Findings from a survey undertaken by leading independent digital marketing agency, Greenlight, indicate that Google+ might be more successful than most have initially speculated and that Facebook could potentially capture close to a quarter of the search market globally were it to launch a search engine of its own tomorrow. This market share would make Facebook the second most utilised search engine in every major market except for China, Japan, and Russia, where it would occupy an uncontested third place.

Congratulations are in order for Rene Menezes, CEO of Better Sdn Bhd, and Paul Moss, General Manager of Alt Media Sdn Bhd, as the Malaysian Digital Association (MDA) re-elects the former as its President and the latter as Vice President for the term of 2012.

Students of the Master of Integrated Marketing Communication programme, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) were recently given a fundamental session on Search Engine Marketing (SEM) by digital performance agency, iProspect Malaysia.

27.6 million unique browsers, attributing to almost 8 percent increase compared to the previous month, were collected on websites in Malaysia in the month ending March 2012. Over 1.4 billion web pages from websites in this category were viewed in this time, with mobile acquiring 10.9 percent share. Highest activity was recorded on Thursday 1 March 2012, with 2.7million unique browsers collected, while lowest activity was on Saturday 31 March 2012, with 2.1 million unique browsers collected.

WorldBlu, a company specializing in organizational democracy, has announced it has certified 48 organizations as part of the sixth annual WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces 2012, published annually on“Democracy in the Workplace Day.

A bunch of passionate and award winning technology journalists who want to see the ICT industry in South-East Asia grow, believe they can help by providing insightful and analytical coverage of the ICT ecosystem in the region.

DG have announced a strategic partnership for deeper collaboration in advertising technology between MediaMind, its online unit, and 24/7 Media, WPP’s marketing technology company. Under the agreement, 24/7 Media will endorse DG’s MediaMind as a preferred vendor for third-party online ad serving and TV ad delivery for agencies and advertisers to their clients worldwide.  24/ 7 Media, formerly 24/7 Real Media, is GroupM’s technology partner.

The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has debuted its first ever Facebook game 'Battlefleet: Singapore', tying in with major UIP blockbuster movie ‘Battleship’ which opens in cinemas today.

KFC Thailand has announced a public apology after posting a seemingly insensitive Facebook message which prompted people to rush home and order a bucket of KFC chicken during Wednesday's Tsunami scare.

IBM is emphasizing its commitment to social business as a way for organizations to gain competitive advantage. The industry leader is introducing new programs, services and partnerships to help organizations develop and deepen skills to accelerate business opportunities being driven by the rapid adoption of social networking in the enterprise.