Baidu acquires PPS Internet video provider for US$370m
Fri, May 10, 2013: Baidu Inc recently announced that the Chinese language Internet search provider has acquired PPS for US$370 million (RM1.1 billion). Baidu will merge the leading Internet video provider PPS with its own video platform iQiyi and making iQiyi to become the largest online video platform by number of mobile users and video viewing time in China.
Ecwid integrates with Pinterest
Fri, May 10: 2013: Facebook storefront provider Ecwid has integrated its storefront with Pinterest, allowing its customers to grow their business further by targeting 50 million Pinterest users. With the integration, people can share a product in a storefront by clicking “pin it” button and it will let Pinterest users to find and purchase the product shared.
Western Union wins four awards for its stored-value programs
Fri, May 10, 2013: The global money transfer company Western Union announced that they have won A PayBefore Europe Best-in-Category Award for “Best Prepaid Incentive, Reward, Rebate or Loyalty Card Program”, the Gold Medal PYMNTS.com Award for “Best Prepaid Innovation”, the PayBefore Award for “Best Network-Branded Gift Card” and the Banking & Payments Asia Trailblazer Award for “Product Excellence in Prepaid Payment”. The awards...
Spam in Q1 2013: History repeats itself
Fri, May 10, 2013: According to Kaspersky Lab’s spam report, in Q1 2013, the amount of unsolicited correspondence in email traffic grew slightly (+0.53 percentage points) and averaged 66.55%. The increase in the proportion of emails with malicious attachments was also small, reaching 3.3%, while the share of phishing emails fell 4.25 times to 0.0004%. In the first quarter of 2013 spammers switched to techniques that were once well...
Amex appoints new Chief Diversity Officer
Thu, May 9, 2013: American Express via its statement on Tuesday, announced that the company has appointed Valerie Grillo as its Chief Diversity Officer. Grillo’s responsibilities is ensuring that American Express remains an employer of choice and enables innovation by creating and maintaining an inclusive environment both internally and externally.
Fujitsu introduces Lifebook CH702 for women
Thu, May 9, 2013: Japan’s foremost computer company Fujitsu launched its Window 8-based LIFEBOOK CH702 laptop computer that designed for women. The LIFEBOOK CH702 comes with two color options for consumers to choose pure white or girly pink color. Processor: Intel® CoreTM i5-3317U (3MB cache, up to 2.60GHz) with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Operating System: Windows 8 (64bits) Display: 13.3″ HD LCD (1366 x 768 pixels, 300nits...
PhlPost takes big leap entering E-Commerce industry
Thu, May 9 2013: The Philippines Postal Corporation (PhlPost) has formed a partnership with logistics giant DHL Express, to enhance its international delivery service and offer more shipping options to its customers especially from the E-Commerce industry, reports PhilStar.
Google Translate supports another 5 new languages
Thu, May 9, 2013: Google announced that people now can use Google Translate to translate another 5 new languages which are Bosnian, Cebuano, Javanese, Marathi and Hmong. The new launch has made Google can speak more than 183 million on the web.
Dickies Store now with new look and improved features
Thu, May 9, 2013: DickiesStore.co.uk, the online store exclusive for Dickies branded clothing recently just re-launched its website and now comes with a plethora of new and improved features, functionality and user...
foodpanda aggressively expand its restaurants and clients base after funded with US$20m
Thu, May 9, 2013: The famous online food delivery portal foodpanda announced that foodpanda together with its affiliated brand hellofood have secured more than US$20 million (RM59.27 million) funding from a group of investors. Currently, they operate in 27 countries including Malaysia which branded under foodpanda.my. Claudio Abitante, the managing director of foodpanda.my said that the funding will be able to help them to bring in...
