Samsung Pay now in open beta for Maybank users

By Hitech Century | December 10, 2016 |

Samsung’s payment service tied to their latest devices like the S7 series is now in open beta with Maybank users being the first to get to experience Samsung’s mobile payment tech. Maybank Visa debit, credit and prepaid cards are able to integrate their card details with the service and get exclusive access until the end…

11street’s new YouTube short film is surprisingly hilarious

By Hitech Century | December 10, 2016 |

Most commercials you find these days on YouTube are usually the sort of spamfest that has you hammering the close button but 11street’s first short featurette proves to be surprisingly entertaining. It stars their brand ambassadors Zizan Razak and Elizabeth Tan and is titled ‘Whatever it Takes‘ with Zizan set the Herculean task of finding…

Berjaya rolls out B Infinite loyalty programme and app

By Hitech Century | December 10, 2016 |

The Berjaya Group’s loyalty program that was formerly known as BCARD got a major revamp and has been rebranded as B Infinite with a new B-shaped logo superimposed with the sign for infinity. The BCARD loyalty programme began in 2011 and has over five million members to date. The new B Infinite program expands on…

U Mobile’s new Game-Onz plan to offer unlimited data for PC gaming

By Hitech Century | December 9, 2016 |

UMobile today just announced one serious kicker of a prepaid phone plan for gamers. Dubbed Game-Onz, the plans allow prepaid customers to tether their PC to their phone and play a selected variety of games from Steam, Playone Asia and Garena without incurring data costs. To wit, if you’re playing the following games, you’ll enjoy…

Samsung’s tech-laden holiday video looks surprisingly good

By Hitech Century | December 5, 2016 |

While most commercials are kitschy hard sell pieces, Samsung’s latest holiday video skit to showcase their current line-up of wearables looks surprisingly pleasant and heart warming in the bargain too. The short skit shows a family gifting each other an array of Samsung wearables which they make full use of in a rather Christmas-themed scenario. A…

Class gets a hand up with Gear S3 arrival in Malaysia for RM1,399

By Hitech Century | December 3, 2016 |

While the average smartwatch is at best a snazzy looking pedometer that tells the time, Samsung’s latest iteration of their smartwatch family aims to make the experience look as classy as possible while also adding in quite a few extra features in the bargain. A huge chunk of smartwatches out there use Android Wear or…

Time to rumble in Hearthstone’s: Mean Streets of Gadgetzan expansion

By Hitech Century | December 2, 2016 |

The release of Hearthstone’s latest expansion pack means you can kiss the weekend goodbye. The Mean Streets of Gadgetzan has you taking part as a new kid in town in the goblin city of Gadgetzan that is run by three major crime families, each of which rely on three character classes to enforce their authority.…

11street’s personality test wins you awesome prizes

By Hitech Century | December 2, 2016 |

Sure, you see a ton of them on Facebook that aim to delve into your deepest inner soul to find out just what makes you tick but 11street’s personality test for the coming New Year pays off in a far better way rather than enlightenment and a few more likes on Facebook – you get…

U Mobile issues out RM5 million of free weekly deals for TERER THURSDAY

By Hitech Century | December 1, 2016 |

While telco provider U Mobile is best known for their distinctive bright orange hue and their rather affordable phone plans, they’ve now taken things up a notch with an absolutely bananas rewards campaign for both prepaid and postpaid customers called TERER THURSDAY. Essentially, every Thursday, customers will get a series of free deals, starting today.…

[Lifehack] Is it cheaper to take Uber or Grab in Malaysia? iPrice crunches the numbers.

By Hitech Century | November 29, 2016 |

Like any grizzled urbanite stuck in the middle of downtown Kuala Lumpur doing the daily grind, you’re familiar with the mainstays that get you from point A to B across town short of driving your own car: your best bud who happens to own a car, a cab, Uber or Grab. The first option is…