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Why phone companies gave Facebook Zero a free pass

Find out how Facebook secured zero rate access for Facebook Zero on feature phones. Christopher Mims wrote a comprehensive article on how Facebook is looking to take over the world with Facebook Zero. Facebook Zero was launched in May 2010 by the social network giant to allow feature phone users to access a text only Read the full article…

2 out of 3 adults are victims of cybercrime

2012 Norton Study: Consumer cybercrime cost Singapore US$944 million. Cost per victim goes up, with social and mobile incidents on the rise. A study released by Norton reveals shocking findings. The study also known as Norton Cybercrime Report 2012, is aimed at understanding how cybercrime affects consumers. In Singapore, it is estimated that more than 1.4 million Read the full article…

Use Cyfler to create an online presence on a B2B social platform

Business brands nowadays leverage on social media networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn to connect with potential clients and customers. While these channels are very effective in reaching out to users, it might not be effective for B2B brands which aim to reach out to other businesses and brands.  Cyfler, a B2B social network based Read the full article…

Vietnam’s largest Internet music company, NCT Corp., to launch social network Nivi.vn

NhacCuaTui’s users will soon have access to Vietnam’s very own social network, Nivi.vn. NCT Corporation, the company behind Vietnam’s answer to Spotify, NhacCuaTui, is currently working on the release of their very own social network. According to Vietnam’s leading tech startup blog, Action.vn, the social network, Nivi.vn, seems to be a mash up of Facebook, Twitter Read the full article…

Burpple, a social food sharing app burps its way into China

One of Singapore’s hottest tech startup, Burpple, launches new updates and ventures into China. Singapore based food sharing app, Burpple, has just launched its fully localized edition of its social food journal app in Simplified Chinese, and features an integration with popular Chinese social network Sina Weibo. The new chinese app pronounced “Bao Bei Shi Read the full article…

An app for each emotion, a social network for each identity

Everyday we are consumed by social media, and they have been affecting how we interact with one another online and offline.Let’s take a quick look at the different role each social networking sites play. Facebook is a social networking site founded by Mark Zuckerberg and launched in  February 2004.  As of April 2012, Facebook has Read the full article…

The fashion capitals: London, Paris, Milan, New York City and Clozette.

The question is: “What could a meal yield?” For Roger Yuen and his dinner company Chua Chiang Meng, Kersie Koh and Cheryl Tan, the answer is the fruition of a business concept that has so much potential, they invested S$ 300,000 to set it up in August 2010. It was then that Clozette was thus born. Clozette is a Read the full article…