By The Malketeer The TikTok saga in America has taken yet another twist. On Thursday, 19 June, President Donald Trump in a move that’s become something of a political pattern extended the TikTok ban deadline for the third time. This extension gives his administration another 90 days to hammer out
By The Malketeer WhatsApp, once the poster child of pristine, ad-free communication, is now slowly but surely dipping its toes into the monetisation pool—with the temperature cranked up. Meta’s latest move to introduce three new ad formats on WhatsApp marks a pivotal shift in how we perceive private messaging platforms.
By The Malketeer The other night, I came across a video of an orangutan riding a motorbike through a flooded kampung street — complete with rooster crows and kopitiam chatter in the background. It looked so eerily real. It wasn’t. It was 100% AI-generated. That’s the beauty — and danger
By The Malketeer In an era where social media can both elevate and end lives, Malaysia’s Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil isn’t holding back. At the launch of Malaysia’s Suicide Content Guidelines at Menara Star, Fahmi publicly called out X (formerly Twitter) and Meta for their ongoing failure to combat
By The Malketeer It’s 8:00pm. The golden hour ruled by prime-time TVCs. But is your Gen Z customer still watching Buletin Utama? Surprisingly, yes. According to Nielsen TV Audience Measurement (1 Jan-23 May 2025), Buletin Utama saw a 17% spike in Gen Z viewers – over 680,000 of them. Total
By The Malketeer ASEAN’s Race to a US$1 Trillion Digital Economy by 2030 is a Wake-Up Call for Malaysian Marketers to Gear Up and Plug In If you’re a marketer in Malaysia still treating ASEAN’s digital economy like a distant ambition, it’s time for a hard reset. The latest ASEAN
Google I/O 2025 has opened the door to a bold new era of technology, where AI becomes the most helpful AI that’s more intelligent, agentic and personalized. From powering your workday and enhancing your shopping experience to unlocking creativity and simplifying everyday tasks, Google‘s next-generation AI tools are built to
By The Malketeer The TikTok What’s Next 2025 Report Hinges on Brand Fusion, Identity Osmosis, and Creative Catalysts The TikTok What’s Next 2025 Trend Report paints a vivid picture of a platform that has evolved from a space for short, viral dance clips to a global stage for cultural exchange,
Confusion arose recently when anwaribrahim.com, the official website of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, began redirecting users to unrelated sites including, at one point, a cryptocurrency exchange. Initial fears of a hack quickly spread online. However, the truth is far less dramatic: the domain simply expired and wasn’t renewed. Once a
Malaysia is quickly establishing itself as a top destination for data centre investments in Southeast Asia, with global tech giants attracted by its stable governance, clear digital policies, and strong public-private collaboration. Speaking at the Datacentre and Cloud Infra Summit (DCCI) 2025, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) CEO Anuar Fariz
