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Can Malaysia beat Singapore at Innovation?

Right now, Singapore is ranked 5th in the 2025 Global Innovation Index. While Malaysia is down in 34th place – behind such titans of global innovation as Malta, Lithuania and the Czech Republic. “How can we compete?” you may ask. The answer is simple – and exciting. The Singapore System

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Malaysia’s Digital Economy is the Fastest Growing in Southeast Asia

For years, Malaysia’s digital economy story has been told as one of promise: good infrastructure, decent adoption, strong middle-class demand. Now, finally, it reads like performance. According to the newly released 10th edition of the e-Conomy SEA Report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company, Malaysia is officially Southeast Asia’s

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NEWSFLASH: VSS hits Telekom Malaysia 

Telekom Malaysia Bhd could be hit by severance expenses for a voluntary scheme in the final quarter though the lower staff costs could boost profits in the coming years, analysts say.  “We believe better-than-expected take-up of VSS will hit 2025 results” but lead to higher profits in 2026 and 2027,

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MBCS & U Mobile Capture The Unbeatable Beauty of Family Moments

MBCS, the media-fuelled creative content practice under IPG Mediabrands, has collaborated with U Mobile on its new U Family campaign, celebrating the genuine, unscripted moments that define what family truly means. The campaign captures the raw beauty of family life through a series of five heartfelt short films — from

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Broadsign Announces Acquisition of Place Exchange

Out-of-home (OOH) adtech provider Broadsign today announced it has acquired Place Exchange, a leading independent OOH supply-side platform (SSP), with a minority investment from Crestline Investors. Combining Broadsign’s content management system, ad serving, and buy- and sell-side capabilities with Place Exchange’s SSP and complementary solutions, the acquisition will bolster Broadsign’s

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When Google’s Ad Empire Blinks, The Whole Internet Blinks Too

For most marketers under 40, the Google ads machine has always been the weather system. Not something you notice day to day — just something that determines whether campaigns rain conversions or dry up into spreadsheets of excuses. Now, for the first time in years, that system is under serious

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When Two Giants Merge, It’s Not Just a Balance Sheet That Changes

For over a year, the Omnicom–IPG merger has been spoken about in boardrooms, earnings calls and whisper networks like a weather system approaching land. Everyone knew it was coming. Nobody was quite sure what the storm would bring. Now, with the European Union’s unconditional clearance — the final regulatory domino

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