A Beautiful Mystery – IDEO’s Spark app
Remote gambling in Singapore facing heavy restrictions – Online and other remote betting activities within Singapore will be illegal, subject to “specific exemptions”, under plans to be drawn up by the Government in the country.
Yahoo! Hong Kong Deals Most Popular Coupon site in Hong Kong, Groupon and Taobao Juhuasuan show strong growth – The coupon sector in Hong Kong has seen a healthy growth of 14.7% from 1.24 million unique visitors in April 2013 to 1.42 million unique visitors in September 2013.
Seattle Diner Booting Customers For Wearing Google Glass – Forbes
Samsung’s marketing splurge doesn’t always bring bang-for-buck | Reuters
Slide fodder: APAC internet penetration and social-media use – Campaign Asia
Samsung’s massive ad spend | Open (minds, finds, conversations)… – compensating for maturity in smartphone design and differentiation
Why a plain packaging U-turn from UK.gov could cost £3bn a year – According to friendly “leaks” passed to newspapers overnight, the government may force cigarette manufacturers to sell their wares in plain packaging after yet another review, despite rejecting the policy earlier this year.
Ministers will order ISPs to block terrorist and extremist websites | The Guardian – Great Britannic Firewall
Great Japanese burger wrapper design
270 million Android users in China
Xiaomi sold 150,000 handsets in 10 mins on Weixin
Microsoft admits it has ‘too many operating systems’ – Likely will merge Windows RT and Windows Phone
ISPs should block ‘pirate’ websites, says European Court of Justice – Advocate General Cruz Villalón hints at the future
Samsung’s curved Galaxy Round smartphone fails to sell – Firm can’t raise a glass, no one is buying a Round
How To Mail Hard Copies When Traveling Without a Printer
China launches antitrust probe into Qualcomm | Telecom Asia
British Airways brings British etiquette to China – Mumbrella Asia
There will be almost 200 million mobile augmented reality users by 2018 – putting pressure on battery technology currently solves by external battery packs and in-car charging
103 Compelling Social Media And Marketing Statistics For 2013 (and 2014) – Business 2 Community – slidefodder