The postponement of Expo 2020 Dubai due to the global pandemic has only heightened the excitement for the event, according to Manal Al Bayat, chief sales and marcomms officer
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Dubai Customs calls for more customer engagement to improve customs work, boost trade
Brand view: Dubai Customs reached unprecedented new heights of customer happiness by achieving a score of 97.49% on Smart Dubai’s Happiness Index 2018
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Empower awards $9m contracts for Dubai Studio City
Latest awards part of five kilometre pipeline extension project
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Smart Dubai completes phase 1 of digital identity project
UAEPASS initiative, a nationwide programme for digital identity, has so far integrated seven government entities
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Video: Dubai Future Blockchain Summit: Is blockchain a game-changer?
The UAE hosted its second annual Future Blockchain Summit, gathering together thousands of technology industry experts, government bodies and international companies.
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Future Blockchain Summit to be held in Dubai next week
Event comes as Dubai plans to become the world’s first government to execute all transactions using blockchain technology by 2020
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Digital vision: Dubai gov’t reveals first ‘paperless’ journeys
Sheikh Hamdan has initiated a three-year countdown for fully implementing the Dubai Paperless Strategy
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Dubai to build $4bn worth of road projects ahead of Expo 2020
Projects include a $172m upgrade featuring a series of flyovers, ramps and widened roads aimed at smoothing access to the event
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Dubai Paperless Strategy phase 1 set for end-2018 completion
CEO of Smart Dubai Government Establishment hails paperless progress made by six government entities
Blockchain
Smart Dubai, IBM launch major blockchain platform for the UAE
Dubai Blockchain Platform is set to transform and digitize applicable government processes and citizen services
Artificial intelligence
Smart Dubai signs technology deal with UK’s Oxford University
Partnership agreement is signed with the university’s Centre for Technology and Global Affairs at GITEX
Dr Aisha Bin Bishr
Dr Aisha Bin Bishr: Steering Dubai’s smart transformation
The director general of Smart Dubai on how the Smart Data platform will serve as the backbone to the emirate’s eventual digitalisation
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Smart Dubai launches new national digital identity UAEPASS
UAEPASS allows the user to access services for both local and federal government entities, in addition to other service providers
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Telcos’ ‘monopolistic mentality’ hindering Dubai’s smart ambition – Al Mulla
Both Etisalat and du blocked VoIP services in the UAE in December 2017, though Etisalat introduced apps C’Me and BOTIM to users for prices starting at AED52.50 a month on mobile devices in January
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In pictures: Dubai Crown Prince visits Innovation Labs 2018
Sheikh Hamdan’s statement came during a visit to the fourth edition of Innovation labs, which is organised by Dubai Executive Council under the theme of “Government of People” at Zabeel House Hotel in Al Seef area in Dubai
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Video: IoT beyond the buzzword
The Internet of Things is rapidly moving beyond the hypothetical and toward practical implementation. How is this changing the way we live and work, and what innovations will we start to see here in the UAE?
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Internet of Things: beyond the buzzword
IoT technology is rapidly transforming the way we do business and live our lives. Nowhere is this more evident than in Dubai