Singapore – Grab has showcased 75 of its homegrown F&B merchant-partners, an increase from 53 the previous year. Since its listing on the Nasdaq in 2021, Grab has been using the billboard space at Times Square to feature some of its merchant-partners who serve millions of consumers across Southeast Asia through the Grab app.
For Grab, being featured on the Times Square billboard was an opportunity for these merchants to be recognised as vital representatives of their communities on an international stage.
It is worth noting that a large number of the six million merchants and partners on Grab are small-to-medium F&B outfits, with 67% of total GrabFood and GrabMart GMV was contributed by MSMEs.
“These merchants-partners typically don’t have the same marketing and advertising budget as larger players, and would not usually advertise outside their home countries,” Grab said in a recent blog regarding the latest version of this initiative.
Some of those merchants being featured include Philippines-based fruit brand Prutasan ni Adan, Malaysia-based soy sauce chicken restaurant Nasi Ayam Kee Chup, Singapore-based DIY sushi and salad chain Maki-San, and Thailand-based bakery HAAB.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Malaysian shopping mall Pavilion Kuala Lumpur has unveiled its new attraction for the Chinese New Year, a 3D show depicting a ‘Golden Bull’ charging towards Pavilion KL.
The show depicts a ‘Golden Bull’ charging towards the mall, as it ‘breaks’ the glass with the words “Together Against COVID-19,” and graphics showing greetings for the Chinese New Year.
The 3D show is best viewed from Pavilion KL’s Crystal Fountain and is aired until March 2021. The Pavilion Elite LED Screen measuring 60.8m in width and 21.5m in height, with an impressive total size of 1,310 sqm, is a venue in showcasing this groundbreaking 3D show and technology.
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This 3D Golden Bull show on the Pavilion Elite LED screen presents yet another first in Malaysia showcase by Pavilion KL for this Chinese New Year’s‘ Blessings of Prosperity’ celebrations. The other first in Malaysia record is the ‘Biggest Golden Bull’ in the mall’s Centre Court, measuring 15ft in height and 16ft in width.
MARKETECH APAC has already reached out to Pavilion KL for further comments on the 3D show installment.
Auckland, New Zealand – Global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has partnered with global advertising agency BBDO in launching a live stream billboard in New Zealand as part of Kaspersky’s campaign ‘Safer Tomorrow’, aimed at trying to answer humankind’s questions about the foreseeable future.
The billboard, placed temporarily in Castlepoint Station on the Wairarapa coast of New Zealand, utilized BBDO’s developed foretelling neural network to answer to the most significant questions about ‘tomorrow’ – from “when will flying cars become ordinary vehicles?” to “what will 3D printing be capable of by 2050?” In addition, audiences are able to view the billboard live from New Zealand via the ‘Safer Tomorrow’ website.
“Kaspersky is committed to building a more protected and safer world. To achieve this, the global cybersecurity company closely follows technological trends and predictions to generate a picture of what we can expect in the future and to understand how to secure it in advance. Kaspersky also believes that the more people who consider the future and the likely trajectories of society and technology, the more they will be able to foresee and contribute to this better and safer tomorrow,” the company said in a press statement.
The deployed neural network uses the latest machine learning architecture and techniques and is trained to analyze requests and provide predictions based on data collected from hundreds of thousands of related sources, including science fiction books and magazines, selected media, and blogs.
Asked about the use of science fiction materials as a base for the ‘Safer Tomorrow’ predictions, the company stated that “boldest predictions were usually considered not just incredible but even whimsical at the time they were made.”
“Over the last few decades, as SciFi authors have got access to the latest progress in science, their ideas and predictions are treated with much more respect and seriousness even by scientists,” the company stated.
The company, however, clarified that the neural network itself will admit as to whether no answer can be provided, and will try its best to reformulate the question or prod for another one to be asked.
“Some predictions are still to be made, and even the neural network’s knowledge has its limits. But not knowing everything about the future makes it even more amazing and thrilling. Generating a specific prediction as an answer to a question would take a few seconds,” the company added.
Furthermore, insights used in the ‘Safer Tomorrow’ platform will be also using Kaspersky’s former interactive project ‘Earth 2050’, a platform project providing a futuristic image of what the world will look like in 30 years’ time.
The creation of the ‘Safer Tomorrow’ platform, according to Andrew Winton, vice president for global marketing at Kaspersky, was to raise people’s awareness about what the future might look like and feel more certain about upcoming opportunities.
“Looking into and understanding the future is something that has occupied the minds of humankind throughout time. It is this knowledge that allows us to be secure, prepared and confident. Kaspersky believes in a bright future where, [the] as-of-yet unseen potential for humanity will be opened up by technology, which is why we secure it,” Winton stated.
The live stream billboard construction will be accessible to the public until February 25 and will be dismantled thereafter.
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