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Seventy percent of Thai consumers prefer to use apps to shop online, according to a study by Wirecard – but they expect a consistent offer across all of a brand’s sales channels. According to the report, “consistent cross-channel experiences are vital to…
Malware caused Vietnamese users damage worth VND20.89 trillion ($900.8 million) last year, up 40 percent year-on-year. The surge came with the rising number of computers contaminated with malware from advanced persistent threats (APT), according to a report…
Russia is reportedly seeking to replace Wikipedia with a state-run online encyclopedia as it accelerates plans for a “sovereign internet”. According to a Reuters report, Russia plans to spend around $30 million setting up the Wikipedia replacement and…
Every time you browse the web, you would certainly have the thought at the back of your mind that someone is either tracking your activities or will be able to access information about the sites and content you accessed. Whether it is your ISP, employer or…
Although iOS 13 has been around for about a month now, Apple’s own adoption figures show 50% of eligible iPhones are running the new version of the operating system. It’s not a bad number of course, but those who haven’t updated yet are missing quite a lot.…
AirAsia has been exemplary in using digital and disruptive technologies in increasing its ancillary income, including the introduction of in-flight Wi-Fi, which is expected to create a US$130 billion global market by 2035, according to London School of…
Vietnam Airlines will launch inflight Wi-Fi service on some flights connecting Hanoi and HCMC with cities in China, Japan and Singapore. Passengers will be charged VND75,000-735,000 ($2.95 -$29.95) depending on usage time and capacity. Providing inflight…
The global average in terms of broadband speed is 11.03Mbps since May 2019, compared to it being 9.14 at the same time last year. The data from this new research was gathered by a US-based open-source project called Measurement Lab (M-Lab). “With average…
On Friday, the country’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) urged all telecom operators to suspend the use of internet data in around nine townships across the restive area of Rakhine and its neighboring Chin State. Telenor Myanmar said in a…
Today, Google, Temasek and new partner, Bain & Company released its e-Conomy Southeast Asia report for 2019, highlighting the most significant industry trends observed in 2019 and analysing the current and future potential of the Southeast Asian Internet…
Trust in tech firms entering the financial sector is strong and rapidly improving to close the gap with traditional banks in Asia Pacific where 77 percent already prefer accessing their banking services via digital channels. According to the research firm…
Huawei is reportedly planning to sell its subsea cable business according to a buyer’s filing. Made on 31 May 2019 to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the filing showed that Hengtong Optic-Electric Co, an optical telecoms network vendor, had signed a letter of…
The new INDIGO subsea cable linking Singapore, Indonesia and Australia has completed commissioning and is ready for use. The INDIGO consortium – consisting of Google, Indonesia’s Indosat Ooredoo, Singtel, and Australia’s SubPartners and Telstra – are now able…
HMD Global, licensee for the Nokia smartphone brand, has received Android Enterprise Recommended certification to three new devices in its portfolio. The three new devices include the Nokia 9 PureView, the recently announced smartphone with a five-camera…
With online privacy becoming an increasingly rare luxury these days, most all browsers offer some sort of “incognito” mode that’s supposed to help bypass various “surveillance” methods employed on the web. The demand for online anonymity has spawned a whole…
SES Networks has won a deal to provide high-speed satellite broadband services for a fleet of luxury cruise ships in the Asian market. The Luxembourg-based satellite operator has signed a contract to provide its Signature Cruise Solution to Dream Cruises, a…
