ezyCourier lets you easily send and receive parcels in Klang Valley
ezyCourier was officially launched in Malaysia on April 8th 2016. The company calls itself a “new kid on the block”, considering it now joins around 100 other courier services in Malaysia that are...
View ArticleZyllem is a new on-demand same-day parcel delivery service in Klang Valley
Photo: Nabil Feisal Bamadhaj, Zyllem Malaysia’s Country Managing Director. Zyllem is a new regional logistics provider in town that offers same-day courier and parcel delivery services, within the...
View ArticleGrabCar (Economy) rides now permanently up to 60% cheaper
Due to the overwhelming response of Grab’s “RM1 Ride Promo”, the company is offering yet another deal you cannot refuse, and this time it’s a permanent fare structure revision (until the next price...
View ArticleUber Kuala Lumpur now accepts cash payments
Looks like we in the Klang Valley are not being left out after all. Uber just announced on April 19th that it is now accepting cash payments for Uber rides in Kuala Lumpur (KL), and its vicinity like...
View ArticleU Mobile now offering free data access to Waze until the end of 2016
Edward Ling, Head of Malaysia Sales for Waze; and Jasmine Lee, Chief Marketing Officer of U Mobile. On April 19th 2016, U Mobile Sdn. Bhd. announced its partnership with Waze in which U Mobile data...
View ArticleGartner: Global smartphone sales to only grow 7% in 2016
Back in the fourth quarter of 2015, Gartner reports that sales of smartphones to consumers / end users is at 403 million units, a 9.7 percent increase over the same period a year before, in 2014. The...
View Articleeero is a WiFi system that replaces your router and is easy to set up, but it...
Just when you think your WiFi is good enough, now comes along a new WiFi router system to the market that claims to offer enterprise-grade coverage and quality that’s easy to set up. eero, the...
View ArticleSubmit complaints on service providers/telcos using CFM’s My Mobile Rights app
L-M: Megat Ishak Ma’munor Rashid, Chairman of CFM; Dato’ Jailani Johari, Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia The Consumer Forum of Malaysia (CFM), which was designed by MCMC as a...
View ArticleGrabHitch is now in Malaysia ––– brings carpooling to the fore
Grab’s latest product, the GrabHitch carpooling service is now available in Malaysia. Though still in beta, the service now accepts drivers and riders to start riding together, and allows for...
View ArticleHomegrown Prepp lets you order, reserve a table, and pay, before arriving at...
If you have the phone number of your favorite restaurant, you can always book a table by calling it. Some also let you order the food over the phone. But what if you don’t know what’s on the menu, or...
View ArticleApple updates: iOS 9.3.2, OS X 10.11.5, iTunes 12.4, tvOS 9.2.1, watchOS 2.2.1
In the wee hours of May 17th, Apple pushed out updates for its operating systems, as well as for its iTunes application for Mac and PC. iOS 9.3.2 As a minor update to the previous version, iOS 9.3.2 is...
View ArticleGoogle announces its new Allo, Duo, and Spaces communications tools
At the recently concluded Google I/O 2016 event, the internet giant once again pulled another cloning experiment with the announcement of two new communication apps: Allo and Duo. Both apps are being...
View ArticleSpotify’s family plan is now significantly cheaper at RM22.40/month for 6...
On May 24th, 2016, Spotify’s family plan just got a whole lot cheaper, just in time for the mid-year school break in Malaysia (June 3rd–12th). You can now get ‘Spotify Premium for Family’ for just...
View ArticleLogitech finally releases UE ROLL and new UE BOOM colors in Malaysia
Logitech Malaysia finally made available its Ultimate Ears (UE) ROLL in Malaysia on May 11th, 2016, just a couple of weeks before its successor UE ROLL 2 is out in the US and other countries. Looks...
View ArticleTranscend JetDrive Go 500 with Apple Lightning and USB 3.1 now available in...
It was only back in March when we’ve covered the arrival of Transcend JetDrive Go 300 in Malaysia. Two months later on May 20th, 2016, Transcend Information, Inc. also brought in the JetDrive Go 500...
View ArticleWWDC16 — watchOS 3 previewed and has been announced to drop this fall
At WWDC16, Apple also showed off a preview of its upcoming watchOS 3 which it claims will be faster, simpler, and will come with breakthrough health features. The OS will be available as a free...
View ArticleApple announces iOS 10 — here are some of the major improvements
This morning, Apple kicked off the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with its usual keynote (this time at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco) to announce its latest and upcoming...
View ArticleGrabCar now available in Penang, RM65 rides from Klang Valley to KLIA/KLIA2
It feels like Grab (formerly MyTeksi) has been around for a while now, and it was surprising when the company announced that its GrabCar service in Penang has finally went live on May 25th, 2016. But...
View ArticleApple rolls out iOS 9.3.3, OS X 10.11.6, tvOS 9.2.2, and watchOS 2.2.2
These days Apple times its operating system updates so that they would all roll out at the same time. This is what happened this morning where all four operating systems (OS) — iOS, OS X, tvOS, and...
View ArticleGrabHitch JB-SG launched, became a free service after deemed illegal
Recently on June 14th, 2016, Grab (formerly MyTeksi/GrabTaxi) announced a bold move where it will soon offer its first cross-border ride-sharing service — ’GrabHitch Johor Bahru-Singapore...
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