Tag: ABUDHABI

The United Arab Emirates currently enjoys, or endures, a tenuous relationship with technology. Last spring, the pioneering nation launched one of the world's first non-Latin domain names with a new Arabic Web address. But, the U.A.E. also frequently bans and blocks various technological developments, including popular video games and seemingly mundane messenger services. Faced with such a ...

Multi-billionaires in Dubai and Abu Dhabi may soon have more trouble doing business on the go, as officials in the United Arab Emirates have announced that, as of October, BlackBerry users will no longer be able to send e-mails or instant messages within the country. As the New York Times reports, Sunday's announcement comes after a lengthy standoff between the Middle East nation and Research in ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. We just found the perfect accessory for your next Trekkie cosplay party: the Star Trek: The Next Generation PADD replica. And priced at a song compared to the read ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/12/08/building-sized-x-rated-led-display-makes-us-blush/'; Abu Dhabi, the nearby Emirate of Dubai and the next decadent Shangri La of the Middle East (largely built, like Dubai, on unscrupulous slave labor), has just vomited forth another architecturally outrageous beacon of bad taste. The recently completed Yas Hotel is covered by a canopy of 5,000-odd ...