Week in Review: Yet another bid to help SMEs, using IP
Having covered SMEs for five years, DNA founder Karamjit Singh offers his take of what the latest government initiative to embed IP into SMEs will...
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PayPal dons new brand id to reflect a mobile first approach
Online money transfer and payment business, PayPal, is recognising that the connected consumer prefers the choice of paying from any device of convenience. Reflecting its...
Guzman y Gomez chooses Lowe Profero as digital partner
Lowe Profero, the global digital network of Lowe and Partners have inked a digital partnership with Australian based Mexican food chain Guzman y Gomez. The...
O&M Beijing shows how ‘Words can be Weapons’ to prevent child abuse
Ogilvy & Mather Beijing and The Center for Psychological Research Shenyang have joined hands to raise public awareness of the detrimental effects of verbal abuse...
How Microsoft got Office 365 users to balance work and play
Summary: Microsoft partnered with Wunderman International India, to develop an interactive Facebook film to create product awareness and understanding via participation that was unique to...
Global connection speeds improve, dips in some regions: Akamai
The global average connection speed continued to improve, with a quarterly increase of 5.5% to reach 3.8 Mbps, according to the ‘Fourth Quarter, 2013 State...
Mobile data traffic to increase 11-fold from 2013-2018: Cisco
According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2013 to 2018, worldwide mobile data traffic will increase nearly 11-fold...
MyKRIS secures US$1.6mil contract with Courts Mammoth
Malaysian Internet Content & Services Provider (ICSP) MyKRIS Limited, which is listed in New Zealand, said it has secured an RM5.2-million (US$1.6-million) nationwide contract to...
Support needed for the psychological stress of founders
DNA founder Karamjit Singh shares some of his thoughts from last Wednesday’s Disrupt session, and wonders if the Digerati50 can help entrepreneurs deal with their...
Launch of MaGIC ignites slew of partnerships
The Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC) in Cyberjaya was officially launched with much fanfare on April 27, serving as a strong signal of...
DiGi subscriber base slips, telco expects to regain traction
DiGi expects its subscriber growth to regain traction in the remaining quarters of 2014. This came after the company recorded a marginal (quarter-on-quarter) decline in...
Week in Review: Diversity our strength, contradiction our weakness
MaGIC finally launches officially this weekend, in time for US President Obama’s visit, which makes A. Asohan muse about what’s wrong — and right —...
Cradle moves to clean up processes after Auditor General's report
The 2013 Auditor General’s Report highlighted weaknesses in the management of activities at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd, a funding agency under the Ministry of Finance....
Disrupt: When startups get cheated, and dealing with ‘money men’
The 17th DNA-TeAM Disrupt panel session, with the theme ‘Leadership lessons from startups,’ saw our three panellists sharing their secrets and regrets, writes A. Asohan...
Singapore’s US$96mil bid to address Series A crunch
The Singapore Government has picked Golden Gate Ventures as one of six VC partners to help address the Series A crunch, reports Karamjit Singh. Via...
BlackBerry to increase focus on Malaysian enterprises
Admits it has been ‘passive’ in growing enterprise space Via DNA
