EnSurvey sees traction improving, eyes overseas expansion
Consumers and companies can gauge public opinion on trends, products and issues
Registered more than 17,000 sessions in June, compared with 5,000 in March
Bread & Kaya: Liking a Facebook page and the law
The recent report that Malaysian police are investigating a Penang teenager under the Sedition Act 1948 for liking the ‘I love Israel’ Facebook page has raised more than a few eyebrows. DNA columnist Foong Cheng Leong looks at the legal implications.
Block Facebook? Why not go the whole nine yards?
The Malaysian Government is looking into the possibility of blocking Facebook. Why not block the entire Internet and remove ourselves from the international community, asks A. Asohan.
Facebook under fire for conducting secretive emotions study
The recent move by Facebook to conduct a sociological experiment on a select group of its users has drawn criticism from academia, analysts and social media professionals who described it as callous, unethical and irresponsible; although perhaps not illegal, writes Edwin Yapp.
Facebook users most likely targets of account theft: Kaspersky
Facebook remains the preferred target for cybercriminals who specialise in stealing social network accounts, according to Kaspersky Lab statistics,
FB ad business grows, Twitter’s revenue per visitor dips: Adobe report
In the first quarter of 2014, Facebook’s ad business continued to grow with click through rate (CTR) and ad impressions increasing by double-digits quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), 20% and 41% respectively.
Celcos beware: Voice-over-data players gunning for you
Mobile operators have to start innovating fast or else the Internet players will start eating their lunch, argues Edwin Yapp.
US$19b for WhatsApp: How are businesses valuated anyway?
Business acquisition is a tricky and risky game, and if you are interested in playing, you have to know the rules – which iMoney’s Iris Lee lays out in this article.
Facebook and GSMA in joint move to ‘connect the unconnected’
The GSM Association (GSMA) and Facebook Inc, through its Internet.org partnership, have announced a joint initiative designed to connect the billions of men and women globally who currently have no access to Internet-based communications services.
US$19b for WhatsApp: What Facebook is really getting
As the world recovers from arguably the biggest tech news of the year -- that Facebook splashed out a whopping US$19 billion for messaging player WhatsApp – analysts are in two minds as to whether the deal is worth the price, what the strategy is for the new entity, and how the social networking giant will monetise the newly bought asset, writes Edwin Yapp.
