Microsoft begins rollout of Lumia Cyan software update
Microsoft has begun rolling out the [Nokia] Lumia Cyan software update since mid-July 2014 to all Nokia Lumia devices that are running on Windows Phone 8. This update is packaged together with Windows...
View ArticleUberX KL officially launched: Book a private ride with your smartphone and...
Photo: UberX vehicles and partner drivers. Published date: August 8th, 2014 Uber has finally launched its uberX rides for Kuala Lumpur at an event in Bangsar South on August 7th, 2014. Uber is a...
View ArticleNokia Lumia 530 is Microsoft’s cheapest Windows Phone to date, available soon...
Published date: August 12th, 2014 It has not even been three weeks since the Nokia Lumia 530’s announcement, and in true Nokia Malaysia fashion — now part of Microsoft Mobile Devices — the company has...
View ArticleUBER cars for hire service now available in Johor Bahru
Quietly, Uber has launched its service in the city of Johor Bahru. The stealth establishment is because Uber’s operation is currently still in testing phase, so the company is quick to highlight that...
View ArticleNokia’s Malaysia Day sale: Buy one Lumia 530, get another for just RM57
Nokia Malaysia has been running its Malaysia Day sale since September 12th, and today, September 16th is the last day. It is only available at a few outlets, meaning there are limited stocks. With...
View ArticleNokia Lumia 830 and Lumia 735 Malaysian launch, Lumia deals, and new GSC app...
Photo (left to right): Serena Siew, Communications Manager, Microsoft Devices Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei; Gary Chan, Head of Marketing, Microsoft Devices, Pan Asia; Anita Mak, Senior Marketing...
View ArticleThe new Flipboard 3.0 is now available for iOS, Android, BlackBerry and even...
Flipboard, your very own ‘magazine’ service, is now in its 3rd generation and the developers have introduced some new features as well as an updated app will more features. Moreover, Flipboard claims...
View ArticleUber offering free rides to and from Bandar Utama; a promo code existing...
Uber is currently offering a promotion of free rides to and from Bandar Utama, but unlike most Uber promotions as of late, this one’s for all of you, new and existing users. Just download and install...
View ArticleLumia Denim Update begins rolling out in Malaysia, offering improved Lumia...
Following the last Lumia update called Cyan, that comes with Windows Phone 8.1, Microsoft announced back in September 2014 that it’ll soon release Windows 8.1 Update 1 that comes packaged with Lumia...
View ArticleMicrosoft demoed Windows 10 for phones, Spartan browser, and a foldable...
Aside from the two Lumia devices, Microsoft also took the opportunity to showcase their upcoming Windows 10 for phones at its MWC 2015 event. The team showed off how features like universal apps (one...
View ArticleViber is on the hunt for its next sticker artist, and a Sticky Fingers mascot
Creative types take note, Viber has partnered with Talenthouse to embark on a worldwide hunt for their next sticker artist. Both companies are inviting visual artists, illustrators, and designers from...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s ‘Office 2016 for Mac’ and ‘Office Mobile app for Windows 10’ are...
Office 2011 for Mac After a five-year wait since ‘Office 2011 for Mac’, Microsoft has finally released ‘Office 2016 for Mac’ to 139 countries and in 16 languages, on July 10th. If you’re already an...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office 2016 officially launched in Malaysia with new (higher) pricing
Photo (left to right): Ananthram Balakrishnan, Business Group Lead, Apps Services and Marketing, Microsoft Malaysia; with Bruce Howe, General Manager, Consumer Channels Group, Microsoft Malaysia. On...
View ArticleWhatsApp drops annual fee, vows ad-free service
A few days ago (January 18th) at the DLD Conference in Munich, Germany, WhatsApp’s CEO Jan Koum took the stage for a session with Wired’s Cade Metz, where the company also made a couple of significant...
View ArticleMicrosoft acquires SwiftKey — gets ready to cash in on Android and iOS
Probably after years of careful planning, Microsoft has now found itself a way to extend its reach into Android and iOS even more by way of a proxy. Financial Times reports (link paywalled) that the...
View ArticleWith the MTV Trax app, download 100 MTV-curated songs for offline use
Looks like the already crowded music streaming space in Malaysia will have to squeeze in yet another service provider. The MTV Trax app downloads 100 songs weekly onto a device automatically, and...
View ArticleHERE to remove support for Windows based smartphones, including those running...
Seems like Windows Phone users can’t seem to catch a break these days. The latest app that is going to axe support for the platform is HERE maps. The core of this map service may still live on in...
View ArticleGartner: Global smartphone sales to only grow 7% in 2016
Back in the fourth quarter of 2015, Gartner reports that sales of smartphones to consumers / end users is at 403 million units, a 9.7 percent increase over the same period a year before, in 2014. The...
View ArticleWindows 10 updates: Free until July 29th, Anniversary Update, new Maps features
Microsoft’s Build Developer Conference took place between March 30th and April 1st, 2016, and from there the company shared a few new features of the next Windows 10 update that’s coming this summer;...
View ArticleSpotify’s family plan is now significantly cheaper at RM22.40/month for 6...
On May 24th, 2016, Spotify’s family plan just got a whole lot cheaper, just in time for the mid-year school break in Malaysia (June 3rd–12th). You can now get ‘Spotify Premium for Family’ for just...
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