Week in Review: More moolah for SEA startups, and Digerati50 2.0 is up!
A new US$30mil venture fund targeting early stage startups is sure to warm the hearts of founders, while Karamjit Singh is also proud to announce...
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IDC: Wearables Shipments to Top 213 Million Units in 2020
pple WatchAccording to the latest data from IDC, global shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 101.9 million units by the end of 2016....
From entrepreneur to angel: Douglas Khoo’s journey
Malaysian entrepreneur-turned-angel Douglas Khoo of Qunar fame has a lot on his mind and is perfectly willing to share, as Benjamin Cher finds out at...
Is LinkedIn doomed to be a Microsoft turkey?
Microsoft’s purchase of Linkedin for US $26.2 billion caught a lot of people by surprise. But the acquisition makes no sense when you consider the...
Analytics everywhere: Using what you know
One of the most powerful ways to transform is to use the unstructured data encircling your business every day, but to make that leap, you...
SEA governments’ tech programmes stumped by lack of skills and infrastructure: EIU
Sub-par hardware, manpower shortages and poor data-sharing are hampering the uptake of cutting-edge technology by the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand,...
Microsoft to Acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion
In what could likely be on the of biggest social media stories of 2016, Microsoft on Monday announced plans to acquire LinkedIn in a deal...
HK’s OpenPort wants to fix Indonesia’s archaic logistics sector
While the Indonesian Government is trying to reduce logistics cost with policy reforms and by accelerating infrastructure development, HK-based digital logistics startup OpenPort is attempting...
Kakitangan.com offers a one-stop HR platform for SMEs
KL-based Coastal Hectares has developed Kakitangan.com to help Malaysian SMEs automate their HR processes via the cloud, and is now ready for the next level....
Data in motion: What are your employees doing to your data?
IT departments are fighting a losing battle against rogue or shadow IT, and employees are unknowingly exposing organisations to reputational risk. Via DNA
The power of one
Dispelling the widely held belief that single-founder startups cannot be successful, Benson Chang of Tableapp overcame the exit of his cofounder and over the past...
Week in Review: Should the CEO be a chief pivoting officer?
Patrick Grove’s Wild Digital and its stellar cast of speakers captures the attention of Karamjit Singh, would like to see competitors to some of Grove’s...
Google AdWords Launches ‘Conversion Import for Salesforce’ to Better Track Campaigns
“For many marketers, dealing with the technology and scale necessary to tie offline conversions back to the keywords and ads that drive them can be...
Software testing is big business in Malaysia, says IDC
Leveraging on policy tools to support the creation of a strong pool of homegrown software testing companies is but one of a number of initiatives...
New MaGIC CEO rolls up his sleeves, ready to launch new stuff
Newly-minted MaGIC CEO Ashran Ghazi shares his thoughts on the ecosystem and the latest project he’s working on: Creativity and Innovation Labs which will be...
We completely f**ked up in our first 8yrs: Catcha’s Patrick Grove
It took Catcha eight years of stumbles before it finally found success said cofounder Patrick Grove, who also listed the 5Ps of building a disruptive...
