DNA on BFM: Are our jobs at risk?
Who will be at risk from the increasing digitisation of work, and what can be done to make one more valuable and relevant? Karamjit Singh...
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South-East Asia users can now Grab a Lyft in the US
From today, Grab users can hail Lyft rides in the US from within the Grab app, the first integration to roll out from a global...
Malaysian telcos’ Q1 2016 report card: Oh dear, oh my!
Digi may have won the subscriber base battle, but how did Malaysia’s Big Three perform in other areas? Read on, and be prepared for a surprise...
Shaped by the prosumer, and the Creative Economy
webe digital CEO CC Puan is a believer in the ‘creative economy’ and the make-or-break power of today’s consumer, or prosumer. He shares how these...
Has CNN created the worst ever mobile ad experience?
I arrived from Twitter via the CNN RSS feed. Before I could see the article I wanted, I had to endure an overlay (or lightbox)...
Three things we’ve learnt from Malaysia’s spectrum reallocation
Edwin Yapp looks at Malaysia’s recent spectrum reallocation and ponders what it means to consumers, while laying out challenges for operators. Via DNA
Despite currency turmoil, SEA remains top APAC market for Dell
Despite the turmoil of 2015’s currency fluctuations in South-East Asia, the region remains the top Dell market in Asia Pacific and stands to benefit from...
Infographic: Top trends defining mobile advertising in APAC
In the last few years, Asia Pacific has flexed its muscles to become the next hotspot for mobile advertising with developed mobile networks and a...
Bacardi’s Kristie Asciak heads to OMD Sydney to lead Fuse
OMD has appointed Kristie Asciak as Head of OMD Fuse, Sydney. Fuse, OMD’s Content division, has recently been responsible for delivering projects such as Qantas’ Channel...
Dentsu creates interactive photo on Instagram for Canon
In an effort to target millennials who are active users of social media, Dentsu Singapore, part of Dentsu Aegis Network, has created ‘Canon Instazoom’ for...
GoSwiff appoints Mark Patrick as new CEO
GoSwiff International, a global financial solutions provider headquartered in Singapore, has appointed Mark Patrick as its new Chief Executive Officer. An accomplished leader with a...
Week in Review: Satya woos geeks in SEA
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was in the region and was courting developers, reinforcing the view that geeky is now uber-cool, writes Karamjit Singh, who also...
Microsoft and Singapore’s NUS in data science pact
Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative received a boost with the twin announcement of a new data science institute and the signing of an MoU between Microsoft...
Seven big challenges facing healthcare marketers
1. Digital underinvestment By some estimates, healthcare spending in the US is close to 20% of GDP, but healthcare marketers aren’t funneling much of their...
Celcom revenue plunges … and 4 more things you should know
Celcom suffered one of its steepest revenue declines ever – but it also managed to throw in a surprise or two in Q1 2016. Via...
Senheng chief: Up close with dirty data
Having spent almost 20 years on his own data journey and having launched a BI company to serve SMEs, it is no surprise that Lim...
