Issue 28: Trust is the Missing Ingredient

Understanding the nexus of business and technology starts with trust.

BackstoryWisam AmidOctober 9, 2019Libra, Facebook, Cryptocurrency, trust, Remittences, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Global Market, ADGM, UAE, Google, Quantum computer, Quantum computing, Sycamore, AI, artificial intelligence

Issue 27: You Should Get Paid for Your Data

A simple idea could transform the internet for the better.

BackstoryWisam AmidOctober 2, 2019ISS, space, space exploration, UAE Space Programme, technology, Blockchain, Estonia, e-residency, virtual license, AI, artificial intelligence, art, data, regulation, data privacy

Issue 26: Welcome to the Space Club

The UAE Space Agency’s greatest impact will be back on Earth.

Backstory, SpaceWisam AmidSeptember 25, 2019ISS, space, space exploration, UAE Space Programme, technology, Careem, RTA, Singapore, AI, Facebook, Quantum computing

Issue 25: What Your Battery Status Says About You

That little icon reveals more than you think

BackstoryWisam AmidSeptember 18, 2019screen time, battery, batteries, working, work, Careem, RTA, Dubai, UAE, Singapore, collaboration, WeWork, Ecuador

Issue 24: Your Private Instagram is Actually Public

Genuine privacy on the internet is little more than an illusion

BackstoryWisam AmidSeptember 11, 2019Instagram, data, privacy, data pri, regulators, regulation, AI, artificial intelligence, edtech, Squibler

Issue 23: Do you prefer QWERTY?

Get out your pens and notebooks for our back to school edition

BackstoryWisam AmidSeptember 4, 2019Business, business roundtable, education, edtech, schools, payments

Issue 22: Your Blockchain is Full

What happens when storage technology runs out of space?

BackstoryWisam AmidAugust 29, 2019Ethereum, Blockchain, regulations, Business, business roundtable, China, UAE, India, trade

Issue 21: The Bank in Your Pocket

A revolution in how money is stored and spent

BackstoryWisam AmidAugust 22, 2019Apple, Apple Card, digital banking, fintech, wellness, wellbeing, GDP, Africa, Smart Cities, bicycles, bikes

Issue 20: Taking Stock

After 20 issues of Backstory, we look back at our favourite stories

BackstoryWisam AmidAugust 15, 2019data, data regulation, regulation, education, technology, AI, art, culture, 4IR, Fourth Industrial Revolution, women, work, 5G

Issue 19: Innovating Beyond Email

A better email system will have a knock-on effect for personal tech

BackstoryWisam AmidAugust 8, 2019AI, email, productivity, slack, aol, yahoo, Facial recognition, amazon, ai, artificial intelligence, moonshot, UAE, Netflix, Cambridge Analytica

Issue 18: Happy Technology

There’s plenty of sour news out there, let’s focus on the good.

BackstoryWisam AmidAugust 4, 2019AI, artificial intelligence, Happiness, Innovation, Agriculture, Healthcare, growth, economy, GDP, Amazon, Africa, Bloomberg, Shane O'Mara

Issue 17: Innovation Through Collaboration

Let’s work with robots, not against them.

BackstoryWisam AmidJuly 25, 2019AI, artificial intelligence, Smart Cities, Amazon, Alan Turing, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Souq, Facial recognition, data, regulation, Tesla, Elon Musk

Issue 16: Is Wellbeing the New GDP?

Healthy and happy citizens are the best economic foundation

BackstoryWisam AmidJuly 17, 2019AI, artificial intelligence, chatbot, Smart Cities, aerofarms, UAE, wellness, GDP, Amazon, Alan Turing

Issue 15: Human Chatbots

Do you want to talk to someone?

BackstoryWisam AmidJuly 10, 2019AI, artificial intelligence, chatbot, travel, data, data science, Smart Cities, beyond meat, Abu Dhabi, aerofarms, UAE

Issue 14: A Fresh Take on Smart Cities

Time to take stock of urban innovation

BackstoryWisam AmidJuly 4, 2019Facebook, Libra, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Trade, Remittences, Payments, Jordan, Apple, Jony Ive, AI, artificial intelligence, Smart cities, UAE

Issue 13: Libra is a Wake-Up Call

Facebook’s Libra is about more than cryptocurrency

BackstoryWisam AmidJune 26, 2019Facebook, Libra, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Trade, Remittences, UAE, Dig, Digital wellbeing, screen time, Africa, Payments

Issue 12: Our Bespoke Future

Data collection has transformed how we live, eat, and shop.

BackstoryWisam AmidJune 19, 2019data privacy, customer experience, e-Estonia, Estonia, e-residency, Africa, UAE, investment, payments, BASIC, antitrust, Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook

Issue 11: Wellbeing in the Digital Age

We need a new approach to happiness in the smartphone epoch.

BackstoryWisam AmidJune 12, 2019Digital wellbeing, Cal Newport, National Strategy for Wellbeing, UAE, Baltimore, Eternal Blue, Smart Cities, smart city, GDPR, Beirut, ArabNet, iTunes

Issue 10: Is Smart City Tech a Crutch?

Technology is the easy part. Governance is the real challenge

BackstoryWisam AmidMay 30, 2019technology, Eternal Blue, Smart Cities, golden card, golden ticket, USA, China, trade war, Huawei

Backstory: The Newsletter

Newsletters invite us to break through the fog to focus on the issues of the day that really matter. That is why we introduced Backstory by Xische.

Backstory, OpinionWisam AmidMay 29, 2019newsletter, technology, governance, UAE, Dubai

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