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Yango Group Set To Showcase Cutting-Edge Tech At GITEX 2024

The tech company will exhibit AI, robotics, and ride-hailing innovations at GITEX 2024, underscoring its commitment to smart urban solutions.

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2 years ago

October 2, 2024

Nour Nasir

yango group set to showcase cutting-edge tech at gitex 2024

Yango Group, the well-known global tech company based in Dubai, is preparing to exhibit at GITEX Global 2024, one of the world’s most important tech expos. With operations in over 25 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and beyond, the company will celebrate its sixth year of innovation and growth at the event.

Visitors to Yango Group’s stand will have the opportunity to experience Yasmina, a bilingual, human-like AI assistant integrated into Bluetooth speakers and smart home devices. Yasmina interacts seamlessly with smart home systems, such as climate control and lighting, showcasing the future of automated home environments.

Additionally, Yango Autonomy will display its last-mile delivery robots, designed to operate in all weather conditions, providing a highly efficient, cutting-edge solution for urban logistics.

Attendees will also be introduced to Yango Ride’s latest service, Yango Rides for Business, a corporate ride-hailing solution launched in the UAE. This service offers businesses an efficient way to manage their transportation needs through a single, centralized platform.

Yango Group’s stand will also feature other innovative services and solutions:

Yango Maps: Highly accurate GPS navigation for driving, walking, and public transport.
Yango Ads: Advertising solutions designed to accelerate business growth.
Yango Tech: Retail and e-commerce technologies.
Yango Robotics: AI-powered automation solutions for warehouses.
Yango For Education: Hands-on AI and machine learning training programs.
Yango Commo: Over 300 mobile electronic products.

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Islam Abdul Karim, Regional Head of Yango Middle East, remarked: “At Yango Group, we are dedicated to supporting the region’s economic development. Our products and services are thoughtfully curated to resonate with local communities and reflect the government’s vision for enhancing quality of life through sustainable, technology-driven initiatives. At GITEX 2024, we are excited to present our latest innovations, share insights, and strengthen partnerships that will contribute to socio-economic growth across the region”.

Yango Group’s leadership team will also actively engage in discussion panels during the event. GITEX attendees can find Yango in Hall 3, Stand H3-B20.

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Instagram Redraws Its Wordmark And The Internet Reads “Instagzam”

Instagram’s first wordmark refresh in a decade arrives with new fonts, a restrained gradient — and a Reddit verdict of sidegrade.

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4 days ago

August 14, 2026

Nour Nasir

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Although Instagram’s famous camera icon hasn’t changed, the company has refreshed the handwritten wordmark at the top of its app. This is the first redesign we’ve seen in ten years, and one the internet promptly set about renaming.

“The wordmark at the top of the app hasn’t changed in 10 years, so it was time for a refresh,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri wrote in a post on August 13, describing the new version as “cleaner and more modern” while keeping references to the original design.

Instagram says its team explored hundreds of options — all-caps lettering, camera-inspired concepts, even literal handwriting — before returning to script. “Script reflects individuality, so referencing that felt right,” Instagram director of product design Jasmine Probst said in Meta’s announcement. “The new wordmark is bolder and simpler, with touches of unexpectedness. It cues individual expression, a personal voice, both of which have always been core to Instagram”.

The wordmark is part of a broader brand overhaul: an updated Instagram Sans typeface, two new fonts — the hand-drawn Instagram Pen and Instagram Mono — plus refreshed motion and layouts, and more restrained use of the signature gradient. The wordmark is rolling out globally now, with the rest arriving throughout 2026 and beyond.

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The design mixes cursive and print lettering, some characters connected and others floating free. That hybrid approach, combined with unusually shaped “s” and “r” characters, led some users to conclude the logo actually reads “Instagzam”. On the r/logodesign subreddit, one user said the wordmark looked “fan-made,” like something built in Canva; another called it “an unsettling mix of manuscript and cursive”; a third summarized it as a “sidegrade” — or, inevitably, a “zidegrade”.

Not everyone was hostile to the new look. Some found the half-cursive design stylish and surprisingly readable, while others called it an improvement on its predecessor, and one commenter argued Instagram was simply adopting minimalist branding later than everyone else. Either way, the platform now has a refreshed identity, three updated fonts, and an unofficial new pronunciation.