Scandal
Najib Razak has finally found the guts to dissolve the Malaysian Parliament, effective today (Saturday, 7th April 2018). What he needs to do now is to keep his fingers crossed and hopes his lucky number – 11 – will bring victory to him. Perhaps that’s the only reason why he didn’t announce the dissolution yesterday, […]
... written on Apr 07 2018Business or pleasure, Club De Vegas stands out as a karaoke lounge renowned for its sumptuous surroundings and legendary service. That’s the marketing speech from Club De Vegas, the most prestigious and most expensive private club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. But this isn’t any ordinary karaoke lounge where fried rice and free drinks are given […]
... written on Apr 06 2018Thanks to Cambridge Analytica scandal, European Union has now found the excuse to regulate Facebook. The data-harvesting scandal has essentially opened the floodgate, presenting a golden opportunity for the EU to contain the growing influence of the world’s largest social media company. Well, don’t blame the EU – it was Zuckerberg’s fault. The co-founder […]
... written on Apr 02 2018Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak commands a legion of close to 3.4-million Facebook “likes” and more than 4-million Twitter “followers”. However, 51% of his Twitter followers are fake. Chances are millions of his Facebook “likes” are fake too. At US$10 for 1,000 likes, it would take only a small fortune to spike Mr. Najib’s “likes.” […]
... written on Apr 02 2018Companies like Facebook and Google have a different business model as compared to brick-and-mortar stores like Apple. Yet, they are all giant tech companies. Both Apple and Facebook command planeloads of customers. Apple sells gadgets to its legions of loyal customers, while Facebook sells its targeted customers’ personal data to advertisers. Mark Zuckerberg becomes […]
... written on Mar 30 2018Eight years ago, Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs warned and lectured the young Mark Zuckerberg on issues about privacy. “Privacy means people know what they’re signing up for, in plain English and repeatedly,” – Jobs said in 2010. If only the young Zuckerberg had listened to the wise man who saw it coming. […]
... written on Mar 29 2018Taking a page from Donald Trump, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has tabled a bill in parliament on Monday outlawing “fake news”, a term popularized by the U.S. president. Under the Anti-Fake News 2018 bill, anyone who publishes so-called fake news could face fines of up to RM500,000 (US$128,550; £90,310), up to 10 years in […]
... written on Mar 27 2018As Facebook stock price continues taking the beating, thanks to Cambridge Analytica scandal, founder Mark Zuckerberg has been busily apologizing. It has gotten so bad that the world’s largest social media network was reduced to running advertisements in British and U.S. newspapers – Observer, Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal – apologizing […]
... written on Mar 26 2018Zuckerberg has finally apologised after the Cambridge Analytica scandal erased tens of billions of dollars from his company’s market capitalization. But the defiant billionaire did so only after he was criticised for his failure to apologize in his initial admission in a Facebook post that he “made mistakes” and would “do” more to protect users’ […]
... written on Mar 24 2018Mark Zuckerberg is hiding, and so is Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Ever since the scandal over Facebook data manipulation or breach exploded, the founder and captain of the social media are nowhere to be found. The company’s lawyers were dispatched instead to face public scrutiny while the CEO and COO stay quiet on the Cambridge […]
... written on Mar 21 2018
