Author: Akin Naphtal

Etisalat by e& has revamped its business mobile plans to cater to the changing needs of customers in the evolving business ecosystem. The new plans, Business First Plus and Business Xtreme, offer more data and benefits than ever before at no additional charge. These plans have been designed to meet the growing demand for data in businesses, enabling customers to stay connected and productive wherever they go. With hybrid working environments becoming more prevalent, the new plans will add significant value to small businesses, enterprise and government customers. READ ALSO:Alphabet and Meta Platforms See Advertisers Stick with Them in Uncertain…

Alphabet and Meta Platforms, the parent companies of Google and Instagram respectively, have reported that advertisers are sticking with them in an uncertain economy. These tech giants are expected to take market share away from smaller digital ad sellers like Snap Inc. READ ALSO:Makueni County Government and Safaricom Launch MyCounty App to Streamline Online Services for Residents ADNOC launches online F1 in Schools programme for students in the UAE DataFlow Group launches new applicant-friendly user interface Ad sales-reliant tech firms faced tough comparisons in the past several quarters due to a decrease in ad budgets from customers following interest rate…

Pure Storage, a storage tech solution provider, has announced the introduction of its Unified Block and File Storage feature. The feature is designed to offer customers access to both native block data and file services from a single global pool of storage resources on the company’s all-Flash storage platform, FlashArray. Traditionally, storage solutions have been designed either for block or file use cases, with the industry later transitioning to using multi-protocol solutions. However, these multiprotocol block and file storage solutions can increase in complexity as scale increases. READ ALSO:UK antitrust regulator defends decision to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard…

The boss of the UK’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has defended its decision to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the maker of popular video game ‘Call of Duty’, stating that it was the right decision for the UK’s nascent cloud gaming market. The CMA blocked the deal on Wednesday, claiming it could hit competition in this market. READ ALSO:Microsoft begins rolling out Phone Link app for iOS to all Windows 11 users PwC to Invest $1 Billion in Expanding Generative AI Capabilities and Collaborate with Microsoft and OpenAI Stripe and the UK: A decade in…

Microsoft has started rolling out the Phone Link app for iOS to all Windows 11 users, which allows users to access their iPhone’s iMessage, calls, contacts and notifications on their Windows PCs. The app was first announced in February and was made available to a select group of preview program users. Microsoft plans to release it to all users by mid-May. Phone Link is an upgraded version of the Your Phone app, launched in 2018, which was designed to save users from constantly checking their Android smartphone for notifications and messages while working on their PC. The Phone Link for…

According to a report by staffing firm Teamlease, non-tech sectors in India are expected to hire over 1 million technology professionals by the financial year 2027-28, growing at a CAGR of 7.53%. While the IT sector is experiencing slowdowns and layoffs, tech talent remains in demand and non-tech sectors like banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), consulting, media, retail and consumer business, life sciences and healthcare, engineering research and development and energy and resources, are filling the gap. READ ALSO:Indian Firms Face Cybersecurity Struggles Due to Complexity of Multiple Solutions, Experts Say Pure Storage Launches Unified Block and File Storage…

Security professionals in India are grappling with the consequences of years of cybersecurity being an afterthought, as the country’s firms increasingly struggle with the complexity of multiple security solutions that do not work well with each other. Experts have said that rapid digital transformation, both during and post-pandemic, has forced companies to adopt a wide range of security solutions, leading to even greater difficulty for security pros in managing a company’s security posture. READ ALSO:Pure Storage Launches Unified Block and File Storage Feature for All-Flash Storage Platform UK antitrust regulator defends decision to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard Microsoft…

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a leading accounting firm, has announced its intention to invest $1 billion over the next three years to expand its generative artificial intelligence capabilities. According to PwC, the investment in generative AI has the potential to help the firm and its clients create new growth strategies, ensure secure data, build fair and transparent models and develop AI-driven skills for the future. READ ALSO:Stripe and the UK: A decade in the digital economy Alibaba Cloud Launches “Tongyi Qianwen Partnership Program” for Large Language Models Tailored to Industries Tenable One Exposure Management Platform Now Supports On-Premises and Hybrid Deployments The…

Ten years ago, Stripe went live in the United Kingdom and businesses from every corner of the country signed up and started their journey online. They included Bloom & Wild, the brainchild of Aron Gelbard, who found a way to fit bouquets through letterboxes and built an online business powered by Stripe. “It was quite an exciting time to set up an internet business. We were part of an early cohort in the UK so there wasn’t an established playbook,” recalled Gelbard. Bloom & Wild was one of many early bets on an unproven concept. At the time Gelbard was starting…

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing division of e-commerce and tech giant Alibaba, has announced that it will be reducing prices for its products and services by up to 50%. This move is aimed at capturing a larger share of China’s competitive cloud market. The price cuts will be effective from Wednesday and services that use Arm and Intel-based chips will be reduced by 15% to 20%, while Nvidia’s V100 and T4 graphics processing units will drop between 41% to 47%. READ MORE:Amazon UNIVERSITY Esports partners with Shahid to enhance gaming and entertainment experience for young users in MENA region IATA’s…