Technology
SMEs are a Growing Target for Cyber Criminals in the Middle East
The threat to SMEs comes from the wider trend for cyber criminals to target the individual, as well as the enterprise. With the consumerisation of IT and BYOD, workers carry a great deal of sensitive ...
Austrian Bank First to Offer Video Identification Process for Opening a Bank Account
Austria’s Erste Bank und Sparkassen have partnered with IDnow to provide its customers with the option to open a current or student account using its video-based online identification. The service can...
Play Seeds Lets Gamers Donate to Microloan Payments
Microloans are small, interest-bearing loans made to entrepreneurs in developing economies. Because they accrue interest, the capital can be lent out in perpetuity. In most regions loan default rates ...
Millennial Appetite for Mobile Apps Fueling Growth of UAE Tech Startups
Today we live in a world where we can complete our most routine, yet often time consuming tasks, be it doing the laundry, booking transportation, scheduling a delivery, or merely ordering food, with t...
Bayt.com Launches Source2Hire Hiring Service
Bayt.com has launched Source2Hire, a hiring service designed to save employers time, cost, and effort during the hiring process. Source2Hire uses a dedicated team of experienced talent-sourcing execut...
Facebook Outs the Results of a new Future of Business Survey
In collaboration with the World Bank and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Facebook has launched the Future of Business Survey, a new global source of information on small...
UAE Consumers Have the Highest Average Spend Per Purchase
Understanding and keeping pace with what drives people to purchase products online is critical to succeeding in an increasingly digital world. A new report by KPMG analyzes the online shopping prefere...
HMD Global Launches the First Nokia-Branded Android Smartphone
HMD Global, the Finnish company that now owns the rights to use Nokia’s brand on mobile phones, has announced its first smartphone. The new Android phone named Nokia 6 will be initially launched...
OMA Emirates Invests in India’s MobiSwipe
OMA Emirates has announced that it has invested into India-based MobiSwipe, a company that specializes in Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) solutions. The new acquisition will help in broadening the service...