Shaped by the prosumer, and the Creative Economy
webe digital CEO CC Puan is a believer in the ‘creative economy’ and the make-or-break power of today’s consumer, or prosumer. He shares how these...
Category: APAC
Three things we’ve learnt from Malaysia’s spectrum reallocation
Edwin Yapp looks at Malaysia’s recent spectrum reallocation and ponders what it means to consumers, while laying out challenges for operators. Via DNA
Despite currency turmoil, SEA remains top APAC market for Dell
Despite the turmoil of 2015’s currency fluctuations in South-East Asia, the region remains the top Dell market in Asia Pacific and stands to benefit from...
Infographic: Top trends defining mobile advertising in APAC
In the last few years, Asia Pacific has flexed its muscles to become the next hotspot for mobile advertising with developed mobile networks and a...
Bacardi’s Kristie Asciak heads to OMD Sydney to lead Fuse
OMD has appointed Kristie Asciak as Head of OMD Fuse, Sydney. Fuse, OMD’s Content division, has recently been responsible for delivering projects such as Qantas’ Channel...
Dentsu creates interactive photo on Instagram for Canon
In an effort to target millennials who are active users of social media, Dentsu Singapore, part of Dentsu Aegis Network, has created ‘Canon Instazoom’ for...
GoSwiff appoints Mark Patrick as new CEO
GoSwiff International, a global financial solutions provider headquartered in Singapore, has appointed Mark Patrick as its new Chief Executive Officer. An accomplished leader with a...
Week in Review: Satya woos geeks in SEA
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was in the region and was courting developers, reinforcing the view that geeky is now uber-cool, writes Karamjit Singh, who also...
Microsoft and Singapore’s NUS in data science pact
Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative received a boost with the twin announcement of a new data science institute and the signing of an MoU between Microsoft...
Microsoft, Vivoom Collaborate on Mobile-First User-Generated Marketing Strategy
Vivoom, a mobile media company, has just forged a new user-generated marketing alliance with Microsoft. The partnership, we’re told, will encourage the creation and distribution...
Clickky Impresses with Launch of CPI Index
Сlickky, a leading platform for mobile traffic monetization on emerging markets, has formally launched the Clickky CPI Index, which shows the current state of market...
Celcom revenue plunges … and 4 more things you should know
Celcom suffered one of its steepest revenue declines ever – but it also managed to throw in a surprise or two in Q1 2016. Via...
Senheng chief: Up close with dirty data
Having spent almost 20 years on his own data journey and having launched a BI company to serve SMEs, it is no surprise that Lim...
Twitter eases character limits on tweets with new rules
Twitter will allow its users to say more in the 140 character limit by doing away with certain rules. In the coming months, adding videos,...
Pizza Hut Asia trials SoftBank’s robot for MasteCard payments
MasterCard unveiled the first commerce application for SoftBank Robotics’ humanoid robot Pepper. The application will be powered by MasterPass, the global digital payment service from...
JWT hires Marco Versolato as CCO for Singapore & Global Lux ECD
J. Walter Thompson has appointed Marco Versolato in the dual role of Chief Creative Officer of J. Walter Thompson Singapore and Global Executive Creative Director for...
