Entries from February 2009

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Finally here – iPhone in Dubai

The iPhone 3G has finally arrived here after being officially launched by etisalat. “iPhone is a perfect blend of advanced functionality and high performance and we are delighted to be one of the first operators in the region to offer this to our customers on the nation’s most advanced high-speed network to make calls, send emails and surf the web [...]

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Dubai home owners may get 6 month Residence Visas

There have been a few positive developments in the badly affected real estate industry in recent days.  According to Arabian Business, a new federal law will be soon introduced which will grant freehold property owners six month renewable residency visas. This will certainly help end users. With the current economic climate, there’s no point in buying a [...]

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Dubai Bars – Barasti Bar to send 6 winners to New York this May

The popular Barasti Bar has just launched its latest leg of “Barasti on Tour”. Last time winners were flown to Sydney for New Years Eve…this May 6 lucky people get to fly to New York! More details below…

Monday, February 9th, 2009

An active Twitter community in Dubai and UAE – here’s what they have to say!

Twitter (Official Site: www.twitter.com, More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter) the microblogging service that allows users to update their status, share ideas, interact and post online finds with others using 140 character messages is fast growing in popularity. The Twitter community in the UAE is currently estimated to be over a 1000 users, with a percentage which is quite [...]

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

James Blunt Concert – Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival 2009

The scooper of Best Pop Act, Best British Male awards and Best New Artist and Biggest Selling British Artist in the World, with three hit releases under his belt, and a sales record of 11 million CDs is to perform for the first time in UAE during the 7th edition of Skywards Dubai International Jazz [...]

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Videos – How to make Creative Cocktails from Tang Restaurant Dubai

Tang Restaurant at the Le Meridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina is one of the few restaurants around the world that uses Molecular Gastronomy. Here in these two videos, the team at Tang shows us how to make two Christmas cocktails…molecular style! The Disappearing Christmas Tree