Digital

Global - Google is increasing its investment in the digital coupon space with the acquisition of coupon and loyalty programme provider Zave Networks, for an undisclosed sum.

Regional - In a first for the regional digital industry, Singapore based digital media academy Third Space Asia has launched a series of four workshops covering key channels in the interactive media industry.

Global - Philips has come up with an interactive orchestra as part of its ‘Obsessed with Sound' campaign for its audio product line.

Global - Murmurs of daily-deal fatigue, market oversaturation, and high subscriber acquisition costs has grown to deafening levels leading to widespread skepticism about the future of the industry.

Singapore - As part of its 'A Beautiful Journey' branding theme, luxury beauty brand La Mer has created a biography generator, inviting women to create their own inspiring life stories on the Facebook application.

Singapore - Nexus has appointed Qais Consulting to launch a digital strategy for its latest national education initiative, ciNE65, a film competition that aims to capture the Singapore identity through young film-makers.

Hong Kong - Online ad network Adsfactor has beefed up its offerings with the addition of 'Spotlight Rich Media Ad', an extension of its rich media suite with advertisers such as Samsung and Adidas signing up for it.

Global - Facebook is putting the 'finishing touches' on its new music feature and is in talks with Spotify, Rhapsody and the likes, sources within the company have indicated.

Global - In an ambitious branding blitz, Rovio, the Finland-based company behind the game Angry Birds, is letting its bulbous, pig-slaughtering birds actually take wing.

Regional – Research firm Ipsos has appointed Bernice Klaassen as its Asia Pacific regional director heading its newly launched digital practice.

Singapore - Online ad services firm dianomi is opening an office in Singapore, with campaigns for its finance clients to start running in October.

Global - CNN has acquired tablet software developer Zite, which offers an iPad app with content based on user's interests and social media feeds.

Global - The global ad market will grow by 5% this year according to Carat's latest ad spend forecast, revised down from its original prediction of 5.7% in March.

Susana Tsui, president of Neo@Ogilvy Asia Pacific, spells out her top 10 tips for targeting women in the digital world.

Global - In what could ease out competition for Groupon, LivingSocial and the likes, Facebook has announced it is exiting the daily deals business.

Malaysia - Naza Group of Companies has appointed Media Contacts, the digital media unit of Havas Digital to revamp its flagship corporate website.

Global - Comcast has selected digital shop Huge to lead work on Comcast.com, the cable provider's online storefront, the IPG-owned agency announced Wednesday.

Hong Kong - Consumer electronics retailer Fortress has tapped into social media gaming to reach out to the younger generation.

Singapore - Digital media training company Third Space Asia has appointed Kanika Sood to a partnership role ahead as part of its expansion plans in Asia Pacific.

Singapore - Estee Lauder has re-appointed Blugrapes as its social media agency for the local market until 2012.

Global - Facebook has teamed with its third major movie studio in six months to increase its streaming content.

As the group messaging market heats up, Skype announced yesterday that it is buying GroupMe, a popular smartphone app that allows users to send texts and make conference calls with groups of friends.

Sydney - UM Sydney and technology provider MediaMind have joined to launch what they claim is the most advanced targeted travel offers in the history of Australian travel.

Hong Kong - Aegis-owned digital agency Isobar has joined The Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies of Hong Kong HK4As, bring its total membership number to 29.

Sandy Ho, senior vice president of marketing and operations at NW iMedia, gives cokezero.hk the thumbs up, but says JigoCity Taiwan's Facebook efforts fall flat.

Global - Android will be the top global mobile ad platform by the end of 2011, according to InMobi's Mobile Insights Report: Global Edition, Q2 July 2011.

Global - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is believed to be in talks with the four largest record companies to launch its own digital music service.

Hong Kong - Christine Lau, strategy director at Adsfactor, tells Marketing TV the online industry can hit double digital figures within two years, but must foster more collaboration.

Global - Amazon sites were visited by 20.4% of the global internet population in June, according to data from Comscore's Media Metrix service.

Regional - Lighthouse Independent Media and Third Space Asia have signed a two year partnership deal to deliver a Marketing-branded training syllabus dedicated to enhancing the skills of local practitioners in digital and interactive media.