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UAE EAD launches Photography Competition
The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) started receiving submission for the 'Al Wathba Photography Competition' which was launched on its Instagram account earlier in February 2015. The competition,...
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UAEBBY launches Reading Challenge for active social media users
The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) has launched an exciting new initiative under the umbrella of its innovative Read.Dream.Create campaign, which aims to bring children and books to...
View ArticlePreventing Social Media Armageddon
The accessibility and fluidity of social media leaves organisations open to significant risks. But there are countermeasures organisations can take to prevent reputation disaster. President Obama has...
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Instagram gets more business-friendly
Popular photo and video-sharing social platform Instagram has taken a step further in catering to its business clients, including the 200,000+ advertisers on the platform. In its latest move,...
View ArticleTwitter adds more user control with latest features
Social networking site Twitter announced Saturday that it is adding two new settings, enabling users to customise their usage experience by controlling what they view in their feed and what they get...
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Snapchat vs Instagram Stories
Last month, Instagram released its own Stories feature that directly competes with Snapchat. Influencers have quickly jumped on board and so have some brands. If you’re thinking about using Instagram...
View ArticleDaily brief: Top 7 business stories for today
Here are the top seven business stories you need to know today. WEF meeting opens in Dubai today The Dubai meeting for Global Future Councils opened today. The meeting gathers more than 700 experts...
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Cybercrime alert: Nearly half of UAE users add people they don’t know
* 75 per cent on social media don’t interact with people they have added as friends * Survey shows 49 per cent of respondents accepted 50 per cent of unfamiliar requests * 97 per cent have experienced...
View ArticleDaily brief: Social media ads to hit $50bn by 2019, Italian PM resigns
The value of advertisements on social media is expected to reach $50 billion by 2019, quickly catching up with newspapers. Here are all the stories you need to know about today. Egyptian billionaire...
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Social media ads to hit $50bn by 2019: Zenith
* Social media advertising forecast to hit $50bn in 2019 * It will overtake newspaper ad spending by 2020 * Zenith sees 4.4 per cent growth in global ad spend in 2017 The amount of money spent on...
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Daily brief: Iran raises crude prices in Asia, Instagram adds new ad feature
Iran raised the official selling price of its Light grade to Asian buyers, above the average price of Oman and Dubai benchmarks. Here are the top seven business stories you need to know about today....
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Why Dubai closed 9,000 social network accounts
* 8,894 social networking shut for pushing counterfeit goods * Instagram accounts topped among closed, 94.5 million followers together * Unauthorised sellers to be fined AED25,000 * DED confiscated...
View Article7 top tips for social influencers in Ramadan
Influencer marketing is a relatively simple but incredibly effective form of marketing that focuses upon specific key individuals rather than the target market as a whole. But who is an influencer?...
View ArticleInstagram’s new Arabic feature not a moment too soon
Arabic is the official language of 22 countries, which form the Arab league. It is estimated that some 400 million people speak the language. Arabic ranks fifth on the list of the top 30 languages in...
View ArticleThe drive for streaming live- Which social media is winning?
If you and your fiancé are miles away from each other, would you rather communicate with each other by text or by video? Text content relies on precise word choice and it takes much effort by using...
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Is this the end for Facebook?
Facebook is 14 years old! It’s old by today’s teen standards who are often bewildered that their parents are still using it! “Daddy, get a life,” they might say. But when Facebook first came into use...
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