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Digital News Roundup - 5th July 2018

Karamjit Singh | Chong Jinn Xiung | Kiranjit Kaur

05-Jul-18 10:00

Digital News Roundup - 5th July 2018

On this episode of Digital News Asia Roundup, the team covered AirAsia's involvement in e-sports; revised KPIs for TM and its new broadband plans; and yet another new e-wallet service - Razer Pay. The team also discussed several services and topics that were covered during DNA's inaugural SHIFT Business Tech Seminar 2018, and the 30th Annual FIRST Conference; as well as the accidental entrepreneurship journey of Storehub's Founder, Fong Wai Hong.

 

0:31:33 - AirAsia To Ride Asean E-sports Wave With Sponsorship Of World Electronic Sports Games

2:56:74 - TM Revises 2018 KPIs, Introduces New Broadband Plans

12:06:66 - Razer Launches E-wallet Service, Razer Pay In Malaysia

15:37:14 - Blackbox Insights: "What Can Be Measured Can Be Improved"

19:47:04 - The Challenge Of Scaling Up Security For A Whole Country

23:39:39 - Happy Employees Drive Revenue Growth

27:57:27 - The Accidental Entrepreneurship Journey of Storehub

Produced by: Jeff Sandhu


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Categories:  Technology,  Medical Innovation and Technology,  Tech,  Entrepreneurship,  Personal Development

Tags:  AirAsia,  e-sports,  World Electronic Sports Games,  Alisport,  TM,  Telekom Malaysia,  Razer,  e-wallet,  Razer Pay,  Blackbox Insights,  SMEs,  SHIFT Business Tech Seminar,  Desmond Ng,  digital economy,  cybersecurity,  happy employees,  Fong Wai Hong,  Storehub, 


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