Application Archives | Gulf Business https://gulfbusiness.com/section/industry/tech/application/ Wed, 24 May 2023 05:53:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.5 https://gulfbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-gb-new-fevicon-2020-1-32x32.png Application Archives | Gulf Business https://gulfbusiness.com/section/industry/tech/application/ 32 32 Meta unloads Giphy to Shutterstock at a loss of more than $260m https://gulfbusiness.com/meta-sells-giphy-to-shutterstock-at-a-loss-2/ https://gulfbusiness.com/meta-sells-giphy-to-shutterstock-at-a-loss-2/#respond Wed, 24 May 2023 05:53:34 +0000 https://gulfbusiness.com/?p=255291 Facebook’s parent company Meta announced the sale of Giphy after its purchase of the GIF maker was blocked by competition regulators in the UK

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]]> https://gulfbusiness.com/meta-sells-giphy-to-shutterstock-at-a-loss-2/feed/ 0 Say goodbye to typos: WhatsApp launches edit message feature https://gulfbusiness.com/whatsapp-launches-edit-message-feature/ https://gulfbusiness.com/whatsapp-launches-edit-message-feature/#respond Tue, 23 May 2023 07:50:58 +0000 https://gulfbusiness.com/?p=255136 The edit history will not be displayed, ensuring that the original content remains private

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]]> https://gulfbusiness.com/whatsapp-launches-edit-message-feature/feed/ 0 Meta prepares more layoffs across Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram https://gulfbusiness.com/meta-prepares-more-layoffs/ https://gulfbusiness.com/meta-prepares-more-layoffs/#respond Wed, 19 Apr 2023 04:46:06 +0000 https://gulfbusiness.com/?p=251537 The move is part of a cost-cutting push that will eventually whittle away 10,000 positions at the company

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]]> https://gulfbusiness.com/meta-prepares-more-layoffs/feed/ 0 Interview: Abhinav Gupta, CEO – Gulf region at Cars24 https://gulfbusiness.com/interview-abhinav-gupta-ceo-gulf-region-at-cars24/ https://gulfbusiness.com/interview-abhinav-gupta-ceo-gulf-region-at-cars24/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:46:42 +0000 https://gulfbusiness.com/?p=250842 Reports suggest that the UAE ranks eighth globally for readiness in the electric vehicles market and is expected to grow 30 per cent annually until 2028

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]]> https://gulfbusiness.com/interview-abhinav-gupta-ceo-gulf-region-at-cars24/feed/ 0 Twitter becomes X Corp as Musk advances ‘everything app’ hopes https://gulfbusiness.com/twitter-becomes-x-corp/ https://gulfbusiness.com/twitter-becomes-x-corp/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2023 05:41:47 +0000 https://gulfbusiness.com/?p=250619 It’s unclear what the change means for Twitter, which has seen a sweeping overhaul since Musk bought the company for $44bn last year

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]]> https://gulfbusiness.com/twitter-becomes-x-corp/feed/ 0 UAE telecoms giant e& Group acquires $400m stake in Careem Super App https://gulfbusiness.com/uaes-e-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-careem/ https://gulfbusiness.com/uaes-e-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-careem/#respond Mon, 10 Apr 2023 07:02:52 +0000 https://gulfbusiness.com/?p=250305 The company plans to use the proceeds from the new investment to accelerate its ambitious vision to create the first ‘everything app’

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]]> https://gulfbusiness.com/uaes-e-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-careem/feed/ 0 Create Apps in Dubai launches, aims to triple number of app creators by 2025 https://gulfbusiness.com/create-apps-in-dubai-launched-by-sheikh-hamdan/ https://gulfbusiness.com/create-apps-in-dubai-launched-by-sheikh-hamdan/#respond Fri, 31 Mar 2023 05:23:24 +0000 https://gulfbusiness.com/?p=249524 The initiative aims to support 100 new national projects for developing apps that will be made available in digital app stores over the next 24 months

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]]> https://gulfbusiness.com/create-apps-in-dubai-launched-by-sheikh-hamdan/feed/ 0 Netflix tests idea of expanding gaming service to televisions https://gulfbusiness.com/netflix-tests-gaming-service-to-tvs/ https://gulfbusiness.com/netflix-tests-gaming-service-to-tvs/#respond Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:37:57 +0000 https://gulfbusiness.com/?p=249436 Code hidden within Netflix’s app includes references to games played on TVs, signalling that such a plan is in motion

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]]> https://gulfbusiness.com/netflix-tests-gaming-service-to-tvs/feed/ 0 Women in tech: Tatiana Rahal, managing director at talabat UAE https://gulfbusiness.com/tatiana-rahal-managing-director-at-talabat-uae/ https://gulfbusiness.com/tatiana-rahal-managing-director-at-talabat-uae/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:00:36 +0000 https://gulfbusiness.com/?p=248315 Women should appreciate their own value and emulate that belief in everything they feel, think, do or say

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]]> https://gulfbusiness.com/tatiana-rahal-managing-director-at-talabat-uae/feed/ 0 Twitter offers new equity grants to employees https://gulfbusiness.com/twitter-offers-new-equity-grants-to-employees/ https://gulfbusiness.com/twitter-offers-new-equity-grants-to-employees/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2023 05:23:54 +0000 https://gulfbusiness.com/?p=249067 The company plans to offer a liquidity event in about a year when workers will be able to cash out some of their equity

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