Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 bags two awards from AV-Test
KUALA LUMPUR: The independent AV-Test lab has honoured Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 with two major awards – Best Protection 2012 and Best Repair 2012 in the AV-Test’s end-of-year summary for 2012. “The annual awards from prestigious test labs are the most important and useful indicator of the quality of any antivirus solution. On this basis, users can see which security solutions offer the highest levels of efficiency. We are happy...
Yahoo! JAPAN and AdTruth team up in digital advertising
TOKYO: AdTruth, a global leader in device recognition to improve digital advertising has entered a partnership with Yahoo! JAPAN, to enhance Yahoo! JAPAN’s audience recognition capabilities, allowing it to more accurately define and describe its audiences, leading to higher eCPMs and improved ROI for advertisers. Recently, Yahoo! JAPAN faced challenges due to the rise of mobile devices and the steep decline in cookie effectiveness....
Emerging markets’ Consumer Confidence Index is higher than developed markets
KUALA LUMPUR: The latest MasterCard Worldwide Index of Consumer Confidence reported that consumers in the Asia-Pacific region remain optimistic despite uncertainty in the global economy. Overall, Asia-Pacific saw a slight increase from 57.2 Index points in the first half of 2012 to 59.7 Index points with improvement recorded in most key indicators: employment (54.0 to 56.6 Index points), economy (51.8 to 57.2 Index points), quality of...
SpotTrot introduces its latest mobile commerce solution for online merchants
U.S.: SpotTrot, a mobile commerce platform provider has released its latest version of platform with several key enhancements, allowing online merchants to transform their existing e-commerce site into a mobile friendly shopping experience and increase online sales immediately. The new features offered are customizable storefront, “plug-and-play” with any existing e-commerce platform, supports all mobile devices, Live search,...
Go Daddy enhances its mobile presence through M.dot acquisition
CALIFORNIA: Blake Irving, CEO of Go Daddy, an Internet domain registrar and web hosting company announced that the company has acquired M.dot, a mobile app for small business website creation and management during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Go Daddy office located in Sunnyvale, California last Monday. Blake shared that mobile Internet traffic has grown more than 10 times from 1 per cent to 13 per cent of total web usage...
MoneyGram expands its money transfer service through SM Supermall
MANILA: MoneyGram, a global money transfer company announced its new partnership with SM Supermall, a chain of shopping malls in the Philippines. Under the new partnership, consumers can send and receive money at SM Supermall’s 46 stores nationwide. Previously, consumers were able only to receive funds at these locations.
PCI SSC releases guidelines for securing payment card data in cloud environment
U.K.: The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has published the PCI DSS Cloud Computing Guidelines Information Supplement at https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/documents.php as guidance for businesses for choosing solutions and third-party cloud providers that will help them secure their customer payment data and support PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance. This guideline is a product of PCI...
American Express powers social commerce via Twitter
NEW YORK: In collaboration with Twitter, American Express has introduced a new social commerce experience in the U.S., allowing American Express card members to buy products online by tweeting special #hashtags. For instance, the card member can tweet #BuyAmexGiftCard25 to purchase the US$25 American Express Gift Card and enjoy free delivery to their door step. Besides gift cards, the card members also can buy products from Amazon,...
MoneyGram launches mobile services
U.S.: MoneyGram has introduced its mobile services for users of iPhone, Android and Windows 8 mobile devices in the U.S, allowing them to use moneygram.com to send money, find MoneyGram locations, estimated money transfer fees and view recent account activity.
More people shop online in Vietnam
VIETNAM: A research conducted on Vietnam’s e-commerce market shows e-commerce volume in the country was approximately US$300 million (RM928.05 million) in 2011 and is expected to grow at an average rate of 75 per cent per annum between 2011 and 2015 to hit US$2.8 billion (RM8.66 billion) by 2015, the Vietnam Briefing reported. The growth of e-commerce in Vietnam is believed be contributed by the increase in Vietnamese income, number...
