Tech

WhatsApp has updated its Android app to include an option to unlock it with your fingerprint. It follows there already being an option to keep your messages behind biometrics for iPhone with Touch ID and Face ID support. We’ve tested the feature and it works as advertised – turn it …

American entertainer and Sharjah International Book Fair, SIBF’s Principal Guest of Honour, Steve Harvey recounted the dialogue he had with H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. “His Highness told me yesterday, and I’m repeating directly exactly what he said he told …

With the latest iPhone update – iOS 13.2, Apple workers will be able to listen in to users’ conversations recorded by Siri. Apple is resuming the use of humans who will review Siri commands and dictation unless users opt out or delete them. After users opposed the use of humans …

Dubai Internet City, DIC, is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a global tech community. Started as a vision announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, on 29th October 1999, the DIC has helped transform the Emirate as the regional …

APPLE has confirmed that 17 applications have been removed from the App Store after they were found to be secretly committing fraud behind users’ backs to quietly collect advertising revenue from their smartphones. Here’s which apps were called out, so you can immediately delete any that are still sitting pretty …

The National Medical Council Director-General, Mansour Al Mansouri, has noted the UAE’s journey and the impact of the tech revolution during the nation’s growth, at the One Young World Summit in London. Al Mansouri led the country’s delegation which included some of the best and the brightest young Emiratis from …

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, has maintained its first global ranking, for the third consecutive year, with scores of 100 percent in all ‘Getting Electricity’ indicators in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report. The report measures the ease of doing business in 190 economies around the world. The …

This week, yet another extraordinary feat of technology was unveiled in Dubai. It is a modest two-storey building, located in Warsan, which stands 9.5 metres tall and covers an area of 640 square metres. But this is no ordinary structure. It is in fact the world’s largest 3D-printed building – …

Etisalat Group on Wednesday announced its consolidated financial statement for the nine months ending 30th September, 2019. Consolidated revenues reached to AED38.8 billion, while consolidated net profit after Federal Royalty amounted to AED6.7 billion an increase of 2.1 percent compared to same period last year. Aggregate subscriber base reached AED148 …

Apple has started selling its popular iPhone XR phones assembled in India, as it looks to expand its share in the world’s second-largest smartphone market where it has struggled against cheaper products from rivals. The phones are being assembled at Taipei-based contract manufacturer Foxconn’s India factory India factory, helping the …