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Odoo Middle East Partners With Hotdesk Technologies
The collaboration will benefit small to medium businesses by combining Odoo’s ERP solutions with Hotdesk’s flexible workspace offerings.
Odoo Middle East, an ERP provider enabling companies to streamline operations, boost efficiency and facilitate improved decision-making, has announced an official partnership with Hotdesk, one of the world’s premier flexible workspace providers.
This partnership combines the two firms’ expertise to foster digital transformation and drive innovation. By leveraging Hotdesk’s robust suite of workspace solutions and hybrid work management technologies with Odoo’s CRM, accounting, and e-commerce software, the duo will be able to provide unparalleled services tailored to the unique needs of Middle Eastern businesses.
In addition, Odoo will also benefit from integration into Hotdesk’s flexible workspace solutions, allowing them to access over 650 coworking spaces, and service over 200,000 existing users across the region.
Hotdesk subscribers will benefit from a number of technical and commercial benefits from the partnership with Odoo, giving businesses of all sizes a significant advantage. Odoo will provide Hotdesk users with regular industry-specific workshops, both online and in-person, along with a free trial of the company’s software services.
To cement the new partnership, the two companies will also embark on a multi-country workshop tour. The events will be hosted in different coworking venues, while special events will also take place in the headquarters of both Odoo and Hotdesk.
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“This collaboration represents a crucial step in integrating advanced enterprise resource planning with versatile work environments. By aligning our services, both Odoo and Hotdesk would be able to offer more dynamic and responsive solutions and allow SMEs to increase revenue, cut costs, innovate, and enhance their business as a whole,” explained Pavitra Singh, Managing Director of Odoo Middle East.
“One of the key topics of the current startup scene is: how do you run lean, efficient operations? That’s what the Hotdesk x Odoo partnership is built around – our common mission of enabling startups and SMEs to scale lean with technology that optimizes and digitizes businesses from end-to-end,” added Mohamed Khaled, CEO of Hotdesk.
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Truecaller For iPhone Gets Real-Time Caller ID And Auto Spam Blocking
The latest update integrates with Apple’s Live Caller ID Lookup framework, launched with iOS 18 last year.
Truecaller has rolled out a major update for iPhone users, introducing API support that brings real-time caller identification and automatic spam blocking. The upgrade aims to bring the iOS version of the app closer to its Android counterpart, which has long offered these advanced call-screening features.
The latest update integrates with Apple’s Live Caller ID Lookup framework, launched with iOS 18 last year. The technology allows third-party apps to cross-check incoming calls against a database of known spam numbers in real-time. Importantly, the process employs “homomorphic encryption,” ensuring user privacy by masking the caller’s number, concealing the client’s IP address, and using anonymous authentication.
With this update, Truecaller has also introduced global automatic spam call blocking for iPhones. However, the real-time caller ID feature is being released gradually and is available only to Truecaller Premium subscribers on iPhones running iOS 18.2 or later. Free users will still have access to ad-supported features, such as manual number searches and caller identification for verified businesses.
How To Enable The New Features
To activate the new features, follow these steps:
- Update the Truecaller app to version 14.0 or newer via the App Store.
- Go to Settings > Apps > Phone > Call Blocking & Identification on your iPhone.
- Turn on all Truecaller toggles, then restart the app.
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While these features are new to iOS, Truecaller has hinted at this update for months. Following Apple’s iOS 18 update and the introduction of its Live Caller ID API last September, Truecaller Co-founder Alan Mamedi shared his excitement on X (formerly Twitter), saying, “Truecaller finally works on iPhone”.
The global rollout of spam call blocking is already live, but users may need to wait for gradual access to the live caller ID feature.
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