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Whats App to begin offering usernames
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (213+ words) Kuwait Times Whats App to begin offering usernames PARIS: The hundreds of millions who use Meta-owned messenger Whats App to chat with family, friends or businesses will no longer need to share phone numbers under a coming update, the company…...
EU: Amazon, Microsoft cloud services should face stricter rules
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (438+ words) Kuwait Times EU: Amazon, Microsoft cloud services should face stricter rules BRUSSELS: The EU said Thursday that the cloud services of Amazon and Microsoft should face tougher digital competition rules in Europe because of their dominant position in the sector....
You've got mail': Young adults in Kuwait revive handwritten communication - Nebal Snan
1+ week, 3+ day ago (546+ words) A pile of handwritten letters sits on a table inside an antique store in Kuwait City. Young people, members of Al-Zajil mail club, drift in one by one to pick up their bundle. "I'm so excited," says 26-year-old Latifa Fakhereddine,…...
How India sparred with Telegram days ahead of blocking it
1+ week, 4+ day ago (307+ words) NEW DELHI: India privately rebuked Telegram for not proactively removing accounts offering purported leaked exam papers while the company accused New Delhi of misrepresenting meeting records, an impasse that led to an unprecedented ban of the app, documents show. Telegram…...
You've got mail': Young adults revive handwritten communication - Nebal Snan
1+ week, 4+ day ago (928+ words) A pile of handwritten letters sits on a table inside an antique store in Kuwait City. Young people, members of Al-Zajil mail club, drift in one by one to pick up their bundle. "I'm so excited," says 26-year-old Latifa Fakhereddine,…...
Kuwait signs landmark KD 825 million PPP agreement to power digital future
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (353+ words) KUWAIT: In a landmark move to advance Kuwait's digital economy, the Ministry of Communications, the Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP), and Bahrain-based Beyon signed a KD 825 million ($2. 69 billion) agreement to develop the country's fixed telecommunications network under a 50 year…...
Kuwait launches radio archive digitization project to preserve national media heritage
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (603+ words) Kuwait Times Kuwait launches radio archive digitization project to preserve national media heritage KUWAIT: Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology and Acting Minister of Information and Culture Omar Al-Omar said the project to develop the Ministry of Information's…...
India's Zee sues Reliance-Disney over copyright | Kuwait Times Newspaper
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (241+ words) The illegal exploitation thereof amounted to copyright infringement," Zee said in the filing, asking the court to stop any ongoing infringements of its music works. Jio Star owns a library of thousands of shows and broadcast rights for top sporting…...
From fear to hope: Online community unites Kuwait's residents during crisis - Passant Hisham
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (742+ words) From fear to hope: Online community unites Kuwait's residents during crisis'Kuwait Times From fear to hope: Online community unites Kuwait's residents during crisis KUWAIT: In the days before the ceasefire brought a sense of relief to Kuwait, an unlikely online…...
Women paid the highest price in Jakarta collision | Kuwait Times Newspaper
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (100+ words) JAKARTA: When Harum Anjarsari's husband finally got through to her phone, he did not hear her, but instead, rescue workers who said they pulled the device fr. .....