Publicis acquires mobile specialist Front Foot in AU
Mobile specialist business Front Foot is joining forces with Publicis Worldwide Australia. The move represent a major foray by Publicis Worldwide Australia into mobile-focussed communications,...
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SEA businesses still lagging on mobile-first strategies: Google
Although smartphone usage and penetration have been growing exponentially in Asia, many businesses in South-East Asia still fail to see the importance of a ‘mobile-first’...
SoftBank buys $627 million stake in Snapdeal
SoftBank Internet and Media, Inc. (“SIMI”) announced the investment of $627 million in Indian e-commerce website Snapdeal, making it the largest investor in the website....
Trevor Healy’s destination next – Nexmo
Cloud communications company, Nexmo, has appointed mobile and communications expert Trevor Healy to its Board of Directors as Executive Chairman. In addition to his board...
APAC consumer confidence at highest in 10yrs: MasterCard index
Consumers in Asia Pacific, with the exception of Australia, largely remain optimistic on their economic outlook despite continued uncertainty in the global economy, according to...
Snickers, Mr Bean, ancient China & the ‘Fist of Hunger’
In an unprecedented global collaboration with AMV-BBDO London, BBDO China has aired its own version of the Kung Fu themed TVC. In the China spot,...
IoT – still a long way to go in India
Among the most stimulating innovations in the digital world, internet has secured the top spot. Across the world we can see how internet services are...
Data pick of the day: 50% mobile users in India use Skype’s apps
Skype’s application are used by nearly 50 per cent of the mobile users in fast-growth market – India. It is eyeing such markets as potential...
Fraud-day With Sizmek: Fraud Has A Bit Of A Nomenclature Problem
This is the 12th and final installment in a series of interviews with vendors combating the problem of ad fraud. Read previous interviews with comScore,...
Channels and IoT key pieces in Dell's Asia game-plan
Channels key to Asia play, 70% of commercial business here comes via partners Via DNA
Creativity is hard, says Vine star Zach King
Vine star Zach King kicked off Social Matters in Hong Kong with behind-the-scenes insights into how the filmmaker creates powerful and engaging videos. Mr King,...
Punitha Arumugam quits as Director-Agency Business at Google India
Punitha Arumugam has quit as Director of Agency Business at Google India after sharing a over two-year stint with the technology giant. “Google has been...
Data pick of the day: Only 25% of iPad users are aged 16-24
This week Apple will once more gather a portion of the world’s media in Cupertino to share its vision of the future. After the hype...
Fraud-day With Moat: Finding Fraud Without Calling It Fraud
This is the 11th in a series of interviews with vendors combating the problem of ad fraud. Other companies participating in this series include Sizmek. Read...
Zuckerberg in India: mn-dollar fund, languages for connected audiences
Among the most discoursed, Facebook’s co-founder Mark Zuckerberg was in the Indian capital to address the first internet.org summit. The initiative seeks to make internet...
Malaysia has the mojo to be data centre hub: TE Connectivity
According to Tim Takala, technical director for Asia and the enterprise network division at TE Connectivity, there are various opportunities that Malaysia can take advantage...
