A famous piece of wisdom from child-rearing expert Dr. Benjamin Spock is making the rounds again: “Better to relax and make a few mistakes than to try too hard to be perfect … Children are driven from within themselves to grow, explore, experience, learn, and build relationships with other people. A lot of good parenting lies in simply allowing your child to go with these powerful drives.”

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BJP MP Tarun Vijay today approached Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) complaining against an advertisement of an antiseptic solution.

In his complaint, Vijay claimed that the advertisement of Dettol extolling the virtue of getting 100 per cent marks is as "bad as saying fair skinned are better than dark skinned".

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Time-shifted viewing via digital TV recorders (DTRs) is expected to plateau over the coming years, according to a report by the UK commercial broadcasters' marketing body, Thinkbox.

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BlackBerry's new global creative director for the revamped company is featured in the first video for her part of the "Keep Moving Projects" cultural influencer project. The Grammy Award-winning musician is asking fans to use the video-editing feature on the new BlackBerry Z10 to contribute to local crowdsourced videos showcasing her current global tour.

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Oscar Pistorius, the South African running star charged with murder, is the latest of several Nike-sponsored stars to fall from grace. Does Nike need to pivot on its marketing? Matthew Futterman joins Markets Hub.

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You may dream about this, but no one ever does it. Until now. Frank Jonen, who runs his own small Web design company, claims he wasn't paid properly by Fitness SF, one of his clients. So, he went and replaced the Fitness SF website with an angry letter about how evil the bastards at Fitness SF are. Amazing.

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Ikea, BT and Tesco are among the brands hoping to get lucky this Valentine's Day in our round-up of love-themed ads and brand activity.

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I hate it when this happens, but I'm having a controversial opinion, and I won't rest until it's out. It's about this Primedia "Stop Rape" campaign, and before I start ranting, I better state some things clearly.

The first is that I am (rather obviously, I should hope) vehemently horrified by the rape situation in this country, and by Anene Booysen's death, and by the atrocities women locally and internationally are suffering.

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At a time when many global banks face pressures of undercapitalisation and a challenge to renew consumer confidence, Malaysian banks are expected to grow this year but with a caveat that they must do their portfolio balancing perfectly.

“The key challenge in 2013 would be the delicate portfolio-balancing act between volume and quality to achieve targeted growth,” Ernst & Young’s (E&Y) Malaysia partner Chan Hooi Lam (financial services and country leader for financial accounting advisory services) told The Malaysian Reserve recently.

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The Gregorian year of 2012 started with an ominous ring to it. But 2012 waltzed along anyway, and so did December 21. And here we are, at the cusp of a global new year.

Before you young folks party the night away, we thought it good to school you in the happenings of the Asian tech startup scene over the last 12 months. Or, if you’re reading this in 2013, welcome to the past.

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