Week in Review: A long and hard grind
Key takeaway from Disrupt for entrepreneurs not to expect quick exit Via DNA
Category: APAC
Are You Being Followed? Yes, Soon — By Facebook
Maybe you don’t have to go to Facebook. Maybe Facebook will come to you, thanks to the emerging method of sequential mobile advertising. It’s seen...
Curious connections: Another files for MH17 trademark
Following Digital News Asia’s report of an unknown Caribbean firm filing applications to trademark ‘MH17’ and ‘MH370,’ another company has entered the trademark fray, with...
New wireless standard Hotspot 2.0 faces hurdles: Analysts
A new wireless standard is emerging and the benefits it brings to the world of enterprise business travellers and executives embracing the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend...
Digital excellence translates to higher revenue for marketers
Digital excellence can be closely linked to revenue growth and other business success metrics. It has become evident over the years that marketers that have...
Timeline vs Apps: Which one to choose and when?
Last September, Facebook announced an extremely important change to its policies, allowing businesses to run contests and administer promotions on their Facebook pages instead of...
Embarking on digital first strategy Businessworld appoints Havas Media
BWIBusinessworld, India’s largest and most respected business magazine known for its incisive writing and independent opinions, has set out on digital first route. One key...
Data pick of the day: Apple results: smartphones soar, tablets stutter
Apple’s Q2 results provide further confirmation of trends that trend tracking companies such as Global Web Index have observed throughout 2014: while our love affair...
Disrupt: 'Taking money in Malaysia would've been a mistake'
Many VCs and angels in Malaysia still have ‘demanding’ expectations Via DNA
Shoppers flocking online for convenience, prices: Google
Online shopping in South-East Asia is on the rise as more consumers capitalise on its convenience and price competitiveness, a new survey by Google shows....
Adobe: U.S. Search Ad Spending Up 9%
Adobe has released its latest ad data report for search ads. According to a post at TechCrunch, U.S. search ad spend grew about 9 percent...
Unknown Caribbean company files for MH17 trademark
In the wake of the MH17 tragedy, opportunism rears its ugly head – Digital News Asia (DNA) has learnt that claims have been filed to trademark...
Malaysia’s WaryBee in crowdfunding drive on StarHub platform
Malaysian startup WaryBee has launched a crowdfunding drive as one of the inaugural campaigns on StarHub’s Crowdtivate platform that also went live officially this morning...
What’s wrong with Facebook’s Buy Now approach?
There has been talk for a while about f-commerce (Facebook commerce) or s-commerce (you guessed it, social commerce) and it finally looks like it’s here....
‘Do the Wakudoki’, says Toyota’s first digital only campaign
Toyota has embarked on its first completely digitally-led campaign, Wakudoki, across eight Asia Pacific markets including India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam....
Ogilvy’s behavioural sciences practice expands to APAC
Ogilvy & Mather is expanding the global footprint of #ogilvychange, a behavioural sciences practice born in London in 2012 that utilises the latest thinking in...
