- Don't expect any ownership changes at
, the UAEs largest technology outsourcer, even though its joint-venture partner HP is looking at selling off outsourcing assets. As reported in
The National today, HP wants to stay put in the venture
, which is grabbed some pretty decent new clients in recent months.
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The Seven Million Dirham Domain (VIP.ae) also gets a closer look today in The National
, which speaks to its current owner about all the crazy multimillion dirham offers he has been receiving. But he better look out for the long arm of the regulator, because as reported, the TRA says it will look poorly on people registering .ae domain names purely for speculative resale purposes.
- You think Twitter is a bad medium for engaging in meaningful discussion?
Or maybe it is too unreliable to trust as a primary news source?
Try learning Arabic over it, 140 characters at a time
. That is what one Dubai language school is offering to do, via
that screams "put me in the paper! I mention Twitter!". For a more interesting technology-empowered way to learn a language, check out
this profile in Business 24-7 of a cool new language teaching app
for the iPhone.
- Arise, fair lion: Orascom Telecom will rebrand its African mobile networks as "Leo," which has the double meaning of "today" in Swahili and "Lion" in Spanish/Latin.
According to The Namibian daily, via Telegeography, the current names of Orascom's networks
, like U-Tel in Burundi and Cell One in Namibia, are a little too old-timey for Orascom's liking.
