Day two at the GITEX 2014 presented lots of launches, as well as new partnerships and statistics.

The best news for Dubai residents was the municipality’s announcement that — in cooperation with du — it will make WIFI available across all of the city’s public parks and beaches.

In addition, the municipality unveiled its new Parks and Beach App, which provides info on Dubai’s parks and beaches, the weather, entrance fees and amenities.

At the same time, Dubai Culture and Arts Authority announced Augmented Reality as an enabled mobile app.

“With the Dubai Culture app, we are setting a benchmark in fostering cultural collaboration and knowledge sharing. While its primary purpose is to familiarize users with the heritage and cultural sites in Dubai, the app takes cultural interactivity to a whole new level,” said Moza Suwaidan, director of IT department at the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority.

A report published by Trend Micro states that Saudi Arabia, with 11.01 million instances, and the UAE with 10.26 accounts, have the highest levels of malware detection in the Middle East over the last two years.

A Silicon Valley start-up, Tint, has chosen the UAE as its first overseas expansion to the region, citing the UAE as one of the major countries in the world regarding social media interaction.

The UAE is a magnate for many companies to settle and operate in, among them IT companies.

Aside from the many exhibitors for IT products and operators, there are other entities, such as magazines, newspapers, and academic institutions, which try to present themselves in the hope of getting similar attention.