Google Play Movies now available in Malaysia — Rent from RM10, buy from RM29
This morning, after launching Google Play Store on Android or on the web, we were being presented with a new terms of service pop-up to agree to. The new terms are for the official availability of...
View ArticleGoogle Maps Street View now available in Sabah and Sarawak
Photo (from left to right): Hasanal Abdul Wahid, Principal Assistant Secretary, Tourism Cooperation Section, Ministry of Tourism Sarawak; Nhazlisham Hamdan, Head of Street View Operations at Google...
View Article11street.my joins #MYCYBERSALE2015 and is offering RM 6 million worth of coupons
MDeC’s #MYCYBERSALE is back again for the second year and for the first time, 11street.my is onboard with its own share of activities and sales. #MYCYBERSALE2015 campaign started yesterday, the 28th...
View ArticleThe new Acer Revo One RL85 is a tiny-yet-powerful desktop PC for the living room
The “multiple award-winning” Acer Revo One RL85 was also being showcased alongside the Malaysian launch of XR341CK Curved Monitor and XB270HU Gaming Monitor, back in late July 2015. There was already...
View ArticleThe all-new Xiaomi In-Ear Headphones (Pistons 3.0) are now available in...
Xiaomi has always been full of surprises, with smartphone announcements all year round, including the recently-unveiled Mi 4c. Malaysia was not left out too, as the local division of Xiaomi announced...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office 2016 officially launched in Malaysia with new (higher) pricing
Photo (left to right): Ananthram Balakrishnan, Business Group Lead, Apps Services and Marketing, Microsoft Malaysia; with Bruce Howe, General Manager, Consumer Channels Group, Microsoft Malaysia. On...
View ArticleMicrosoft Surface Pro 4’s Malaysian pricing revealed — pre-order through...
Microsoft’s Surface program has gone from zero dollar, to a US$900 million Surface RT write off, to being a 3.5 billion dollar business it is today, according to Microsoft. Three years later after the...
View ArticleDigi offers direct billing for Google Play purchases, in conjunction with the...
Photo (left to right): Mr. Prashant Pathmanaban, Industry Head, Google Malaysia; and Mr. Christian Thrane, Chief Marketing Officer of Digi Telecommunications A couple of months ago on September 10th,...
View ArticleLazada brings Online Revolution sale, new categories like Automotive and...
Online shopping store Lazada is already operating in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. With numerous competing services entering the local scene the past few...
View ArticleMARA Digital IT Center opens today — sets its sights to be the next ICT center
For the longest time, the only one-stop shop to buy ICT (information and communications technology) products in the Klang Valley was Low Yat Plaza (Facebook Page). Then Digital Mall PJ (Facebook Page)...
View ArticleNetflix is available in over 190 countries —— now in Malaysia too
In a move that can only be described as a coup, at this morning’s CES 2016 keynote by its CEO and Co-founder Reed Hastings, Netflix has announced that its video on demand (VOD)/streaming service is...
View ArticleHow to watch iflix for free in 2016, or pay only RM77 for a year’s...
You may have read about the partnership between iflix and Telekom Malaysia (TM) to offer free iflix streaming for 12 months through TM‘s UniFi home fiber connection. You must be wondering why am I...
View ArticleHonor Band Z1 now available in Malaysia with an unbelieveable, RM259 price tag
If you have been looking for a “smart” wearable and would not want to invest in Android Wear or Apple Watch platform due to their high price tags, Huawei’s got a little something for you. It will be...
View ArticleWhatsApp drops annual fee, vows ad-free service
A few days ago (January 18th) at the DLD Conference in Munich, Germany, WhatsApp’s CEO Jan Koum took the stage for a session with Wired’s Cade Metz, where the company also made a couple of significant...
View ArticleThe honor 7 Enhanced and honor 5X are launched in Malaysia, honor Band Z1 now...
Photo (third from left): Allen An; Thomas Jack; Jess Lee, Marketing Manager of Honor Malaysia, Consumer Business Group, Huawei Technologies Malaysia; with the models showing off the new Honor products....
View ArticleRicoh Theta S 360º Spherical Camera officially launched in Malaysia
Back in September 2013, Ricoh launched its first Theta 360-Degree Spherical compact digital camera, available in White. The camera has dimensions similar to a tiny remote control, with a fisheye lens...
View ArticleFree 12-month iflix access for subscribers of Digi SmartPlan 65 and above
In a continuous effort to get more viewers hooked to its video on-demand streaming service, iflix announced yet another partnership with Digi to offer the telco’s (postpaid) subscribers a 12-month...
View ArticleUber is two: Launches Uber Ipoh, reduces uberX rates in KL, JB, PG
Uber just turned two years old in Kuala Lumpur, and to celebrate this occasion, it has announced some stats and several initiatives, including the launch of Uber in Ipoh, and the recent lowering of...
View ArticleMyTeksi and GrabTaxi rebranded to Grab, redesigns logo, introduces GrabWork
GrabTaxi, previously known as MyTeksi in its country of origin that is Malaysia, has been rebranded to just ‘Grab’. The company chose Singapore to make this announcement as the country is also where...
View Article2nd generation Moto 360 officially available now in Malaysia through Lazada
One of the first Android Wear, the Motorola Moto 360 smartwatch, was first unveiled on March 18th 2014 followed by its release in the US on September 5th 2014. It passed our SIRIM certification...
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