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Etisalat fined for blocking du promo texts

The UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has fined Etisalat for impeding text messages that give information to its consumers about how to switch to its rival, du.

Dubai wins bid to host World Expo 2020

The past few days have been a nail-biting experience for most of UAE as Dubai,

Google’s automatic voice search comes to PCs via Chrome

Did you ever want to have that hands-free experience of activating Google Search with your voice but were currently confined to working on your computer?

Nokia Lumia gets Instagram

Nokia Lower Gulf has announced the availability of Instagram, one of the world’s most popular imaging apps,

NSA installed 50,000 malware on world computer networks

America’s NSA had established an army of “sleeper cells” – malware-infected, remote-controllable computers – on 50,000 networks by the middle of 2012.

Google’s Eric Schmidt offers tips on dumping your iPhone

So, Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt wants people to ditch their iPhones and replace them with smartphones that run the Google Android operating system.

du is fully ready for Mobile Number Portability

In accordance with the TRA’s directive to roll-out  Mobile Number Portability in the UAE – commonly referred to as MNP,

Emotional 3.5-minute Google India ad moves many to tears

Six decades have passed since the partition of India and Pakistan separated millions, but the memory of it is still excruciating for many on both sides of the border.

Anonymous hacker gets 10 years in prison

Internet activist Jeremy Hammond who pleaded guilty to hacking servers of the private intelligence company Statfor