Wednesday, 09 September 2020 11:15
Emirates partners with Huawei to boost mobile app experience
Emirates has announced a collaboration with Huawei to promote the Emirates app to Huawei phone users and build a more convenient and rewarding experience for passengers as travel demand recovers in the post-pandemic era. Since January 2020, Emirates passengers have been downloading the Emirates app (Android version) at AppGallery and benefiting from its rich range of functions. The recent enhanced collaboration between the two parties extends the shared platform to include SmartCard Integration, providing a quick booking option for Emirates…
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Thursday, 07 May 2020 09:49
HUAWEI’s AppGallery gains great traction in UAE
Huawei’s AppGallery, the tech giant’s official app platform and the world’s third largest app marketplace, has captured the attention of users across the UAE despite it being a relatively new player to the market. Huawei achieved this by adopting a “glocal” strategy which combined the best attributes of globalized collaboration with those of localized business operations, hence encouraging developers to create innovative and high-quality apps that enhance the experience for users in the Emirates. Designed for all users HUAWEI AppGallery…
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Sunday, 19 April 2020 12:47
WhatsApp to enable new feature amid fierce competition with Zoom
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic which has struck the entire world, forcing it into a great global lockdown, social distancing has become key to our survival. This has caused an enormous growth in meeting apps such as Google Hangouts and especially Zoom. Zoom has gained a lot of traction over the past few weeks, especially in the UAE, as the government eased restrictions on various VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) platforms such as Skype for Business and Google Hangouts…
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Wednesday, 08 April 2020 06:33
HUAWEI Video launches new streaming service in UAE
Consumers across the UAE can now enjoy thousands of hours of some of the best Arabic and global content with the launch of the HUAWEI Video streaming service app. The new platform is the latest example of the growing ecosystem of features available on HUAWEI Mobile Services. HUAWEI Video can be viewed on Huawei and Honor smartphones and launches with a library of more than 10,000 hours of Arabic content, millions of videos and over 10,000 of hours of global…
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Wednesday, 04 December 2019 07:30
TikTok accused of ‘clandestinely’ collecting and storing private user data
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against video sharing app TikTok by a university student in California who claims that the app has been collecting large amounts of private user data and storing it in China.
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Monday, 11 November 2019 08:25
MySTC App receives global IT award
MySTC App has received the ‘App of the Year’ Golden Award at the Network PG's 2019 IT World Awards, which is organized annually in San Francisco and attended by major award winning companies and projects.
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Friday, 30 August 2019 07:09
Huawei Mate 30 users won't have access to Google apps
Huawei's upcoming flagship Mate 30 smartphone will launch next month without key Google apps, creating a challenge for the Chinese tech giant hit by US sanctions.
Monday, 10 June 2019 07:55
Over 80 million users globally are now benefiting from Huawei EMUI 9 upgrade
According to data collected on June 3, 2019, the number of users that have upgraded from EMUI 8.X to EMUI 9 has exceeded 80 million globally and continues to grow. It is estimated that this figure will reach 100 million by the end of June. EMUI 9 is available now for the Mate 10 series, which launched in 2017, as well as the P20 series, Mate RS, and nova 3, which launched in 2018. The Mate 9 series, P10 series…
Thursday, 30 May 2019 09:46
High-profile US politician launches blistering attack on Facebook
High profile US Democrat Nancy Pelosi has launched a blistering attack on Facebook for refusing to block the sharing of a video of her that was doctored to make it look like she was drunk.
Monday, 27 May 2019 06:17
Facebook announces plans to launch cryptocurrency in 2020
Social networking behemoth Facebook has formally announced that it would like to launch its own cryptocurrency next year according to reports by the BBC.
Monday, 20 May 2019 06:37
Can banks still trust “Whatsapp Business” after major security breach?
On Monday the 13th of May 2019, Whatsapp admitted yet to another breach in their security system: enabling targeting spyware to be installed on phones through voice calls. An Israeli spying firm indeed has been accused of using that security hole in Whatsapp used by 1.5 billion people.
Friday, 17 May 2019 06:29
Millions of messages hacked following WhatsApp security breach
Facebook’s instant messaging application WhatsApp has been the victim of a highly sophisticated security breach with reports claiming millions of users have had their accounts hacked.