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E-Commerce still a very new term for most of the people in Malaysia, but there is a study done by Paypal Online and mobile Shopping Insights 2011 found out that there are significant of increment on the online transaction done online, especially on the festive season. Christmas is the busiest day for online shopper to grab their gift.

Mobile shopping was driven by an increasing number of Malaysians going online via Internet-capable mobile devices. According to a recent InMobi report, smartphone penetration in Malaysians is at a sharp increase, where close to six in ten Malaysian digital consumers used their mobile phone to access the Internet in 2011. The InMobi ‘Mobile Impact on Media Consumption in Malaysia’ report also revealed that mobile is the top choice for Malaysians going online.

Elias Ghanem, Managing Director, PayPal Southeast Asia and India said:

“Online shopping has become mainstream, especially during the festive season as many Malaysians skipped the long queues, searched online for great deals, and bought gifts from the comfort of their homes. This was the first festive season for mobile shopping to become popular as Malaysians reached for their smartphones and tablets to enjoy the convenience of shopping anytime, anywhere. Interestingly, Malaysians planned well ahead for their festive online shopping in late November whereas mobile shopping was widely used for purchases during the Christmas week.”

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Another biggest Malaysia IT event coming again – the PIKOM PC Fair. PIKOM just release their 1st round of PC Fair schedule around the nation.

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The 2012 PIKOM PC Fair will visit to 15 selected cities around the Malaysia start from 24 February 2012 at Penang to 29 April 2012 at Ipoh. Please mark down those important date in your calendar.

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PIKOM PC Fair 2012 (I) Dates and Venues

24 – 26 February 2012

• Straits Quay Convention Centre (SQCC), Penang.

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30 – 1 April 2012

• Sabah Trade Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
• Borneo Convention Centre Kuching, Kuching, Sarawak.
• Dewan Jubli Intan, Muar, Johor.
• Terminal One Shopping Centre, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

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6 – 8 April 2012

• Sibu Trade & Exhibition Centre, Sibu, Sarawak.
• Miri Indoor Stadium, Miri, Sarawak.

13 – 15 April 2012

• Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur.
• Persada Johor International Convention Centre, Johor Bahru, Johor.
• Village Mall, Sungai Petani, Kedah.

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19 – 21 April 2012

• KB Mall, Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

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20 – 22 April 2012

• Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC), Melaka.
• Berjaya Megamall, Kuantan, Pahang.

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26 – 28 April 2012

• Ri-Yaz Heritage Exhibition Centre, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu.

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27 – 29 April 2012

• Stadium Indera Mulia, Ipoh, Perak.

For more detail information about the PIKOM PC Fair, please visit their official web site.

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Google is profiting from ads posted by illegal London 2012 Olympics ticket resellers, the BBC reported. These ads have since been removed, as have ads for cannabis, fake identification cards, and passports that the BBC found and reported to Google.

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Google told the BBC that “the company keeps any money it might make from companies advertising illegal services before such adverts are removed.”

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BBC’s report recaps the ordeal of a woman who first found an ad from LiveOlympicTickets at the “very, very top” of Google after searching for “Olympic tickets.” That would be an AdWords ad (which is strangely referred to as a Sponsored Link multiple times in the report, even though Google renamed Sponsored Links to Ads in November 2010), which often appear above Google’s organic (algorithmically generated) search results. Naturally, she assumed this ad was trustworthy, being at the top of Google and all, and bought tickets from the scam site.

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“Selling tickets on the open market without permission from the Olympic authorities is a criminal offence in the UK under the London Olympic and Paralympic Games Act 2006,” BBC reported. LiveOlympicTickets is “registered overseas” and wasn’t an official 2012 Olympic ticket reseller, so it’s unlikely they’ll have to pay the £20,000 fine for reselling Olympic tickets illegally.

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Police had also requested Google to take down links to illegal Olympic ticket resellers. Apparently, LiveOlympicTickets remained the top advertisement for a week after the police asked Google to remove the ad.

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“We have a set of policies covering which ads can and cannot show on Google. These policies and guidelines are enforced by both automated systems and human beings. When we are informed of ads which break our policies, we investigate and remove them if appropriate,” Google said in a statement. “Our aim is to create a simple and efficient way for legitimate businesses to promote and sell their goods and services whilst protecting them and consumers from illicit activity.”

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This isn’t the first case of Google profiting off illegal activities via AdWords advertising. Google surrendered $500 million in 2011 to avoid prosecution after an investigation showed Google knowingly accepted illegal ads from pharmacies in Canada and elsewhere. Google also settled with the U.S. government for $3 million in 2007 over online gambling ads.

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MacRumors has recently commissioned a professional set of images based on leaked design specifications that are allegedly for the iPhone 5.These images line up with previous interpretations of the handset, and they also have Chinese manufacturers hard at work on producing new iPhone cases, as reported.

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The design specifications give precise measurements of the device and shows portions that need to remain open for power, audio/video inputs and button controls. As one can see in the images, specs call for a wide space near the bottom of the phone, which indicates that the home button could take up on a more horizontal and oval shape. The screen is also wider and the device itself has a tear-drop thickness with the bottom end of the phone being the sleekest part.

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Presuming that the case design specifications are accurate, the commissioned images will look very similar to the final product. We are speculating that Apple may release the iPhone 5 by October 7th in the U.S. while its worldwide release by the end of the month.

The report claims that, a source have the access to iPhone 5 prototype for about two weeks and it confirms the next gen iPhone to carry the features including

• 4-inch screen
• Aluminum back
• liquid metal technology to make colored iPhones
• Capacitive home button
• “Flatter” form factor
• Much faster than current hardware, but poor battery life
• 10-megapixel camera
• Siri prototype known as “Assistant”

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According to Nielsen’s latest online consumer survey on 1321 Internet users, Malaysians on average spend 19 hours and 48 minutes a week online (which is double the time watching television) and the Internet users from the age group of 30 to 39 years old spend longest time, up to 21 hours and 12 minutes.

The result of survey also reported that:

• 53% of the respondents go online everyday while 35% go online every week.
• 68% use Internet to communicate
• 66% use Internet for learning
• 63% use Internet for information
• 55% use Internet to past time
• 51% use Internet for entertainment
• 54% to purchase online
• 46% trust the Internet resources
• 44% mainly depends on Internet for news
• 49% choose to use laptop to access Internet
• Malaysian consumers on average spend 5.6 hours a week to play online games
• Malaysian consumers on average spend 5.3 hours a week to use smart phone go online
• 3% of the respondents use smart phone to go online and only 1% use Tablet PC
• 94% use social networking sites as shopping guideline
• 83% on social networking sites for one on one private chatting, which is the most popular online activities
• 69% on social networking sites to check friends’ messages
• 45% on social networking sites to share about their experience on their products, brands or services

The usage of smart phone and tablet PCs is rising in the country. The number of smart phone users aged 15 years old and above is expected to be doubled from 48% to 89% within a year while the number of table PCs users is expected grows from current 18% to 75% in the middle of next year. It shows that smart phones and tablet PCs has become a necessity and it can help you to keep in touch with your business partners and customers while you are travelling.

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The Visa Holiday Season Online Shopping Study revealed that half the respondents surveyed in 8 key online shopping markets in Asia Pacific said they plan to keep their year end shopping budget at 2010 levels. Thirty-one percent said they would spend more than last year.

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The respondents are spending about US$700 online on travel, shopping and gifts for the festive season, just one percent more than last year. But shoppers in Singapore and Malaysia were more conservative, only said will spend nine percent less this year.

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The study also revealed that clothing (34%) was the most popular intended online purchase, followed by holiday accommodations (30%), airline tickets (29%) and bags (19%).

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On average, online shoppers in Malaysia spent US$831 (about RM$2,648.19) for their online holiday shopping in year 2011, just behind Australian and Singaporean shoppers

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Yahoo just named the ex-Paypal CEO Scott Thompson as the new CEO. Yahoo has been looking for a new CEO since the ouster of Carol Bartz. This is what Yahoo has to say about appointing Thompson:

“Scott brings to Yahoo! a proven record of building on a solid foundation of existing assets and resources to reignite innovation and drive growth, precisely the formula we need at Yahoo! His deep understanding of online businesses combined with his team building and operational capabilities will restore the energy, focus, and momentum necessary to grow the core business and deliver increased value for our shareholders. The search committee and the entire Board concluded that he is the right leader to return the core business to a path of robust growth and industry-leading innovation.”

As per the eBay bio, Thompson took the reins of PayPal’s president ship in early 2008, during his time at PayPal, Thompson helped to more than double the payment service’s revenus, boosting from $1.8 billion to $3 billion. Prior to this he was serving as its CTO in charge of information technology, product development and architecture. Before joining eBay, he worked at Inovant and served as CIO of Barclays Global Investors and at Coopers and Lybrand on information technology.

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Good news for those who looking for Apple products, please mark your calendars on this Friday 6th January 2012. Apple Online Store is doing a special one-day event where you can find amazing iPad, iPod, and Mac gifts with special rate.

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This is a very romantic video shot when the Co-Founder of nuffnang – Timothy Thiah propose to his girlfriend at an Italian restaurant in Kuala Lumpur when she having dinner with friend. Initially the video is just a sweet memory for both of them and to share with their close family and friend. The creative and sweet video gain about 4 million views online just within a week, this is totally out of their expectation.

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Let’s enjoy the sweet memory of  of Timothy Tiah and his beloved Audrey.

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In 21 century, online advertising had overtake the major market from the tranditional advertisement firm such newspaper.  But how did it come to be that way? Four thousand years ago Ancient Egyptians invented advertising by carving public notices in steel. Fast forward to the present day, and in-text online ads, Facebook Like-driven campaigns and viral commercials, such as the Old Spice Guy, are common form.

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The evolution from steal to digital took many turns along its way, such as print fliers hoping to get young men to fight in the Revolutionary War, billboards spurred by the rise of automobiles, electric banner ads following the invention of the light bulb (Times Square’s first went up in 1882) and direct marketing with the nascent postal service.

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But we don’t want to give everything away. Take a look at the graphic below. Do you think any of these older forms of advertising would be successful today?

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