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Google pledges to mentor local businesses and help them grow online in the UAE, especially those in retail and tourism. Google announced today ‘Grow Stronger with Google’, a new program to accelerate the MENA region’s economic recovery through digital transformation, by offering digital tools, training, and financial grants to support local businesses and job seekers. […]

The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) recently launched their new initiative titled Access Sharjah, with a goal to help support and build the entrepreneurship community in the region. Their new program focuses on the digital content and publishing sector and has welcomed 14 startups into the program. Communicate got to have an exclusive chat with Najla Al Midfa, […]

By Afreen Khan CAFU has recently launched a film, shot and produced by themselves, titled “Faded Voice.” The film is an initiative to reward its fan base by crowdsourcing the plot from the customers in a creative manner. The campaign included a series of multiple films that were shot locally in Dubai, catching more than […]

WhatsApp, a free and popular messaging Facebook-owned app, is set to be no more ad-free. It its not clear when the exact date in which the ads will  be implemented into the platform.  “As we said last year, we will start showing ads in status in the future,” a WhatsApp spokesperson in an e-mail to Communicate. The announcement was […]

By Afreen Khan Home of a 1.5 billion users worldwide, WhatsApp reported a security breach few days ago. The company, which  introduced “End-to-End Encryption” in 2016, asked users to update their WhatsApp mobile applications as the update contains a fix for a malicious hacking that was reported. The breach was discovered early May, in which […]

Triangle MENA (Triangle), a creative agency that specializes in building comprehensive online experiences, has successfully deployed two new digital products for the Saudi Broadcasting Authority – SBC TV & Shashtacom. SBC, a TV Channel that offers the KSA audience local to regional varied content, and Shashatcom, an on-demand video platform that delivers a wide array […]

Leo Burnett Dubai has acquired a new client, Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority after initial pitching rounds. The Publicis Groupe ‘Power of One’ approach was favoured by the authority because of its creative and strategic output that played an integral part in the final agency selection for its new campaign, says the agency in […]

Thirty days and 50 people achieved the feat of assembling the Middle East’s largest video billboard in Dubai, UAE. Spanning across 1,600 square meters of digital canvas, the billboard comes close to the world’s biggest digital billboard in Times Square, New York, which spreads across over 25,000 square feet of digital display. Arabian Automobiles Company, […]

This summer, while spending a long holiday with my kids, I was shocked by their media and technology consumption habits, which reminded me of something I once heard: “In magazines, parenting looks like a cruise. When you get there, it’s a tiny rowing boat in a storm.” Times have changed today, thanks to technology that […]