News Desk DUBAI: Noon, the Middle East’s leading online shopping platform, is the first eCommerce company in the region to fully shift to cashless options for the payment of online orders. To support the transition, Noon has partnered with Visa to offer new UAE and KSA customers a 10% discount* when they pay online using their Visa card. Since the onset …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Mai Dubai, a bottled water company fully owned by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has announced the launch of ‘Mai Dubai Zero-Sodium Alkaline Water,’ which combines Zero Sodium with Alkaline. The launch complements the company’s mission for growth by exceeding customer expectations and providing high quality products and services in an innovative, safe, efficient …

ISLAMABAD: To facilitate customers across the country and make sharing of balance easy during the lockdown, Pakistani telecom operator Ufone has made its UShare service free of cost for people. This is a countrywide offer and customers can now share balance with their friends and family without any additional service charges. Customers can share PKR 600 per transaction and maximum …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Power Corporation (ADPower) announced– alongside its subsidiary, Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) – the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center (Tadweer). The MoU aims to facilitate the development of two Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants – in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain – which,upon completion,would have the …

News Desk SHENZHEN: Huawei released its 2019 Annual Report today, detailing a solid business performance. The company’s global sales revenue in 2019 rounded off at USD$123 billion, up 19.1% year-on-year; its net profit reached USD$9 billion; and its cash flow from operating activities topped USD$13.1 billion, up 22.4% year-on-year. As part of a long-term, ongoing investment in technological innovation and research, Huawei …

News Desk DUBAI: Dubai Startup Hub, an entrepreneurship initiative of Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus, a wholly owned tech co-working space by Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), today announced the selection of 30 Emirati entrepreneurs to participate in their first joint Emirati Development Programme Training & Mentorship Academy. The academy provides a 2-module program …

News Desk DUBAI: On Monday 30 March 2020, an Emirates SkyCargo flight carrying close to 500,000 Covid-19 testing kits landed at Sao Paulo airport in Brazil. The kits were moved from Guangzhou via Dubai by the air cargo carrier on the first of two such flights operated to transport supplies to Sao Paulo. During the same week, Emirates also executed …

DUBAI: In line with the UAE Government’s Sterilisation Programme, Carrefour hypermarkets across the UAE have adjusted their opening hours from 8am to 8pm as per government mandate. These reduced operating hours do not apply to Carrefour supermarkets, which will remain open at normal hours. Carrefour remains committed to its customers’ safety and wellbeing and has introduced extra hygiene and social distancing measures for customers …

KARACHI: ​Careem, the internet platform of the greater middle east and Pakistan, has announced initiatives to support their captains called ‘BEING CAREEM’ in these unprecedented times as mobility through ride-hailing becomes restricted, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Captains are self-employed individuals earning daily-wages through Careem’s platforms and they will be requiring meaningful support in these challenging times. Since the crisis …

News Desk DUBAI: Blackboard has announced the launch of the Blackboard Collaborate Self-Service Portal that allows for higher education institutions to quickly and easily purchase and implement its virtual classroom solution. The self-service portal significantly reduces the time from purchase to getting started to just hours in direct response to the need for institutions across the globe to quickly transition to digital teaching …