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Canon Middle East partners with Dubai Cares to host a fundraising event
August 19, 2018
Canon Middle East (CME), a provider of imaging technologies and services, will be hosting a fundraising event at Zaabeel Park on 28 September 2018 in partnership with Dubai Cares to raise AED 250,000 to support two educational programmes, one in the Middle East and a second in Africa. The ‘Canon Day of Giving’ fundraising event will be hosted as a fun and entertaining carnival and is open to everyone across the United Arab Emirates (UAE)"...
Huawei launches new AI phones
August 18, 2018
Chinese giant Huawei has announced the Bahrain launch of its new nova 3 and nova 3i smartphones. The devices are powered by artificial intelligence (AI) in overall functioning and camera features, claims the maker. The new range of smartphones also has dual front (24MP+2MP) and dual back cameras, powered by AI enhancements helping to create selfies at the first click by"...
4K 4Charity Fun Run Announces Open Registration for IBC2018
August 17, 2018
AWS Elemental, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) company, today announced that the fifth annual 4K 4Charity Fun Run at IBC Show will take place at 7:00 a.m. local time on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Amstelpark in Amsterdam. Registration is open at https://4k4charity.com/ibc. Among the non-profits supported by the 4K 4Charity Fun Run at IBC Show is Amsterdam-based StichtingNewTechKids, which provides computer science education for girls, minorities, and economically challenged youth in the Netherlands. The organization supports a computer science teacher training program for primary school teachers with proceeds from 4K 4Charity. Also supported is Iridescent, a global education non-profit that empowers underrepresented young people to become innovators and leaders through engineering and technology. Through their two programs, Curiosity Machine AI Family Challenge and Technovation, Iridescent introduces......
Manchester United Shoots for Success with a “Digital Experience Platform” Powered by HCL
August 17, 2018
Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) has today announced a major milestone on its digital transformation journey with HCL Technologies, with the successful launch of the Manchester United Official app powered by HCL’s digital experience platform. The launch is part of the ongoing digital transformation of the club to provide a real-time, engaging, personalized, and unified experience to Manchester United’s 659 million global followers, which supports the club’s strategy to become a Digital Sports Enterprise. At the heart of this transformation is the digital platform developed by HCL, providing the club with a single view of fans across web and app touchpoints, offering fans a one-stop shop for everything Manchester United. Manchester United’s Group Managing Director Richard Arnold comments: “This app will allow our 659 million Manchester United followers to easily connect to the club they love, wherever they are in the world. Fans will now have the opportunity to follow all Manchester United matches through the app with up-to-the-second notifications......
BTECH calls nominations for Bahrain TechWards
August 16, 2018
Bahrain Technology Companies Society (BTECH) has opened up the nominations for the second edition of Bahrain TechWards 2018.
BTECH will declare five winners from Bahraini companies, five from GCC companies and three from international companies will be awarded in addition to one winner from Bahraini startup entrepreneurs.
All nominators must be participants @ BNP Gitex 2018 which will be conducted from October 14 to 18 at Dubai World Trade Centre.
The award ceremony will be held on the"...
Huawei conducts 5G workshop in Bahrain
August 15, 2018
Chinese equipment vendor Huawei has conducted a workshop at the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications (MTT) in Bahrain, where it discussed plans for the acceleration of 5G in the Kingdom, writes Biz Bahrain. In addition to the latest meeting with Huawei, four separate 5G workshops also took place in Bahrain last month where industry leaders made keynote speeches regarding the steps required to make Bahrain more network-ready for 5G, how to accelerate wireless communication to enable cloud-based wireless networks"...
BCW Acquires Creative Powerhouse HZ, Significantly Expanding Expertise in Integrated Communications
August 15, 2018
BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe), a leading global communications agency and a WPP company, today announced it has acquired HZ, one of the largest independent, digitally driven, integrated creative agencies in the U.S. Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland with offices in Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C., the acquisition will add the capability of HZ’s nearly 200 creative and digital professionals to BCW’s deep expertise in integrated communications across all industry sectors. HZ’s"...
Thales and Gemalto Announce Regulatory Clearance from the Minister of Innovation in Canada
August 15, 2018
Regulatory News: Reference is made to the joint press release by Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) and Gemalto (Euronext Amsterdam and Paris: GTO) dated 27 March 2018 in relation to the launch of the recommended all-cash offer by Thales for all the issued and outstanding shares of Gemalto (the “Offer”), the publication of the Offer Document, and the joint press release of Thales and Gemalto dated 10 August 2018 in relation to the further extension"...
350 Royal Con Scheme Social Media Accounts Shut Down in Bahrain
August 14, 2018
A BAHRAINI royal has managed to shut down more than 350 fake social media accounts, which used her photograph to con people into parting with their cash. Businesswoman Shaikha Noora bint Khalifa Al Khalifa says she has been reporting more than 20 fake accounts on Facebook and Instagram every day. The accounts were set up by con artists claiming to raise money for charity"...
New Study Investigates the Utility of Home Monitoring Using Masimo SET® Pulse Oximetry to Screen Children with Down Syndrome for Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Prior to Diagnostic Multichannel Sleep Studies
August 14, 2018
(AETOS Wire) -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the findings of a recently published study in which researchers investigated whether home pulse oximetry monitoring might be a useful initial screening method of determining which children with Down syndrome (DS) – who are at high risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) – be recommended to undergo multichannel sleep studies to diagnose the condition. The home monitoring was conducted using Masimo SET® Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion™ pulse oximetry.1 Noting that OSA “can only be reliably diagnosed using multichannel sleep studies, which are expensive, demanding for families and only available in specialist centres,” Dr. Hill and colleagues at the University of Southampton and Southampton Children’s Hospital sought to determine whether home pulse oximetry monitoring could identify children......
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