New features added to National Day portal

DOHA: The National Day Celebration Organising Committee yesterday added new features to the portal www.qatar.qa to celebrate the occasion. The portal offers special features to engage citizens and residents in festivities.
The interactive platform reaches all users, allowing them to interact with one another through social media network with web accessibility for citizens with disabilities or special needs and the elderly.
It features latest information and news about National Day as it has been designed to provide residents and visitors with a full view of events as well as engagement and interaction across social media.
A mobile apps section allows visitors to download National Day ringtones, backgrounds and themes and mobile apps on their phones and smart devices.
Users can also choose to download any of the four mobile apps — Qatar news app, multimedia app, Qatar Events app, Augmented Reality app for iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows phone 8. The portal is equipped with friendly usage options and compatibility on most phone types, platforms and models.
The mobile apps are supported on iPhones, Windows Mobiles and Android phones. The portal is in English and Arabic, with a plan to add five more languages in the near future. The portal has been updated with accessibility options and mobile app features. The web accessibility gives residents with disabilities and the elderly the opportunity to surf the web.
Users can visualise, understand, navigate and interact with the Web as well as communicate through different channels. The portal is designed and developed by Link Development.
“Link Development has been working with Qatar National Day for four years and has been utilising latest technologies to enhance and offer the best features to citizens and residents,” said Hossam Khalifa, Country Manager, OTVentures.
The portal offers social network integration features in addition to content sharing. It is also integrated with YouTube and Flickr, enabling visitors to fetch updated real time photos and videos through Qatar National Day YouTube and Flickr channels.
The Peninsula