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For 23 years it was the Malaysian Advertising Directory

But it’s time we called it the Marketing & Advertising Directory, while staying MAD. We have been trolling most agencies and media companies that have been operating in Malaysia’s dynamic advertising, media and marketing space year after year.  Way before our exPM earned himself the moniker King of Trolls recently.

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Facebook in danger of being fined for millions by U.S regulators

Facebook may have to pay its highest amount in a fine for violating the personal information of its 2.2 billion users. The U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering slapping Facebook with a penalty that would top its previous record amount which was US$22.5 million dealt to Google in 2012.

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USD$57m fine for Google for data breach

Google has become the first tech company to be fined for infringing data privacy laws. The search engine giant will be fined under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. France’s National Data Protection Commission which is tasked with enforcing these laws announced that it was imposing a fine of

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Najib now most active on social media

Ex Prime Minister Najib Razak is going all out on social media forums such as Facebook and Twitter to get his voice heard and his opinions out. He is even taking on DAP’s leader Lim Kit Siang on the latter’s challenges against the former PM to meet the public to

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Newspapers, are they dying?

New Straits Times (NST) group editor Rashid Yusof recently spoke about the possible death of the newspaper in his recent column. Here’s Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye’s take on the issue. As someone who has been reading newspapers since young, never in my wildest dreams did I think that one

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No more streaming from tv boxes for Singapore

The Singapore High Court has banned TV box applications that allow users to stream and download content like movies, tv shows and live sports channels. The court ordered that Internet service providers block access to these tv boxes. This follows the hearing of a motion filed in October by Singnet,

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Smart tv’s maybe affordable but there’s a reason why

Did you know why ‘smart’ televisions are so affordable these days. The reason is some tv makers collect user data and sell it to third parties which can offset the cost. Most television sets come with internet connections, ad placement and streaming services built in, and despite this prices remain

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The story behind the covers of Time

Time’s magazine’s creative director D.W Pine spoke a little about the magazine covers and what they convey. Known for its iconic cover he spoke about what goes into developing the art inside the cover. With that in mind, FIPP asked D.W. Pine what goes into thinking about, creating and developing

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WILY manager shares her top marketing technology buzzwords for 2019

Trending now: ‘Martech’, ‘XM’, ‘Activation’ and more buzzwords. The marketing manager of Wily Global (WILY), Nicolina Savelli, has provided a list of the top marketing technology buzzwords for the new year on CustomerThink. Martech (Marketing Technology) XM (Experiential Marketing) Activation Acquire Platform CRM Gamification Data-driven Big data Personalization According to

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