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Internet Growth Means Big Changes For How Businesses Connect

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By John Curran, President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). When the Internet was first conceived as a better way for computers to communicate with one another, no one could predict the impact it would have on business communications. billion of them. Our region will not be the first to reach this milestone.

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Smartphones – The Crucial Thread In The Fashion Retail Marketing Mix?

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With the proliferation of blog shops and rise of online shopping in Singapore – and in Asia – the casual observer might be forgiven for thinking the brick and mortar shops will go the way of the Dodo. I will be presenting the results at the upcoming Asia Fashion Summit 2013 at the Raffles Conference and Convention Centre this month.

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[Asia][Event] Echelon 2013 Agenda, Speaker Lineup And Pitching Startups Revealed

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Last week its organizers, tech media and events platform e27 , finally announced its full speaker lineup, agenda and the participating startups pitching for the title of Echelon 2013′s Most Promising Startup. Unearthing Asia’s Next Tech Star. Young Upstarts is a media partner of Echelon 2013. MathSpace (Australia).

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Making Social Media Work For SMEs

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Reddington, president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. It can trawl the internet for mentions of your business or products. Meltzer, Using the Internet to Promote Services Exports by Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises, February 2015, p.5. 6] The Guardian, How SMEs can make the best use of social media, 13 December 2013. [7]

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[Asia][Event] ad:tech Introduces Roadshows Across Southeast Asia

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With more than 40 percent of Internet users coming from Asia Pacific (with 9.4 percent of total users from Southeast Asia), organizers believe that Jakarta, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur are natural choices to host the roadshows. Events & Happenings ad:tech Asia digital marketing event exhibition marketing Southeast Asia'

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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

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Across Asia Pacific, the average number of days for an invoice to be paid rose from 48 to 56, compared to the same period in the previous year. A bank wire is not always a convenient mode of payment, especially for customers in China who do not use internet banking. Atradius, Payment Practices in Asia-Pacific, 2013.

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[Infographic] Internet Consumption Around The World

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The advent of the Internet has changed the way humankind does many things, and last year – 2013 – marked the first time that there became more Internet-capable mobile devices than humans. But how do we consume the Internet? Others broadband infographic Internet web'

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