PAL Robotics has been working on its REEM-x lineup of wheeled humanoid robots for some time. Now it's just revealed its newest edition, simply called REEM. The company's first commercial offering is a genuine robot butler. READ»
Research In Motion just landed a deal to bring advanced egovernment services to the United Arab Emirates, just days after the end of a highly public spat between RIM and the Emiratis. What changed?READ»
Research In Motion has struggled in the United Arab Emirates--the BlackBerry was almost banned. But what does a deal between RIM and the UAE mean for RIM's foreign operations?READ»
It's been a rough couple of days for Canadian smartphone champ RIM. Its BlackBerry devices have been banned in both Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and now the crazy-populous Indonesia may be next.READ»
Chalk this one up under "worrying governmental attitudes to tech": The authorities in the UAE are making very public noises about RIM's BlackBerry smartphones. Apparently they're a threat to national security. Late yesterday the ...READ»
The United Arab Emirates continues on its quest to be the most contradictory country in the world--the country with the world's largest carbon footprint also contains a carbon-neutral city--with an announcement that Dubai will play ...READ»
Oh, Masdar City. We had such high hopes for you and your self-driving electric vehicles, giant geothermal facilities, and rooftop gardens. And the plan to generate all of your electricity from on-site renewable sources? It doesn't ...READ»
Masdar City, a planned zero-emissions cleantech hub in the middle of Abu Dhabi, announced this weekend that it will raise between $300 and $500 million. Today Masdar announced even more significant news--the city is building the ...READ»
Dubai's reign as a "symbol of crazed civic ambition" is over, but the United Arab Emirates is still planning to play host to Masdar City, the first large-scale carbon-neutral development in the world. Now the UAE has selected ...READ»
The tech-savviness of the Iranian people served them well during the protests against corruption in the recent election, and now it's making them turn against cellphone giant Nokia--a government colluder in their eyes.READ»
Images of the futuristic architecture being planned for Dubai and Abu Dhabi conjure an era before the economic meltdown--what will happen to all those construction cranes sitting prone in the desert now? It turns out that a ...READ»
Hot or not (the weather, not you) in Dubai, a suit and tie is de rigeur for anyone associated with a resort. Since the whole emirate is more or less a resort, that dress code applies to everyone else as well. Women in Dubai on ...READ»
I returned recently from a business trip to Dubai where I worked on a communications project with a private equity company. This is a fascinating country – city-state, really – with many contradictions. Since it is so widely ...READ»
