You can now buy OPPO’s R9s in green

By Hitech Century | August 5, 2017 |

The OPPO R9s has quite a few colour options available in Malaysia including red, black and gold with OPPO now adding a new shade of green to the line-up. The R9s Green Edition has a light lime green finish though the hardware under the hood is similar to its other differently hued siblings. The phone…

Inaugural Taiwan Excellence Pavilion showcases the best that Taiwan has to offer

By Hitech Century | July 13, 2017 |

Representatives officially launching the Taiwan Excellence Pavilion at 1 Utama mall

The New Wing of the 1 Utama shopping centre at lower concourse of the complex is now host to the inaugural Taiwan Excellence Pavilion. The area showcases working examples of some of the most innovative products from Taiwan that have been awarded their prestigious Taiwan Excellence mark. The event will also see round-the-clock product exhibitions…

Celcom and Grab team up to offer benefits galore

By Hitech Century | July 12, 2017 |

From left: Zalman Aefendy Zainal Abidin, Chief Marketing Officer of Celcom Axiata Berhad, Sean Goh, Country Head of Grab Malaysia, Azwan Khan Osman Khan, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Business Operations of Celcom Axiata Berhad and Tian Jiong Jian, Head of Business Development, Grab Malaysia flanked by the Celcom product and services team .

Celcom Axiata and ride-hailing app service Grab have teamed up to provide Celcom customers with a slew of benefits. The biggest perk is that all Celcom customers will enjoy zero-rated data usage when using the GrabCar app, meaning you can use all that extra surfeit of data on more important stuff like streaming that new…

You can give DJI’s Spark camera drone a hand – literally

By Hitech Century | July 10, 2017 |

Piloting a drone isn’t exactly an easy task as you’re attempting to fly a hefty camera via remote control while avoiding all the usual navigational hazards – power lines, trees, people, house pets and anything else that could send prang your expensive flying camera and render it into expensive scrap metal. Needless to say there’s…

U Mobile ends their network share agreement with Maxis

By Hitech Century | June 28, 2017 |

U Mobile has formally notified Maxis that they are ending their RAN share agreement which will be completed by December 2018. The move is in line with their expanding network of cellphone towers which now offer significant coverage for most of Malaysia. Their official statement is reproduced below: “With our growing subscriber base, U Mobile…

Naza Communications embarks on Nuri Programme to empower rural communities in Malaysia

By Hitech Century | June 23, 2017 |

Naza Corporation Holdings Sdn Bhd’s integrated infrastructure services provider arm, Naza Communications signed a momentous Memorandum of Understanding yesterday with a trailblazing team of collaborative partners to implement and accelerate a unique initiative that seeks to empower rural communities that has been dubbed the NURI Programme. The collaboration partners that will embark with Naza Communications…

Digi joins Logitech as official sponsors of Kuala Lumpur Hunters

By Hitech Century | June 19, 2017 |

The Kuala Lumpur Hunters (KLH), one of Malaysia’s premier League of Legends gaming teams have just announced a one-year partnership with Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, one of Malaysia’s leading telcos. Digi joins KLH’s stalwart supporter Logitech, one of the most influential purveyors in hardware for gaming and productivity alike including a comprehensive range of mouse…

Kaspersky says latest wave of Nigerian phishing scams are taking a more sinister turn

By Hitech Century | June 18, 2017 |

Nigerian phishing scams are so common as to become a popular meme. They inevitably revolve around human greed and involve emails that are sent out to potential victims, stating that they are the recipient of a massive amount of money or some such other lucrative deal before asking for personal details or a token but…

Zenfone 3 Max enjoys RM100 discount for Raya holidays

By Hitech Century | June 16, 2017 |

Asus’ Zenfone 3 Max is one of the more interesting evolutionary offshoots of their Zenfone 3 family as it bears aesthetic stylings similar to its siblings but prioritises battery life by cramming in a humongous 4,100mAh battery within its casing that is rated to last up to 38 days on standby with 4G on or…

Heading home for Raya? Waze has you covered with Planned Drive feature

By Hitech Century | June 15, 2017 |

As far as navigation apps go, Waze has something of a following in Malaysia. How much? Well, apparently there’s over 2.5 million Malaysians actively using the app with over 1.2 million alerts contributed to the app per month of road hazards from potholes to accidents. That massive font of data offers an unprecedented bird’s eye…