Explore Malaysia’s cultural hotspots with Samsung’s free Culture Explorer app

By Hitech Century | July 28, 2016 |

Mention the words history and culture and you’ll usually have the mental association of a dry pile of books to pore through but Samsung is taking an interesting new approach by launching their new Culture Explorer app that allows users to virtually explore and experience Malaysia’s cultural and historical hotspots as well as interact with…

This new app will let you visualise what your Breezway louvre windows will look like before installation

By Hitech Century | July 21, 2016 |

If you’re chunking out change for doing up your house, you’ll likely need something more than a bunch of doodles scrawled on a sheaf of paper to indicate what exactly your dream home will look like. Breezway’s new mobile app helps somewhat as it helps you to visualise just how its numerous louvre designs will…

Know where all the rare Pokémon are before Pokémon GO arrives in Malaysia

By Hitech Century | July 19, 2016 |

If you’ve been like everyone else on the planet, you’ll likely be aware of a small, trifling game called Pokémon GO that has you running around collecting presumably sentient fictitious creatures that you can then use to battle other fictitious creatures. Or, in plainspeak for the rest of us who weren’t born when cassettes and vinyl…

ShopBack.my website app gives you sweet cashbacks

By Hitech Century | July 18, 2016 |

ShopBack, the cashback shopping site with a presence in Indonesia, India, Singapore and the Phillipines had now finally made it to Malaysia. The premise behind this new site is relatively simple : you shop with ShopBack’s list of accredited merchant partners and get up to a 30% cashback on all your online purchases. Payouts are…

[Review] Call of Duty: Heroes for Android – Heroes wanted. Inquire within…

By Hitech Century | July 6, 2016 |

While it has already appeared on the iPhone for some time, it’s only recently that Activision’s flag-waving, base-building extravaganza has made it to Android phones. Most Call of Duty games have some semblance of a story – yes, we’re stretching it – but the storyline for this outing is absolutely bananas as it involves a bizarre…

Digi and SuperCell team up to offer exclusives for Clash Royale

By Hitech Century | July 4, 2016 |

If you’re a keen fan of SuperCell’s engrossing game Clash Royale, you’re in luck as Digi has introduced a series of three million physical prepaid reload cards, split among RM30 and RM50 denominations that come with discounts when purchasing in-app Clash Royale content via Direct Carrier Billing on Google Play. Prepaid customers who also use Digi’s…

Google reveals Android N’s official name – it’s Nougat

By Hitech Century | July 1, 2016 |

Nougat is one of the most divisive confectionery on the planet – you either love it or hate it. Now, it’s the name of Google’s next version of Android which they announced on Snapchat and subsequently in a Tweet. The name was originally crowdsourced and fan favourites put it as Android Nutella. Alas, it was for naught.…

[Free Stuff] Limbo the platformer free on Steam today and tomorrow

By Hitech Century | June 22, 2016 |

When it was launched back in 2010, Limbo was the celebrated poster child of a new wave of platformers. Rather than involving the usual gun-heavy hijinks so beloved of shooters of the time or hopping about collecting random junk like coins or rings, Limbo had you as a mysterious unnamed boy wandering around in a…

Xiaomi outs Mi Box Android TV 6.0 box at Google I/O

By Hitech Century | May 20, 2016 |

While they’re best known for making smartphones along with an eclectic array of home goods that include air purifiers, smart weighing scales and TVs, Xiaomi’s hit the big leagues as they took to the stage at this year’s Google I/O conference where they debuted the Mi Box set top box. The Mi Box runs Android…

Handy new CardPow! app gives you cashbacks and discounts aplenty

By Hitech Century | May 17, 2016 |

If you’ve signed for a credit card – and who doesn’t these days – you’ll likely be aware of the usual array of cashbacks, rewards and bonuses tied to each card. The problem is that there’s so many that it’s a chore to keep track, more so if you have more than one card. Enter…