a network architecture that brings real-time, high-bandwidth, low-latency access to radio network information, allowing …