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Should we use robots to care for the elderly?
Robot Alice is designed to help the elderly. Her childlike face and guileless behavior make her different from other carebots. She elicits strong emotional responses, but so does the debate going on around her.
Apple to pay Italy millions to settle tax fraud case
US consumer electronics giant Apple has agreed to pay 318 million euros to settle a tax dispute with Italian authorities following an investigation into allegations that the company dodged payments to the Italian taxman.
Amer presents to Al-Sisi CBE efforts to stabilise prices, secure staple goods
The CBE governor met with the president to discuss the programme developed to achieve macroeconomic stability
Twitter tightens abuse rules to prevent ‘hateful conduct’
Twitter has changed its rules of conduct to prevent users from harassing and intimidating others through “abusive behavior and hateful conduct.” The online service now plans to suspend users who engage in such practices.
Shaghalni seeks to provide vacancies to workers through Internet
We provided 3,000 vacancies in five months and plan to increase the number of users to 50,000 in 2016
Phishing e-mails expected to increase in holiday season
This is due to the increase in consumer transactions during the season.
Integrated Systems founds EGP 10m Itex company to compete for Communication Ministry projects
We are negotiating with foreign companies to develop partnerships and acquire on major projects: Fayyad
Cloud computing prominent investment opportunity in Egypt: Xerox GM
We plan to launch software for the health sector and hotel services during 2016, says Haitham Abdou
Amazon sets new holiday shipping record
US online giant Amazon has said it’s shipped a record number of items globally for the Christmas holidays. Sales were boosted especially due to the retailer’s Prime service offering faster delivery options.
‘Euro’ and ‘dollar’ highest growing financial search terms on Google
The word “gold” makes up 40% of financial searches online
Huawei fastest growing search term within communications sector
The indicators revealed a 5% increase in searches related to the sector, while search rates for words related to the sector significantly declined between 12 and 18 July by 12%.
32.5 million Internet users in Egypt by September 2015
Mobile phones are the most used devices to access the Internet
Raya Holding to raise overseas profits share to 30% by 2017
Brain drain, government bureaucracy, and the dollar shortage are the main challenges facing the market
Huawei Egypt’s GSRC ranked amongst top 5 GSRC Systems worldwide
Huawei’s GSRC Egypt was ranked as one of the top five Global support resource centers in the world amongst India, Malaysia, China, and Romania. It had trained LTE engineers to meet the Egyptian market’s demand for the fourth licence launch in Egypt, according to a statement. Founded in Egypt in 2008, GSRC Egypt is an expert …
NTRA received 38,500 complaints about communications companies in Q3 of 2015
The authority received 18,600 complaints about Internet
Apple disses British surveillance bill
Apple is opposing provisions in a draft UK law that would weaken online encryption by requiring built-in cyber “backdoors” for government spies. The US e-gadgets company says backdoors harm rather than help security.
Maximum wage law provokes concern in public telecoms sector
Have caps on wage earnings hurt the public sector or are other features of the industry accountable?
GPX launches second data centre in Cairo
The new data centre (Cairo 2) offers its services to customers, on an area of 3,000 sqm.
Smart phones account for 91% of mobile phone sale revenues during Q3 of 2015
Android accounts for 92.6% of mobile phone sales in Egyptian market, according to IDC
Jovi Tronix to increase to 10 customer service centres in 2016
We aim to increase HTC’s market share to 14% in 2016, says sales manager
BMW 7 Series has modern spirit and absolute luxury: Product Manager
BMW Group recently launched its new 7 Series model, which is considered the group’s most luxurious car, according to Stephan Mueller, Product Manager.
Apple Music seals exclusive deal with Taylor Swift
Months after she threatened to boycott the company, Taylor Swift will exclusively release a concert video of her recent world tour through Apple Music. The video will air on December 20. Apple signed a deal with pop star Taylor Swift to exclusively release a concert video of her recent world tour through its music streaming …
ITIDA to establish 2 creativity centres outside Cairo with EGP 50m
Agency allocated EGP 10m to support SME participation in international exhibitions
Huawei Egypt aims to expand activities in Egypt
A better-connected world will boost digital transformation and bring enormous positive social and economic impact
Al-Sisi orders establishment of 2 technological zones within year
We come in fourth place in outsourcing services, says Minister of Communications
TE Data announces price cuts at ICT show
The Egyptian internet service provider TE Data has announced a package of price reductions and special offers for high-speed internet services. Ahmed Osama, vice president and chief commercial officer at Telecom Egypt, made the sales announcement at the Cairo ICT 2015 Exhibition and Conference in Cairo. He outlined discounts up to 40% on high-speed internet …
Risk, negotiation skills with investors are conditions for success: Shezlong founder
I left my job and sold my car to start my own project, I plan to expand in the GCC and Kenya, says Aboul Haz
Complexity of procedures, scarcity of investors challenge startups
The state collects 20% ads taxes annually, despite our losses, says Jobzella CEO
$400m investments expected for entrepreneurship sector in 2016
Capital is intelligent, said CEO of KI Angel venture capital fund Khaled Ismail, as it always goes to the opportunities that will achieve rapid growth. He added that in 2011, many entrepreneurs and creative thinkers emerged, and, in turn, capital began to be made available to pump investments in these companies. “Capital always turns up …
Entrepreneurship suffers neglect of local media marketing
CEO and Co-Founder of Drbridge, Amir Barsoum, believes the field of entrepreneurship is one of the most critical sectors for investment, since they give chances for ideas with potential success. He said there aren’t any large investments in this sector in Egypt since there must be many success stories to attract foreign investment. For …