WPP awarded Holding Co award @Cannes Lions fourth time in a row
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has named WPP as Holding Company of the Year, for the fourth year running. The award followed the...
Category: APAC
A loss for SAP, a gain for Infosys?
Vishal Sikka, a member of SAP’s executive and global managing board and former chief technical officer of the company, had announced in early May that he...
Digerati50: Instilling the ‘can do’ attitude in entrepreneurs
Digital News Asia (DNA) continues a weekly series that profiles the top 50 influencers, movers and shakers who are helping shape Malaysia’s Digital Economy. These...
Week in Review: Badlisham the bridge across that ‘trust chasm’?
DNA founder Karamjit Singh has high expectations of Badlisham Ghazali becoming the very bridge that he sought to build as MDeC CEO for nearly nine...
Five Facts for Marketers About Google Tag Manager
Google Tag Manager (GTM) isn’t new, but one would think so, considering how many marketers remain unaware of its features and benefits. That’s backed up...
Badlisham leaves, having put MDeC on expected trajectory
In his last official interview as MDeC CEO, Badlisham Ghazali talks about building his people to exceed their abilities, as well as Digital Malaysia and...
Autodesk moves to standardise 3D printing with open source Spark
Autodesk caused quite a stir in May when it announced the launch of Spark, an open software platform for 3D printing, as well as a...
The Asian Mobile Lion’s roar is challenging creative thinkers
Between awards, seminars and the parties, life at Cannes can be very busy for the entire week of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity....
#sowhoknew: “I just put my clothes back on”
After the CannesYe highlight yesterday, today’s sessions by comparison could have been a damp squib. But with the Jared Leto, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Ralph Fiennes...
Digital agency XM Asia agrees to acquire SoFresh in Vietnam
XM Asia Pacific, a JWT company, is set to acquire a majority stake in Sofresh, a digital creative agency in Vietnam. The deal, XM Asia’s...
APAC wins 24 Cyber Lions; more metals, lesser Golds from 2013
It should spell good news for the region that in all agencies from Asia Pacific bring home 24 Cyber Lions. Last year, the count was...
Most white-collar Malaysians open to working abroad: JobStreet
According to a recent survey by online recruitment company JobStreet.com, 55% of Malaysians in white-collar positions said if given the opportunity, they would say yes...
MDeC: 3% revenue growth ‘high’ when seen in context (Updated)
In his last press conference as MDeC CEO, Badlisham Ghazali expresses confidence that its strategy of quality growth is the right one for Malaysia. Via...
19 APAC entries win Media Lions; PHD sets a benchmark for India
The Media Lions category saw its set of winners at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. From Asia Pacific, where over 60 pieces of...
16 Mobile Lions awarded to APAC; Australia leads; Golds to India, JP, SG
The Mobile Lions category saw an overall of 54 winners at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Of this, 30 per cent wins are...
Mobile Lions juror Kerstin Trikalitis on APAC’s noteworthy performance
After spending five full days with some of the most prominent names of the marketing business, who specialise in mobile, Out There Media’s Co-Founder and...
