• How COVID-19 Is Impacting Security

    Turning The Tide – Trend Micro’s Security Predictions for 2021

    By: Nilesh Jain, VP, SEA and India, Trend Micro When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, organizations had to reckon with this reality – and fast. It has brought to the fore sobering reminders of perennial issues and neglected warnings that have beset cybersecurity for years. How are sectors equipped or prepared for such scenarios? Here are…


  • Rapyd launches payment capabilities in Thailand

    Nokia selected by Thailand’s dtac as its first 5G partner

    Nokia has announced that it has been selected by Thai mobile operator, dtac, part of Telenor Group, as its first 5G RAN partner in a three-year deal covering the North and North Eastern regions of Thailand. With this deal, Nokia plays a key role in ensuring that dtac’s network performance is fully 5G-ready, and enabling a faster rollout of new…


  • SHOPLINE Enables Seamless Selling on Facebook Shops and Instagram Shopping

    SHOPLINE Enables Seamless Selling on Facebook Shops and Instagram Shopping

    PRNewswire – SHOPLINE, a global smart commerce platform, has announced the availability of a Facebook Business Extension integration enabling over 250,000 SHOPLINE merchants to sell on Facebook Shops and Instagram Shopping instantly. As social commerce grows in popularity with the pandemic pushing small and medium enterprises to move online, the new feature will help SHOPLINE…


  • Pine Labs Announces New Investment from Lone Pine Capital

    Pine Labs Announces New Investment from Lone Pine Capital

    Pine Labs, one of Asia’s leading merchant commerce platforms, has announced it has raised a fresh round of funding from Lone Pine Capital. With this investment, Pine Labs is now valued at over USD $2 billion.  “We are thrilled to welcome Lone Pine as an investor during this exciting and transformative phase of Pine Labs’…


  • LG to unveil company's first QNED Mini LED TV at Virtual CES 2021

    LG to unveil company’s first QNED Mini LED TV at Virtual CES 2021

    LG Electronics (LG) will introduce its first-ever QNED Mini LED TVs at the all virtual CES® 2021 as its top-of-the-line offering among LG’s 2021 premium LCD TV lineup. LG’s newest TVs represent a giant leap forward in LCD TV picture quality. Thanks to quantum dot and NanoCell technologies with Mini LEDs as the light source, brightness…


  • OPPO establishes its first 5G Innovation lab in India to elevate the global 5G experience

    OPPO establishes its first 5G Innovation lab in India to elevate the global 5G experience

    OPPO has announced the establishment of a 5G innovation lab at its Hyderabad R&D centre in India to further develop core product technologies for 5G connected ecosystems. The establishment of this new lab is an ambitious move for OPPO as it further promotes the commercialisation of 5G. “5G has always been an essential direction for OPPO’s technological…


  • Agoda launches regional instalment payment option with Atome

    Agoda launches regional instalment payment option with Atome

    PRNewswire – Digital travel platform Agoda has launched a regional partnership with Asia’s leading buy now, pay later platform Atome to offer flexible instalment payment options for accommodation bookings first in Singapore and Malaysia, before rolling out to include eight additional markets in Southeast Asia and APAC in 2021. Under the partnership starting from 21 December, travellers in Singapore and Malaysia can pay for their accommodation in three, easy zero…


  • ESI Announces Partnership with Tencent and Moonton for MEC 2020

    ESI Announces Partnership with Tencent and Moonton for MEC 2020

    Esports Integrated (ESI), the strategic catalyst agency for both youth and sports centric initiatives under the purview of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS), has announced its collaboration with game developers Tencent and Moonton. The Company Limited By Guarantee (CLBG) consists of five entities, namely: Impact Malaysia, an initiative for youth development and social…


  • realme debuts its brand mascot “realmeow”, first to bring designer toy into the tech world

    realme debuts its brand mascot “realmeow”, first to bring designer toy into the tech world

    16th December 2020, SINGAPORE – The world’s fastest-growing smartphone brand, realme has announced the debut of its brand mascot, realmeow, a designer toy, as its Chief Trendsetting Officer. realmeow is a nod to the designer toy culture that rose in popularity at the turn of the millennium, a culture that embodies the diversified personalities of the Gen…


  • Winning the Customer Service Rush During the Holiday Returns Season

    Winning the Customer Service Rush During the Holiday Returns Season

    By Mark Abramowitz, SVP Marketing, Service Cloud at Salesforce This holiday shopping season has been unlike no other as retailers faced new challenges, resulting in reimagined digital campaigns for Black Friday and innovative fulfillment solutions. Despite all the challenges and unknowns the pandemic created, the holiday shopping period has so far been a success, with global…