Malaysia’s pioneer contestants for Adobe’s gruelling ACA World Championships are ready to rock and roll

By Hitech Century | June 22, 2016 |

To those who roam the lofty worlds of design and layout, the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) world championships are the trade equivalent of the Olympics meets an Ironman triathlon. Held in Florida every year, the event is a gruelling, strenuous, almost Herculean series of design tasks that are made to recognise the finest in the…

Samsung’s Raya deals let you win a car, tons of swag and more

By Hitech Century | June 12, 2016 |

Getting home for the holidays is going to get a wee bit easier this time around as Samsung is now serving up an interesting giveaway competition where purchases of selected Galaxy series devices – -both phones and tablets too – worth RM300 and higher will score you chances to be in the running for 30…

Lenovo launches the plush Yoga 900S convertible, X1 series notebooks and more

By Hitech Century | May 7, 2016 |

Lenovo today launched a veritable slew of hardware for their ThinkPad, ideapad and Yoga series notebooks across a variety of form factors ranging from convertibles, tablets, all-in-ones and more. The most interesting piece of hardware on offer was their Yoga 900S notebook which made its debut at CES earlier this year. The Yoga 900S looks…

PropertyGuru shares revamped mobile app and key local insights

By Hitech Century | May 3, 2016 |

According to real estate site PropertyGuru, despite an economy in the doldrums, Malaysians are still keen to invest in property. According to the burgeoning site, which now has 42% market share in Malaysia and a presence in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, some 83% of Malaysian buyers are in the market for new projects and…

Samsung’s Galaxy S7 is now in Malaysia for RM2699

By Hitech Century | April 29, 2016 |

While Samsung initially announced that only the Galaxy S7 edge will be available in Malaysia several months ago, they’ve now decided to make its more affordable sibling the Galaxy S7 with a conventional 5.1-inch Quad HD Super Amoled display with a razor sharp 577ppi available in Malaysia with modest fanfare. Barring the display, the S7…

Bonjour! French smartphone brand Wiko aiming for big Malaysian debut

By Hitech Century | January 20, 2016 |

While their presence and brand name may not be bandied about with the ubiquity of the usual heavy hitters in the Malaysian market, French smartphone purveyor Wiko looks like they’re about to throw down the gauntlet as they’ve announced an upcoming launch that will take place next week on 28th January Thursday in Malaysia. For…

Heads Up – Netflix now available in Malaysia from RM33 a month!

By Hitech Century | January 11, 2016 |

Previously, if you wanted to enjoy Netflix, you had to jump through quite a few hoops as it wasn’t available locally in Malaysia and quite a few other countries. No longer. Several hours ago, Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings gave a keynote at CES 2016 where he announced that Netflix will be available in more…

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 edge now in cool Topaz Blue and Green Emerald

By Hitech Century | June 9, 2015 |

If you’ve been hankering to get your hands on Samsung’s Galaxy S6 or their unique looking S6 edge but weren’t too keen on the existing colours available- white, black and a blinged up gold – , you’ll be rather pleased to discover that they’ve made the signature colours, glimpsed earlier on this year at MWC in…