Columnist: Watch Out, Email Studebakers – Consolidation is Coming
Everyone can name the email service providers that get the lion’s share of media glare — firms like Google, AOL, Yahoo. But according to Dave...
Category: Asia
Equity crowdfunding and the need to play it cool
Usually excitable DNA founder Karamjit Singh thinks playing it cool with the expectations over equity crowdfunding should be the way to go. Via DNA
Cybercrime: Malaysia not lagging but needs to level up
Malaysia drafts legislation based on the Budapest Convention, a ‘gold standard’ Via DNA
Australia leads Spikes Digital shortlist; Japan, New Zealand follow
As Spikes Asia 2014 releases the first set of shortlists, Australia’s stellar performance was marked by 22 shortlisted entries out of a total of 77...
Resist the usual or disappear: Y&R’s Sandy Thompson
To engage and to entertain: if there was one motto communication professionals could go by, it would perhaps be this. Sandy Thompson, Global Head of...
WPP commits deeper investment in China’s ecommerce mkt with Polestar
WPP Ventures contributed to China’s booming ecommerce industry with Polestar Co, a joint company for integrated ecommerce solutions. WPP Ventures is the investment arm of...
Data pick of the day: WeChat tops the list of messaging apps
With WhatsApp and Snapchat continuing to make the headlines each week, Global Web Index takes a look at the relative popularity of mobile messaging apps....
Crowdfunding the beginning of a long-term relationship
Jason Best of Crowdfund Capital Advisors advises entrepreneurs on what comes next after having raised funding through equity crowdfunding or rewards-based crowdfunding. Karamjit Singh was...
Hedging its bets, VMware embraces brave new IT world
As the dust settles on the recently-concluded VMworld 2014 in San Francisco, one thing is clear: Virtualisation and cloud vendor VMware Inc is going deeper...
From the comments: Who is really to blame for agency unhappiness?
On Friday, Digiday published a piece about why agency employees seemed to be getting unhappier by the minute. Reasons varied: from fundamental changes in the way...
Week in Review: Message behind Nova Founders’ fundraising
There are two key messages from the successful fund-raising by Nova Founders Capital, says Karamjit Singh. What do you think? Via DNA
MDeC to private sector: We’re not your training factory
The two-day Talent Conference organised by MDeC was designed to educate and reinforce to HR professionals on the need to develop and upskill their talent,...
Social Media Myth Busters: AOL and Converto Separate Advertising Fact from Fiction
Do ads on social Web sites work? That’s what AOL wanted to know. (And don’t we all?) “It’s a question many have been trying to...
Why agency people are so unhappy
“It’d be a great business if there weren’t any clients.” “I can’t think of a single person who loves their job.” “Everyone in this industry...
Disrupt #22: Meet the Disruptors
DNA-TeAM Disrupt makes its maiden trip to Cyberjaya next Wednesday (Sept 24) when Telekom Malaysia R&D plays host and sponsor to the 23rd edition of the...
New Apple wares excite … only up to a point: Analysts
A week after the much-awaited launch of Apple’s new announcements, the industry is still abuzz and busy analysing what its impact is on the consumer...
