Instagram celebrity Amanda Cerny steps out onto a road in the rain and starts dancing in a clip recorded and uploaded onto media-sharing app Instagram.“Sunny vibes on a rainy day,” …
Boo.com — Learning from one of the greatest failure of all times.
“Unless we raise $20 million by midnight, boo.com is dead”. So said boo.com CEO Ernst Malmsten, on May 18th 2000. Half the investment was raised, but this was too little, …
How to ramp up your rankings in 20 days. Hooters not included.
Local SEO has always been the saving grace of mom and pop stores when it comes to establishing their online presence. But, the local SEO landscape is changing at lightning …
Groupon MY: The truth behind its ‘acquisition’ by KFIT, finally revealed
KFit Group, a leading O2O company that also offers a subscription-based fitness sharing services in Southeast Asia, has acquired the Malaysian business unit of Groupon, an e-commerce marketplace connecting millions …
Black Friday social strategies, debunked!
The Black Friday/Cyber Monday phenomenon started off innocently enough — for 1 day only, shoppers get to enjoy unlimited savings with discounts up to 90% off select products and/or services. …
Honestbee? Well, not so honest after all.
According to some online chatters, popular grocery shopping startup Honestbee in Singapore has been on the receiving end of a truckload of complaints all thanks to the way they have …
Trouble brews at eBay
US-based ecommerce giant eBay has just fired its product and tech team in India, except 15 who may be moving to the US. These were staff working out of eBay’s …
Amazon is coming to Singapore!
The U.S. retail giant doesn’t currently offer local services in Southeast Asia, but it is working to enter the region via an launch in Singapore next year. Right now, sources …
Wix copying WordPress — guilty as charged?
WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg has taken exception to the editor used in Wix’s mobile app, alleging that the DIY web building service has copied his platform’s editor and failed to …
Facebook goes full throttle with Snapchat filters & vanishing messages
Social media has come of age, and in the case of Facebook — if you can’t acquire them with the princely sum of $3 billion, take their ideas and make …
