Viber is on the hunt for its next sticker artist, and a Sticky Fingers mascot
Creative types take note, Viber has partnered with Talenthouse to embark on a worldwide hunt for their next sticker artist. Both companies are inviting visual artists, illustrators, and designers from...
View ArticleNokia’s HERE is here for iOS – a free offline maps and navigation app
The HERE app for offline navigation, maps, traffic, and public transit is now back on the Apple App store after it was taken down at the end of 2013. Nokia claimed that it was largely due to the...
View ArticleHere’s our quick look at the MeterOn by SPAD – an app for passengers of taxis...
The Land Public Transport Commission (Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat, or SPAD for short) recently announced its latest initiative to keep a tab on our taxis drivers. The MeterOn app allows...
View ArticleiOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3 updates bring new emojis and various other improvements
Just one month after iOS 8.2 was released which contains the Apple Watch support and various other fixes, iOS 8.3 is finally out yesterday morning, and contains an even larger list of fixes,...
View ArticleTelekom Malaysia and Digi Telecommunications launch HyppTV Everywhere for...
Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Digi Telecommunications announced their brand new collaboration on Monday for the HyppTV Everywhere service. The collaboration will allow Digi subscribers, on both prepaid...
View ArticleMaxis announces new services and an exclusive Google partnership for Chromecast
Maxis announced three new additions to its product lineup last Thursday at an event held at their corporate office. The offerings include partnerships with Spotify, for its Premium streaming service,...
View ArticleApple WWDC 2015 Keynote – iOS 9
This year, one of the biggest news to hit WWDC 2015 (in the wee hours of June 9) was the much talked about iOS 9. Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi (who is also a...
View ArticleiOS 8.4 released: Apple Music only RM15 a month, available on iTunes too
Early yesterday morning Apple released iOS 8.4 to the masses, as promised during its WWDC 2015 keynote. This update offers the overhauled Apple Music app that comes with a music streaming service and...
View Articleiflix now supports Chromecast and is testing HD playback; offline caching in...
Just a couple of months after the initial rollout of the video-on-demand streaming service, homegrown iflix has enabled Chromecast support for both its Android and iOS apps. iflix Malaysia CEO Azran...
View ArticleGoogle 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 ArticleMicrosoft’s ‘Office 2016 for Mac’ and ‘Office Mobile app for Windows 10’ are...
Office 2011 for Mac After a five-year wait since ‘Office 2011 for Mac’, Microsoft has finally released ‘Office 2016 for Mac’ to 139 countries and in 16 languages, on July 10th. If you’re already an...
View ArticleWhatsApp Web for iOS is finally rolling out
Seven months after Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and even Nokia S60 received this feature, WhatsApp Web is finally beginning to roll out to iOS devices. WhatsApp just updated its ‘Web’ page, now...
View ArticleApple announces the new iPad Pro – comes with optional Apple Pencil and Smart...
This morning’s Apple event saw the introduction of the bigger iPad Pro that’s been swirling around in the rumour mill for a while now. This new iPad has a much larger 12.9” Retina display but has...
View ArticleApple’s updates: iOS 9, OS X El Capitan, tvOS, watchOS 2, Watch cases and...
Apple’s event a few of mornings ago revealed a bunch of hardware including the iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPad Pro and Apple TV, but along the way it has made software announcements too, software that...
View ArticleMyTeksi’s GrabCar now accepts credit card via GrabPay
Whip out your credit card and wipe of that debt, because MyTeksi’s GrabCar (economy) and GrabCar+ (premium) services are now accepting credit and debit cards, besides the usual cash payment. The new...
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 ArticleCelcom launches exclusive Yonder Music streaming partnership
On November 19th at The Garage KL, Celcom Axiata Berhad launches Yonder Music streaming service for the Malaysian market. This exclusive partnership means only Celcom customers will be able to get to...
View ArticleWe checked out the offline option for iflix and we’re quite impressed
If you’ve not heard or experienced it already, iflix now has an offline mode. The feature was officially launched yesterday morning but current subscribers have had access to the preview since the...
View ArticleApple’s OS updates: iOS 9.2 and OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 are out
iOS 9.2 Apple just released iOS 9.2 to the masses today, which is its second “major” update to iOS 9 that made its debut in September, followed by iOS 9.1’s release in October. Just like any Apple’s...
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