Foodpanda out to ‘save’ Singapore’s F&B industry
Only six in 10 F&B businesses in Singapore, and foodpanda is giving F&B outlets a fighting chance by offering delivery with little to no upfront...
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Apple Seed looks to plug the startup ‘valley of death’
The cold, hard truth is that 90% of startups fail within three years, and it is this ‘valley of death’ that Apple Seed Venture Incubator...
What Microsoft’s move to Baidu from Bing in China means
Bing has never really taken off in Asia. Most countries are seeing low single digital usage rates. And in China, it’s almost virtually non-existent ever...
Five questions to eYeka on ideas crowdsourcing
‘An idea can come from anywhere’, the mantra is cornerstone for most marketing advice. eYeka, however, takes the advice quite literally as François Petavy, CEO...
Facebook eyes TV dollars with new brand ad tools
Facebook is rolling out a slate of new advertising products which are aimed at attracting the TV advertisers to the one and a half billion...
Singapore PC market grew 12% in 1H 2015: Gartner
PC vendors shipped a total of 588,300 units in Singapore in the first half of 2015, a 12 percent growth over the same period last...
Google to match Facebook by giving advertisers better data targeting
Google is about to give brands a new way to target their own customers with ads across its platform, opening a marketing opportunity already offered by...
Week in Review: The slumbering dragon is awakening
Adding to the excitement of Tuesday’s What’s Next, 500 Startups is going to present the results of its pioneering study of 500 of the world’s...
Clock ticking for retailers, says What’s Next speaker
Adrian Vanzyl, chairman of Bangkok-based fulfillment startup aCommerce, says that traditional retailers have just a 12-month window to get into e-commerce. You can catch him...
SMBs Getting More Mobile, But Only 33 Percent Have Mobile-Optimized Website
While the majority of U.S. small- and medium-sized businesses don’t have a mobile-optimized website, the odds are getting better every quarter. “Among the group of...
#sowhoknew: A ‘dislike’ button on Facebook? I dislike…
Mark Zuckerberg has finally raised the notion of introducing a ‘dislike’ button on Facebook but it seems that many users (myself included) believe the idea...
Chinese millennials love spending on luxury products most in APAC
Millennials in China are the biggest purchasers of luxury goods in Asia Pacific, followed by South Korea and Hong Kong, according to data by Mastercard....
Microsoft Asia appoints VP for Microsoft Business Solutions
Microsoft has appointed Simon Davies as its new vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions for Asia. Mr Davies will be responsible for the full portfolio...
Facebook introduces 360-degree video feature
After YouTube’s launch of 360-degree videos, Facebook has also introduced the feature and will begin rolling out 360-degree videos in News Feed from September 23....
Identify theft: Complacency is Enemy No 1, says F5 expert
Cyberthreats against organisations, especially the financial services industry, are being aided by a different kind of C&C: Compliance and complacency, according to F5 Networks’ Edwin...
How Workload Automation can boost digital transformation
The right WLA tool and practices can dramatically alter your company’s ability to achieve the innovation speed and competitive advantage you need to win in...
