Posts Tagged ‘Tech’
Samsung Pay now in open beta for Maybank users
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…
Read MoreBerjaya rolls out B Infinite loyalty programme and app
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…
Read MoreShopee turns one with 12 days of crazy sales
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…
Read MoreLenovo debuts new pixel-crunching P40 and P410 ThinkPad workstations
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…
Read MoreGame developers converge on LEVEL UP 2016 in Malaysia
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…
Read MoreAcer launches Swift 3 ultraportable for RM2,899
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…
Read MoreParrot unleashes flock of pro and recreational drones. Ride of the Valkyries ensues.
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…
Read MoreMavic Pro drone and Osmo Mobile gimbal launched in Malaysia
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…
Read MoreRed Hat hosts sixth annual forum in Kuala Lumpur
Running for six concurrent years, the Red Hat Forum showcases the best ideas in open source innovation and the enterprise space. The annual circuit covers a dozen cities across the globe and this time around, Malaysia was sixth in the circuit just after Red Hat concluded their proceedings in Tokyo the day before and which…
Read MoreUBER launches updated Beethoven app for deaf driver partners
UBER Malaysia today rolled out their new Beethoven driver app for partner drivers that are deaf and hard-of-hearing in order to offer more opportunities for Malaysians. For the uninitiated, Beethoven the musical genius was hard of hearing and was effectively deaf near the end of his life, hence the name of the app. The UBER…
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