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sending cash from Facebook?

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

Facebook may soon start testing two features - 'red envelope' that would enable users send money to others from the platform, and a 'breaking news' tag that publishers can use to make people aware of the latest happenings around them. The two new features, which are not officially under testing mode yet, were first spotted by Matt Navarra, director ofRead more

Twitter tests expanding tweet limit to 280 characters

San Francisco - Emirates Voice

Twitter announced Tuesday a test project allowing tweets to be expanded to 280 characters -- double the existing limit -- in the latest effort to boost flagging growth at the social network. San Francisco-based Twitter said the new system, a major shift for the messaging platform known for its 140-character tweets, aims to address "a major cause of frustration" forRead more

Flat user growth sends Twitter stock downhill

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

Twitter shares tumbled more than 10 per cent in premarket trading on Thursday after the social media platform disappointed investors with stagnant monthly active user growth in the second quarter. Despite its appeal among celebrities and public figures, Twitter has struggled to sustain its closely-watched user growth even as it invested in features and live content to help draw viewersRead more

WhatsApp now has 1b active users; Status hits 250m

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

Before we proceed, take some time to look at this graphic That pretty much sums up WhatsApp's power nowadays. The Facebook-owned messaging platform announced in a blog post that it has hit the one-billion mark in terms of active users, meaning that number of souls use WhatsApp every single day. This is different from their post in February last year,Read more

Explore Space Station on Google Street View

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

The International Space Station (ISS) has become the first "off planet" addition to Google Maps' Street View facility. Astronauts helped capture 360-degree panoramas of the insides of the ISS modules, as well as views down to the earth below, the BBC reported. Some of the photography features pop-up text descriptions, marking the first time such annotations have appeared on theRead more

Machine learning is transforming lending

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

In June 2015, the World Economic Forum published The Future of Financial Services - How disruptive innovations are reshaping the way financial services are structured, provisioned and consumed. The paper defined a taxonomy for disruption in financial services. It identified six broad areas and within them, 11 clusters of disruptive innovation. The six areas are Payments, Market Provisioning, Investment Management,Read more

Kuwait launches e-platform to educate

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

Kuwait has launched an electronic platform in five languages including Hindi and Urdu to educate migrant workers on their legal rights, the Arab Times reported on Wednesday. Khalid Al Ajmi, Chairman of the Kuwait Society for Human Rights, announced that the education would be done through cartoons and pictures as well as direct inquiry through the e-platform or hotline. TheRead more

Tilikum, orca that killed trainer, dies at SeaWorld Orlando

ORLANDO, Florida - Arab Today

Tilikum the orca has died after more than two decades at SeaWorld Orlando, where he gained notoriety for killing a trainer in 2010 and was later profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity. He will not be replaced. He was the first of SeaWorld’s orcas to die since the company announced theRead more

Fishing season in Lake Bardawil kicks off

Arish - MENA

The season of fishing in Lake Bardawil started on Friday after the army finished upgrading the berths. A ceremony was held on the occasion in the presence of North Sinai Governor Abdel Fattah Harhour and General Osama Askar, the commander of the joint East Suez Canal and anti-terror command. A platform was established as part of the development project carriedRead more