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Zubair Junjunia, founder of ZNotes
ZNotes: A powerful learning platform
Saudi Gazette reportDURING his International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), Zubair Junjunia started uploading his own notes for the subjects he had studied. He named his endeavor ZNotes and as he went into A-Levels, the project continued to grow as the creation of notes became a group effort, receiving phenomenal organic growth as people began to use the notes from all over the world. Along with users came contributors, students who had stumbled across the website and wanted to help it grow by offering more subjects.Junjunia, the founder of ZNotes, is studying Mathematics at University College London. He is a long distance runner, figure and inline skater, avid reader, amateur graphics designer and an enthusiastic cook.From its humble origins supporting a handful of...
January 24, 2018

ZNotes: A powerful learning platform

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meeting with a group of entrepreneurs and innovators during a round-table discussion at Cortex Innovation Community technology hub  in St. Louis. — AP file photo
Facebook to let users rank ‘trust’ in news sources
San Francisco — Facebook announced Friday it will ask its two billion users to rank their trust in news sources, in its latest attempt to combat the spread of misinformation on the social network.The change comes as the online giant seeks to address charges that it has failed -- along with Google and Twitter -- to prevent the spread of bogus news, most strikingly ahead of the 2016 US presidential election.In a Facebook post, co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the network would seek to “prioritize news that is trustworthy, informative, and local.” “There’s too much sensationalism, misinformation and polarization in the world today,”Zuckerberg said.“Social media enables people to spread information faster than ever before, and if we don’t specifically tackle...
January 20, 2018

Facebook to let users rank ‘trust’ in news sources

Uxbert Labs is one of the rare usability laboratories in the region has a team of researchers, psychologists, designers and developers using tools such as VR goggles, eye-tracking devices and brain scanners to test them on users.
The Science Behind a Good App
Many of us find ourselves in frustrating situations at times when using a website or navigating our way in an app. On the other hand, when we encounter our favorite apps, we love using them but don’t necessarily know why.Often small changes can make a big difference in the success of a product, according to experts in user experience. In a famous case study where a major e-commerce site replaced the “Register” button with a “Continue” button upon checkout, the retailer immediately saw an unprecedented boost in sales by an astounding 45 percent, generating $300 million in the first year.Organizations tend to look to advertising agencies to build “pretty-looking” websites but some eventually fail, according to Nadeem Bakhsh, director of experience transformation and technology...
January 18, 2018

The Science Behind a Good App

New WhatsApp feature boosts video-watching for users
WhatsApp’s new feature allowing YouTube videos to play automatically has solved more than one issue at once.Users can now text while playing the floating video simultaneously instead of leaving the app to visit YouTube. The video also allows to move around the video and zoom in and out. Unlike video files that require downloading and taking up more space, YouTube videos automatically stream.Saudis’ favorite app for texting and keeping in touch with friends and family has become an essential platform for keeping up with news and entertaining content.The new feature comes with WhatsApp’s latest update 2.18.11. Another improvement introduced is recording longer messages without holding your finger down but swiping up instead.The messaging app has been planning to launch it for some time...
January 18, 2018

New WhatsApp feature boosts video-watching for users

VAT app will prevent markets from deceiving you
With the Value Added Tax (VAT) coming into effect since January 1, 2018, many companies are taking advantage of the people’s lack of knowledge in order to trick them to pay more than the actual 5% tax.As a result, the General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT) launched the VAT application for both the App Store and Google Play. It supports Arabic and English and helps you to preserve your rights.“I knew about VAT application from the official website of (GAZT) and I find it very helpful. I am using it since the imposition of the VAT. I tried it for the first time with Danube Supermarket. As soon as I added the VAT ID written in my supermarket bill, the application showed me that it is indeed registered in the VAT system under the Bin Dawood Superstores Trading Company. Therefore, I was...
January 11, 2018

VAT app will prevent markets from deceiving you

Top Tech Trends of 2018
Saudi GazetteAI - Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence and machine learning is seen as one of the biggest trends in 2018. Artificial intelligence will play a role in how businesses evolve since they’re able to know more about their customers and how to communicate with them. Businesses can let AI do the thinking tasks for them and save time and effort for humans.You might think that robots will start taking over humans’ jobs but actually, optimists say humans will be led to create new jobs that don't exist today. The potential of AI is immense.One form of AI is chatbots that are software programs that use messaging to do tasks. This includes native bots like Siri for instance but also third-party bots that many global companies are using. They’re becoming more...
January 11, 2018

Top Tech Trends of 2018

This file photo shows an Intel processor in Brussels. Amid a frantic rush to patch a computer security flaw, experts struggled on Friday to determine the impact of a newly discovered vulnerability which could affect billions of devices worldwide. Computer chipmaking giant Intel — the focus of the first reports on the flaw — said the company and its partners
Apple, researchers eye patches to solve Intel chip flaws
SECURITY issues with Intel Corp microchips are only slowing computers slightly, technology companies said, as researchers played down the need for mass hardware replacements to protect millions of devices from hackers.Google and other security researchers this week disclosed two major chip flaws — one called Meltdown affecting only Intel Corp chips and one called Spectre affecting nearly all computer chips made in the last decade.That raised the prospect of Intel being on the hook for lawsuits claiming that software patches to fix the issue would slow computers and effectively force consumers to buy new hardware, driving the company's shares down.But Intel said in a statement after US stock markets closed on Thursday that the performance impact of the recent security updates should...
January 05, 2018

Apple, researchers eye patches to solve Intel chip flaws

Silicon Valley entrepreneur to use VR in education in Riyadh
RIYADH – At age fourteen, entrepreneur and virtual reality developer Winston Matthews already created two arcade games where he was the youngest software engineer at a startup in Silicon Valley.Now he’s invited to build his third one with students at Misk Schools in Riyadh.“I made two games and decided to make something with more impact,” he said in an interview with Saudi Gazette. After working at Virtual World Arcade, he says he was inspired to use virtual reality for a higher purpose.At such a young age, he started his own company Winston Matthews LLC where he has raised $80,000 in angel funding and made it a life mission to provide education using digital technology for children who need it the most. He aims to use his VR skills and turn them into educational courses.“I’m...
January 04, 2018

Silicon Valley entrepreneur to use VR in education in Riyadh

Ehab Derbas, general manager at Palo Alto Networks in Saudi Arabia
Companies believe cloud security is priority but one-third admitted to a breach
Around 51 percent of Saudi CIOs agree that cloud security is a top priority and more than two-thirds indicated they had one to ten cloud-based applications in use in their organizations, according to a recent study by security company Palo Alto surveying more than 1,000 IT decision-makers.8 percent said they had 11 to 20 applications while 9 percent stated they had more than 21 applications.Palo Alto, that provides security solutions to all government sin the region, revealed that private cloud is the most popular cloud computing solution among Saudi enterprises as 30 percent had adopted it in their organizations.Public cloud comes in second, while 14 percent do not have any cloud computing solutions deployed but planned to make the shift to the cloud in the near future.The study also...
January 04, 2018

Companies believe cloud security is priority but one-third admitted to a breach

WhatsApp crashes as millions try to send New Year’s messages
London -- WhatsApp is reportedly down as millions tried to send New Year's greetings. Hundreds took to Twitter with the hashtag #whatsappdown beginning to trend. The company had warned some models would find that the app would stop working as of midnight but many users are still hours away from 2018. According to downdetector.co.uk the main hot spots for outages seem to be in Europe and North and South America.
December 31, 2017

WhatsApp crashes as millions try to send New Year’s messages

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