Online, pets get a lot of love. Especially on Instagram – some dogs have more than five million followers and get a million likes every day, while rescue dogs struggle to get attention and, most importantly, find a new owner. Knowing that people who follow these dogs online are most likely to adopt if they […]
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) unveiled its ‘TM Sejahtera Malaysia’ to mark Malaysia’s National Day – an innovative campaign that celebrates Malaysia’s diverse cultures by combining six different languages and two films together to create one unique experience. Created by Grey Malaysia, the campaign is centred around the song ‘Sejahtera Malaysia’ which was re-recorded in six […]
Since beginning its investigation into apps connected to its social network, Facebook has banned one and suspended more than 400 of the thousands of apps it has been looking into. This investigation was launched on the back of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the banned app, called ‘myPersonality’, is one of the apps at the […]
The New York Public Library (NYPL) has launched a new feature to its Instagram account: turning its Stories feature into a place to host actual stories. This feature, which NYPL has called ‘Instanovels’, shall include classic works starting with Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, formatted for the mobile space with illustrations throughout to enhance […]
Lyft wants to make it easier for people to get events on time and with the minimum effort. The ride-hailing firm has penned a deal with SeatGeek to enable Lyft users to be able to book rides through the event ticket marketplace’s app. Not only do users have the ability to book rides through the […]
Ride-hailing firm Grab has launched an advertising unit to enable brands to reach consumers in Southeast Asia both inside and outside of vehicles. Through GrabAds, brands are able to utilise Grab’s presence across eight countries and in over 200 cities in Southeast Asia to reach people taking a ride in one of the company’s vehicles […]
Appnext, a leading mobile discovery platform, has announced that TextNow, the first ever full-service freemium wireless company with over 100 million downloads, has integrated Appnext Actions into its Android app’s messaging stream. Appnext Actions maps key phrases in users’ text conversations to seamlessly connect users to additional services they need such as ordering a taxi, making a restaurant […]
Firebase, Google‘s default platform for app developers, has had a series of updates since it was acquired four years ago, and today brings the latest in that series, adding in-app messaging, new analytics reports and more. The new updates are aimed at helping developers to build better apps, improve their app quality and grow their […]
Southeast Asian transport turned ‘super app’ Grab is adding healthcare to its growing list of services, via a partnership with Chinese company Ping An Good Doctor. According to the announcement, the service will eventually be available across Southeast Asia and will use both the businesses expertise to create services, such as artificial-intelligence (AI) assisted online […]
Financial accountability software pioneer, Validu recently unveiled their unique real-time event monitoring and auditing application. Validu is the first electronic platform available that can monitor every customer engagement, every day, anytime and anywhere in the world. And all in real time. Validu is a mobile event monitoring tool for customer engagements that replaces a traditional […]