Mid Range Smartphones Continue To Dominate
Malaysian consumers bought over 8.5 million mobile handset last year an increase increase more than 10% in sales. Consumers contributed RM6.8 billion in total sales with mostly paying for smartphones and more so on screens larger than 5 inches. According to Gfk, the agency tracked that 45% of units sold were of bigger phones as […]
Want RM399 Super Fast 1Gbps Broadband? Head To Cyberjaya
That’s the calling card for Cyberjaya city developer Setia Haruman. Offering the super fast speeds of 1Gbps for both businesses and homes alike, Cyberjaya’s aspirations to achieve smart city status is quickly becoming a reality. Among one of the 11 initiatives announced by Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak during Cyberjaya’s 20th celebration, super fast broadband […]
IBM and Samsung Ready to Build 5nm Chips
The industry leading chip currently is 10 nanometer (nm) – but researchers in IBM-led Research Alliance, along with their partners including Samsung, have developed an industry-first process to build silicon nanosheet transistors that will enable 5 nanometer (nm) chips. It was only two years ago that 7nm test node chip was achieved, with 20 billion transistors […]
Samsung Malaysia Reminds You to Reconnect with Family For the Raya Season
For every festivities in Malaysia, we can almost always count on the various creative ads that bring out the best in the Malaysian spirit of muhibbah. As with the ever reliable tear jerkers from Petronas for Merdeka – or any other festivities, other companies have been following suit, bringing their best wishes through heart felt […]
A Serious Case of Grand Theft Auto…
I am an avid/semi-professional gamer when it comes to GTA V Online. Having been part of the scene for almost three years now, GTA V was the first game I played when I got my PS4 and through it all, is still one of the games I keep turning back to, especially when there’s nothing […]
Valve Confirms Fees for Steam Direct
Steam announced that they were killing the Greenlight program this year, to replace it with an alternative way of publishing known as Steam Direct. When it was first announced back in February, Valve still haven’t had a figure on how much the fees were going to be for publication. Valve finally agreed on “a $100 […]
Moto unveils its all-new premium smartphone – the Moto G5 Plus
Following a similar route with many other smartphone brands, Moto has finally released its latest smartphone after its introduction during MWC 2017 – the Moto G5 Plus. As it is the fifth-generation to come out from Moto, the G5 Plus sports an all-new metallic housing design and is retailing at RM1,299. The Moto G5 Plus […]
Nokias Confirmed to Get Android O (Not the 3310, Obviously)
We still don’t know which sweet treat the 8th rendition of Android is, but Android based Nokias (as in, the latest Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3) will be getting the Android O update. According to TechRadar, HMD Global has confirmed that “the smartphones will get the Android O update once the new release is […]
Google Making Changes to Ads on Chrome
Google is trying to make ads less annoying for you – i.e. no more annoying, intrusive ads that decide to randomly blare music, or has a time stamp on it before you can read what you actually clicked to read. While it might seem counter intuitive – considering a major part of Google’s revenue comes […]
Chinese Fireball Malware Infects 250 Million Computers
A new malware is hitting computers globally and has so far infected over 250 million computers, according to cybersecurity researchers in Check Point. Named Fireball, the malware operations are based in China and is said to have infected 20% of corporate networks. In Check Point’s own words, Fireball “takes over target browsers and turns them […]
WhatsApp Charging You Soon? Don’t Fall For the Trap!
Remember the long long (okay, so not that long, maybe before January 2016) time ago when WhatsApp used to charge users for US$ 0.99 annually for their services? There’s been a message making its rounds claiming that their WhatsApp subscription has expired, and users can pay 99p (that’s the UK version) for a “lifetime subscription”. […]
