24-hour News Channel Sky News Arabia launched in Abu Dhabi
Submitted by Saurav Ghosh on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 15:27
Abu Dhabi Media and BSkyB joint venture Sky News Arabia kicked off with 24-hour Arabic news channel.
Based in Abu Dhabi, Sky News Arabia will compete with Al-Jazeera and Dubai based Al-Arabiya.
Sky News Arabia Chairman Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber said that the region needs more coverage and with rising number of subscribers in the region, the timing to launch a new channel seems perfect.
Dubai Financial Market Registers Strong Quarterly Numbers
Submitted by Kamilah Qasimi on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 22:00
Stock Market leader in Gulf, Dubai Financial Market has declared better-than-expected results on back of higher trading activity. Compared to previous year first quarter, the revenue was higher by 42 per cent.
HTC One X All Set to Sway Millions of Hearts
Submitted by Sukhbir Dhillon on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 13:27
HTC One X has been in the minds of many for long. However, a few are familiar with the astonishing display, design and feature of the device. Placed at a price of Rs. 37,899, the device has an internal, non-removable 1,800mAh battery.
Microsoft Extends the Mainstream Support for Office 2007
Submitted by Kunal Kamat on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 13:52
As per recent reports, it has been announced that the company, Microsoft has increased the mainstream support period of Office 2007 by six months.
It has been discovered that the company has launched a new support policy, under which this decision was brought into action.
However, no reports have been obtained regarding the time when the mainstream support of Office 2007 was extended.
Samsung Posts Notable First Quarter Profits
Submitted by Faarooq Mehmood on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 11:50
It has been revealed in a report recently that Samsung Electronics has achieved a big hit in its record quarterly profit.
As per the findings of the report, the company has earned a profit of $5.15 billion in the first quarter this year. It has been told by Samsung that the profits are being seen as a result of the successful sales of its smartphones. Also, the Galaxy Note 'phablet' has been a great hit in the market.
No Hidden Agenda behind Mgmt. Reshuffle, Says Whitbread
Submitted by Sukhbir Dhillon on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 11:37
As per reports, it has been revealed that Whitbread chief executive Andy Harrison has announced that they are not going to demerge Cost Coffee. In addition, they have also announced that Whitbread’s financial director Chris Rogers will be taking over John Derkach in August.
‘All Access’ Subscription Service for Digital Magazines
Submitted by Kunal Kamat on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 10:18
Technology has become so vibrant that people want everything at their fingertips. With tablets becoming the main stream of social media and more and more people preferring to spend money on digital magazines and newspapers to read on those hand-held computers, it was just a matter of time that a subscription service is developed that would taker of matters.
