Seoul Conference on Cyberspace 2013 in South Korea
Oct 18, 2013 (Fri): The Seoul Conference on Cyberspace 2013 was kicked off in Convention and Exhibition Centre, Seoul yesterday. This two-day event is the third such conference after London in 2011 and Budapest, Hungary in 2013. About 40 ministers and deputy ministers and representatives from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) were reported attending...
Government Invites Local Travel Bloggers to Promote Tourism Malaysia
Oct 18, 2013 (Fri): In efforts to promote Malaysia’s tourism, the government is working with local travel bloggers to generate interest in the social media to promote Malaysia to the world through the Travel Bloggers To Travel Vloggers (TB2TV) Seminar. The initiative is in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2014 campaign, Bernama reports.
MasterCard Names New Group Head of Marketing in APMEA
Oct 18, 2013 (Fri): MasterCard has appointed Sam Ahmed as its group head of Marketing for Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) market. Based in Singapore, He will be responsible for the management of the region’s marketing teams and will work to ensure that the company’s brand positioning is executed effectively. Prior joining MasterCard, Ahmed was Vice President, Marketing & Category at Starbucks Coffee Asia...
Alipay to Enter Taiwan Market Next Year
Oct 18, 2013 (Fri): Alibaba’s online payment firm, Alipay plans to offer its services in Taiwan in the first half of next year in a bid to expand its international user base, according to Fan Zhiming, vice president of Alipay. However, Fan said the expansion is subject to regulatory approval.
You May Buy Your Favourite Car Online
Oct 18, 2013 (Fri): General Motor (GM), the biggest U.S. automaker has made consumers to shop for online car easily. According CBS News, shopclickdrive.com, a website initiated by GM to allow consumers to check inventory of 4,300 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealers, negotiate the price and have the car delivered without ever setting foot in the participating car dealer’s showroom. In addition to buying a new car,...
MAS Hits 1M Facebook Fans
Oct 17, 2013 (Thu): Malaysia Airlines (MAS) today announces the company has reached a new milestone in social media by having over 1 million Facebook fans. MAS’s Facebook page has experienced exceptional growth in fan acquisition with over 600,000 new global fans after the introduction of localised content for its Facebook site in 17 key countries in April this year, coupled with the unveiling of singer/songwriter Yuna as its Social...
Western Union, Lottomatica and MasterCard Introduce Prepaid Card in Italy
Oct 17, 2013 (Thu): In collaboration with Lottomatica and MasterCard, Western Union has launched My WU reloadable prepaid card in Italy. With My WU prepaid card, migrant workers in Italy who do not have bank accounts have the ability to send money transfers, receive direct deposits from their employers, make retail purchases in shops and online outlets that accept MasterCard as well as to withdraw money from ATMs across Italy. My WU...
Kaspersky Internet Security Gets VB100 Award in Virus Bulletin Comparative Test
Oct 17, 2013 (Thu): Kaspersky Lab announces that Kaspersky Internet Security successfully detected 100% of recent malware samples during Virus Bulletin’s VB100 comparative review in August. The security solution for home users was put through its paces by the authoritative publication on a machine running the 32-bit version of Windows 7 Professional SP1 Pro as part of an on-going program of tests under different operating systems....
Taobao Teams Up with LV to Combat Piracy
Oct 17, 2013 (Thu): In line with anti-piracy initiatives, China’s Taobao Marketplace has inked an agreement with Louis Vuitton to proactively remove intellectual property rights (IPR) infringing listings on its platform. Taobao will take down product listings of suspected counterfeit goods and implement preventive measures to stop sellers from listing fake items. These measures strengthen the current system in place whereby brand...
More People Will Go for Smart Wearable Devices in Future
Oct 17, 2013 (Thu): According to a whitepaper, “Smart wearables…beyond mobile” that published by Juniper Research, the retail revenue from smart wearable devices, including smart watches and glasses, will reach US$19 billion by 2018 compared with US$1.4 billion this year. Revenues will be driven by high price points for these devices allied to their anticipated strong market demand. For further details, you can download the...
