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Google appoints Hisham El-Nazer as office director in Egypt
Egyptians use products from Google worth EGP 131bn
Google hires a team to be based in Cairo
Company discusses with MIIC its plans in Egypt, Africa
Google Falafel doodle celebration
Locally known as Ta’meya, the over 1,000 old fried balls are made of fava beans with herbs, spices, and some vegetables
Google celebrates Ahmed Khaled Tawfik’s birth anniversary
Al-Karma publishes his latest short story collection
Huawei sales will not be affected by Google’s suspension of business: MTI
Two scenarios for Huawei crisis: extending deadline, finding new software solutions
Google study shows Egyptians’ online interaction in Ramadan
Tech giant seeks to lure local small, medium businesses to advertise on its platforms
Egyptian MCIT Minister meets with representatives from Google, Vodafone, Synopsys during MWC
Agreement with Synopsys to train 1,000 young people in field of electronic circuit design
Google, Apple criticised for Saudi app allowing men to track female relatives
Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, said in an interview with NPR that he was unaware of the Absher app, the Saudi-based government app which allows men to track the movement of female family members, but he will investigate. The app was first highlighted at the beginning of February in a report of Insider news. It is …
Google celebrates Monuib’s 114th birthday
Actress one of few female comedians who managed to capture people’s hearts
Google routed $23bn in 2017 to tax haven Bermuda, documents reveal
Strategy of double Irish with Dutch Sandwich is international tax evasion involving channelling profits first through Irish company, then Dutch company, then to Irish subsidiary in a location – like Bermuda —with lower or no income taxes Tech giant Google shifted $22.7bn through a Dutch shell company to Bermuda in 2017, in a move that …
‘I agree to Terms & Conditions of service’: What information do we voluntarily give out to big tech companies?
Amount of personal information about users of what is called ‘free service’, might be shocking for some people, yet it reveals critical aspect of living in modern age
Google celebrated Hend Rostom’s 87’s birthday
Throughout her journey, Rostom took part in 80 films, where she was known to be a beauty icon, with enchanting looks
Google employees stage global walkout for women's rights
UK court blocks class action law suit against Google
New Google search feature launches for job-seekers in Arab world
Feature available to users in 15 countries across Middle East
Google turns 20: In search of next multibillion-dollar company
Google fined €4.3 billion by EU regulator
Google launches offline neural machine translations
Two years ago, Google introduced neural machine translation (NMT) to Google Translate, significantly improving accuracy in translations. Today, Google is putting that technology in the Google Translate apps on Android and iOS so that users can get those high-quality translations while their phones or desktops are offline. Google is not just enabling these translations to …
Parliament plans to impose ad fees on Facebook, Google
Draft budget for next fiscal year approved with EGP 1.4tn total expenditure, EGP 989bn revenue, target deficit of 9.8%, growth rate of 5.8%
Google doodle celebrates Radwa Ashour’s 72nd birthday
Google celebrated the 72nd birthday of the late prominent author Radwa Ashour through a doodle on the search giant’s homepage. Featuring a cartoon of Ashour tightly clutching her book to her chest, with scenes from her novels behind her, Google commemorated the distinguished novelist’s birthday. Ashour was born on 26 May 1946. She is the …
World’s 5 most valuable tech brands
Telecommunications and information technology (IT) companies managed to take the top nine spots of the world’s 10 most valuable brands in 2018, according to Brand Finance, an independent business valuation consultancy. According to the Brand Finance report, Amazon topped the list of the highest value brands in the world after its valuation at $150.8bn, up …
Google reveals top searches Egyptians made in 2017
El-Khatib tops list of celebrities, El-Kif top song
Google spat with Amazon heats up
Technology companies dominate top positions of world’s top brands
Google tops the rankings, valuing its brand at $109.4bn
Google decides to retire YouTube editor, enhancements to stay
Effective 20 September 2017, YouTube’s web-based video editor will be taken offline, as Google has decided to retire it seven years after it was first launched.
Google enables exploring the ISS on maps street view
Google has recently added the International Space Station (ISS) to the list of sites available for Street View on Google Maps, allowing users to explore the station and learn about planet Earth from outer space. In a press release, Google said that it was 48 years ago when the first spacecraft landed on the moon, …
The web can help Egyptian SMEs grow and reach more customers: Google MENA managing director
Lino Cattaruzzi is confident in the growth opportunities provided by digital infrastructure
Why are Google and Facebook financing climate skeptics?
Truecaller and Google work together to improve video calling
Google Duo integration into Truecaller set to bring all-in-one communications app to millions, as Truecaller app adds new messaging and SMS-blocking features
Al-Qadi attends graduation of 1,200 trainees from mobile app programme
We target to establish business incubators in all provinces, says minister