MasterPass Debuts in UK for Faster Payment Experience
July 30, 2013 (Tue): MasterCard has introduced its digital payment service, MasterPass for the first time in the UK, helping retailers there to avoid checkout abandonment that costs the industry £6 billion (RM29.7 billion) every year. Argos, Boots UK, House of Fraser,The Hut Group, MBNA and Seetickets.com are the retailers that confirmed to offer MasterPass to their consumers. MasterPass allows consumers to use any payment card or...
Google Introduces Zagat.com Sharing Best Restaurants and Nightspots Info
July 30, 2013 (Tue): Google has launched Zagat.com as well as its mobile app for Android and iPhone which sharing the very best restaurants and nightspots with the readers. It features latest news and video content from their expert local editors, curated lists, rating, reviews, powerful search and map-based browsing to help readers to find the local gems. Currently, Zagat only covers 8 cities in the United States and London. They are...
Penetration Rate of Broadband Increased to 66.6% in Malaysia
July 30, 2013 (Tue): According to the Communications & Multimedia Pocket Book of Statistics for Q1 2013 published by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), the penetration rate of mobile phone subscription per 100 inhabitants as per end of first quarter of 2013 is 143.4% or equivalent of 7.4 million postpaid and 34 million prepaid subscribers. The statistic shows a Malaysian may carry more than one mobile...
How to Market Yourself to the Professional World via LinkedIn
July 30, 2013 (Tue): An average of 45 million profiles of LinkedIn users viewed each day gives new professional opportunities like partnerships, jobs, mentorships, volunteering or new business to the LinkedIn members. But, how to catch the eyes of the potential partners, employers and clients? Here is the five simple steps suggested by LinkedIn in guiding you to transform your professional profile to an eye-catching profile that can...
SEA Online Population Enjoys a Healthy Grow at 6% a year
July 30, 2013 (Tue): comScore, the global digital measurement and analytics firm has released its “Southeast Asia Digital future in focus 2013” report that sharing key insights and digital trends from Southeast Asia. The key highlights of the report are: Asia Pacific accounts for 41% of the total online population or equivalent of 644 million users; Southeast Asia online population in excess of 62 million, grew about 9% a year;...
Amazon Ranked No. 1 among Malaysian Shoppers
July 30, 2013 (Tue): E-Commerce begins to make a move in the Southeast Asia region. The “Southeast Asia Digital future in focus 2013” report by comScore found local and regional online retail setups are beginning to capture the Southeast Asian online audience, especially Amazon and Lazada which are among the top retailers in the region. Foreign shopping sites are doing well in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the...
Global E-Commerce Software Market Continues to Grow until 2016
July 29, 2013 (Mon): Global E-Commerce software market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.73 per cent over the period 2012-2016, according to a recent report by the market research company Researchmoz. The high growth of the global e-tailing market is one of the major factors contributing to the market growth but open-source solution could create threats to the growth of the...
Ecwid Enables Items Export to Marketplaces Function
July 29, 2013 (Mon): Ecwid via its online statement announced that its Business and Unlimited plans customers now can export their items to 7 major shopping comparison sites such as Google Shopping, shopzilla, PriceGrabber and Yahoo! Shopping, Ebay Commerce Network (also known as Shopping.com), Nextag, Amazon Product Ads and Yandex.Market. The new function allows Ecwid customers to leverage the marketplaces’ popularity to create new...
Websites Contains Pornography, Malicious Content or Copyrights Issue Will Be Banned
July 29, 2013 (Mon): The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has blocked 6,640 websites which contained either pornography or malicious content or infringed copyrights since 2008, the New Straits Time reported. The report also said MCMC is is investigating 29 cases of websites with questionable content as of June this year. Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Jailani Johari urged the netizens to...
TM Introduces Its HyppTV to Streamyx and Mobile Users
July 29, 2013 (Mon): HyppTV, an IPTV service provided by Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) via its UniFi, will be available for nationwide users via Streamyx and HyppTV Everywhere. Starting from August this year, new and existing 4Mbps and 8Mbps Streamyx broadband customers can enjoy HyppTV service. HyppTV will be offered as part of its triple-play service of Voice, Internet and IPTV packaged at RM160 a month with 17 free channels and an...
