Author: Digital News Asia

Riverbed appoints senior VP for Asia Pacific
Riverbed Technology has appointed Bjorn Engelhardt senior vice president of Riverbed Asia Pacific and Japan.
Q2 2015 global smartphone sales see slowest growth since 2013: Gartner
Worldwide smartphone sales recorded the slowest growth rate since 2013, according to research firm Gartner Inc.
Singapore and Philippines lead in three-device usage: Appier
Users with three devices are setting the trend for multi-device ownership in Asia Pacific, according to a 10-market study by Appier, based on usage on its own platform.
Businesses in Malaysia and Asia overwhelmed by real-time data
Businesses have never had so much data at their disposal but new research from TNS reveals that many are failing to use the information to help them make informed decisions.
TIME dotCom Q2 2015 revenue up 5.2%
TIME dotCom Bhd posted revenue of RM163.8 million for the three months ended June 30 2015, 5.2% higher than the previous year’s corresponding period of RM155.7 million. 
IBM in startup pact with NUS Enterprise, 123JumpStart and muru-D
IBM Corp has announced three new partnerships with NUS Enterprise, the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF)’s 123JumpStart, and Telstra’s muru-D.
GSMA’s low-power network initiative to boost IoT growth
The GSMA has established the ‘Mobile IoT Initiative,’ a new project backed by 26 of the world’s leading mobile operators including Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel), Ooredoo and Telenor, OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), as well as chipset, module and infrastructure companies.
Two from APAC make it into MIT Tech Review’s global Under 35 list
Singaporean Benjamin Tee and American Rikky Muller, the chief executive officer and cofounder of medical device company Cortera Neurotechnologies, have been named to MIT Technology Review magazine’s global 35 Innovators Under 35 for 2015 list.
Indonesia to be APAC launchpad for GfK’s cross-media studies
Indonesia will be the first market in Asia Pacific where GfK will launch its Crossmedia Link product, which seeks to measure consumption habits across today’s high-tech media usage.
APAC suffers sharpest drop in business confidence: ACCA survey
The Asia Pacific region experienced the sharpest drop in business confidence anywhere in the world in the second quarter of 2015, according to the latest global survey of finance professionals.
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