Matrade-Google Malaysia collaboration to enhance SMEs’ digital export skill sets
KUALA LUMPUR: The Google’s Market Finder module has recently been introduced as a digital market insights tool to assist small medium enterprises (SMEs) find new export business opportunities through the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade)-Google Malaysia collaboration. Besides, it is a tool to strengthen Malaysian SMEs export fundamentals, as well as to broaden exports […]
SMEs need digital tools to grow business in pandemic era
KUALA LUMPUR: E-commerce is helping businesses to survive during the Covid-19 pandemic and it offers enormous potential for them to prosper in the future, according to technology company Google. Its government affairs and public policy manager Nick Bauer said there are opportunities abound for Malaysian businesses, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to leverage on […]
Microsoft backs search engines paying for news worldwide
SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Thursday lobbied for other countries to follow Australia’s lead in calling for news outlets to be paid for stories published online, a move opposed by Facebook and Google. Microsoft last week offered to fill the void if rival Google follows through on a threat to turn off its search engine in […]
Orangutan is Google’s 2020 Merdeka Day Doodle
KUALA LUMPUR: Google celebrates Malaysia’s 63rd Independence Day today, with a doodle or logo featuring an orangutan, the great ape native to the country. The species are found in the rainforests of Borneo, particularly in the states of Sabah and Sarawak, as well as Sumatra. It is the second animal chosen by the search engine, […]
Google slams Australia law forcing tech giants to pay for news
SYDNEY, Australia: US technology giant Google went on the offensive Monday against an Australian plan forcing digital giants to pay for news content, telling users their personal data would be “at risk”. Australia announced last month that firms such as Google and Facebook would have to pay news media for content, after 18 months of […]
Malaysian newspapers want Google and Facebook to share ad revenue
KUALA KUMPUR: Malaysian newspaper publishers are coming together to initiate a move to force international technology companies Google and Facebook to share advertising revenue they have accumulated largely at the expense of the traditional media. The move, undertaken through the Malaysian Newspaper Publishers Association (MNPA), follows a recent landmark decision by the Australian government to force Google […]
