Alphabet Inc’s Google announced on June 27 the biggest-ever rebranding of its advertising software, retiring the DoubleClick and AdWords brands to streamline entry points for advertisers and ad sellers. Google …
Did you know that Google is shutting down it’s goo.gl service?
Goo.gl Shortener No More Google is shutting down its goo.gl link shortening service due to a ‘proliferation of alternative URL minification platforms, like ow.ly and Bitly, as well as the …
Facebook launches Marketplace in Singapore, takes on Carousell.
Facebook quietly launched Marketplace, its consumer-to-consumer (C2C) platform for buying and selling used items, in Singapore last month. While the social media behemoth’s entry will rustle feathers in Southeast Asia’s …
Google has disabled ‘View Image’ & ‘Search by Image’ buttons
Google is making a change to image search today that sounds small but will have a big impact: it’s removing the “view image” button that appeared when you clicked on …
Uber to merge with Grab in Malaysia?
Uber is preparing to sell its Southeast Asia business to Singapore’s Grab in exchange for a sizable stake in the company, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. …
Goodbye, Helvetica.
With the way things are going, we won’t see much of Helvetica, once the world’s favorite font, anymore.
Facebook unveils sweeping changes, engagement may fall this year.
In an unexpected move, Facebook has decided to tweak its algorithm to give priority to posts shared between family and friends, at the expense of contents from brands and businesses.
Game over for ezBuy
In response, Alibaba Group issued a statement saying ezBuy’s act of creating over 1,000 accounts to buy items from Taobao, then reselling them at a higher price was an act of scalping, which it does not tolerate and will penalise.
Amazon is now in Singapore!
Late last year, the ground began to rumble that Amazon was planning to enter Southeast Asia, via Singapore, in 2017. After some fits and starts, the e-commerce giant seems set …
Jack Ma officially launches Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ) in KL today
Jack Ma, founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group, launched the world’s first Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ ) in Kuala Lumpur earlier today. DFTZ will provide physical and virtual …
