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Despite smartphone glut, Apple’s new iPhones still awaited in UAE

The company is expected to unveil its latest iPhones on September 9

Apple expected to unveil new iPhones at Sept. 9 event

The company is widely expected to unveil the iPhone 6S and the iPhone 6 Plus S

Making business sense of sustainable development

Public and private sector collaboration is key for a sustainable future

UAE among top 5 ‘at risk’ countries for mobile security

The Emirates ranked at the bottom of a list of countries that have high levels of mobile security, a new survey showed

Samsung launches Note5, S6 edge+ in GCC

The manufacturer is hoping the two news devices will boost its performance in the second half of the year

Lenovo’s plan to become number one in smartphones

Chinese PC giant Lenovo is pivoting towards enterprise hardware and smartphones to improve its fortunes

Smartphone review: Honor 4X

Gulf Business got a sneak peek of Huawei’s new budget phablet, the Honor 4X, ahead of its regional launch

Dubai introduces innovation fee to develop Museum of Future

A fee of Dhs10 will be levied by some government institutions on certain transactions to support innovation

Samsung launches Galaxy Tab S2 in UAE

The launch comes amid slowing growth in the global tablet market

Online marketplace dubizzle UAE faces security breach

The company says only a “small percentage” of its database was breached and that all financial information is secure

Video: First look at Microsoft’s new Windows 10

The new operating software, launched on Wednesday, has received rave reviews

Taiwan’s Advantech expects ME business to grow 30% ahead of Expo 2020

The tech company is planning to open an office in Dubai next year to tap into regional opportunities

Microsoft launches Windows 10 as a free upgrade

The upgraded OS comes with a new browser – Microsoft Edge and new apps for Xbox and Office

Deported Australian woman hits back at UAE reports of car owner insults

Jodi Magi has denied that she wrote insulting words about the car owner along with a picture she posted on Facebook

IBM joins Mubadala to bring supercomputer Watson to MENA

The cloud-based cognitive computing service can be used in healthcare, retail, education and finance organisations

Smartphone shipments to Middle East and Africa up 66% in Q1 2015

Smartphone shipments to the Middle East and Africa are set to total 155m units by the end of 2015, a study says

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Tolga Aykut discusses climbing the corporate ladder with du chief commercial officer Fahad Al Hassawi

Why businesses need a strategy for big data

Companies should adopt a more calculated approach to their big data projects

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Expo 2020 could face major cyber security issue – expert

Tom Leighton, CEO of tech firm Akamai, says online security is a major challenge for high-profile events across the world

Improving business productivity through application-optimised networks

Application-optimised networks are key for meeting business objectives, writes Brocade MENA sales manager Fayez Eweidat

GCC smartphone market up 21% in Q1 – IDC

The smartphone market’s share in the region is now just under 77 per cent

Phone review: Honor 6 Plus

An attractively priced and powered phablet entrant, although its worth seeing what else you can get for a few more dirhams

The future of data centres

IoT and big data will transform the way we think about data centres, writes Fujitsu Middle East’s VP and MD

Dubai plans to construct world’s first 3D printed building

The project is the first major initiative of the ‘Museum of the Future’, a scheme to develop and deploy cutting edge prototypes across Dubai

MENA internet traffic to grow six-fold by 2019- study

The number of users in the MENA region is expected to reach 425m by 2019, a new study by Cisco forecast

Alwaleed says will back Twitter interim CEO Dorsey for permanent post

Prince Alwaleed was earlier reported as saying that Jack Dorsey should not be given the job permanently since he has other work commitments

UAE Banks Federation approves mobile wallet programme

The programme needs to have a final approval from the UAE Central Bank before it goes live, the federation said

Qatar, UAE ranked MENA’s most productive internet economies

New report identifies Sweden as the world’s most advanced and productive internet economy

Mobile data traffic in Middle East and North East Africa to grow 14 times by 2020

Mobile subscriptions in the region are expected to grow by 6 per cent between 2014 and 2020 while LTE subscriptions are expected to triple in 2015 alone.

Phone review: Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

The S6 Edge is a great looking product but does not do enough to justify its higher price tag.