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Blockchain, Cats and the idea of “Infinite Extensibility”
Last December, a new game became an overnight mega-trend in the blockchain world. CryptoKitties allowed users to buy, own, and trade unique collectible cartoon cats on the blockchain. Around the time of launch, CryptoKitties was so successful that it slowed the Ethereum network. This is a big deal, as the Ethereum blockchain is, without a…
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Ethereum, Cats and Infinite Extensibility on the Blockchain
Last December, a new game became an overnight mega-trend in the blockchain world. CryptoKitties allowed users to buy, own, and trade unique collectible cartoon cats on the blockchain. Around the time of launch, CryptoKitties was so successful that it slowed the Ethereum network. This is a big deal, as the Ethereum blockchain is, without a…
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Asia’s Top 1000 Brands – Movers and Shakers
Campaign Asia has just released it’s annual Top 1000 brands survey, covering the biggest brands with Asian consumers, the brands that have risen and fallen furthest in the top 100 in the last year, plus the top 10 smartphone and social-media brands in Asia. It’s a great overview of the digital marketing landscape in APAC.…
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SEA Digital Ad Spend to grow 13% in 2018
Digital ad spend in South East Asia is set to grow 13% in 2018, accounting for 21% of total regional media budget. That’s up from just 13% of regional ad budgets in 2015. Growth will then slow to 5% YOY by 2020 as the market matures and digital hits a 25% share of total ad…
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2018 is “The Year of App” for World Cup marketing
From 14 June to 15 July, almost half of the world’s population will divert its attention to the 32 hopefuls fighting it out for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. In the periphery, marketers will engage in a battle of their own, with brands scrambling to ride the hype and global reach of the…
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Sales increase for 51% of online retailers in SEA and Taiwan over past year
Fashion is the biggest ecommerce category, while payment methods and delivery issues are the biggest concerns for online retailers and marketers in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, according to a new report from Econsultancy and Shopee exploring challenges and opportunities in ecommerce across the region. The results revealed that 51% of online retailers and 41% of marketers saw their…
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Myanmar Digital Trends 2018
Myanmar is going through a digital transformation. AdsMy, a local marketing tech platform, have produced a trends deck covering digital marketing and consumer behaviour for Myanmar in 2018. Programmatic, mobile, video, native and digital advertising are all highlighted as growth areas. Myanmar is extremely hot with VC investment right now, built on the amazing speed of consumer…
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Mobile App Predictions for 2018
2018 marks the 10 year anniversary for both the Apple App Store and Android market. In the short time since the first wave of apps were published in 2008, they have impacted the lives of people all over the world on an unprecedented level. There are now apps for almost anything and everything – hugely…
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iKorea: Why Korea is Saying No to Programmatic
iKorea is a column by Soyoon Bach, a Digital Marketing professional in Seoul, covering developments in the Korean digital ecosystem. Programmatic media buying is a powerful infant. While the technology itself is fairly new, it’s making strides globally. According to eMarketer, the programmatic market in the United States is projected to reach an estimated amount of…
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8 Mobile Trends for 2018
With Mobile quickly becoming the go to channel for brands, there is a quiet revolution happening in the world of marketing. Mobile is growing up, and getting serious as it moves front and centre. Here are our top Mobile advertising trends in APAC for the year ahead. 1. Rise of the apps App use is…
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