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Dubai Springs 9 Villa Lake View – 2518 sq ft 2 Bed
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Dubai citizens to benefit from free city-wide Wi-Fi?
People in Dubai could soon have access to an outdoor Wi-Fi network as they make their way around the city, according to one tech expert.Rabih Dabboussi, managing director of Cisco Middle East, said internet services are set for major growth across the region and cities in the UAE could be next in line to benefit from network upgrades.Mr Dabboussi told Emirates 24/7 that “city-wide coverage of Wi-Fi” will be a key future trend as technology progresses and people grow more accustomed to being connected to the internet at all times. Outdoor wireless services are expected to rise in prominence, eventually replacing 3G and even the newer 4G services for many users.The publication noted that Dubai could follow in the footsteps of Santa Clara in California, which recently launched a free outdoor Wi-Fi service for the entire community made possible by the installation of smart metering technology.”Today, most of the people are connected, tomorrow everything else will be interconnected,” Mr Dabboussi explained.The senior executive added that Cisco is “focused on assisting businesses and governments in the Middle East to innovate, evolve and increase productivity”.Dubai is now recognised as a hub for technology and innovation in the Middle East, with the emirate's Dubai Internet City and Dubai Outsource Zone recording a 15 per cent growth in tenants last year.The two IT-focused business parks signed up 160 new companies between them in 2012, according to a statement issued earlier this month.Malek Al Malek, managing director of both zones, commented: “2012 was a particularly strong year for our cluster. Not only did we welcome some of the industry's biggest players such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Interglobe, we also saw the expansion of existing partners.”He added that Dubai now offers “a prosperous ecosystem for technology companies”. Continue reading
Shaikh Mohammed receives Bill Gates
Shaikh Mohammed receives Bill Gates WAM / 24 April 2013 His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday received Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates at Za’abeel Palace. Shaikh Mohammed receiving Bill Gates The meeting was attended by Shaikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Mohammed Abdullah Al Gargawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, State Minister and Chairman of Dubai Cares Reem Ibrahim Al Hashemi, Dubai Director of Protocol and Hospitality Khalifa Saeed Suleiman and the delegation accompanying Bill Gates. During the meeting, they discussed relations and partnership between Dubai Cares and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in charitable fields and securing health care in poor countries, especially for children and school students. Shaikh Mohammed hailed Bill Gates’ humanitarian and charitable foundation initiatives and his support to alleviate the suffering of people, children and school students in the poor areas. The Vice President, addressing Bill Gates said “We welcome you in the UAE as a great humanitarian and we have great respect for you since you are the man of generosity in the field of supporting the needy, sick people and the students in the various poor regions” Bill Gates expressed thanks and gratitude to Shaikh Mohammed for his humanitarian and charitable stances, giving support for the children and elderly people in various regions of the third world through the contributions of Dubai Cares as well as providing medical treatment to patients. He also pointed to the existing cooperation between Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Dubai Cares, which resulted in signing bilateral agreements between the two parties in 2008 in addition to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2009 pertaining the coordination between the two humanitarian foundations in the water supply, sanitation projects, food, health care in schools fields at schools in Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ethiopia and Gaza in Palestine and Angola. Continue reading
