Why corporate VCs hate startup ‘zombies’
The corporate venture capital scene is growing and here to stay, but if there’s one thing such VCs hate it is those startups that crawl...
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Shinjiru quietly building its hosting business
Quietly and with minimum fuss, Jeffrey Khow and his cofounders have built Shinjiru into one of the leading cloud hosting companies in Malaysia. DNA founder...
In Citrix’s future, Asia not that ‘inscrutable’ after all
Asia Pacific is a “vast question,” but one that holds much potential for the future of Citrix Systems Inc, according to its chief executive officer...
Indonesia leads digital, mobile internet ad growth worldwide
Advertisers in Indonesia will spend USD 11.39 billion on ads this year. This shows an increase of 16 per cent over 2014 spending levels, eMarketer’s...
CES Asia Day 1: Chinese exhibitors dominate
The much awaited Asian edition of the immensely popular and most happening technology trade show, Consumer Electronic Show (CES) finally arrived in the bustling metropolis...
Google goes ‘buy button’ crazy
With more users beginning their product searches on a mobile device, Google is always looking for ways to improve the mobile purchase experience. The insertion...
Barry Hall asks Australians to ‘soften up’ in Kleenex campaign
One of Australia’s hardest men – Barry Hall – is urging Australians to find their softer sides this winter, in a new Kleenex Facial Tissues...
Week in Review: Speed is not a thrill but a necessity
Broadband related news dominates this week’s news on DNA with the Malaysian Government recognising that speed matters greatly, while in Singapore, leading telco Singtel is...
Easy Taxi in further retreat from Asia? (Updated)
Thailand-based freelance journalist Susan Cunningham looks into the latest tribulations faced by Rocket Internet-fuelled and once high-flying Easy Taxi. Via DNA
Ex-P1 chief Michael Lai joins Singapore’s upstart telco MyRepublic
Seasoned telco executive Michael Lai has joined Singapore’s fixed broadband player MyRepublic after the latter bought the Indonesian company Lai was working for in Jakarta....
Digi aiming for 45% population coverage for LTE by year-end
Digi.Com Bhd is aiming for its Fourth Generation/ Long-Term Evolution (4G LTE) network to cover at least 45% of the population by year-end. Via DNA
Customer experience: Innovate or suffer consequences, says IDC
Senior IT executives must ensure that they are able to offer IT-enabled products and services to address gaps in customer experience so that their companies...
Innovation edge in customer experience getting tougher: Gartner
Maintaining the innovation edge in customer experience is becoming increasingly challenging, according to a senior analyst from Gartner Inc. Via DNA
5 tips to effective programmatic video campaign planning
People today are watching more video content than ever before. Whether short-form or long-form, video is becoming available to an increasing number of people across...
Brother International SG reappoints The Hoffman Agency as AOR
Brother International Singapore, has re-appointed The Hoffman Agency Singapore as its agency-of-record for the fourth year running. This extended partnership will see The Hoffman Agency...
Lucini&Lucini India’s Kalpana Rathore on email mktg in 2015
“Email marketing is a tool that cannot be ignored anymore as it is one of the first digital ways to communicate with people individually, creatively,...
