Over 7.3mil #GE14 tweets; sets new twitter election record for Malaysia
Pakatan Harapan and Dr. Mahathir Mohamad were the most mentioned political coalition and party leader on Twitter during the campaign period. Via DNA
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Connected Cars: The Opportunity Is Closer Than Marketers Think
The following is a guest contributed post by Keith Petri, Chief Strategy Officer of Screen6 The rise of the connected car has been swift. With...
Farfetch picks Reuters Communications in China
Reuter Communications has won the China communications retainer for global luxury fashion technology platform, Farfetch. The luxury marketing and communications agency will oversee strategic communications...
Australian Avocados goes for a brand refresh in new campaign
Ikon Sydney has launched its first campaign for Hort Innovation’s Australian Avocados brand since winning the business earlier this year, following a competitive pitch. The...
Hasbro signs new partnership with DeVries Global Singapore
Global play and entertainment company, Hasbro, has appointed DeVries Global to spearhead its integrated marketing communications program in Singapore for a portfolio of brands including...
Cathay Organisation rebrands Cineleisure
Cathay Organisation, a Singapore brand that is synonymous with movies and entertainment, has, over the years, diversified into property management and development. Today, the Group...
Securities Commission calls for applications for RM1bil venture capital fund
Initiative seeks to further enhance VC ecosystem in Malaysia Via DNA
Machine learning algorithms dive into GE14 battle on Twitter-verse
Data analytics can leverage upon morally-ethical data sources and still produce highly-impactful, game-changing insights. Via DNA
App consumer spend to grow 92% from 2017-2022: Report
Global consumer spend in app stores is poised to grow to US$156.5B by 2022, up 92 per cent from 2017, according to a new report...
Michael Zhang joins Merkle &c as CEO of media services
Dentsu Aegis Network has appointed Michael Zhang as CEO of Merkle &c – Media Services, effective on May 2. Merkle &c is the new brand...
Valtech names APAC Regional Director
Valtech, a global digital agency, has promoted its Singapore and China Managing Director, Henri Petitet, to the newly created role of Regional Director Asia-Pacific, in...
GroupM appoints Sameer Singh as CEO, South Asia
GroupM has appointed Sameer Singh (Sam Singh) as CEO of its South Asia operations. Mr Singh will lead the continued development of GroupM’s data-centric enablement for its...
#sowhoknew: Are you ‘weird’ if you don’t use social media?
I shared a spoof video last week about a girl who is freaked out because her new boyfriend didn’t use any form of social media....
WPP’s revenue down by 4% in Q1 2017
WPP’s reported revenue for the first quarter is down 4.0 per cent at £3.555 billion while the reported revenue less pass-through costs down 5.1 per...
How McAfee got its Cybermum portal trending in India
The internet has gradually evolved towards self-expression and social interaction, where adolescents indiscriminately indulging in information exchange has bred to a hunting ground for cybercriminals....
WhatsApp’s co-founder Jan Koum quits Facebook
WhatsApp’s co-founder Jan Koum is leaving Facebook a few months after the other co-founder Brian Acton left late last year. Mr Koum said in a...
