Start-up Crowd Analyzer gets $3.5m from Mideast investors

Dubai: Crowd Analyzer, a Dubai-based data intelligence provider and Arabic-focused social media monitoring platform, said on Tuesday it raised over $3.5 million in Series A funding from venture capital firms based in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The funding from investors, which is led by TechInvest and includes Wamda Capital, Arzan VC, Faith Capital […]

UAE ads to ditch woman-as-homemaker theme

Dubai: Guidelines are to be issued next year to help UAE advertisers move away from from using “gender stereotypes” in their campaigns and TV commercials. These are to be issued by the Advertising Business Group, an entity that represents both advertisers/marketers as well as advertising agency representatives. What this means is that advertisers will think […]

Dell to explore sale of RSA cybersecurity unit

Dell Technologies Inc. is exploring a sale of RSA Security, a cybersecurity business it hopes could fetch at least $1 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. Discussions are at an early stage and there is no guarantee Dell will end up selling the asset, said the people, asking not to be […]

Abu Dhabi Midfield Terminal more than 97 per cent completed

Abu Dhabi: An opening date for Abu Dhabi’s Midfield Terminal will be announced next year, with the massive 742,000 square metre terminal now more than 97 per cent completed, said senior officials from Abu Dhabi Airports in the capital on Tuesday. “The current progress of the terminal building; we’re about 97 per cent complete [and] […]

Mohammad Bin Rashid attends launch of CSR portal

Abu Dhabi: Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday attended the launch of the UAE’s news Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Smart Platform, which aims to enable the private sector to contribute effectively to sustainable community development in the country. The CSR Smart Platform […]