Week in Review: Adapting to the digital reality
The upside of technology advancements and innovation are well known and this week, Karamjit Singh ponders the dire consequences of life going increasingly digital and...
Category: Asia
Wedding and motherhood startup Nuren goes live on Crowdo ECF platform
Malaysian wedding and motherhood e-commerce startup Nuren is aiming to raise about US$48K on Crowdo’s equity crowdfunding platform. Via DNA
Gartner: 24 Percent More Spending on In-App Transactions Than on Upfront App Payments
According to an insightful new report from Gartner, mobile app users spend 24 percent more on in-app transactions than on upfront app payments. The findings...
DNA on BFM: Are our jobs at risk?
Who will be at risk from the increasing digitisation of work, and what can be done to make one more valuable and relevant? Karamjit Singh...
South-East Asia users can now Grab a Lyft in the US
From today, Grab users can hail Lyft rides in the US from within the Grab app, the first integration to roll out from a global...
Facebook rolls out 1,500 new ‘diverse’ emojis for Messenger
Facebook’s emoji for Messenger are becoming more diverse and less sexist. Tomorrow, the chat app is rolling out a 1,500 new emojis on the chat...
Malaysian telcos’ Q1 2016 report card: Oh dear, oh my!
Digi may have won the subscriber base battle, but how did Malaysia’s Big Three perform in other areas? Read on, and be prepared for a surprise...
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...
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...
ICYMI: The best ads, the worst publisher tactic and the ugly brand pander du jour
Welcome to the long weekend. You’ve earned this brief respite. If, on your rush to get out the door and hit the beach, you missed...
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...
