Egypt’s population has reached 104 million after an increase of one million in 221 days, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).
Earlier in February, over seven months and 11 days, the country recorded the rate of a newborn every 19 seconds, with the population increasing by 4,525 people per day. Meanwhile, recording an average of 1,858 deaths daily.
The Dubai-based communities’ developer Arada has launched the Central Business District, a new commercial hub for Sharjah, with a cost of 6.3 billion dirhams ($1.71 billion) at Aljada amid a boom in Emirate’s economy.
Spread over 4.3 million square feet of prime leasable space located in 40 smart office blocks, Arada CBD can accommodate 20,000 workers, fulfilling the substantial demand for a contemporary business district in Sharjah and catering to the needs of the future workplace for companies across the UAE and beyond.
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The region’s first post-pandemic business park features employee-friendly elements and landscaped ‘green spine.’
The region’s first business park to be conceptualized after the pandemic, Arada CBD, is defined by contemporary urban architecture designed to inspire staff and enhance productivity.
Flexible and wide, open floor plans enhance collaboration and benefit from floor-to-ceiling windows allowing more natural light, while each office also benefits from smart technology that is part of Aljada’s overall smart city program, which will use next-generation solutions that are linked to everything from waste and traffic management to the circular economy and smart lighting solutions.
The signature feature of Arada CBD is the ‘green spine.’ This forest park runs the length of the district, containing shaded walkways, an amphitheater, art installations, seating areas, and spaces set aside for activities and quiet reflection. All external green spaces, indoor trees, and plants are fed using recycled water from Aljada’s onsite treatment plant.
Greenspine- Image Credit: Arada.com
HH Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Chairman of Arada, said: “Arada CBD is aligned with Sharjah’s vision to position itself as a leading business hub, attracting companies of all sizes and talents from across the UAE and beyond. The launch of Arada CBD fulfills our promise to provide a transformational urban experience where residents can work, live and play.”
Arada CBD also contains a mix of café, dining, and retail spaces, all carefully curated to serve local employees, and the district is also served by extensive parking. The Rove Aljada hotel, located within Arada CBD, offers convenient hospitality for business trips from other parts of the UAE or overseas and dining options for the local workforce.
According to Oxford Economics, the launch of Arada CBD complements the ongoing growth of the Sharjah economy, which is projected to grow at 5% annually for the medium term. One of the region’s most vibrant and diverse economies, with 96% of GDP derived from non-oil sectors, the Emirate also attracted AED808 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021.
Leasing has begun with the first phase of eight blocks to be completed in 2025
Scheduled to break ground in the first quarter of 2023, the first cluster of Arada CBD features 812,000 square feet of Grade A and Grade B leasable space spread across eight impeccably designed buildings. The cluster also includes 1,666 parking spaces, 76,000 square feet of landscaped green space, and 26,500 square feet retail space.
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By the time the first cluster of Arada CBD is ready in the first half of 2025, there will already be 20,000 living within the Aljada community.
Aljada is Sharjah’s largest ever project and a transformational destination for the Emirate.
Spread over a 24 million square foot area, Aljada has numerous residential districts, extensive retail, hospitality, entertainment, sporting, educational, and healthcare components, and Arada CBD, all within a green urban master plan. So far, Arada has completed almost 1,500 homes at Aljada, with another 6,000 currently under construction.
The new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro (Max) are now available in the Middle East markets, after 10 days from the official release date. Although Apple did not make significant changes in prices, some countries are increasing iPhone prices like never before due to global inflation hitting the world.
In this article, we’ve summed up all prices of iPhone 14 in the United Arab of Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt.
iPhone 14 prices in UAE
UAE was the first country in the Middle East to have the iPhone 14 because it has the only Apple Store in the region. As a result, UAE has the cheapest iPhone in the Middle East as it is sold by Apple UAE.
iPhone 14
The Standard iPhone 14 Prices in the UAE
128 GB costs AED 3,399.00
256 GB costs AED 3,799.00
512 GB costs AED 4,649.00
Available in 5 colors (Midnight, blue, Starlight, purple, and product red)
iPhone 14 Plus Prices in the UAE
It will be available starting October 7, 2022.
128 GB costs AED 3,799.00
256 GB costs AED 4,199.00
512 GB costs AED 5,049.00
It will be available in 5 colors (Midnight, blue, Starlight, purple, and product red).
iPhone 14 Pro Prices in the UAE
128 GB costs AED 4,299.00
256 GB costs AED 4,699.00
512 GB costs AED 5,549.00
1 TB costs: AED 6,399.00
Available in 4 colors (deep purple, gold, silver, and black).
iPhone 14 Pro Max Prices in the UAE
128 GB costs AED 4,699.00
256 GB costs AED 5,099.00
512 GB costs AED 5,949.00
1 TB costs: AED 6,799.00
Available in 4 colors (deep purple, gold, silver, and black).
iPhone 14 prices in KSA
The iPhone 14 lineup is available in Saudi Arabia on Amazon, among other authorized resellers. Here are the iPhone 14 prices in the kingdom:
iPhone 14
128 GB costs SAR 3,799.00
256 GB costs SAR 4,299.00
512 GB costs SAR 5,299.00
Available in 5 colors (Midnight, blue, Starlight, purple, and product red).
iPhone 14 Plus
Since it hasn’t been released yet, not all the colors and versions are available. However, here are the prices:
128 GB costs SAR 4,199.00
256 GB costs SAR 4,699.00
512 GB costs SAR 5,699.00
Once released, it will be available in 5 colors (Midnight, blue, Starlight, purple, and product red).
iPhone 14 Pro
128 GB costs SAR 4,699.00
256 GB costs SAR 5,199.00
512 GB costs SAR 6,199.00
1 TB costs: SAR 7,199.00
Available in 4 colors (deep purple, gold, silver, and black).
iPhone 14 Pro Max
128 GB costs SAR 5,199.00
256 GB costs SAR 5,699.00
512 GB costs SAR 6,699.00
1 TB costs: SAR 7,699.00
Available in 4 colors (deep purple, gold, silver, and black).
iPhone 14 prices in Jordan
The capital Amman has many Apple Authorized Resellers, including DNA, Virgin MegaStores, e-Store, iSystem, and Smart-Buy. Jordan has had a stable price scheme over the years regarding iPhone devices. According to DNA, here are iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro (Max) prices in Jordan:
iPhone 14
128 GB version is only available so far, which costs JOD 799.00
Available in 5 colors (midnight, starlight, purple, product red, and blue).
iPhone 14 Pro
128 GB costs JOD 999.00
256 GB costs JOD 1,099.00
512 GB costs JOD 1,309.00
1 TB costs JOD 1,499.00
Available in 4 colors (space black, silver, gold, and deep purple).
iPhone 14 Pro Max
128 GB is only available so far, which costs JOD 1,099.00
Available in 4 colors (space black, silver, gold, and deep purple).
iPhone 14 Plus
It hasn’t been released yet. It will go on sale in October.
iPhone 14 prices in Egypt
iPhone 14 prices sparked a frenzy in Egypt due to unconfirmed reports about its prices hike in the country; some reports say that the iPhone 14 Pro will hit around EGP 63,000, which translates to US$3,200.
Apple Authorized Reseller in Egypt, Tradeline, refused to comment on the new price leak, as the device is still unavailable in the Egyptian market.
Instagram is developing a new optional feature to protect users from seeing and receiving nude photos in chat and Direct Messages – media reports.
The optional user controls feature is still in the early stages of development. The feature will help people shield themselves from nude photos and other unwanted messages on Instagram.
Users will be able to add nudity keywords to the “hidden words” feature, allowing users to filter direct message requests containing offensive content automatically.
Instagram is currently testing the ability to mark multiple posts in Explore as Not Interested.
Instagram will soon start testing the ability to tell Instagram you don’t want to see suggested posts with certain words, phrases, or emojis in the caption or hashtags. Whether you’re seeing something irrelevant or moved on from something you used to like, you can use this feature to stop seeing content that’s not interesting to you.
iOS 16 has brought a new valuable “copy and delete” option when you screenshot on your iPhone; it allows you to paste the image in a message or email without saving it to your photo library, which helps you save storage on your iPhone.
The new iOS 16 “copy and delete” option can be used in regular and scrolling screenshots. It helps you keep your photo library out of repeated and useless screenshots.
So, how to take regular and scrolling screenshots on your iPhone without downloading a third-party app?
Regular screenshots using the new ‘copy and delete’ option
Press the side button and volume up button at the same time to grab a screenshot (you can also press one immediately after the other)
For 5 seconds, you can tap the screenshot thumbnail in the bottom left corner for more options – if you do nothing, it will save to the Photos app.
If you tap the screenshot thumbnail, you can use markup tools – tap the share button in the top right corner (square with up arrow) for quick options.
Tap Done in the top left corner for the handy new Copy and Delete option
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Scrolling screenshot on iPhone
With this native iOS option, a scrolling screenshot or long screenshot gives you a PDF of everything on (or selection of) a document, webpage, note, or email in Apple’s apps.
Take a screenshot (press the side button and volume up button at the same time)
Tap the thumbnail in the bottom left corner before it disappears
Choose the Full Page option in the top right corner. The Full Page option will only appear in instances where there is more than one page worth of content on-screen
You can preview all the pages, use markup, and more before saving
You can also tap the crop icon (square-ish icon next to “Done”) to edit what part of the Full Page you’d like to save
Tap either Done in the top-left corner to save or the share button in the top right – you’ll get the new Copy and Delete option with these too
Tip: For webpages, swipe down to ensure all content loads before saving the scrolling screenshot.
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Third-party apps
Another option for scrolling screenshots of content inside third-party apps or more manual control (saving as PNG, etc.) is using an app like Picsew or Tailor.
With the launch of iOS 16, Apple has improved one of the most wanted features of the iOS on iPhone, which is increasing the delay time to recall an email using unsend, along with other new features and settings that you should try.
As iOS 16, Mail lets you unsend emails within a specific time limit. But the odd thing is that the time limit is up to you–to a degree.
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How to increase the delay time to recall emails with Undo send in Mail on iPhone?
The feature is set to 10 seconds by default, you can change it to 20 or 30 seconds.
Go to Settings > Mail, tap Undo Send Delay, then choose a length of time to delay outgoing email messages.
With the launch of iOS 16, Apple has brought back one of the most wanted features to the iPhone, which is turning on the haptic keyboard setting, along with other new features and settings that you should try.
Most of us turn off the iPhone’s keyboard sounds, which can be irritating when typing out long messages in public. But doing this means you miss out on the helpful haptic feedback that helps with typing accuracy.
In iOS 16, Apple finally gives an option to turn on haptic keyboard feedback without keyboard clicks, which is both discreet and valuable and thus combines the best of both worlds.
Step-by-step to turn on the haptic keyboard setting
To enable “Haptic Keyboard” on your iPhone, Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Keyboard Feedback and flip the Haptic toggle green.
You can also disable keyword sound by unchecking “Sound” from inside “Keyboard Feeback.” This way, you will only get haptic while typing without typing sound.
Apple has recently released iOS 16, exposing users to valuable and enjoyable features adding more privacy, and improving the overlook and the user experience.
However, some users may find the new settings added by iOS 16 annoying rather than delighting, and in this article, we show how to turn these off. Meanwhile, some highly welcome new options that are deactivated by default, and we’ll also show you how to turn these on.
You’ll enjoy all iOS 16’s updates and options with these ten settings:
1. Show the battery percentage indicator
With the launch of iOS 16, Apple returned the battery percentage indicator taken from the iPhone’s status bar in 2017. But you have to choose to turn it on precisely. Step-by-step guide.
Step-by-step to enable the battery percentage indicator
Go to Settings > Battery and tap the toggle labeled Battery Percentage. A number will be superimposed over the battery icon at the top of the screen–if your iPhone supports the feature.
However, Apple has confirmed that users of older generation iPhone models will miss out on the ability to show their iPhone’s battery percentage directly in the status bar.
Apple says that the new battery percentage display is unavailable on the iPhone XR, iPhone 11, the iPhone 12 mini, and the iPhone 13 mini. Apple provides no additional information about why these devices will miss out on the new feature.
2. Turn off the search button
On an iOS 15 home screen, you’ll see a little icon between the dock and the other app icons. It shows a row of dots indicating how many home screens you’ve got and which one you’re on. Once you update to iOS 16, this icon is replaced by a Search icon, duplicating the Spotlight function accessed by swiping down on the Home screen.
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Step-by-step to turn off the search button
If you find this unnecessary and/or distracting, you can revert to the dots by going to Settings > Home Screen and tapping the toggle labeled Show on Home Screen under Search.
3. Turn on the haptic keyboard setting
Most of us turn off the iPhone’s keyboard sounds, which can be irritating when typing out long messages in public. But doing this means you miss out on the helpful haptic feedback that helps with typing accuracy.
In iOS 16, Apple finally gives an option to turn on haptic keyboard feedback without keyboard clicks, which is both discreet and valuable and thus combines the best of both worlds.
Step-by-step to turn on the haptic keyboard setting
Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Keyboard Feedback and flip the Haptic toggle green.
4. Give yourself more time to unsend emails
As iOS 16, Mail lets you unsend emails within a specific time limit. But the odd thing is that the time limit is up to you–to a degree.
Step-by-step to increase the time to recall emails
The feature is set to 10 seconds by default, but if you go to Settings > Mail > Undo Send Delay, you can change it to 20 or 30 seconds. Still, not much time to panic and change your mind, but every extra second helps in an email emergency.
5. Stop accidentally ending calls
Many iPhone owners will have experienced the inconvenience of accidentally pressing the side button during a phone call. By default, this action will end the call—but in iOS 16, Apple adds a new option that lets you change that.
Step-by-step to prevent Lock to End Call
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch and tap the toggle labeled Prevent Lock to End Call. Just remember you’ve changed this, or you might get caught saying rude things about the person you thought you just hung up on.
6. Hands-free hang-ups
While we’re talking about hanging up on calls, there’s a new feature in iOS 16 that lets you do this using Siri–which makes life a lot easier if you’re talking hands-free through the speaker. You just need to say, “Hey Siri, hang up.”
Step-by-step to enable hands-free hang-ups
To activate this option, go to Settings > Siri & Search > Call Hang-up, and tap the toggle, so it turns green.
7. Send messages without confirmation
Here’s another Siri time-saver: when sending messages using Siri, you can now skip the confirmation step.
Step-by-step to automatically send messages without confirmation
Go to Settings > Siri & Search > Automatically Send Messages, tap the toggle, so it turns green, and Siri will know not to bother asking you to confirm.
8. Share (some of) your Focus Statuses
iPhone users had access to multiple Focus modes in iOS 15, but iOS 16 heavily expands this feature. One change is greater control over the sharing of status information: it’s much easier now to audit and control the specific modes that are shared and those that are not.
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Step-by-step to share focus status across devices
Go to Settings > Focus, and make sure that Share Across Devices is set to on. You can now tap Focus Status and pick and choose which modes, if any, will be synced.
We found that all modes were set to share by default, but you might not want everyone to know that you’re asleep, for example, or working out.
Finally, note that this sharing permission still only applies on a per-app basis. Go to Settings > Messages, for example, and you can toggle Allow Messages To Access Focus on and off.
9. Fine-tune your notifications
Apple has changed how notifications display on the lock screen, with those from the same app organized under what Apple calls the Stack view. This view is enabled by default, but those who’d prefer to use the old method can go back if they’d prefer.
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Step-by-step to fine-tune notifications on iPhone
Go to Settings > Notifications and select List at the top to revert to the iOS 15 notifications style. Or pick Count if you’d rather not see the notifications and just get an unobtrusive number at the bottom of the screen.
Note: The Count view is the least stressful, although you may miss some emails.
10. Stop your photos from popping up unexpectedly
iOS 16 adds a cute AI-based feature that finds what it thinks are significant photos and videos and pops them up in various places (widgets, search, the For You tab in Photos, and so on) as a reminder of happy memories. This is a charming feature, but it’s not for everyone–particularly if you’ve got embarrassing photos on your phone or just don’t want people on the train peering at your vacation pics.
Step-by-step to stop photos from popping up unexpectedly
You can turn off this feature by going to Settings > Photos and then tapping the Show Featured Content toggle, so it turns light gray.
iOS 16 has brought one wanted feature to the iPhone: turning off the home screen’s search button, along with other new features and settings that you should try.
On an iOS 15 home screen, you’ll see a little icon between the dock and the other app icons. It shows a row of dots indicating how many home screens you’ve got and which one you’re on. Once you update to iOS 16, this icon is replaced by a Search icon, duplicating the Spotlight function accessed by swiping down on the Home screen.
How to turn off the search button on the iOS 16 home screen?
Settings > Home Screen and tapping the toggle labeled Show on Home Screen under Search.
With the launch of iOS 16, Apple has brought back one of the most wanted features to the iPhone, which is the battery percentage indicator, along with other new features and settings that you should try.
Apple removed the battery percentage indicator from the iPhone’s status bar in 2017 right after launching the new iPhone generation, iPhone X, yet, they decided to bring it back with the new iOS 16 release. Still, you have to choose to turn it on manually.
Step-by-step to enable the battery percentage indicator
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Go to Settings > Battery and tap the toggle labeled Battery Percentage. A number will be superimposed over the battery icon at the top of the screen–if your iPhone supports the feature.
Apple confirms iOS 16 battery percentage display is unavailable on specific iPhone models.
The new battery percentage display is unavailable on the iPhone XR, iPhone 11, the iPhone 12 mini, and the iPhone 13 mini. Apple provides no additional information about why these devices will miss out on the new feature.
