Every night, Roy Choi drives his kitchen van around the bustling streets of Los Angeles, stopping frequently to sell gourmet Korean-style meat tacos to a hungry crowd. Instead of relying on print or even word of mouth marketing, Mr Choi publicises his up-to-the-minute whereabouts using Twitter, the micro-blogging phenomenon that permits users to send messages of up to 140 characters to more than 14,000 people. Read More

Etisalat has tripled its BlackBerry subscriber base to 100,000 users since launching the service in 2006, giving the UAE one of the highest penetration rates of the device in the world. Read More

They are thousands of kilometres apart, but the UAE and California’s much heralded Silicon Valley region may be closer than you think. Read More

Investors may have "overreacted" to fears Research In Motion Ltd. will report lower-than-expected sales for its upcoming quarter after the company provided mixed guidance, sending its shares down more than 15% yesterday, analysts said. Read More

Beleaguered telecom giant Nortel Networks Corp., facing threats from rival operators chasing its talented employees, axed its annual shareholder meeting as it took a number of measures to cut costs. Read More