- In The National: . The site is booming, and doing extra well in Abu Dhabi, which is served by a depressingly low number of targeted, city-specific websites. <b>Attention smart entrepreneurs</b> : start an awesome portal for Abu Dhabi, covering restaurants, gig guides, cost of living, gossip, hyperlocal news, etc. Seriously, you will print money. - Also in The National - . Props to Egypt's for scoring what I imagine is a pretty good deal. - Gulf News has two great stories today, and I mean that with none of the sarcasm that often accompanies mentions of the UAE's biggest newspaper. Etisalat is employing workers for its Ajman call centre , a situation an interior ministry official tells the paper is "an illegal practice." - And more importantly - in fact, of an importance that cannot be understated - <b><a href="http://gulfnews.com/business/general/dubai-s-arabic-speaking-robot-takes-a-flight-to-riyadh-1.580385">FLYING. ARABIC-SPEAKING. HUMANOID. ROBOT</a></b> - , says 360 East's Ahmad Humeid. I've yet to play with one - I think I have become <i>persona non grata</i> to Nokia's people here, and haven't yet met someone who owns one. But it certainly seems like an industrial strength piece of hardware. - Saudi Arabian iPhone owners using Etisalat's Saudi subsidiary, Mobily, , turning the iPhone into a mobile broadband modem. As we have reported before, , and it is cool to see an Etisalat business taking the space so seriously. We can only hope is seeps over into the UAE.