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Warc research shows that globally, newsbrand ad spend is forecast to fall to $32.3bn this year, a 33.1% decrease from 2019, as hard news stories – from trade wars to armed conflicts – draw audiences but not ad dollars. (Image supplied)

Warc: News media struggles as brands favour softer content

16 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Mark Baldwin, CEO of , a web design and digital marketing agency, weighs in on the biggest social media platform rebrands of all time

Social media rebrands: The failure - X, the insipid - Meta and the success - Instagram

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Google guns for 300 million new Indian local language users

Google guns for 300 million new Indian local language users

6 Nov 2014

Sales of the Galaxy Note 4 have not been as impressive as Samsung had hoped amid increasing competition from phones like the iPhone 6. Image:

Samsung's profits plunge to three-year low

31 Oct 2014

Toshiba has reported profits of ¥30.8bn for the six months to September, 43% higher than its profits last year. The conglomerate is involved in a host of industries including power generation, transmission systems and medical equipment to computer chips and laptops. Image:

Toshiba's profits of ¥30,8bn in six months

31 Oct 2014

Information technology company Fujitsu has seen its profit rise 31.5% year-on-year but warns that the higher sales tax in Japan is dampening consumer sales in the Japanese market. Image: Fujitsu

Fujitsu's profits up by 31,5%

31 Oct 2014

Li Shaohua announces the creation of China's new travel platform Alitrip, that takes over the Taobao Travel, also part of the Alibaba empire. Image:

Alibaba creates Alitrip for online travel arrangements

29 Oct 2014

The main street in Tashigang, Bhutan, one of the sites that can be explored using Google's Steet View of the isolated country that discourages tourism. Image: Wikipedia

Bhutan's Street View for arm-chair tours

24 Oct 2014

Facebook was ordered to reveal the IP addresses of two fake accounts used to post revealing revenge porn photographs taken of a woman in Tokyo. Image:

Facebook ordered to reveal revenge porn IP addresses

22 Oct 2014

Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab is due to go on trial on 29 October for sending out Tweets that allegedly insulted the Sunni royal family. Image:

Trial for 'insulting tweets' starts in Bahrain

21 Oct 2014

Japan Display, which makes screen for Apple and Samsung, has slumped to just over a third of its listing price amid dire warnings of huge losses in the coming financial year. Image:

Japan Display warns of enormous losses

17 Oct 2014

Mark Zuckerberg wants to help India get more people online. He is offering his assistance to India's Prime Minister Nahendra Modi. Image:

Zuckerberg's plan to get India online

10 Oct 2014

India's public service is notoriously inefficient in delivering services. Now the Indian government has implemented computerised systems to check on workers who are slacking off by not working. Image:

Website stops workers from slacking at work

9 Oct 2014

Thousands of students protesting in Hong Kong were tear-gassed by police last week. Then hacking group Anonymous threatened to sabotage "all government websites" and now five hackers have been arrested and detained. Image:

Five alleged hackers arrested in Hong Kong

7 Oct 2014

A Facebook page has been set up to help residents of Damascus avoid hotspots as mortars continue to be fired into the city. Image:

Facebook tracks mortar pounding of Damascus

6 Oct 2014

Malaysiakini.com's Editor-in-Chief Steven Gan says that the company will not give up its battle to be granted a licence to publish printed copies of its controversial news. Image: Malasiakini.

Online site refused print licence despite court ruling

3 Oct 2014

Microsoft's Xbox One is the first gaming console allowed to be sold in China but users say the games on offer are dull and uninspiring and the prices for the consoles are too high. Image: Xbox

Xbox now available in China

30 Sep 2014

Adobe says it will close its offices in Beijing and shut down the research and development division there, putting 350 people out of work. Image: http://chinhdangvu.blogspot.com Chinhdangvu]]

Adobe to shut research arm in Beijing

26 Sep 2014

Israeli spy agency, Mossad is supposedly on a recruitment drive to employ fresh talent and to show potential recruits the variety of jobs available within the secret service. Image:

Mossad in recruitment drive for new talent

23 Sep 2014

Apple's store in Ginza, Japan was buzzing as people from various countries including China queued for hours to get their hands on the new phones and sell them at a profit in mainland China. Image: Apple

Huge demand for iPhone 6 from Chinese buyers

22 Sep 2014

Sony's Kazuo Hirai says a new business strategy is in place but it will take years before Sony returns to profitability after years of losses. Image:

Sony warns it will lose $2.14bn this year

18 Sep 2014

Rakuten's Hiroshi Mikitani has bought US-based Ebates for $1bn to gain a foothold in the US market. Image:

Rakuten buys shopping site Ebates for $1bn

10 Sep 2014

Canalys Analyst Jessica Kwee says that India is the fastest-growing smartphone market globally and is already third in terms of users after China and the USA. Image: Canalys

Smartphone makers seek growth in India

8 Sep 2014

Samsung says it investigated allegations that one of its suppliers, HEG Electronics used underage labour and student workers in its manufacturing plants and found no evidence to support the claim. Image: .

Samsung denies using child labour

1 Sep 2014

The LeChai shoes and inner-soles that link to a mobile phone via Bluetooth to provide directions using Google Maps. The shoe vibrates to indicate in which direction the wearer should go. Image:

Shoes that show you where you're going

1 Sep 2014

Samsung's new Gear S smartphone that receives and makes calls without being tethered to a mobile phone. Image:

Samsung, LG making new smartwatches

29 Aug 2014

Intex's $33 smartphone that uses the Firefox operating system is India's cheapest device and the manufacturers say they expect to sell 500,000 devices in the first three months. Image:

Intex smartphone costs just $33

28 Aug 2014

The SAIC's Zhang Mao says Microsoft is being investigated for flaunting China's anti-monopoly laws particularly with Windows, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player. Image:

Microsoft's music player and browser scrutinised by China

26 Aug 2014

Much-mourned journalist James Foley who was beheaded in a desert by Jihadists. Videos and images are actively being deleted from social media platforms but appear again as new accounts are created. Image:

Jihadists use social media to recruit followers, spread fear

21 Aug 2014

Fans have asked Nintendo to name a character after Robin Williams for its new Legend of Zelda game. Williams was a huge fan of the game and advertised it too. Williams died last week. Image:

Fans ask that Robin Williams be part of new instalment in Legend of Zelda

20 Aug 2014

Founder and Chief Executive of SmartThings has sold his start-up to Samsung as the South Korean company tries to expand away from its reliance on the smartphone market for profits. Image:

Samsung buys US firm SmartThings

18 Aug 2014

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to transform the country into a digital, software and manufacturing hub and connect every village in India to a broaband Internet connection. Image:

India is no longer a land of 'snake charmers and black magic'

18 Aug 2014