APAC social media ad spend jumps 7% year-over-year

Year-on-Year ad spend leaps 19% globally and 10% in OCEANAirline, accommodation areas see increase in advertisement spend Emplifi provides revealed the findings of its Q2 2022 analysis of social media marketing spend across thousands of brands worldwide, which includes those in Asian countries Pacific (APAC).In a statement, the unified customer experience…Continue Reading

BSA launches survival guide to hedge against cybercrime

Cyberattacks on critical infrastructures have risen dramatically
Construction sector targeted due to high-value payments  BSA | The Software Alliance (BSA) has revealed that cyber threats on the construction, engineering, and infrastructure sectors in Southeast Asia continue to rise, as businesses keep growing and embracing new technologies as well as digital ways of…Continue Reading

Digital Penang, Microsoft to empower startups, SMEs

Collaboration in line with Penang’s Digital Change for better MasterplanDigital Penang to leverage Ms for Startups Creators Hub Digital Penang has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Microsoft Corp to drive digital alteration and build electronic skills among nearby startups and little and medium businesses (SMEs), while empowering the developer scene…Continue Reading

Iskandar Investment appoints new president and CEO

Takes over as president plus CEO from Oct 1Predecessor Khairil Anwar Ahmad retires Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) has hired Idzham Mohd Hashim (pic) as its leader and chief executive officer with effect from Oct 1 .Chairman of IIB Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir, said, “On behalf of the panel of directors, administration and…Continue Reading

Edgepoint, Xperanti work to spur Penang’s smart city ambition 

To integrate IoT in to future solutions such as flood, air quality overseeingTo create ecosystem merging IoT solutions, intelligent telco infrastructure Xperanti IoT Sdn Bhd (Xperanti), and IoT network provider within Malaysia, and EdgePoint Infrastructure (EdgePoint), an Asean-based independent telecoms infrastructure company, are collaborating to explore online business offerings beginning in…Continue Reading

Cybersecurity Malaysia, MX Global sign MoU

To collaborate on R& D, solutions growth on cybersecurity, cryptoTo establish a construction for cooperation just for cryptocurrencies, digital property CyberSecurity Malaysia plus MX Global Sdn Bhd have agreed upon a memorandum associated with understanding (MoU) to collaborate on improving the technology of cryptocurrencies and Digital Asset Exchanges (DAXes), as well…Continue Reading

Dropee, after passing Endeavor’s Local Selection Panel, aims to reshape SEA’s B2B e-commerce

Effort in growing more sales by providing robust on-ground activation teamsCan grow into being No . 1 B2B SaaS player, regionally and soon, globally even Unparalleled growth against her peers, after successfully increasing US$7 million for their Series A financing, Lennise Ng, Haslinda Rasip, and Aizat Rahim, co-founders associated with Dropee…Continue Reading

WCIT 2022 ends as Malaysia’s largest tech event ever, Sarawak is host for 2023

Sarawak is 2023 host as M’sia becomes 2nd country to host WCIT thrice
Penang believes WCIT 2022 has positioned it as global innovation hub The 26th World Congress on Innovation and Technology 2022 (WCIT 2022) came to its grand conclusion in Penang yesterday evening, officially becoming the largest and most prestigious technology…Continue Reading

Delegates from over 60 countries attend the opening of WCIT 2022

  After years of anticipation, the World Congress on Innovation and Technology (WCIT) 2022, was finally launched in Penang, Malaysia on Tuesday 13 Sept. 
Tuesday’s Opening Ceremony commenced with one of the world’s largest innovation and technology summits. The three-day congress kicked off with an event-filled programme with over 4,000 registered participants,…Continue Reading