Perception still the Achilles’ heel for Huawei
Huawei is making headway as a serious handset-maker but is still struggling to find its footing in the United States because of poor perception and...
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Russian startup delivers vocab-booster on Apple Watch
Easy Ten, a subscription-based app that helps you learn a new language that is now also available for the Apple Watch, was the brainchild of...
Japan, Australia lead APAC shortlist for Creative Data
The 62nd Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has a total of 55 entries that have made it to the Creative Data Lions shortlist. APAC...
Catcha’s iflix expects to raise well over U$100mil
Expect Internet TV service iflix to raise well in excess of US$100 million as it presses on with delivering great entertainment value to its subscribers....
Enterprise Architecture adoption remains low, CIOs lament
While many CIOs understand the importance of having some form of an Enterprise Architecture framework in their organisation, the adoption level remains low, according to...
Mother Knows Best: Have Moms Become the Best Digital Shoppers Ever?
Don’t bother Mom if she’s on the internet (or her mobile phone). She’s looking for your birthday present, silly. Really? Looks like it. Research is...
Focus on the work not politics: Media Lions Jury Prez, Nick Emery
As the Jury President for Media Lions, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Nick Emery, CEO, Mindshare Worldwide had only three rules for his jurors...
12 Media Lions to APAC agencies; TBWA\Being claims the single Gold Lion
It has not been the best year in Media Lions for APAC agencies. In all 12 Media Lions were given out. The only Gold Lion is...
Cannes diaries: First impressions
It is just day one of my arrival here but I have decided to add my voice to the noise being created around Cannes Lions....
APAC agencies win four Gold PR Lions
APAC has scored 14 PR Lions out of a total of 79 Lions awarded at the 62nd edition of the Cannes Lions International Festival of...
Sales of confederate flag merchandise banned by Walmart and Amazon
Update: Shortly after this story was published, Amazon and Etsy announced they would join the other retailers in pulling all Confederate merchandise from their sites. This article has been updated...
KL startup Offpeak raises US$800K from China’s Gobi Partners
Calling itself a ‘restaurant discovery platform,’ Offpeak Hub Sdn Bhd has raised US$800,000 in Series A funding from Chinese VC Gopi Partners. Karamjit Singh has...
Avast targets SEA consumers, SMBs and apps for growth
Avast Software wants the world to know that it is the top dog in the antivirus market – for consumer PCs, at least. And it...
From APAC, BBDO, Leo Burnett & O&M compete for Media Lions
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has a total of 294 entries that have made it to the Media Lions shortlist. Out of this 55...
Ogilvy, BBDO, Hakuhodo lead APAC PR Lions shortlist
As digital becomes one of the key tools in the PR agency’s arsenal, a significant number of shortlisted entries at the Cannes Lions International Festival...
Clemenger BBDO, Colenso BBDO compete for Creative Effectiveness Lions from APAC
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has a total of 27 entries that have made it to the Creative Effectiveness Lions shortlist. No agencies from...
