Everyone’s favourite destination for fun and entertainment, Cartoon Network, is helping kids battle the novel coronavirus with a lively health and hygiene awareness rap song. The locally produced song video, which features the Teen Titans Ben 10, the Powerpuff Girls and other best-loved toon heroes, promotes the Be Clean Be Cool message and offers simple
Huawei users are being offered extended warranty on a range of products as a precautionary measure to prevent the COVID-19 outbreak. The offer includes Huawei’s wide range of products including smartphones, notebooks, tablets, smart wearables and other terminal products for which the warranty has expired during the period of 24.03.2020 to 29.06.2020. If a customer’s
Under the patronage of His Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Saudi Minister of Energy, UL and GCC Electrical Testing Laboratories (GCC Labs) recently inaugurated their first joint venture lab in Dammam. The new laboratory, Gulf Renewables Lab, comes as a joint venture between global safety science organisation UL and the Saudi-based GCC Labs, and
By Tom De Waele, Middle East Managing Partner, Bain As the novel coronavirus outbreak has upended businesses around the world at alarming speed, one thing has become clear to executives grappling with the crisis: doing nothing is not an option. COVID-19 is unlike any previous crisis and taking traditional crisis-response approaches will not be enough.
The disease spread is ‘accelerating,’ World Health Organization chief said on Monday, that COVID-19 spread is “accelerating,” citing the expanding figures of the coronavirus cases. The disease epidemic is far from slowing down, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned, urging countries to act while it still was possible to “change the trajectory” of the pandemic. “It
As Coronavirus takes a toll on global and regional economies, YouGov ran a survey among 220 working professionals belonging to the senior management in various companies (senior business managers and above) between 9th– 15th March to understand the impact of the pandemic on their business and the overall economy. Four in five (79%) of the surveyed
Microsoft recently announced new features and capabilities across several aspects of its unified communication and collaboration platform – Microsoft Teams. The move is part of the company’s efforts to empower organizations, teams and individuals with tools that help them stay productive and connected from anywhere. “This week marks the third anniversary of Microsoft Teams. It’s been