500 TukTuks increases fund size to US$12mil
500 TukTuks, the Thailand-focused micro-fund spun off by Silicon Valley’s 500 Startups earlier this year, said it will be increasing its fund size from US$10...
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Week in Review: Digital is a crucial life skill
With life going digital, students especially must be equipped with coding skills and digital tools, writes Karamjit Singh. Via DNA
Indonesia’s vision: 1,000 startups by 2020
The Indonesian Government believes that the republic can become the largest ‘digital community’ in the world and has kicked off a number of initiatives to make...
Why Refinery29’s global push can work
Refinery29 opened the doors to its U.K. site this week, its first part of a planned global expansion, with France and Germany on the roadmap for...
A kick up the advertising ass
Rudely awakened by the deepest recession in our careers, we’ve left the beaten marketing and advertising tracks behind us once and for all. And we’ve...
O&M SG appoints Chandra Barathi as Head of Technology
Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) has appointed Chandra Barathi as Head of Technology at Ogilvy & Mather Singapore, and Vice President Technology for OgilvyOne Asia Pacific, effective...
Data pick of the day: Google+ more popular than you think
As Google+ redefines its image to focus on communities and collections, GlobalWebIndex looks at why the social network is more popular than you might think....
Unilever taps Mirum for Rexona in Indonesia
PT Unilever Indonesia has awarded digital marketing duties for Rexona deodorant to Mirum Indonesia, expanding the wide portfolio of brands handled by the digital agency....
TechSG to map out Singapore’s startup ecosystem
NUS Enterprise has launched its TechSG initiative, in cooperation with IBM Corp, saying that it would “map out” the Singapore startup ecosystem. Via DNA
Oppo Singapore plans online smartphone sales in 2016
Oppo Electronics Singapore previewed its new mid-range Android smartphone Oppo R7s recently. DNA’s Keith Liu was there to find out more about the company’s strategy...
#ReThink: Tech startups – Too fast, too furious
Company A is an eight-year-old entity that has been operating at a loss from launch to date. In the last 12 months, it has more...
Extra Bubble Mint explores voice UGC on WeChat
To attract the post-90’s generation and to support the launch of a Bubble Mint flavour, Extra Sugar-free, along with its agencies BBDO and Proximity Guangzhou...
Programmatic advtg grows across formats in ANZ: TubeMogul
TubeMogul, an enterprise software firm for brand advertising, has reported an increase in programmatic advertising activity across all key ad formats in Australia and New...
Gauging SE Asia’s festive mood on Facebook
People across cultures are using Facebook, especially on mobile, to share their favourite festive moments, seek gift inspiration and find the best deals for the...
More Enterprises Going Mobile as 2016 Looms Large
The thirteenth Good Mobility Index Report was release this week and it shows that organizations are increasingly going mobile. Jumping out in the report from...
Millennials not as security-savvy as baby boomers: Survey
Tech-savvy millennials lose out to baby boomers in security behaviour and may pose the biggest security risk to themselves, according to a Norton study. Via...
