John Steedman named as Chairman, WPP Media Services, ANZ
WPP AUNZ has appointed industry veteran John Steedman to the newly created executive position of Chairman, WPP Media Services, Australia and New Zealand. As part...
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OMO tells Australians, ‘Dirt is good’ in new campaign
OMO, Australia’s laundry detergent brand, with its Dirt is Good mission, has ignited the ‘real play’ social debate via The Real Play Experiment; an online...
MOL Global’s short and bumpy Nasdaq journey
Only about 19 months after its Nasdaq IPO, MOL Global is going to be delisted: Goh Thean Eu takes a deeper look into its shortlived...
An eventful journey for Evenesis
From solving a personal pain point and building a product, to going for a listing, Yusno Yunos encourages entrepreneurs to just go for it, writes...
Starwood’s taking hotel reservations from Instagram
Everyone wants to use Instagram for sales, and Starwood’s hacking it to drive reservations. The hotel chain’s Tribute Portfolio brand is partnering with shopping platform...
Week in Review: The Chinese are coming
While most of the startup ecosystem hails the Alibaba deal for Lazada as being positive, Karamjit Singh presents two different views about its impact. Via...
TrackMaven Infographic: How ‘Good’ Is Your Social Media Follower Growth?
Our friends at TrackMaven are out with a new report and corresponding infographic that all social media marketers should study very closely. “So your social...
There are spies in your fibre!
Fibre-optic networks were once thought impervious, but thanks to cheap off-the-shelf equipment, are now open to cyber-espionage and eavesdropping. Via DNA
Telcos: It’s not about technology, it’s about entertainment
The playbook has changed. Telcos now have to look at their business as a service, suggested Huawei Consulting principal consultant Nigel Bruin. Via DNA
How do you really feel about your trading desk?
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Malaysia’s SC lays out regulations for P2P financing
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), which led the way for legalising equity crowdfunding (ECF) in the region, has now announced the regulatory framework for peer-to-peer (P2P)...
Malaysia in 4G mode while others mull 5G: Ericsson
With the perfect storm of 5G, IoT and the cloud, digital disruption is coming to every industry in Malaysia, argues Ericsson senior exec Todd Ashton....
Businesses need a digital strategy, not a platform one: Microsoft’s Rajdeep Chatterjee
Rajdeep Chatterjee, Head of Digital for Microsoft Mobile Devices Group India, feels that marketing automation and data centric consumer management will be prevalent amongst marketers. In...
Ad blocking costed publishers USD 22 bn in 2015: Study
With the technology advancing, ads are now everywhere in new and different forms. But are these ads effective and do people like them? About 80...
Adform opens new office in SG under Rohit Kumar’s leadership
Adform, the open full stack ad-tech platform servicing media agencies, trading desks, brands and publishers globally, has opened an office in Singapore to service clients throughout the...
Parkinson’s NSW releases emotive ‘The Lucky Ones’ campaign
A confronting and compelling film created by J Walter Thompson Sydney for Parkinson’s NSW takes centre stage in a campaign to raise awareness of Parkinson’s...
