Global Marketing News – 24th May 2016 Naver affiliate files lawsuit against Kakao An affiliate of Naver, NHN Entertainment, has filed a law suit against Kakao for violating its patented mobile technology. The suit, which was filed with Seoul Central District Court, comes with NHN’s claims that Kakao refused to
Global Marketing News – 19th May 2016 Three quarters of online shopping carts get abandoned Digital shopping cart abandonment is at a level of 74.3% worldwide. Data from Sale Cycle shows that the Asia-Pacific region had the highest rate of abandonment online, with nearly 76% of all shopping carts assembled
Global Marketing News – 16th May 2016 Google declares war on payday loan sites Google has taken the step to ban all payday lenders from its sites. Any loans which are due within 36 days or with an interest rate of over 36%, will not appear on the company’s search
Global Marketing News – 11th May 2016 Facebook wards off wannabe trademark-thief in China Facebook has won its case against a Chinese company that registered itself under the same name. The Chinese ‘Face Book’, registered itself as a separate trademark and split the social network’s famous name into two separate
Global Marketing News – 6th May 2016 Russia looks to China for internet censorship advice Russian multi-millionaire and founder of the censorship lobbying group Safe Internet League, Konstantin Malofeev, has begun a campaign to tighten internet censorship across the country. Malofeev, who has close ties to the Kremlin, will welcome
Global Marketing News – 3rd May 2016 Which digital skills will matter most for businesses? According to a report undertaken across Europe and the US, in three years’ time skills in analytics and big data will be the most crucial digital skills. Of the 422 top executives across various industries
Global Marketing News – 27th April 2016 Indian ecommerce market to break $100 billion mark The Indian e-commerce market is expected to be worth over 102 billion US dollars by 2020, an increase from just 16 billion in 2015. Figures from a Deliotte report show that the amount of online
Global Marketing News – 22nd April 2016 Google charged with Android abuse by EU Google has been formally issued antitrust charges by the European Commission. The company is accused of being in breach of EU laws of competition by placing stifling requirements on the manufacturers of Android handsets that prevented
Global Marketing News – 18th April 2016 Naver to launch app store to rival Google and Apple The South Korean internet giant Naver is going to launch an app store in June this year. It has joined forces with the country’s three major mobile operators (SK Telecom, LG Uplus and
Global Marketing News – 15th April 2016 WeChat announces radical new content censorship policy The popular Chinese messaging app WeChat has announced a long list of content that is now banned on the site. Banned content includes anything that violates the law, fraudulent content, spam, and untrue or unproven stories