Going on holiday? Beware Email Attachments from Booking Services which May Contain Trojan Spyware

July 25 (Fri): In June Kaspersky Lab registered an increase in fraudulent messages sent on behalf of booking services. These fake notifications imitate hotel booking confirmations or air tickets and usually contain Trojan spyware masked as bills for reservations. US video game maker Electronic Arts was at the center of a major scam last month as phishers used fake notifications in an attempt to access users’ personal accounts in the...

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Oracle Introduces Optimized JD Edwards Applications for Smartphones and Tablets
Jul25

Oracle Introduces Optimized JD Edwards Applications for Smartphones and Tablets

July 25, 2014 (Fri): Oracle Corporation, the world’s leading IT solution provider, today introduces 57 new Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Mobile Enterprise Applications to powering the world’s increasingly mobile workforce. The new applications, including maintenance, field service, project management, supply chain, and health and safety incident management, offer a modern user interface and simple deployment model to get...

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MSTB Software Certification to Enhance Made in Malaysia Products
Jul25

MSTB Software Certification to Enhance Made in Malaysia Products

July 25, 2014 (Fri): The Malaysian Software Testing Board (MSTB) and the Korean Testing Laboratory (‘KTL’) recently met in Kuala Lumpur for the two-day Certification Decision Seminar as a platform to gather and exchange ideas and experience in software testing. At hand to facilitate the workshop were Cho Won-Jun, the director of Software Evaluation Centre, Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL), and Dr Lee Soo-Yeon, Chairman of Certification...

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Yahoo Launches a Finance-Focused and Socially Driven Network
Jul24

Yahoo Launches a Finance-Focused and Socially Driven Network

July 24, 2014 (Thu): Yahoo yesterday launched Yahoo Finance Contributors (http://finance.yahoo.com/contributors/), a finance-focused and socially driven network where expert contributors will regularly create and share premium original...

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PayPal Penetrates into Physical Retail Space of Netherlands
Jul24

PayPal Penetrates into Physical Retail Space of Netherlands

July 24, 2014 (Thu): PayPal yesterday announced that Dutch now can use PayPal payments to pay for purchases at 1,5000 locations including cafes, cinemas, restaurants and parking meters across the country. The users just need to have PayPal smartphone application linked to a PayPal account to pay physical retailers easily via their mobile devices. The app also allows users to see participating local businesses nearby, swipe to check-in...

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The landscape of Thailand E-Commerce in 2014
Jul23

The landscape of Thailand E-Commerce in 2014

July 23, 2014 (Wed): Major E-Commerce players in Thailand are spread across different segments such as online marketplaces, pure B2C and multi-channel retail. The fragmented E-Commerce competition landscape features many players, with models such as B2C and C2C marketplaces, online retailers, auctions, and classifieds. Online marketplaces and classifieds are popular among online shoppers in Thailand, The three segment leaders,...

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Tmall.com Tops Chinese B2C E-Commerce Transactions in Q1 2014

July 23, 2014 (Wed): According to a report by Observer Intelligence, Tmall.com accounted for 50.60 percent of Chinese total B2C retail e-commerce sales in the first quarter of 2014, followed by JD.com (23.3%), Vipshop.com (3%), Tencent B2C (2.6%) and Amazon.cn (2.1%). The top five e-commerce player have accounted for over 81 percent of the total...

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Facebook Mentions Introduced for Celebrities
Jul23

Facebook Mentions Introduced for Celebrities

July 23, 2014 (Wed): Facebook is introducing its latest Facebook Creative Labs app, Facebook Mentions that allows public figures to talk with their fans and each other on the go. Mentions enable public figures to get streamlined notifications about their posts, join popular conversations on Facebook, see the latest posts from people they follow and share their story. This new app is currently only available for people with verified...

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Join the E-Commerce Reward Programme before 31 Aug 2014
Jul23

Join the E-Commerce Reward Programme before 31 Aug 2014

July 23, 2014 (Wed): Digital Malaysia’s E-Commerce Reward Programme which has been running since Jan 1, 2014 to identify and train 600 eligible SMEs with the intention of identifying and rewarding the top 25 SMEs in e-commerce, will stop accept any application after Aug 31, 2014, Exabytes said in a statement. According to Chan Kee Siak, CEO of Exabytes, the programme is designed to drive the growth of internet businesses in Malaysia....

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Dell.com Now Accepts Bitcoin
Jul22

Dell.com Now Accepts Bitcoin

July 22, 2014 (Tue): Consumers and small business shoppers across the United States now able to use bitcoin to buy items on Dell.com. This partnership has made Dell to become the largest ecommerce company to officially accept bitcoin. Dell was reported to have nearly US$60 billion in annual sales. To celebrate this partnership, Dell customers can enjoy additional 10% off a new Alienware system purchase (up to US$150 limit) when...

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