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Global smart building deployments to see growth of over 150% by 2026

Global smart building deployments to see growth of over 150% by 2026

28 Mar 2022

New report offers solutions to gaping digital gap between Commonwealth countries

New report offers solutions to gaping digital gap between Commonwealth countries

24 Feb 2020

Mobile app uses AR to locate friends in a crowd

Mobile app uses AR to locate friends in a crowd

10 Jun 2019

Turkey restores access to social networks after images pulled

Turkey restores access to social networks after images pulled

8 Apr 2015

Cyber attacks on Israel traced to Gaza: researchers

Cyber attacks on Israel traced to Gaza: researchers

19 Feb 2015

'Honey trap' hackers stole Syria rebel plans

'Honey trap' hackers stole Syria rebel plans

3 Feb 2015

Social networks 'in denial' on extremist use: senior UK spy

Social networks 'in denial' on extremist use: senior UK spy

5 Nov 2014

Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab is due to go on trial on 29 October for sending out Tweets that allegedly insulted the Sunni royal family. Image:

Trial for 'insulting tweets' starts in Bahrain

21 Oct 2014

A Facebook page has been set up to help residents of Damascus avoid hotspots as mortars continue to be fired into the city. Image:

Facebook tracks mortar pounding of Damascus

6 Oct 2014

Israeli spy agency, Mossad is supposedly on a recruitment drive to employ fresh talent and to show potential recruits the variety of jobs available within the secret service. Image:

Mossad in recruitment drive for new talent

23 Sep 2014

Much-mourned journalist James Foley who was beheaded in a desert by Jihadists. Videos and images are actively being deleted from social media platforms but appear again as new accounts are created. Image:

Jihadists use social media to recruit followers, spread fear

21 Aug 2014

Aylin Nazliaka, in an inflammatory outburst told MPs in the Turkish Parliament that she values her shoes too much to throw them at her opponents. Throwing a shoe at someone is considered a severe insult in the Islamic world. Image:

"My shoes looks better than you" MP tells Turkish Parliament

14 Aug 2014

Ooredoo's Ross Cormack says the company expects to sell millions of SIM cards in Myanmar for $1,50 each as the country's government lifted the ban on cheap SIM cards. Image:

Ooredoo sells cheap SIM cards in Myanmar

5 Aug 2014

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have been a victim of illegal phone-tapping by Istanbul police investigators. Image: Wikipedia

100 Turkish police arrested for phone-tapping

24 Jul 2014

Amman, Jordan. (Attribution: , via Wikimedia Commons)

Jordan blocks access to nine news websites

10 Jul 2014

Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan banned YouTube in March but the ban has been lifted after the country's top court ruled it was unconstitutional. Image: Wikipedia

YouTube working in Turkey again

4 Jun 2014

Despite a ban on YouTube being lifted by Turkey's courts, the ban remained in force as Turkish Transportation Minister Lufti Elvan has failed to lift it yet. Image:

Despite court verdict, YouTube remains blocked

2 Jun 2014

Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the March general elections but has still not lifted the ban on YouTube and Twitter. Image: Wikipedia

Turkey keeps YouTube ban in place despite court orders

11 Apr 2014

Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Attribution: Gobierno de Chile)

Turkey labels YouTube leak a pre-election 'plot'

1 Apr 2014

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Image: Wikipedia

Erdogan in new attack on social media after Twitter ban

24 Mar 2014

On-premise versus SaaS solutions: The right choice for enterprise

Ophir Shalitin 23 Jan 2014

The Protection of State Information Bill (POIB), when signed into law in South Africa, will place members of the media – magazines, newspapers, online, radio and TV – at the risk of severe penalties if found guilty of breaking the law. (Image: Rod Baker)

70 journalists killed in 2013

31 Dec 2013

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'Nigerian' scams increase in Syria

31 Oct 2013

Nokia's tablet launched at Abu Dhabi show. Image: Nokia

Nokia launches first tablet, new phablets

24 Oct 2013

Facebook buys Israeli start-up Onavo

15 Oct 2013

Israeli telecom satellite sent into space

2 Sep 2013

New York Times website hacked then restored

New York Times website hacked then restored

29 Aug 2013

Internet, phones cut in Syria

16 May 2013

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