Tech and Education

Despite the ubiquitous presence of tablet computers in movies and television, not to mention advertisements, a Nielson survey reports that only 5% of Americans...

Abu Dhabi conglomerate ATIC (the Advanced Technology Investment Company) has announced plans to take its stake in Globalfoundries, a microchip developer, from 87% to...

At the recent Abu Dhabi Telecoms CEO Summit, the CEO of Etisalat, Nasser bin Obood announced a planned upgrade to 4G, along with other...

Technology bloggers are scrambling to make sense of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ comments about new developments on his company’s Kindle e-reader.  He made several...

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has decided to purchase an additional 5.42% stake in Rotana Media, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Coast region’s largest media...

Despite a 31.5% decrease in earnings over the first quarter of 2011, SingTel remains confident about its long-term investment in Indian telecom Bharti.  The...

In an effort to disrupt UberMedia’s growing hold on Twitter-related companies, Twitter has all but finalized a deal to purchase Tweetdeck for a reported...

Istanbul is set to host the Global Summit of Women 2011, and Malaysia is sending a 60-person delegation to the conference.  Led by the...

There are 4 recipients of New York University Abu Dhabi’s second round of research funding, totaling Dh58.8 million in grant monies. The first round...

Once one of the most recognizable names in the telecommunications industry, Nokia has been forced to lay off an additional 7,000 international workers in...

Though foreign investment in Malaysia has increased from 1.4bn in 2009 to almost 9bn in 2010, a World Bank reports that there might be...

Several Gulf Coast countries scored high on a poll run by HSBC about the friendliness of their nations.  Despite recent political unrest, Bahrain scored...

Google is actively attempting to break into the worldwide $300bn a year online travel industry.  While the US and Europe have long since been...

South Korean mobile phone users will get an advance chance to purchase Samsung’s new smartphone, the Galaxy S II, before its worldwide debut in...