Facebook Improving Its Messenger on Mobile
Oct 31, 2013 (Thu): Facebook is testing an update to its messenger on Android that makes it a faster and more reliable mobile-to-mobile messaging experience. This version will allow Android users to see the Messenger icon next to their friends name if their friends are using the mobile Messenger app. If the friends aren’t your Facebook friends, then you just need a contact’s phone number to begin texting others using Messenger. To...
Offerchat Releases New Chat Plugin for Major eCommerce Platforms
Oct 31, 2013 (Thu): Offerchat is a live chat tool for websites that help online shoppers and e-business owners communicate on-site with customers and shoppers without either of them having to leaving the page. Offerchat has officially released its first batch of live chat plugins that allow users to install a chat widget on their sites with a single click and it supports major CRM and ecommerce platforms such as WordPress, Joomla,...
SearchGuru to Conduct First SEO Class in Singapore
Oct 31, 2013 (Thu): SearchGuru, a boutique agency specializing in Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Online Reputation Management (ORM), will conduct their first search engine optimization (SEO) class in Singapore next month. The 3-hour express classroom training will help attendees to understand the importance of SEO from a marketing perspective, key technical points, the SEO process itself, ways to...
LOCUS-T Helps Foto-ZZoom to Improve Online Presence
Oct 31, 2013 (Thu): The online marketing firm LOCUS-T announced that Foto-ZZoom, a leading Malaysia online camera store, has appointed them to execute internet marketing services on behalf of Foto-ZZoom to promote camera and photography equipment in virtual space.
PayPal Introduces Startup Blueprint Program to Help Startup
Oct 31, 2013 (Thu): PayPal is introducing PayPal Startup Blueprint, a program offers startups additional tools and support to help turn a great idea into the next successful mobile or web company. As part of the program, not only up to US$50,000 in processing fees will be waived in the first 18 months, but PayPal will also provide white glove, developer-focused customer service. Startups that focus on making mobile or web software or...
AmazonSmile Launched to Support Charitable Organizations
Oct 31, 2013 (Thu): Amazon.com, Inc. on Wednesday launched AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), a new program allows customers to shop products that exact same in Amazon with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to their favorite charitable organization. Amazon will donate 0.5 per cent of the purchase price from any eligible purchases through...
Alibaba Teams Up with Telcos to Boost Up Mobile Shopping Sales
Oct 31, 2013 (Thu): Alibaba Group has teamed up with China Mobile and China Unicom to offer mobile users in the selected provinces to consume up to two gigabytes of data for free when using mobile shopping apps for Alibaba’s Taobao Marketplace, Tmall.com, Juhuasuan, Laiwang and Alipay. Under the program, China Mobile customers in Guangdong province and China Unicom users in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Hunan provinces can do mobile shopping...
Shopify Officially Launched in Malaysia
Oct 31, 2013 (Thu): Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) and Shopify today launched Shopify Malaysia, a localized Shopify shopping cart solution for Malaysian online sellers at Alexis Bistro, Great Eastern Mall, Kuala Lumpur. In Malaysia, Shopify will be offered in four packages – Starter Plan (RM46/month), Basic Plan (RM92/month), Professional Plan (RM246/month) and Unlimited Plan (RM557/month). For more info, visit...
MasterCard Partners with NTT DOCOMO in Contactless Payments
Oct 30, 2013 (Wed): MasterCard and NTT DOCOMO, Inc. have announced the upcoming commercial launch of iD/PayPass-branded payments via DOCOMO’s iD mobile credit payment system. The partnership will open up some 1.2 million MasterCard PayPass acceptance locations in over 50 countries to iD users beginning February 5, 2014. The iD/PayPass payment feature uses MasterCard’s PayPass technology, enables DOCOMO subscribers can make payment at...
Using Outdated Software Will Exploit Vulnerabilities For Cyber Attacks
Oct 30, 2013 (Wed): According to Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report volume 15 released on Tuesday, the top three worldwide threats for those running Windows XP are Sality (Malware family that can steal personal information and lower a PC’s security settings), Ramnit (Malware that infects Windows executable files, Microsoft Office files and HTML files) and Vobfus (Family of worms that can download other malware onto a PC; it can...
