Topic
83 stories in this topic
Instagram is an already hugely popular photo and video-sharing social networking service, with over 1 billion monthly active users as of last year, but believe it or not, there’s still plenty of room for growth, mostly due to the many security and privacy…
Digital platforms provide a host of challenges for governments. Questions about how to best protect privacy, democracy, and speech online become more pressing every year. But policies that affect online platforms also affect international trade. Many…
Facebook reportedly finally agreed to pay data traffic fees to SK Broadband after two years of negotiations. According to local media reports Sunday, the social media giant and internet provider agreed to a two-year network usage deal to set up a cache server…
Last week, Mr.Kiyoyasu Asanuma (4th from left), Chairman of AEON Thailand Foundation, and Ms.Suporn Wattanavekin (3rd from left), Vice Chairman of AEON Thailand Foundation, together with Mr. Nuntawat Chotvijit (2nd from left), Director of Marketing, AEON…
Lenovo achieves a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the “Most people performing the warrior I pose (yoga) simultaneously (multiple venues)” on Sunday, 16 December 2018, across three cities doing a Warrior I Yoga pose simultaneously. Taking place at Boost…
Singapore’s Downtown Gallery has introduced three retail concepts that prioritise shopper experiences, pioneered by retail property developer OUE Limited. OUE Social Kitchen offers Singapore’s first communal cooking kitchen in a retail space; OUE Re:Store is…
Luxury brands experimenting with WeChat’s commerce model rose from 3 percent to 10 percent from the year-ago, suggesting that the sector is beginning to have better understanding of the Chinese commercial ecosystem. L2’s Digital IQ Index China: Luxury 2017…
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Taxation has said recently that its data center is checking Facebook accounts used for conducting business, with a view to determining any tax obligations. Not all individual Facebook accounts, however, have to pay tax on…
Indonesia’s Stockbit bills itself a “social network for stock traders.” Individual traders sign up for customizable stock market information and analytics. Basic features are free, while paying subscribers get more in-depth intelligence. The site’s been…
Starbucks has extended its social gifting promotions into China, where it has launched a major expansion program to double its stores within the next five years. The coffee giant’s new “Say It With Starbucks” program, created by Starbucks and Weixin, China’s…
Riding on the increasing digital penetration in the Country, AirAsia India is launching its first ever ‘Big ASS’ Sale on its social channels at 2130 hours on Thursday, 2 nd February 2017. Here’s the chance for travel enthusiasts to pick up their bags, without…
Yahoo’s Flurry this week released its annual State of Mobile report, which found that social and daily habits apps dominated time spent on mobile apps in 2016. Specifically, the study found that the time spent in social and messaging apps grew by four times…
China’s social consumer retail sales in October 2016 reached CNY3.112 trillion, representing a year-on-year nominal increase of 10% and actual increase of 8.8% if deducting price factors. Meanwhile, from January to October 2016, China’s total social consumer…
Starbucks Coffee and Tencent Holdings, a leading provider of internet value-added services in China, today pioneered a strategic partnership to co-create a new social gifting feature on WeChat, China’s leading mobile social communications service, in early…
Ayondo, a social trading technology developer for the financial services industry, has acquired the TradeHero brand, a Singapore-based trading gamification app. The acquisition for TradeHero’s brand outside of China and the United States, expands ayondo’s…
Kaskus founder Ken Dean Lawadinata has resigned from his position as chairman of PT Darta Media Indonesia, the operator of the Kaskus online community. Ken plans to invest in property and commodities instead of Information Technology (IT). Ken released his…
