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WhatsApp 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...
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Ricoh 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...
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Free 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...
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MyTeksi 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...
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2nd 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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Microsoft acquires SwiftKey — gets ready to cash in on Android and iOS
Probably after years of careful planning, Microsoft has now found itself a way to extend its reach into Android and iOS even more by way of a proxy. Financial Times reports (link paywalled) that the...
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YouTube app has “save offline” feature in Malaysia, again
Well, it only took YouTube 11 years to bring this feature to Malaysia. A few months ago in April 2015, I noticed that the YouTube app in Malaysia had the “save offline” feature again, for the second...
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With the MTV Trax app, download 100 MTV-curated songs for offline use
Looks like the already crowded music streaming space in Malaysia will have to squeeze in yet another service provider. The MTV Trax app downloads 100 songs weekly onto a device automatically, and...
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Today only: Apple giving away 5 App Store apps for leap year
A leap year only comes every four years (until 2100) and Apple recognizes this by giving away five apps that normally cost a few ringgit, for free. Note that they are only free for a day, so after...
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The Shanghai Major DOTA 2 championship is live on Astro
Fans of DOTA 2 should know of the The Shanghai Major, where the current DOTA 2 championship is ongoing. Astro is in on the eSports bandwagon too, and is airing The Shanghai Major DOTA 2 championship...
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Apple Maps now has traffic info for Malaysia and Singapore
iOS users, dust off that Apple Maps of yours, for it just became a little bit more useful in this part of the world. Traffic data for both Malaysia and Singapore are now available in Apple Maps that...
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Celcom offers 2-month access to iflix, RM9/month subscription thereafter
Image from iflix’s Facebook Page. Earlier today, iflix partners with Celcom to offer subscribers of the latter’s internet plans, a free two-month full access (or what I’d like to call a generous free...
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LINE now supports group calling, introduces Creators Market for themes
LINE Group Voice Call A couple of days ago, LINE Corporation announced that its new group calling feature is now on the latest LINE chat apps (version 5.11 on Android and iPhone, version 4.5 on Windows...
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Waze 4.3 for iOS lets you plan your drives without requiring the calendar
Following the major redesign of its version 4.0 app, Waze is now making version 4.3 available in the App Store for iOS devices. The major update of this release is a brand-new feature called ‘Planned...
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Transcend JetDrive Go 300 is a flash drive for your iOS device, available in...
Transcend Information, Inc, is not a new player in the flash storage space, and just yesterday, it has released the Transcend JetDrive Go 300 for the masses. It essentially is a flash drive with both...
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Apple updates galore: iOS 9.3, OS X 10.11.4, tvOS 9.2, WatchOS 2.2 — Siri now...
Apple updates galore: iOS 9.3, OS X 10.11.4, tvOS 9.2, WatchOS 2.2 — Siri now supports Malay language It’s that time of the season again when Apple releases the updates to all of its operating systems...
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Apple announces the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro with plenty of new hardware —...
Earlier today, Apple announced two new devices (no mystery here as tons of leaks had already surfaced prior to this launch), a new software framework, and an update to an existing framework at its...
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UberEATS App is now serving in a few cities — food delivery personnel to go...
If you must know, Uber has announced that is has indeed been, to borrow its own words, cooking up a brand new app in the background. The UberEATS app is available now to be sampled (iOS and Android),...
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WhatsApp now has end-to-end encryption for all forms of communication within it
WhatsApp has had encryption for a while now (as early as 2012), but it was only limited to one-to-one text messages, on Android. That is, until April 5th 2016, when the company announced that “every...
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RM6 off GrabCar rides for a week to celebrate launch in Johor Bahru [updated]
Updated (April 13th): Due to popular demand, Grab is extending its “RM1 Rides” promotion until April 17th, 2016. It seems like GrabCar has been operating in other Malaysian cities before, but it turns...
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