AFP wins three prizes at the Human Rights Press Awards

HONG KONG, CHINA: Iran-based Behrouz won two prizes in the photojournalism feature category for his images of street children and heroin addicts in the strife-torn southern Pakistani city of Karachi. 24 Apr 2012 09:36

Latest news on iPad availability

CUPERTINO, US: Apple has announced the new iPad, the third generation mobile device, will arrive at Apple's retail stores and the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com) on Friday, 16 March in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK; along with Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. 15 Mar 2012 10:40

AFP wins top videographic award

HONG KONG, CHINA: The World Association of Journalists and Press Editors has awarded an AFP videographic first prize in the category 'Best Online Animated Graphic' at the Asian Conference On Digital Media In Hong Kong. 25 Nov 2011 10:16

Asian digital publishing innovators announced

HONG KONG, CHINA: WAN-IFRA, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, has announced the winners of the second annual Asian Digital Media Awards, presented 24 November during the sold-out Digital Media Asia conference in Hong Kong. 25 Nov 2011 09:54

South African on 2012 One Show 2012 judging panel

NEW YORK, US: More than 25 of advertising's most influential and respected professionals - including Ross Chowles, of Jupiter Drawing Room, Cape Town - have been selected to judge the One Show, claimed to be the premier international awards competition. 14 Nov 2011 07:57

Google to build Asia data centres as market surges

HONG KONG: Google said Wednesday (28 September 2011) it will build three data centres in Asia at a cost of more than $200 million, as the number of Internet users in the region soars along with stiff competition from rivals. Google plans to build the new centres in Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong on a total of 22.6 hectares (56 acres) of land, the firm said. 28 Sep 2011 14:05

Record year for Cannes Lions entries

CANNES, FRANCE: A total of 28 828 entries from 90 countries (725 from SA) have been submitted to the Cannes Lions 58th International Festival of Creativity, the international annual awards for creative advertising and communications. This is the most entries in the history of the festival. 1 Jun 2011 07:19

Naked rugby rampage

HONG KONG: To kick off the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, official beer sponsor Carlsberg created an online game, available at the campaign mini-site aimed at driving buzz around the event. 4 Apr 2011 11:04

Online banking on the rise in Southeast Asia

SINGAPORE: comScore, Inc has released the latest results from a study of Internet usage in Southeast Asia. The report found that an increasing number of consumers across the region turned to online banking throughout 2010. 9 Mar 2011 06:56

No cost tagging of website server data in Hong Kong, Taiwan

HONG KONG, CHINA: comScore, Inc announced yesterday, 21 October 2010, that it will offer free participation in Media Metrix 360 to online publishers in Hong Kong and Taiwan. 22 Oct 2010 08:31

CNN enlists top journalism students for iReport initiative

ATLANTA, US: CNN has announced the launch of a new initiative for journalism students, called CNN iReport University, linked to iReport, the network's user-generated news community. 16 Sep 2010 10:35

Asia-Pacific Digital Magazine Conference early-bird deadline extended

HANGZHOU, CHINA: The 2nd Asia-Pacific Digital Magazine Conference, hosted by FIPP and CPA (China Periodicals Association) will take place on 14-15 October 2010 at the InterContinental Conference Centre, Hangzhou, China and the early bird registration discount has been extended to 1 September 2010. 10 Aug 2010 07:12

Google ordered to stop Chinese redirection

[Mark St Andrew, creamglobal.com] BEIJING, CHINA: The Chinese government has said Google would lose its mainland internet license, today 30 June 2010, if the company continues to automatically redirect users of its Google.cn site to its Hong Kong page. 30 Jun 2010 12:14

Hong Kong animators give Zakumi all the moves

Hong Kong may be thousands of kilometres from South Africa but it is playing a starring role at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa - not on the pitch but on television screens - by giving the World Cup mascot all the right moves... 8 Jun 2010 12:22