Posts Tagged: Dubai


19
Oct 11

BlackBerry Outage Linked to Massive Drop in Traffic Crashes

 

I’m sure it was just a coincidence.

I’ve noticed that there is a special social sphere for BlackBerry Messaging (BBM) users. These social groups tend to congregate around one another in an self-organizing pattern. They are usually technophobic luddites who enjoy deluding themselves into thinking they are riding in the carpool lane of the mobile Internet.

The only problem is that they are standing actually the “Cash Only” checkout line. It’s probably all the same people you see at the movie theater lobby waiting in line with a dozen other people to buy tickets from a human cashier when (not ten feet away) there are four automated touchscreen ticket kiosks just waiting to spit out passes for two adults and one child to see Cars 2 in theater five. Thank you, enjoy the movie.

BlackBerry Outage Linked to Massive Drop in Traffic Crashes


26
Jun 10

Luxury Cars Continue to be Abandoned at Dubai Airport

You may recall an earlier post on people abandoning their cars at the airport as the left Dubai.

Well, it’s still happening. It’s quite possible that history will show this as one of the greatest examples of the excess and delusion of the past decade.


7
May 10

Dubai Fountain


26
Feb 10

Dubai Aquarium Springs a Leak

Dubai Mall, one of the world’s largest shopping centers and a symbol of Dubai’s grandeur, was partly closed on Thursday after an aquarium containing thousands of fish and sea animals started leaking, police and witnesses said.

via Dubai Mall partly evacuated after aquarium leak | Reuters.


21
Feb 10

Sovereign-debt theories: Domino theory | The Economist

Dubai’s sovereign credit-default-swap spreads soared to their highest level in a year this week, amid concern about the terms of a debt restructuring by a state-owned conglomerate. There is increasingly shrill commentary arguing that Greece is the start of a far bigger problem. “A Greek crisis is coming to America”, blared the headline on a recent Financial Times article by Niall Ferguson, a financial historian.

via Sovereign-debt theories: Domino theory | The Economist.


19
Feb 10

Burj Dubai Closes

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The world’s tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and casting doubt over plans to welcome its first permanent occupants in the coming weeks.

via World’s tallest tower closed a month after opening – Travel- msnbc.com.


16
Feb 10

Dubai Star War Mashup

Please excuse the poor translation. My French isn’t very good.

Only on Fubiz, here is “The Dark Lens”, a new series of fan images set in the Star Wars universe. Using this set design, the battles don’t seem out of place on our world. The shoot was done in Dubai by the photographer Cédric Delsaux.

En exclusivité pour Fubiz, voici “The Dark Lens”, une nouvelle série d’images issues de l’univers Star Wars pour Amusement. Avec cette mise en scène, les combats n’ont jamais paru si vrais que sur Terre. Un shooting réalisé à Dubaï par le photographe Cédric Delsaux.

via Start Wars | Fubiz™.


21
Jan 10

FT.com / Middle East – Dubai launches executive shake-up after crisis

FT.com / Middle East – Dubai launches executive shake-up after crisis.