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Dubai business environment is booming but more could be done

Original post by albawaba So far this year, the Dubai Chamber has registered 48 per cent more companies than the same period last year, with the vast majority of those small to medium-sized businesses Meanwhile, free zones, such as Virtuzone, have also experienced strong demand from entrepreneurs setting up shop and five new funds – Beco […]

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, it pays to work in high tech

Original post by Matt Berger via Marketplace Tech Report  The Internet, high tech and computer manufacturing industries continue to boost local and state economies with competitive jobs and high wages. On average, a high-tech worker in the private sector earns 77 percent more than a worker with a non-tech job, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics […]

Apple Announces Record Pre-Orders For iPhone 5: 2M in 24 Hours, 2X iPhone 4S Day One Sales

Original post by DARRELL ETHERINGTON via TC Apple today announced that it managed to rack up 2 million pre-orders for the iPhone 5 in 24 hours, two times as many as it managed for the iPhone 4S last year, which sold over 1 million devices during its first 24 hours of pre-order sales. That’s a new record, which shouldn’t surprise anyone […]

Asia’s Dropbox, Kleii, reaches 100K registered users in 3 months

Original post by JOASH WEE via e27 Kleii, Asia’s Dropbox, has reached an impressive 100,000 registered users since launching their beta three months ago. The site sees 120,ooo file uploads monthly. Last month, e27 covered the 12 man (10 men and two ladies, to be exact) team from Vietnam who are building a cloud computing platform for storing, […]

London’s Tech City to get high-speed Internet and secure cloud services for startups

Original post by JAMILLAH KNOWLES via TNW Officially launched today, The Shoreditch Network is working to deliver a high-speed fibre infrastructure and secure cloud services to a cluster of businesses in East London. As the UK government keeps highlighting the importance of Britain becoming a centre for technical and financial excellence and companies like Amazon, Google andHuawei invest […]