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Royal Caribbean safeguards guest experience

Company installs fully functioning independent datacentres to ensure guest remain connected through out the entire cruise experience.

Providing the ultimate cruise experience
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (Royal Caribbean) is the world’s second largest cruise company with 40 ships currently in service.

Its ships are the largest in the world with the Oasis-class vessels weighing 225,000 tons and carrying 6,000 guests. The company’s cruises take in more than 260 destinations – from Australia and Alaska to Brazil and Bermuda.

'Blue' upgrade is Windows 8.1: Reller

The Windows 8 operating system update codenamed “Blue” is to be called Windows 8.1 and will be available in the fourth quarter of this year in time for the winter shopping season, tech site CNET reported.

A holistic view

As the tidal wave of data continues to flood the enterprise, businesses are constantly looking for new ways to streamline the infrastructure that supports its generation and storage, and manage it more efficiently. Piers Ford reports.

Canon unveils ‘smallest, lightest’ full-frame DSLR

Canon Middle East this week unveiled its latest EOS DSLR, the EOS 6D, which it says is the world's lightest DSLR to feature a full-frame CMOS sensor.

A similar size and weight to the EOS 60D, the EOS 6D creates a new entry point into Canon's full-frame line-up, and is aimed at photography enthusiasts who want greater control over depth of field, or to maximise the impact of shooting with the EOS system's extensive range of wide-angle EF lenses.

Limited 4G network arrives in Beirut

BEIRUT: Alfa unrolled the country’s first commercial 4G data service in certain areas of Beirut Wednesday and Lebanon’s second mobile operator, touch, is set to follow suit next week.

Mobile payment solutions to emerge popular in the region

Dubai: Mobile phones are emerging as a popular tool to make effortless purchases and may just replace conventional credit or debit cards in the future.

Majority of the consumers or about 85 per cent of the population in the UAE and Gulf region are still using cash or cheques, but experts in the payments technology sector said that smartphones are becoming a preferred payment tool for the younger generation.

Virgin among bidders for Saudi telecom licence

Five companies have submitted applications for virtual telecom licences in Saudi Arabia including Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa (VMMEA).

VMMEA – part-owned by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group – is up against Dubai-based Axiom, plus consortiums headed by local companies FastNet and Safari and another that includes London-based Lebara, the Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) said on its website.

Nawras introduces value-packed Shababiah plan for social media savvy youth

Marking another first for Oman’s customer friendly communications provider, Nawras is introducing a new and exciting data plan offering social media and free music downloads to Shababiah customers, within credible savings of almost 40 per cent.

Media

Spiky sales patterns impact UAE retail channel

The UAE retail channel for ICT and consumer electronics (CE) products is witnessing increasingly spiky sales patterns, experiencing major peaks and troughs from one month to the next, as the impact of specific sales events exacerbates market volatility. The UAE retail channel has already experienced Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) and Abu Dhabi Electronics Shopper in 2013, and the inaugural Gitex Shopper Spring – dubbed mini-Gitex by some vendors – is currently taking place in Dubai.

Jacky’s Electronics sees Gitex Shopper Spring Edition fuelling sales across all IT categories

Jacky’s Electronics, the UAE’s leading multi-brand consumer electronics retailer, is expecting a surge of product sales, from the usual off-peak period during the month of April, brought in by the four-day event of the first Gitex Shopper Spring Edition.

7 Production and Events Provide State-of-the-Art Production Facilities and Services for Filming of MBC's Al Jalsat

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du Live! presents Kadim Al Saher and Sherine at 3rd du World Music Festival

du Live! is pleased to present two of the Arab world’s most-loved musicians, Kadim Al Saher and Sherine, live on stage as part of the 3rddu World Music Festival! They will perform on 28 March at Dubai Media City Amphitheatre.

Gadgets

ZOTAC Supercharges the TITAN

Dubai, UAE, May 2, 2013 – ZOTAC International, a global innovator and manufacturer of graphics cards, mainboards, mini-PCs and accessories, today supercharges the TITAN with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX TITAN AMP! Edition, the world’s fastest single GPU graphics card.

Sennheiser Announces Global Launch of Neumann KH 310 A Audio Monitor at CABSAT Event in UAE

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Robocops to patrol LA by 2025

In 1987, the film RoboCop debuted and featured a half-man half-robot cop patrolling the streets of Detroit, but now some car companies are planning on replacing cop cars in Los Angeles with drone cars by 2025.

Saudi prince buys $485 million ‘flying palace’

Dubai: Saudi billionaire Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal will soon take delivery of the world’s first customised A380 superjumbo, dubbed “the flying palace” for its luxury.

Insight

Comguard unveils world’s most rugged and powerful firewall in Middle East

Comguard, a Dubai based leading value added distributor for IT products and part of the Spectrum group announced the launch of world’s most rugged and powerful firewall, the Clavister X8 which can withstand harsh, industrial environments to deliver outstanding performance, offering unified security management between office environment and industry environment.

IT INSIGHT-me (ITINme) at MWC 2013.....

IT has been an enabler all along and now it is playing the same role in the mobile domain. Hence expect other verticles to be represented at the MWC 2013... in addition to the usual vendors, operators watch out for new buzz words such as big data, mobile cloud, mWallets, NFC, small cells and smart cities, as well as the role of mobile in other industries like advertising, automotive (YES cars), finance and retail.

Smartphones galore this holiday season

SAMSUNG GALAXY S III
Samsung Electronics flagship product – Galaxy S3 – is powered by 1.4GHz quad core Exynos processor and features 1GB of RAM.

MOCOM 2020 - The Future of Mobile Media and Communication

SIMYO and Ahead of Time presents the future of mobile media and communication.

People

Wataniya names new CEO

DOHA: Ooredoo subsidiary Wataniya Telecom's current Deputy CEO Abdulaziz Fakhroo has been appointed as CEO for Wataniya Telecom, replacing Dr Bassam Hannoun who has resigned for personal reasons. Ooredoo Group Chairman Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani said:

"We thank Dr Hannoun for his contribution during his tenure. We look forward to having Abdulaziz lead Wataniya Kuwait as it enters an exciting new phase in its development including the launch of 4G services this year." Source:http://www.zawya.com

Huawei appoints regional VP for ME Device group

China-based telecoms equipment maker Huawei today announced the appointment of Ashraf Fawakherji to the newly created role of regional vice president, Middle East for Huawei's consumer business group Huawei Device.

Hire a professional company to get the best landscape designs

Springs are considered as the best landscaping season. This is the time when homeowners and office bearers shape up their surroundings to refresh themselves with flowers and gardens, refill the backyard ponds and enhance their lawns. However, people who do not have experience in handing these things on their own best option to rely on the option of calling the landscape architects Raleigh NC at their places. The fact is even the seasoned DIY landscaper could also benefit from the professionals to make their places from better to the best.

AlcaLu names former Vodafone exec as new CEO

Troubled network vendor Alcatel-Lucent has announced that former Vodafone exec Michel Combes will become its new CEO from April 1. Combes will replace Ben Verwaayen, who announced his resignation earlier this month after failing to deliver a turnaround at the company.
Combes, 51, recently spent four years (2008-2012) as CEO of Vodafone Europe. He had been named to take over as chief executive of Vivendi’s SFR last year, France’s second-biggest mobile operator, but the appointment was aborted after a management shake-up at the parent company.

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