Sports | Saturday 6 August, 2016 6:15 pm

Megapolis crowns winners of The Bowling Challenge 2016

Qatar’s top bowling fans flocked to Medina Centrale, The Pearl for the Megapolis Bowling Challenge 2016 that kicked off on Wednesday 3rd of August and concluded last night.   The first community sports competition organized by the popular indoor entertainment leisure centre scored...

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Business & Money | Saturday 6 August, 2016 7:37 am

UAE leads GCC region in smart building solutions

The UAE is leading the GCC initiatives in smart building solutions with more than two-thirds of the 1,236 Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (Leed)-certified projects, according to a study by technology firm Honeywell International. ''It is also the frontrunner in the region ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 6 August, 2016 7:13 am

Worst flooding since 1998 leaves $33bn economic toll in China, according to Aon catastrophe report

Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, today launches the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide during July 2016. Aon...

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Sports | Saturday 6 August, 2016 6:51 am

Rio Olympics 2016: opening ceremony

Rebirth and regeneration. That was the message behind a vibrant Opening Ceremony that heralded the start of the Rio 2016 Olympics. From supermodel Gisele Bundchen's tribute to the "Girl from Ipanema" to the promise of an athletes' forest to be planted after the Games,...

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Cars & Autos | Saturday 6 August, 2016 6:33 am

Nissan BladeGlider Brings Cutting-Edge Intelligent Mobility to Life

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd today unveiled the working prototype of its futuristic BladeGlider vehicle, combining zero-emissions with high-performance in a revolutionary sports car design.   The vehicles, developed from concept cars first shown at the Tokyo Auto Show in 2013, have arrived in...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 6 August, 2016 4:43 am

Panasonic Opens "cloud9 Innovation Center"

Panasonic today announced that Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America, a Panasonic group company, opened the cloud9 Innovation Center featuring its partnership with best-in-class complementary technology companies with which it works to deliver integrated, turnkey solutions for building...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 6 August, 2016 4:30 am

Turkish Airlines inaugurates its direct Erbil (Iraq) flights to be operated from/to Gaziantep Airport

Already having the world's 4th largest flight network and flying to 290 destinations in 116 countries, Turkish Airlines continues to expand its extensive network.   The flag carrier, ranked as the “Best Airline in Europe”* for the sixth consecutive times...

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Technology & IT | Friday 5 August, 2016 8:28 am

A Very Note-worthy Evolution

As Samsung plans to introduce the latest addition to the Galaxy Note family with the launch of its all-new Galaxy Note7; we take a stroll down memory lane to revisit its extraordinary predecessors while touching upon some of their rather unique features and capabilities. From the original Galaxy...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 5 August, 2016 8:20 am

Jumeirah Golf Estates Scores Double Win at World’s Best Realty Brand Awards 2016

Dubai’s Jumeirah Golf Estates, host of the DP World Tour Championship, has taken home two major awards at Indian-based real estate awards ceremony - the World’s Best Realty Brand Awards 2016 Asia, as India is revealed as Dubai’s largest real estate investor group outside of the...

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Technology & IT | Friday 5 August, 2016 5:27 am

HP Inc. Offers Device as a Service, Simplifying PC Lifecycle Management

HP Inc. has launched a new service that gives its customers access to HP’s latest PC technology, enhances device management and frees up valuable IT time and resources. HP Device as a Service (DaaS) is designed to help take the stress out of acquiring, deploying and managing technology....

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