Tag: Social Media
UAE’s residents spend almost a quarter of their day on social...
UAE residents, both expats and locals, spend approximately five hours a day using social media on average and 29% have six to 10 applications...
Instagram tops half a billion users
Instagram blew past a significant milestone today by hitting 500M monthly users.
The Facebook property is also over 300M daily active users with a striking...
Smartphones Are Top Productivity Killer
While technology helps workers stay connected while away from the office, in many cases it is causing them to disconnect while in the office,...
Social Media Risks for Companies
The accessibility and fluidity of social media leaves businesses and organisations open to significant risks. But there are countermeasures that could be take to...
Did You See Instagram’s New Look? It’s Simpler and Happier
Instagram introduced a new fresher look, including an updated icon and app design for the main Instagram app, and a new unified set of...
50% of teens addicted to smartphones, pool says
Fifty percent of teens feel they are addicted to smartphones, according to a new poll, which was conducted for Common Sense Media, a nonprofit...
The decline in sharing on Facebook emerges as a problem
The decline in sharing on Facebook has emerged as a problem in the past year. Less human activity across the social platform means less...
Social Media Accounts for 50% of Online Activity
What is the main thing that you do online? If you are like the majority of people today, you probably spend a lot of...
Facebook Live API lets you stream directly from a drone
Social media platforms developers have been bullish on Live video and we have been expecting to see more new announcements related to that. Here...
90% of Small Business Owners are Their Only Marketers
Running a small business is not among the easiest things you can do. This is because you need to know how to make the...
Instagram rolls out 60-second videos starting today
Instagram announced on Tuesday that it will soon begin rolling out 60-second video capabilities for its users, "one step of many you'll see this...
Play Your Part for a Better Internet: Facebook Safety Tips for...
Today, February 9th, over 100 countries are participating in Safer Internet Day. The Internet doesn't just belong to those 100 countries, it belongs to...
Take a glimpse of Dubai’s Museum of the Future during the...
The Museum of the Future was inaugurated at the Madinat Jumeirah yesterday as part of the World Government Summit 2016. The Museum focuses on...
Frequent Social Media Use Causes Sleep Problems
If you have troubles sleeping, look no further than your social media addiction.Frequent social media users are at a significantly higher risk of sleep...
2016 Marketing Trends for Small Business
The 2016 marketing trends for small business is here, compiled by Dubai Chronicle editors. It is this time of the year when experts and industry...
Companies Will Increase Digital Marketing Budgets in 2016
Digital Marketing Is Now Mainstream
98 Percent of Marketers Say Online and Offline Marketing Are Merging
Digital marketing is now mainstream, and digital commerce is a...
Facebook has 114 million monthly active users in the MENA region
Facebook in the Middle East and North Africa announced today that as of September 30, 2015, Facebook had 114 million monthly active users in...
How to Cohere Small Business and Social Media
Small business is all about building special relationship with your customers, often before they actually become customers. The Internet and the growth of e-commerce...