Data pick of the day: Why Kakao acquired Path
Outside of China, Facebook has considerable influence over the instant messaging market – with either WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger typically topping the table in most...
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Brands speaking the emoji language
Emojis, invented in Japan for sending pictographs between phones, were extremely popular in the nation for a number of years. It gradually spread across the globe...
Regulators need to look at impact of digital content, streaming
Singapore’s regulators need to look at the impact of digital content and what it means for television in the country, especially with regards to domestic...
Akamai strengthens APAC Team with 4 senior appointments
Akamai Technologies, Inc, the global leader in Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, has made significant additions to its team in Asia Pacific and Japan. Michael...
How Nars is bringing modern luxury to social media
At the peak of Nars cosmetics’ most recent social media campaign, the associated hashtag was mentioned in 30 tweets every second. ‘Breakthrough,’ which the luxury makeup brand launched in...
Blakeman departs OMD APAC CEO job for a senior global UK-based role
Ending a four-year stint as the APAC Chief for OMD, one of the Omnicom Media Group agencies, Steve Blakeman is all set to bid adieu...
Five Top Tips for Successful Programmatic Marketing in APAC
Brands that are new to Asia-Pacific or keen to push out their programmatic plans in the region but don’t know where to start, will find...
A third of global ecommerce is coming through mobile: Criteo
Criteo, the performance marketing technology company, has released its Q1 2015 State of Mobile Commerce Report, highlighting that mobile devices are now responsible for more...
Peak Performance adds virtual pop-ups to the wilderness experience
Sunrise and sunset are the inspiration for a digital experiential campaign from outdoor sports brand, Peak Performance. Virtual pop-up shops in handpicked rural locations will...
The AUG Agency eyes $15M in PE funding; charts listing plan by FY16
The AUG Agency (TAA) is in talks for a large round of private equity funding and is targeting to go public through reverse takeover (RTO)...
Ecommerce in ASEAN 6 to grow 25% annually
The online retail market in the ASEAN 6 counries –Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam have the potential to grow 25 per cent annually...
LinkedIn’s Olivier Legrand re-elected as IAB Chair in new leadership council
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Southeast Asia (SEA), Singapore Chapter has announced its newly elected Leadership Council. The governing body, consisting of industry practitioners voted...
Tech co Q4 earnings: Being mobile wise & acquisition friendly
As the heavy hitters in the digital technology and media space, including Apple, Yahoo, Google, Facebook and Microsoft report their quarterly earnings, a closer look...
#sowhoknew: Attack of the Sequels. Rebooted. Part 2
Hollywood appears to have reached an apex when it comes to sequelitis and franchise reboots in 2015. ‘Star Wars Episode VII – The Force Awakens’,...
Tablet users to surpass 1 billion worldwide in 2015
More than one billion people worldwide will use a tablet in 2015 representing nearly 15 per cent of the global population and more than double...
Alibaba Stakes A Majority Claim In AdChina
China is a market on the programmatic verge – Magna predicts that China and Japan will surpass the UK programmatic ad market by 2017 – and Alibaba...
