Fireworks Light Up for the World’s Tallest Tower ‘Burj Khalifa’
With over 10 minutes of great fireworks display, Burj Dubai which was renamed to Burj Khalifa was inaugurated by H.H Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.
Here is a video from CNN of the Burj Khalifa opening day.
After it opening celebration which was 5 hours ago, I still see until now real time search results in google for the term Burj.
And for TLD for Burj Khalifa as well as from free hosted blogs were all taken just after an hour the tower was renamed.
The Burj Khalifa in numbers
828m - height
57 - number of lifts
169 - number of floors
1,044 - number of apartments
31,400 - tonnes of steel used
330,000 - cubic metres of concrete used
$1.5bn - estimated cost
95 km - the distance it can be seen from
10C - cooler at the top than the bottom
158 - floor where “highest” mosque is planned
76 - floor of “highest” swimming pool
12,000 - number of labourers who toiled
$5 - daily wage of a labourer
$3m - price of a 80th floor one-bedroom apartment in 2008
Join ‘Golden Ticket’ competition and be the first to ride the Dubai Metro
Do you want to part of Dubai Metro’s history? Do you want to be one of the people to ride the Dubai Metro on its first day of operation on 09-09-09? Don’t worry, there is a chance that you could be by participating in the biggest contest in Dubai and win the Golden ticket by registering and answering questions.
Images courtesy of Gulf News
You can join the RTA’s Golden Ticket Competition here.
Interruption on etisalat’s mobile services
After receiving a SMS from Etisalat that I will be having an interruption on my mobile phone services from 1am to 6am, August 18, I directly browsed the internet to see if there is any news related about the Etisalat’s mobile phone services interruption tomorrow but I did’nt find any besides from report of electronic scams.
Sample image from Mikko
So the interruption is due to the reported electronic scams which have been recorded over a period of seven months now and that Etisalat is going to update their system to avoid scam problems. Electronic scams through email, SMS and phone calls are the methods use by these swindlers.
8-storey building collapsed in Deira Dubai
An eight storey building under construction in Deira, Dubai has collapsed destroying more than 10 cars, it was reported today.
I left our office today at around 5 pm so I can arrive Sharjah early to pay our SEWA bills. First, I thought there was just a car accident ahead of me. I was already near airport road when I heard on the radio that there was a 8-storey building collapsed in Ittihad road. I was upset after hearing that news but luckily I arrived Sharjah early. But when I reached home, I googled it and found out that it was in Al Quds St. cor. Salahuddin Rd. near Ramada hotel. The building was a B +G+ 6 commercial and residential building designed in Steel beams and columns.
One passer by has uploaded these videos of the said collapsed building.
The said incident was made known to local and international media because Mohammed Ali Jamadar tweets on Twitter.
List of IT companies in Dubai
IT jobs is one of the career people are searching here in Dubai. With so many new and old companies here in Dubai, each company needs an Information Technology consultant or specialist to look over their IT problems and inquiries.
If you have not been in here, most probably you have not heard of Dubai Internet City. There you will find IT companies in Dubai.
