Author: A. Asohan
Soft Space voted best Malaysian startup at APICTA awards
Mobile payment company Soft Space International Sdn Bhd was judged the ‘Best of Malaysian Startup Companies’ at the MSC Malaysia APICTA (Asia Pacific ICT Alliance) Awards 2013, jointly organised by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and the National ICT Association of Malaysia (Pikom).
Cradle and Angels Den launch the Ideas2Invest ‘hack-celerator’
Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd, in association with Angels Den Asia, has launched Ideas2Invest (i2i) which will bring together entrepreneurs, developers, investors, mentors and coaches over an intensive nine-day programme the two parties are describing as a ‘hack-celerator.’
TeAM files opposition against Apple’s ‘Startup’ trademark move
The Technopreneurs Association of Malaysia (TeAM) has officially filed its notice of opposition against US technology giant Apple Inc’s move to register the word ‘Startup’ as a trademark in Malaysia.
UX: From submarines to … property portals
PropertyGuru’s UX guru Lisa Rehak, who has designed interfaces for military submarines, neurologists and property portals, talks to Digital News Asia about the overwhelming similarities, and the minor differences.
The ICT ecosystem and the Fourth Estate
A comment on Facebook has got A. Asohan thinking and lamenting about how very few people, including some journalists themselves, know what the role of the media is.
Disrupt on tech startups: It’s about people, people
In all the talks and discussion on technology entrepreneurship and how to nurture startup ecosystems, a critical part that is often neglected is the human element, argued the panellists at a DNA-TeAM Disrupt session.
Pouring cold water on the startup Kool-Aid
Malaysia is a promising startup hub, and the entrepreneurial space here is heating up and getting more vibrant, but we should not paint a false picture that will come back to bite us, writes A. Asohan.
Helping yourself by helping others: DiGi’s take
Having realised its business was no longer voice but the mobile Internet, DiGi also decided that the fourth edition of its DiGi Challenge For Change (DGCFC) programme should be more in line with its business, reports A. Asohan.
DiGi’s Internet for All: From ad campaign to corporate mission
When it rolled out its 3G network in 2009, DiGi realised it had to act like an Internet company, but its advertising tagline 'Internet for All' became more than just that and is now part of the company's DNA (ahem!).
Tech in Asia acquires tech blog SGEntrepreneurs for undisclosed sum
Singapore-based Tech in Asia, which on Aug 28 announced it had secured Series B funding, has acquired SGEntrepreneurs for an undisclosed sum in a move described by an industry pundit as a sign of the rapdiuly maturing regional ecosystem.
