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October 2nd, 2025 - 11:42 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Snapchat under fire for a policy to impose fees on users

ALBAWABA - Snapchat is expected to impose new fees on people who want to keep their memories saved on the American app. "Pay to save" is a new policy announced by Snapchat that charges users for storing photos and videos. The popular app has designated people with more than 5GB of "archive" as its target group. Under the new policies, users with more than 5 GB of storage will be ...

Global property adviser CBRE earlier this year ranked Dubai as the second most important destination for retailers in the world, with London occupying the top spot.

November 27th, 2013 - 03:55 GMT

What an accomplishment! Dubai leads the region in shopping space

Du had asked its individual and business mobile users interested in MNP to SMS the word ‘CHANGE’ to 3553 to receive information about MNP. It was intended that consumers who did this would receive an SMS from du containing information relating to MNP.

November 26th, 2013 - 11:11 GMT

Playing petty? Etisalat gets itself in trouble for blocking du's campaign

A company source said Kuwait Airways had been negotiating to lease the Jet Airways aircraft for eight years in a deal worth 134 million dinars ($473.7 million) but decided instead to buy the planes for 77 million dinars.

November 26th, 2013 - 10:46 GMT

Stingy or frugal? Kuwait Airways chief suspended over plan to buy used aircrafts

Since the global financial meltdown, European governments and investors have been more keen to develop Islamic finance within the Eurozone as a way to attract wealthy investors from the Gulf and southeast Asia (Shutterstock)

November 26th, 2013 - 10:15 GMT

Private Gulf investors to launch first Islamic bank in Eurozone in 2014

Topaz will deploy boats to Azerbaijan's offshore fields during the last quarter of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014 (Courtesy of Shipbuilding Times)

November 26th, 2013 - 09:46 GMT

Topaz Energy & Marine wins big: awared 2 BP contracts to operate in Azerbaijan's largest oil fields

KSA will use solar power energy to operate its proposed seawater desalination plant (Shutterstock)

November 26th, 2013 - 09:29 GMT

UAE boosts its green profile with largest solar-powered desalination plant announcement

KSA hopes the new port in Al-Lith will ease pressure on the overcrowded Jeddah port (Courtesy of Arabian Business)

November 26th, 2013 - 08:39 GMT

KSA announces plans for 43 million square port on west coast

More than 10.8 million visitors have arrived in Bahrain thus far this year (Courtesy of Samba Samba)

November 26th, 2013 - 08:32 GMT

10.8 million visitors are flocking to....Bahrain?!

Turkish consumers spend $25 billion on Islamic fashion items annually, followed by Iran ($21 billion), Indonesia ($17 billion), Egypt ($16 billion) and Saudi Arabia ($15 billion) (Shutterstock)

November 26th, 2013 - 08:02 GMT

The future of the Islamic fashion industry: sector projected to reach $322 billion by 2018

She reaffirmed Qatar’s pledge to support Arab expatriate scientists and to provide the necessary resources to reputable centres across the world so as to advance research expertise locally, regionally and internationally.

November 26th, 2013 - 03:55 GMT

Qatar Foundations develops new research priorities, strategy

The new Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 edition) expands on the advanced productivity and creativity leadership delivered by the original Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1.

November 25th, 2013 - 07:59 GMT

Just in time for your new year's resolutions: Galaxy Note 10.1, 2014 edition unveiled

Crude futures in New York have slumped 12% since Iranian President Hassan Rohani took office August 1, pledging to end the sanctions crippling his country’s economy.

November 25th, 2013 - 04:38 GMT

Iran deal impact on oil prices "muted"