Samsung Pay now in open beta for Maybank users

Samsung Pay now in open beta for Maybank users 1

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…

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Berjaya rolls out B Infinite loyalty programme and app

Berjaya rolls out B Infinite loyalty programme and app 2

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…

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Ministry of Domestic Trade teams up with Microsoft and online e-tailers to combat counterfeit software

Ministry of Domestic Trade teams up with Microsoft and online e-tailers to combat counterfeit software 3

It is a rare thing for all of Malaysia’s largest e-tailers – 11street, Lazada, Lelong, Mudah and Logon gather in one place but gather they did as they all took part in a first-of-its-kind initiative to unite together to combat counterfeit software. They, along with representatives from Microsoft and representatives of the Ministry of Domestic…

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Shopee turns one with 12 days of crazy sales

Shopee turns one with 12 days of crazy sales 4

Shopee the mobile e-tailer has just turned one today. The company, which is owned by Garena and begun operations in December 2015, shared insights of their growth, chief among them that they achieved USD 1.8 billion in Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) with 43% month-on-month growth over the past one year. At present, they have over…

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Lenovo debuts new pixel-crunching P40 and P410 ThinkPad workstations

Lenovo debuts new pixel-crunching P40 and P410 ThinkPad workstations 5

Lenovo took the wraps off two hefty high-performing workstations – the ThinkPad P40 Yoga Mobile Worktation and the ThinkStation P410 Workstation desktop  that are designed for professional use by architects, engineers and the like which offer scads of pixel crunching power capable of handling Autodesk’s 3D Design software. ThinkPad P40 Yoga Mobile Workstation The ThinkPad…

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Game developers converge on LEVEL UP 2016 in Malaysia

Game developers converge on LEVEL UP 2016 in Malaysia 6

Over 500 game developers, investors, game publishers and technology providers converged on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to participate in one of the world’s biggest gaming conferences in the region. Dubbed LEVEL UP KL, the annual convention is in its second successful year and is part of the ongoing effort by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) to…

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Emmanuel Frenehard joins iflix as CTO

Emmanuel Frenehard joins iflix as CTO 7

Newcomer iflix has grown from strength to strength with an emerging library of solid titles for streaming that offer a curated mix of both international and regional content that cater to local tastes combined with innovative features like the ability to download videos for off-line viewing; a necessity seeing the spotty internet connections in emerging…

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Acer launches Swift 3 ultraportable for RM2,899

Acer launches Swift 3 ultraportable for RM2,899 8

Acer’s light ultraportable rig that was glimpsed at IFA has finally been launched in Malaysia. The notebook is hewn from aluminium and is 17.95mm thin and weighs 1.5kg while cramming in a 14-inch 1080p display. The notebook comes with an Intel i5-6200U processor, 4GB DDR4 RAM a 256GB SSD and Intel HD 520 graphics. The built-in 3,220mAh…

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Parrot unleashes flock of pro and recreational drones. Ride of the Valkyries ensues.

Parrot unleashes flock of pro and recreational drones. Ride of the Valkyries ensues. 9

Local distributor TJM today launched a quartet of Parrot drones – the Disco FPV, the Bebop 2 FPV, the Swing and the Mambo. Out of the four, the Disco FPV and Bebop 2 FPV are designed for serious camera work while the Swing and Mambo are designed for more casual recreational use. Parrot Disco FPV…

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Mavic Pro drone and Osmo Mobile gimbal launched in Malaysia

Mavic Pro drone and Osmo Mobile gimbal launched in Malaysia 10

ECS ICT Berhad today took the wraps off two new devices from DJI – the Mavic Pro drone and the Osmo Mobile smartphone gimbal in a launch today in Malaysia. The Mavic Pro has a range of 7km with a maximum speed of 40mph. The Drone has a nose-mounted 12.35-MP camera that captures snaps in…

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