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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 ...

Oman has the "ideal" atmosphere for tourism investment according to the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Courtesy of the Global Arab Network)

November 4th, 2013 - 10:25 GMT

The next financial frontier: Oman to host first tourism investment conference in December

About 969 million in 2012 was spent on advertising in Kuwait (Courtesy of Visit Kuwait)

November 4th, 2013 - 09:48 GMT

Kuwait's advertising industry earning investors' millions

Saudi Arabia will begin inspection raids on Monday for expatriate workers in the country without labor or residency status (Courtesy of Gulf Business)

November 4th, 2013 - 09:28 GMT

Saudis looking to hire, but where are the workers? KSA to begin deportations Monday

Before the growth of the SADAD system, many individuals paid a huge percentage of their bills in cash at bank branches. The electronic billing system has cut down the government's losses from using a manual, cash-based system (Courtesy of Saudi Lifestyle)

November 4th, 2013 - 07:32 GMT

Saudi Arabia's electronic bill payment system SADAD ranked second largest globally

Online travel in Saudi Arabia is projected to reach $1.9 billion. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

November 4th, 2013 - 07:05 GMT

Saudi online travel projected to take off

The value of the contract is $11 million. The identity of the customer, however, was not disclosed.

November 3rd, 2013 - 01:58 GMT

Middle Eastern country splurges $11 million on spying technology

DI owns around 40 subsidiaries and joint ventures encompassing a diverse range of sectors.

November 3rd, 2013 - 01:32 GMT

Talk about smashing profits, Dubai Investments reports 98% increase in Q3 profit

UAE iPhone 5S and 5C purchasers can receive 1GB of free data for the first three months if they are a prepaid Wasel customer and postpaid subscribers can receive 10 GB contract-free data capacity plan (Courtesy of 7 Days in Dubai)

November 3rd, 2013 - 11:12 GMT

Etisalat is sending UAE's new iPhone purchasers home with extra perks

Setting a minimum and a maximum wage in Egypt has long been a popular demand.

November 3rd, 2013 - 09:59 GMT

Egypt's private sector remains exempt from minimum wage law

By the end of 2014, Etihad Airways will have 37 aircrafts that will be able to provide the in-flight live news and sports broadcasting (Courtesy of Arab America)

November 3rd, 2013 - 09:21 GMT

UAE's Etihad Airways to offer in-flight TV broadcasts

The proposed metro project in Riyadh is hoped to raise standards of living and support long-term, sustainable development in the capital (Courtesy of Arriyadh Development Authority)

November 3rd, 2013 - 09:05 GMT

Riyadh metro work to begin within months

The announcement was made at the World Islamic Economic Forum being held in London.

November 3rd, 2013 - 08:31 GMT

Dubai's Islamic Development Bank to release $37 billion in sukkuks on Nasdaq