LinkedIn Announces Acquisition of Pulse
Moments ago, LinkedIn released a public statement confirming its acquisition of Pulse, which is owned by Alphonso Labs, Inc. The transaction is valued at approximately...
Category: Asia
India: Using Technology to Update Western Interview Methods
With the growth of smartphones and tablets, the options to use technology to adapt Western methods to Asian contexts are set to grow and grow....
McDonald’s Gets Youths to Build Big Macs by Shaking Their Phones
The fast food chain wanted young working adults in China’s tier one and two cities to love the Big Mac and associate the burger with...
Can Women in Advertising Really ‘Lean In’?
Digiday asked female ad execs from agencies like Team One, BBH and 72andSunny about their reactions to Sheryl Sandberg’s much-criticized feminist book “Lean In.” Via...
Video Ad Sellers Chase TV Dollars
In a effort to tap into TV budgets, online video vendors are changing their tack. Via digiday,com
91% of Teenagers Will Buy a Smartphone for Their Next Phone
Piper Jaffray has published Taking Stock With Teens, a new report highlighting the hottest trends and purchasing preferences among U.S. teenagers. When it comes to...
Weibo: China’s ‘Twitter on Steroids’
What it is, how it works, and why it matters for marketers. Source: ClickZ Asia
IDC: Social Networks Overtaking Mobile Ad Networks
On Tuesday, IDC published an eye-opening new report highlighting that large mobile publishers like Facebook, Pandora, and Twitter are consistently gaining control over the display...
China’s Social Media Landscape 2013 – CIC CEO on Social TV, WeChat, and More
CIC CEO Sam Flemming advises marketers how to navigate the dynamic social scape. Source: ClickZ Asia
Is the CEO Obstructing the CMO/CIO Relationship?
What’s holding back the relationship between IT and marketing is that the customer is “owned” by the CEO, according to a new study. Via digiday,com
BlackBerry Shuttering BBM Music Service in June
BlackBerry is ready to rock out. This June, BlackBerry will close its cloud-based BBM Music service. The closure of the service after only two years...
Samsung’s Preliminary Q1 Earnings Dazzle Wall Street
On Friday, Samsung provided a preliminary financial update for the first quarter of 2013 and Wall Street reacted with exuberance. The South Korean tech giant...
More Nonsensical Brand Tweets
Awkward social moments with Skittles, Starburst and Kotex. Via digiday,com
Microsoft Readying Challenge to Google Glass
In February, Google opened our eyes to the great many possibilities born of a remarkable wearable technology that is being hailed as one of the...
comScore: iOS Further Eroding Android’s U.S. Market Share
On Thursday, comScore published new data from the comScore MobiLens service for the three month average period ending in February 2013. As of late February,...
Social and Digital in Japan: What’s Next?
Japanese prosumers provide insights to how the country’s social digital landscape will pan out in 2013 and beyond. Source: ClickZ Asia
