Features
E-learning 101: creating digital education environments in Asia
Educators face complex technologies and approaches to deliver world-class e-learning environments. Here are some key steps towards that goal. Read more…
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The metaverse doesn’t have to be a dystopia – but it probably will be
Whether the metaverse is good or bad depends on how far we blur the lines between physical and digital, and who controls/shapes that process. Read more…
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The disruption in fintech is huge and going ‘gradually, then suddenly’
The disruption in Fintech is huge but to many it is nebulous. We talk of bank branches closing and neobanks growing but there is more. Read more…
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Solving Asia’s datacentre dichotomy: Interview with AIMS CEO
Digital dichotomy: between fear and willingness to unlock the positive disruption to business and society that digital transformation heralds. Read more…
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Prepare for the unpredictable to avoid digital disruption
Disruption won’t slow digital transformation. Instead, leaders understand they must redouble their efforts to better adapt to disruption. Read more…
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The COVID-19 data surge isn’t a temporary blip – it’s probably permanent
Thanks to COVID-19, data traffic is spiking as more people work from home and stay indoors. But telcos shouldn’t count on volumes returning to normal. Read more…
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COVID-19 – the biggest digital disruptor in a decade
The economic impact of COVID-19 will be a game changer for business and the biggest, ugliest digital disruptor this decade. Read more…
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Battery costs to keep EVs from mainstream longer than you think
Previous research reckons EV batteries will be cheap enough in 2025 to reach price parity with traditional cars. New research suggests it could take far longer Read more…
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Facebook thinks campaign ads aren’t fake news – that’s wrong
Facebook is exempting political speeches and campaign ads from its war on fake news. But its rationale for the policy is equal parts lazy and naïve. Read more…
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What telcos will be doing in 2025 (besides selling digital pipes)
Can telcos retain a leading role in the digital era? And what role will regulators have? ITU Telecom World panelists offer some answers. Read more…
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Zealot-bots and other ways disinformation disrupts democracy
We’ll be seeing more disinformation spreading on social media during the 2020 US elections. And all it would take to flip the results may be a handful of bots. Read more…
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Social media spies: with friends like these, who needs enemies?
We’re often told what you post on social media may come back to haunt you. Now at the US border and elsewhere, even your friends’ posts can get you in trouble. Read more…
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Telecom Asia magazine dead at 29: a eulogy
Telecom Asia magazine was shut down on Friday at the tender age of 29. John Tanner delivers the eulogy and ponders whether TA really had to die. Read more…
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Game of Thrones is how we should talk about digital disruption
Where did Game of Thrones go wrong? One answer also happens to explain why so many of us are struggling to respond effectively to digital disruption. Really! Read more…
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MWC19: Wanna know who the next unicorn is? Ask your kids
The MWC keynotes ended with a unicorn hunt but ARM’s kids panel showed the true way forward for the industry. Read more…
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Follow the FinTech: the new battle for control
Money, power and politics have always been linked to each other. The control of banks and finance services is an important way to use power and control macro developments. For example, anti-money laundering measures are Read more…
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Probably time to break up tech giants, says Tim Berners-Lee
LONDON (Reuters) – Silicon Valley technology giants such as Facebook and Google have grown so dominant they may need to be broken up, unless challengers or changes in taste reduce their clout, the inventor of Read more…
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Seven digital disruptions that may blindside your CIO
Gartner has compiled a list of seven digital disruptions that its says organization CIOs may not be prepared for, from quantum computing to smartphone disintermediation. Digital disruption is the single largest challenge facing enterprises and Read more…
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Five predictions for future finance disruption
Fintech, blockchain and regulatory changes are driving the finance sector towards a fundamental change. It is not so difficult to predict what will happen so much as when it will happen. History doesn’t repeat itself, Read more…
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Digital upstarts disrupt traditional bank revenues: report
New entrants to the banking market – including challenger banks, non-bank payments institutions and big tech companies – are amassing up to one-third of new revenue, which is challenging the competitiveness of traditional banks, according Read more…
