A LOOK AT SNAPCHAT’S IPO: WHAT IS THE WAY FORWARD? The first week of March has been characterized by some interesting activity in the American stock market. This week the popular photo-sharing app, Snapchat’s parent company, Snap, went public. Though there was no surety how the market would respond to this IPO (initial public offering), […]

Four Important Issues To Consider First You’re an expatriate and you want to set up a business in Dubai. Where do you start? What are the legal procedures you should pass through? Where is the best location to set up your business? Do you set up in a free-zone or not? What are the Visa […]

Conglomerate Samsung to Release Newest “S” Model This April After the unfortunate Galaxy Note 7 debaucle, android phone powerhouse, Samsung, might be making a comeback with its latest “S” model, which we suspect will be released on March 29th of this year. Earlier this week, Samsung sent out invites for a special media event in […]

PRIVATE CITIZENS SET TO VISIT THE MOON, NOKIA 3310’S COMEBACK, IKEA’S HOME GARDEN The last week of February 2017 has been a very interesting one. While the American and other stock markets are doing record-worthy well with the FTSE (Financial Times Stock Exchange) 100 hitting a new record high and the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]

FIVE TIME-BUSTING TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE YOUR DAILY PRODUCTIVITY Are you running your own business? Well if you are, you have a lot of different things on your plate that you must handle. Even if you aren’t a business owner, like most people, you have to handle a really large workload. But, how do you handle […]

THE GOOGLE FOR ENTREPRENEURS STARTUP GRIND According to founder of STEP, Mr. Ray Dargham, a person has three opportunities in life; his twenties, his thirties and his forties. This is but an example of the candid remarks that Ray made during yesterday’s Startup Grind, hosted by Google for Entrepreneurs, at in5 innovation center in Dubai. […]

THE BEST WAY TO DRIVE MORE TRAFFIC TO YOUR WEBSITE If your business has a website, then this website serves as the virtual representation of your business. The best way to draw more attention to this website, is to get your website optimized for search engines like Google. Here’s how it works: when a person […]

WHAT IS RETARGETING AND IS IT FOR YOUR BUSINESS? After visiting the website for a food-delivery service called Deliveroo, a big competitor of UberEats here in Dubai, I suddenly started noticing display ads for Deliveroo on every social media application I would open. From my Facebook news feed on my phone to my IMO account […]

LEARN MORE ABOUT FACEBOOK’S CONTEST IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST Facebook is challenging all developers in the Middle East and Africa to join in on the Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge and create innovative bots. Facebook’s culture thrives in promoting new innovations and new platforms and the contest is in alignment with the Corporation’s […]

Studies show that the average internet user between the ages of 16-64 is active on 5 or 6 different social media accounts. Facebook alone has recorded 1,871 million active users as of January 2017. With these kinds of numbers, it’s no wonder that businesses have started paying more attention to their online presence in social […]