Internet censorship: You’ve already won, Dr Mahathir
Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has once again gone on record to call for the Internet to be censored in Malaysia. He’s already got...
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Digerati50: Not just an investor, but an enabler
Digital News Asia (DNA) kicks off a weekly series that profiles the top 50 influencers, movers and shakers who are helping shape Malaysia’s Digital Economy....
Hooray, brands get choosier about their social content
Real-time marketing, the advertising buzzword that has plagued our Twitter streams since Oreo decided to dunk in the dark during the 2012 Super Bowl, is...
Week in Review: Lots of funding activity in SEA
A number of funding stories got DNA founder Karamjit Singh’s attention this week, and he also sees some similarities in how Andrew Wong and Chok...
Catcha.com’s Nic Lim to get his IPO … 14 years later
One-time dotcom darling Nic Lim has waited 14 years to list and will finally get his day in mid-August on the Australian Stock Exchange. Via...
Branded Content by BuzzFeed Giving Brands an Awful Lot of Bang for their Buck
Have you see BuzzFeed’s “Dear Kitten”? You probably have, since this specific bit of brilliant branded content that they created has nearly 15 million views...
Confessions of a magazine editor: ‘An impossible job’
Being a magazine editor isn’t the glamorous gig it once was. Long martini lunches with fellow wags and expensive photo shoots have given way to frantic...
mobileStorm CEO: mHealth Apps Must Be Personalized, Engaging, and Irresistible
If health apps were more engaging and more fun, consumers would start using them “in a heartbeat.” That was one of the conclusions of a...
Malaysia’s MAD Incubator gets investment boost from Singapore
Andrew Wong is in the limelight for his success in raising an undisclosed sum for his business incubator MAD, which he intends to build throughout...
Opcom to buy 40% stake in Unigel UK for US$3.67mil
Fibre optics cable manufacturer Opcom Holdings Bhd plans to buy a 40% stake in Unigel (UK) Ltd, a producer of thixotropic gel, for US$3.67 million...
Tigerspike names Alex Burke as Global CEO
Tigerspike, the global enterprise software and user experience technology company, has appointed Alex Burke as its Global CEO. Previously Tigerspike’s Asia Pacific CEO, Mr Burke...
PepsiCo marks C.C. Lemon’s Vietnam launch with aggressive mktg push
Suntory PepsiCo Beverages Vietnam has launched Japanese brand, C.C. Lemon, in Vietnam with communications created by BBDO Vietnam. The new 60-second commercial focusses on the...
Expanding APAC footprint MediaMath sets up Australia operations
MediaMath, the creator of the TerminalOne Marketing Operating System for digital marketers, is opening a new office in Sydney, Australia. In addition, a number of...
Facebook, GroupM sign major ad deal in India
Facebook has signed its first agency deal in India with GroupM. The agreement marks a significant development for social media marketing in the country. Even...
CTOs not the be-all and end-all for startups
Malaysian Chok Leang Ooi, together with his Vietnamese cofounder Trung Ngo, has a software development house that focuses on building products for startups, which always...
The changing value of data
In this article, Mark Bentkower of CommVault Systems develops the idea that knowing the value of data that is being gathered before storing it can...
