According to a fascinating report over on Free Malaysia Today (update: there's a cached version here, it seems to have been deleted), Deputy Tourism Minister James Dawos Mamit told the Malaysian press that a total of RM 1.8 million ($593,000, omg) were spent on six Facebook applications, identified below: Cuti-Cuti 1Malaysia Citrawarna 1Malaysia Karnival Jualan Mega 1Malaysia and Karnival Jualan Akhir Tahun Festival Pelancongan Seni Kontemporari 1Malaysia Kempen 1Malaysia Bersih, 1Malaysia Fabulous Food 1Malaysia “These cover creative works, concepts and ideas, design, flash programming and coding, testing and debugging, uploading and launching of application, system server development and ...
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Jun 14 2011
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Indonesian School Launches Social Network, Names It Fishbook
The Institute Pertanian Bogor (IPB), a school based in Indonesia has launched Fishbook, a social network for students from the department of Marine Fisheries Technology. While student networks and forums are common, Fishbook took an interesting approach by implementing a design similar to Facebook’s. Very similar. It has the same familiar Facebook login page only with the world map replaced by an Indonesian map. To dig a little deeper, I registered and logged on to Fishbook. Unfortunately the network looks pretty empty with little activity. From time to time I saw ...
Jun 13 2011
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China’s Location-Based Service Market Hits 6.55 Million Accounts
A study by EnfoDesk released via Analysys International revealed that China reached 6.55 million location-based accounts by the end of the first quarter this year. Location-based services in China includes Jiepang, Bedo, and Dianping. Jiepang, which recently partnered with Louis Vuitton for a location-based campaign in China, reported that it has over one million users in the same statement. The rest of the five million accounts are shared among the remaining location-based services in China. The figure pales when compared to Foursquare’s six million users which was reported back in January. Foursquare probably ...
Jun 14 2011
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Thomas Crampton on Asia and Digital Marketing
Thomas Crampton is the Asia-Pacific director at 360 Digital Influence for Ogilvy where he leads a team across 23 cities in 15 Asian territories. I first heard about Thomas through Professor Michael Netzley (you can catch his interview here) who introduced him as a thought leader in the field of digital marketing in Asia. Since then, I have been an avid reader and viewer of his blog and interviews on YouTube. I also chanced upon him at GMIC in Beijing where we had a short discussion about mobile usage in Asia and ...
Jun 13 2011
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Facebook Page Protests File Sharing Website Ban in Malaysia
Thanks to Facebook, a throng of over 8000 Malaysians can gather online and let their voices be heard. This particular meeting was triggered by the recent file sharing website ban imposed by SKKM, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. TorrentFreak reported that a memo was sent to Internet Service Providers to ban ten file sharing websites, including Pirate Bay and Megaupload. The decision was made to reduce pornographic content and most likely also to battle against piracy content on the Internet. But to many Malaysians (especially to those who ‘like’ the Facebook page) ...
Jun 11 2011
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Sung-Bong Choi’s Video Went Viral: Thanks to Facebook, Reddit
Sung-Bong Choi is the latest Asian to become a sensation on the web. His performance on Korea’s Got Talent was uploaded to YouTube on June 4 2011 and within 7 days, the video has gotten about 5 million views. According to YouTube’s analytics, Sung-Bong Choi’s YouTube video first went viral on Facebook before the Reddit folks made it viral on the social bookmarking site. Interestingly, Vietnamese news and social network, Zing.vn also played a part to help make the video viral, racking up 85,000 views so far. Sung-Bong Choi’s viral video is ...
Jun 11 2011
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27 Top Brands in Indonesia on Facebook Visualized
Our very own Ratri Adityarani last wrote a post on ‘10 Fastest Growing Facebook Page in Indonesia’ which caught much attention from our readers. At the end of the post, Rick Martin embedded a data set containing 27 top brands in the country on Facebook. That very data set was adopted by Binyinbin, who turned the information into an interactive visualization, all thanks to IBM’s Many Eyes data visualizer tool. It is certainly worth a share. Try going through the visualizer by clicking on the first brand and pressing the down arrow ...
Jun 10 2011
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Youth’s House Raided After Facebook Post on Eating Indian Bullfrog
It’s a Friday and all of us are yearning for that big feast in a nice restaurant or at home with our family. A youth from India had the same aspiration but was a little more particular with his choice of food. He picked Indian bullfrogs, a protected species according to wildlife protection rules in India. The Indian bullfrogs were slaughtered, cooked, and eaten. It was all okay until he proudly shared his “bullfrog feast” experience on Facebook. That got him into trouble as someone from Wild Goa Network, a wildlife activist ...
Jun 8 2011
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How Qatar Airways’ Facebook Campaign Became a Success
Marcus Ho is an online business consultant at Internet Success Hub, an online marketing consultancy that supports companies to grow with social media campaigns and search engine optimization. When Facebook campaigns are done successfully, the results can be incredible. For Qatar Airways, its recent campaign spread like wildfire, netting the company 150,000 Facebook fans under a month and 200,000 active users by the end of the campaign. Qatar Airways is known for its premium service. It is also one of the 5-star airlines operating in the world. The airline wanted to use Facebook ...
Jun 7 2011
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10 Fast Growing Facebook Pages In Indonesia
Over the past month, some brands in Indonesia on Facebook netted a sizable increase in their fans, showing anywhere from two to nine percent growth in that area. The popularity of Facebook has helped a number of companies becomes more known to the public. In Indonesia the majority of Facebook users are teenagers, so it is not surprising that many brands show high stats among the younger demographic. Here are a ten brands that have performed well recently according to Social Bakers. Jump to the bottom for the complete list. 1. Surfer ...
Jun 7 2011
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Facebook Hits the Street to Promote a New Service in Japan
This afternoon there was quite a bit of buzz in the Japan Twitterverse about a mysterious Facebook display that was being erected in Tokyo’s Shibuya shopping district. Facebook has been trying to crack the Japanese market over the past few months, and seeing their reps ‘take the fight to the streets’ (so to speak) is interesting to see. Here’s how this afternoon played out. Ironically most of this discussion comes via Twitter, which is already doing quite well in Japan.
Jun 6 2011
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Facebook Grocery Shopping With Farm2Kitchen
Farm2Kitchen is India's first Facebook social shopping that has redefined the shopping experience for Indian women. For obvious reasons, Farm2Kitchen believes that Indian women should not waste too much time buying groceries. Who would say no to the convenience of being able to select your own groceries, have them delivered to your door step for free, and without the hassles of swiping your credit card. In my view, Farm2Kitchen has redefined the shopping experience by providing an alternative way to shop online, all through Facebook. How to Shop? Shopping for vegetables and fruits is not ...
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