Having enjoyed the “rockstar” status in smartphones in the August of 2016, no one could have predicted that a month later, Samsung would face its biggest challenge as its flagship product Note 7 began exploding, forcing airlines to ban the phone onboard. The South Korean… Read More
Just before Christmas, Facebook quietly announced the arrival of a new complement to its Live capabilities: Live Audio. Data from Global Web Index indicates that there is real potential for this new feature to take off. Online radio/music already forms an important part of Facebookers’… Read More
With almost half of 16-24s posting a review of a product or company online in the last month, there is a decent share of young consumers willing to potentially promote brands online. But what incentives are most likely to turn this age group into brand advocates?… Read More
Highlighting the development of the entrepreneurial landscape in the UAE and the value of mentorship to business growth, Endeavor UAE has ended 2016 with the addition of 10 new high impact entrepreneurs from five companies to its portfolio. These include SouqAlMal’s Ambareen Musa; RightBite’s Nathalie… Read More
Despite VPN usage often being considered a pretty niche activity, it’s now three in 10 internet users who have used these tools to get online, up from just under a quarter in Q1 2016. And as Global Web Index research makes clear, it’s Turkey which… Read More
Technology is shaping the future for businesses and digital documents. Information are both driving companies forward and challenging them in new ways. According to Canon’s Office Insights report, digital documents are essential to workplace productivity and scanning has become a vital business element and its… Read More
Boutique PR and digital brand activation agency, McCollins Media, has begun the year on a good note with two F&B account wins, Indo Indo and Betawi. The agency will handle the Indonesian restaurants’ PR and social media briefs. As part of the mandate, McCollins Media… Read More
Facebookers are very engaged with social media – with the average user now devoting around two hours 20 minutes to networking and messaging every day. This is a metric that continues to rise on a year-on-year basis; while back in 2012 they were spending under… Read More
Testament to the ubiquity of online commerce, it is virtually all of the global online population who fall within the shopper segmentation, defined by Global Web Index as those who say finding products is a very important reason for going online or have engaged in… Read More
It hasn’t taken long for the smartphone to rise up the ranks to become the most commonly owned device from a global perspective (91 percent of internet users now own a smartphone). But the smartphone’s rapid ascent has had a dramatic and ongoing impact upon… Read More
