Working for a startup: Parents and tough love
It’s hard enough convincing people to work for startups because of the uncertainty, it’s double hard in this part of the world where parental say-so...
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Digerati50: Ensuring world-class infrastructure
Digital News Asia (DNA) continues a weekly series that profiles the top 50 influencers, movers and shakers who are helping shape Malaysia’s Digital Economy. These...
Week in Review: Tale of three ‘exits’
Mark Chang exits JobStreet.com, James Khoo of SecQ.me exits but under different circumstances, while MOL Global’s Ganesh Bangah Kumar has to deal with the fallout...
As Mark Chang prepares for Act 2, so does JobStreet
Various factors contributed to Mark Chang selling off the Internet assets of JobStreet.com, and there will be no time for him to bask in the...
Pavilia Hill, NWD, Innity partner for ‘audience-driven’ mktg push
As Hong Kong’s residential property market sees the emergence of different kinds of offers, The Pavilia Hill project was looking for something distinct to make...
Data pick of the day: Mobile networking surges past 40%
Global Web Index released numbers showing digital devices that people are using to access social networking platforms. Globally, PCs and laptops might still be the...
Trending in India: The Great Indian ‘Chamcha’
As the week coursed by, one of the most hilarious advertising campaigns that was trending in India this week was from the national daily, The...
WeChat to overtake WhatsApp as top messaging app in India: GWI
India has experienced a 113 per cent increase in the number of people utilising mobile messaging tools since 2013. According to Global Web Index’s study,...
Margins are misleading indicators, says Axiata CEO
A better way to measure telcos is ROCE or ROIC Via DNA
Carama out to build trust between car owners and mechanics
A billion-dollar company has taken it upon itself to improve the levels of trust between consumers and their friendly neighbourhood workshops. And it has taken...
Automotive online classifieds market heats up with MyEG entry
Malaysia’s automotive online classifieds market, currently dominated by established portals such as Carlist.my and oto.my, is expected to heat up with the entry of a...
SecQ.me founder James Khoo quits the startup life
James Khoo of personal safety app startup SecQ.me, who is leaving the company he founded more than three years ago and will be looking for...
China’s Single’s Day bonanza: Going beyond numbers to trends driving 2015
The headlines numbers for this year’s Single’s Day (11 November) sales in China are, again, very impressive. More than CNY 57.11 billion (up 60 per cent y/y)...
MOL Global postpones Q3 reporting, CFO quits, shares plunge
Nasdaq-listed MOL Global Inc, which had a dismal debut on the stock exchange, announced it would delay reporting its third quarter 2014 financial results and...
HotelQuickly out to disrupt online hotel bookings in Malaysia
After successfully raising a second round, HotelQuickly Ltd, a Hong Kong-based company that helps travellers book hotel rooms in the last minute, is geared for...
New opportunities ahead as mobile onliners set to reach 173 mn in India
Following the unprecedented rise in the mobile consumers in India, internet is expected to witness its next wave of consumers through the mobile device, according...
