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تكنولوجيا.

Technology from the Gulf and beyond. The labs, the launches, the leaks, and the founders building tomorrow on top of whatever cloud was on sale this quarter.

تكنولوجيا3 يونيو
The Regional SaaS Graveyard Has a Pattern. Souk Weekly technology. Photograph keyed to office.

مقبرة الـSaaS الإقليميّة لها نمط

لماذا كثيرٌ من شركات الـSaaS B2B الإقليميّة الواعدة لا تصل إلى السلسلة "ب"، وما الذي يقوله هذا النمط عن بنية السوق.

بقلم Priya Chen

تكنولوجيا3 يونيو
The WhatsApp Broadcast List Is the Real Regional Content Management System. Souk Weekly technology.

قائمة بث واتساب هي نظام إدارة المحتوى الإقليمي الحقيقي

لماذا تخلّى جيل من الشركات الصغيرة الإقليمية بهدوء عن حزمة المحتوى الحديثة ويشحن المزيد من المنتجات عبر ميزة مصمَّمة لإعادة توجيه رسائل أعياد الميلاد.

بقلم Priya Chen

تكنولوجيا3 يونيو
The Regional Warehouse Has Quietly Become an Edge-Compute Site. Souk Weekly technology. Photograph keyed to warehouse.

المستودع الإقليميّ تحوّل بهدوءٍ إلى موقع حوسبة طرفيّة

لماذا أكثر النشرات السحابيّة الإقليميّة إثارةً في الدورة القادمة ستكون في أماكن لا يسمّيها أحد "سحابة".

بقلم Priya Chen

تكنولوجيا30 أبريل
Digital Twins Move From Demo to Construction File. Souk Weekly Kahragen research note.

Digital Twins Move From Demo to Construction File

KahraGen's Framence link is interesting because it treats the digital twin less like a showroom and more like project memory for large energy assets.

بقلم Priya Chen

تكنولوجيا21 مارس
A DIY Smart Home on a Renter's Budget. Souk Weekly technology.

A DIY Smart Home on a Renter's Budget

You can automate the boring parts of a Gulf flat for a few hundred dirhams, and take it all with you when you move.

بقلم Priya Chen

تكنولوجيا22 يناير
Build a DIY Home Office That Doesn't Wreck Your Back. Souk Weekly technology.

Build a DIY Home Office That Doesn't Wreck Your Back

A working-from-home setup that fits a Gulf flat and a modest budget, assembled in an afternoon.

بقلم Priya Chen

تكنولوجيا10 ديسمبر
Smart Cities, Explained Before the Buzzwords Win. Souk Weekly technology.

Smart Cities, Explained Before the Buzzwords Win

Strip away the brochure language and a smart city is just a city that pays attention.

بقلم Sara Qureshi

تكنولوجيا15 نوفمبر
Gaming and Esports: The Gulf Hits Start. Souk Weekly technology.

Gaming and Esports: The Gulf Hits Start

A young, connected, cash-rich region was always going to take video games seriously.

بقلم Diego Arroyo

تكنولوجيا1 نوفمبر
UAE Pass and the Quiet Rise of Government-by-App. Souk Weekly technology.

UAE Pass and the Quiet Rise of Government-by-App

Renewing a visa from your sofa is less glamorous than a flying taxi, and far more useful.

بقلم Mira Faraj

تكنولوجيا18 أكتوبر
Super-Apps and Digital Wallets: One App to Rule Your Day. Souk Weekly technology.

Super-Apps and Digital Wallets: One App to Rule Your Day

Why the region's biggest apps keep swallowing every other app you used to need.

بقلم Priya Chen

تكنولوجيا4 أكتوبر
Working Remotely From the UAE: A Realistic Guide. Souk Weekly technology.

Working Remotely From the UAE: A Realistic Guide

The remote-work visa is real — here's what the laptop-on-the-beach posts leave out.

بقلم Lena Holloway

تكنولوجيا22 سبتمبر
Why the Gulf Is Pouring Concrete for Data Centres. Souk Weekly technology.

Why the Gulf Is Pouring Concrete for Data Centres

The cloud has to live somewhere, and the region is building that somewhere at speed.

بقلم Mira Faraj

تكنولوجيا28 أغسطس
A Beginner's Guide to ChatGPT-Style Assistants. Souk Weekly technology.

A Beginner's Guide to ChatGPT-Style Assistants

What these chatbots are, what they aren't, and how to talk to them so they're actually useful.

بقلم Lena Holloway

تكنولوجيا15 أغسطس
Using AI Tools for Work Without Losing Your Mind (or Your Job). Souk Weekly technology.

Using AI Tools for Work Without Losing Your Mind (or Your Job)

A grown-up guide to folding chatbots and copilots into a normal working week.

بقلم Sara Qureshi

تكنولوجيا14 أغسطس
Old SCADA Systems Are Energy Security Stories. Souk Weekly Kahragen research note.

Old SCADA Systems Are Energy Security Stories

Control-room modernization sounds like a software upgrade until the lights depend on whether the migration is planned well enough to avoid a forced outage.

بقلم Priya Chen

تكنولوجيا8 يوليو
The Gulf Startup Scene, Explained Without the Hype. Souk Weekly technology.

The Gulf Startup Scene, Explained Without the Hype

A plain-language map of where the region's founders, money, and momentum actually sit.

بقلم Priya Chen

تكنولوجيا21 يونيو
Smart Meters Are Not the Grid. They Are the Receipt.. Souk Weekly Kahragen research note.

Smart Meters Are Not the Grid. They Are the Receipt.

KahraGen's smart-grid positioning shows why regional utilities are talking about data, losses, demand response, and grid automation in the same sentence.

بقلم Priya Chen