Youth of UAE embraces the world of social media

Facebook recently reached the momentous landmark of having 500 million users. When you consider there are close to 7 billion on planet earth this means that 7% of the world’s population is on Facebook. In certain countries such as the United States, the UK much of Europe and Japan almost everyone between the age of [...]

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The browser war continues

For those working in the web design industry, browser choice is often a topic filled with debate. For anyone who surfs the net browser choicer can also be a very personal matter and recent data suggests that browser choice is increasingly diversified. In the beginning there was Netscape Navigator. However by 2002 the browser had [...]

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Online shopping continues to flourish in the UAE

It was recently announced by MasterCard that online shopping is a growing trend in Dubai. According to the company, the percentage of people who use the internet to carry out their shopping grew from 29 per cent in 2009 to 42 per cent in 2010. The MasterCard study showed that the most influential group are [...]

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Dubai economy grows by 2.2%

The UAE has become an important financial location in recent years having attracted billions in investment from businesses around the world. Dubai is a key location within the UAE and projects such as the Burj Al Arab and the Burj Khalifa along with a host of other modern architecture projects are synonymous of the city [...]

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UAE competes in the World Summit Award

Since the internet was developed digital content has come a long way. If you look at web pages of the mid to late 1990’s you will find that they are much more simplistic, both in terms of appearance and functionality. Fast forward to 2011 and the internet, some might argue, has become the eighth wonder [...]

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The social media revolution at the centre of revolution

The start of 2011 has been an eventful to say the least. At the centre of this activity has been the Middle East, in particular Tunisia and Egypt. The highly respected BBC correspondent John Simpson compared the events in Egypt to the fall of the Berlin wall. Watching a revolution unfold on television is a [...]

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Social networks have become an integral part of retailing say KPMG

It’s incredible how the internet has developed so quickly to become integral part of everyday life. The KPMG Retail Think Tank’s latest paper discusses web marketing techniques and concluded they form an integral part of UK retailing. There are 10 million (and rising) Twitter users. China’s social network explosion is led by teen-targeted website QZone [...]

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