Social Media

Trend Micro: Beware Iron Man 3 ... streaming sites
With the current hype around the third Iron Man movie, security company Trend Micro Inc said hundreds of websites have emerged claiming to stream the box office hit. Not only only are they scams, they open up users to malware threats.
We Asians love food and social media; and combining them
According to MasterCard’s latest survey on Consumer Purchasing Priorities – Dining, more than one-third of Asia Pacific consumers regularly look for online reviews before making dining out decisions.
Maxis launches ‘social edition’ Hotlink
Maxis has launched its three-in-one Hotlink Social Edition prepaid plan, which gives free unlimited access to Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp.
Attention, investors: Company disclosures now on social media
DNA columnist Jagdish Singh Malhi takes a break from his regular series on social media marketing to look at the SEC’s announcement that it is okay to use social media to make company disclosures.
GE13: Politweet aims to make sense of social media noise
Social media may not win you votes, but its effectiveness as a communications medium cannot be underestimated. Politweet hopes to make sense of it all with non-partisan research and analysis on the political use of the medium.
People power rules, thanks to social media: Havas study
According to Havas Worldwide’s study on Communities and Citizenship, people, empowered by social media, is the single greatest agent of change -- not governments or politicians.
Spotlight trained on Malaysia’s 'social media' election
Will social media and its associated tools make a difference in Malaysia's 13th General Election? Edwin Yapp looks backs on developments and concludes that it will, but warns that netizens and voters must be careful how to interpret information that will undoubtedly be flying about this season.
GE13: Technology and democracy, like a horse and carriage
Malaysia goes to the polls within the next 60 days in what is expected to be the most closely-fought general election in its history. A. Asohan looks at the role the Internet, and especially social media, will play.
Digital interaction data drives marketer spending
According to a study by Infogroup Targeting Solutions and Yesmail Interactive, marketers worldwide are continuing to invest in making sense of the surge of data produced by digital interactions with customers.
DiGi offers free Twitter use via Opera Mini
DiGi has collaborated with Twitter to become the Malaysian telco to offer free access to the latter’s micro-blogging social media site, effective Feb 25 via the Opera Mini browser.
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