DUBAI: Five years ago, Michael Ang and the Palestinian calligraffiti artist Hamza Abu Ayyash created a tool for live projecting calligraphy onto urban spaces. Called the Infl3ctor, it took the act of writing on paper and projected it onto the sides of buildings, creating ‘digital calligraffiti.’ Originally created for a project organized by the Berlin-based Public Art Lab, the
Research paper: Is digital transformation killing journalism?
Between 2016 and 2024, digital’s share of ad spending in the GCC is predicted to increase by 20 percent
Growth of digital and social media has had a devastating effect on the print media industry
Updated 10 June 2021
June 09, 2021 23:01
DUBAI: For many, reading a newspaper or perusing a magazine over breakfast, catching up on the latest from around the world to follow the markets, the sport and the travel, is still the perfect way to start the weekend. But the world of print journalism, of broadsheets and tabloids, of exclusives and splashes, has been changing rapidly, with important implications not just for how we obtain information, but how we understand the world.
Britain’s competition watchdog is planning a formal competition investigation into e-commerce company Amazon.com Inc, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing three unidentified people familiar with the situation. The Competition and Markets Authority has been analyzing Amazon’s business for months, the newspaper said, adding regulator was focusing on how the online retailer uses the data it collects on its platform. The regulator has also scrutinized how Amazon decides which merchants appear in the crucial ‘buy box’ the white panel to the right-hand side of a product where buyers click to add the item to their cart, the report added.
ABU DHABI: China Southern Power Grid Co. is in talks to acquire about 10 percent of Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. (TAQA), Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter. The Chinese state-owned firm is in discussions with banks about financing for the potential purchase, the people said, asking not to be identified due to information confidentiality. The 10 percent
RIYADH: Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) plans to join one of the biggest leveraged buyouts of all time by investing about $1 billion alongside a consortium acquiring medical supply company Medline Industries Inc., Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter. ADIA is backing the takeover of Medline by Blackstone Group Inc., Carlyle Group Inc. and Hellman &