LinkedIn Announces Acquisition of Pulse
Moments ago, LinkedIn released a public statement confirming its acquisition of Pulse, which is owned by Alphonso Labs, Inc. The transaction is valued at approximately...
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India: Using Technology to Update Western Interview Methods
With the growth of smartphones and tablets, the options to use technology to adapt Western methods to Asian contexts are set to grow and grow....
McDonald’s Gets Youths to Build Big Macs by Shaking Their Phones
The fast food chain wanted young working adults in China’s tier one and two cities to love the Big Mac and associate the burger with...
91% of Teenagers Will Buy a Smartphone for Their Next Phone
Piper Jaffray has published Taking Stock With Teens, a new report highlighting the hottest trends and purchasing preferences among U.S. teenagers. When it comes to...
Weibo: China’s ‘Twitter on Steroids’
What it is, how it works, and why it matters for marketers. Source: ClickZ Asia
IDC: Social Networks Overtaking Mobile Ad Networks
On Tuesday, IDC published an eye-opening new report highlighting that large mobile publishers like Facebook, Pandora, and Twitter are consistently gaining control over the display...
China’s Social Media Landscape 2013 – CIC CEO on Social TV, WeChat, and More
CIC CEO Sam Flemming advises marketers how to navigate the dynamic social scape. Source: ClickZ Asia
BlackBerry Shuttering BBM Music Service in June
BlackBerry is ready to rock out. This June, BlackBerry will close its cloud-based BBM Music service. The closure of the service after only two years...
Samsung’s Preliminary Q1 Earnings Dazzle Wall Street
On Friday, Samsung provided a preliminary financial update for the first quarter of 2013 and Wall Street reacted with exuberance. The South Korean tech giant...
Microsoft Readying Challenge to Google Glass
In February, Google opened our eyes to the great many possibilities born of a remarkable wearable technology that is being hailed as one of the...
comScore: iOS Further Eroding Android’s U.S. Market Share
On Thursday, comScore published new data from the comScore MobiLens service for the three month average period ending in February 2013. As of late February,...
Social and Digital in Japan: What’s Next?
Japanese prosumers provide insights to how the country’s social digital landscape will pan out in 2013 and beyond. Source: ClickZ Asia
Xaxis Expands Asia Footprint in Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan in Pipeline
WPP’s audience buying firm continues Asia expansion with plans to be in 13 markets by year end. Source: ClickZ Asia
Zynga to Launch Its First Real Money Games in The U.K. Wednesday
Tomorrow, social gaming giant Zynga will introduce to the United Kingdom its first real-money gambling product made possible through a partnership with online gaming firm...
Enterprise PPC in Asia Pacific – a Client-Side Perspective
Insights on how a B2B MNC deploys multi-geographical and multi-language PPC in Asia Pacific. Source: ClickZ Asia
Scentsy Hopes to ‘Smell Success’ with Mobile Payment Partnership
Scentsy, a global leader in fragrance, has announced a new exclusive mobile payments processing partner. The goal, naturally, is to give Scentsy Independent Consultants the...
