Dubai Airports and JCDecaux SA have announce that JCDecaux Dicon has been awarded the exclusive advertising contract for Concourse 3 at Dubai International, extending its partnership with Dubai Airports to 2020.  The terminal is scheduled for completion at the end of 2012 and due to open in the first quarter of 2013. Concourse 3 will have an annual capacity of 19 million passengers, boosting the airport's total capacity to 75 million passengers each year.

Google's ex-CEO Eric Schmidt gave a speech on Wednesday at the Science Museum in which he outlined his vision for the web, and how much he believes it will change society in the future. According to Schmidt, the web is becoming “nothing and everything”. Schmidt, who now serves as executive chairman of the search giant, emphasized that there were many parts of the world that do not have access to the Internet yet. "The world wide web has yet to live up to its name. Put simply, to connect the world is to free the world."

Movies and television shows shot in Abu Dhabi will soon qualify for subsidies, thanks to a new incentive scheme being introduced by twofour54and the Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC). Productions made in the emirate will qualify for a rebate of up to 30%. "We want to properly encourage studios to see Abu Dhabi and the UAE as the go-to place," said Noura Al Kaabi, chief executive of twofour54.