Archive for 'Contents & Applications'

Protect your Android Phone from Security Exploit with Norton Halt [Apps]

Norton by Symantec released a free mobile Android app late last year to protect mobile devices against USSD exploit and other malicious security exploit. USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) numbers contain * and # and serve the purpose of providing special functions to operators and device manufacturers such as settings reset and wiping the device. [...]

KakaoTalk has 600k users in Malaysia, targeting 3mil users next year

Friendster Sdn. Bhd a subsidiary of MOL Global has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Kakao Corp., South Korea’s mobile platform giant to promote, market and distribute the Kakao mobile platform in Malaysia. The partnership will cover Kakao’s KakaoTalk and KakaoStory mobile application services including related businesses to these applications such as mobile game channeling, [...]

Viber Updates Mobile Apps, announced Desktop Version

Mobile VoIP provider, Viber has released version 3.0 of its platform for its Android and iOS mobile users along with the newly launched Viber Desktop application for PC & Mac users. In a media release, the company said that Viber Desktop and the latest versions of the Viber app were designed from the ground up [...]

Maxis offers Astro B.yond IPTV

Earlier this week, Maxis announced that its Home customers can now enjoy Astro B.yond IPTV via fibre high speed broadband service, now available to over 1 million Malaysia households. [Mark Dioguardi, Joint Chief Operating Officer, Maxis Berhad, YM Raja Tan Sri Arshad Raja Tun Uda, Chairman, Maxis Berhad, Dato' Rohana Rozhan, Chief Executive Officer, Astro [...]

Keep up with the 13th Malaysia General Election with these Windows Apps [Apps]

With the 13th Malaysia General Election expected to be held no later than 27 June 2013, Malaysians are turning to various media channels such as newspapers, TVs, radios, news sites, blogs & social media to keep up with the latest developments in the country. Available to users of  Windows devices are many apps that they [...]

Maybank2E corporate mobile banking app now on Windows Phone 8

The largest bank in Malaysia, Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) today launched its its corporate mobile banking application, Maybank2E-Regional Cash for the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 platform. The Maybank2E app basically cover services such as Liabilities, Investment and Trade Finance services. Maybank2E for Windows Phone 8 offers the following features:

People will no longer pay for Voice & SMS in the future

Almost 70% of telcos in Asia Pacific believe mobile broadband users will no longer pay for voice and text services within four years. According to a recent joint Telecom Asia-Ovum survey, 26% of those polled see that happening in two years and 42% think it will take three to four years. “We always knew the [...]

Maxis & e-Sentral launches ebook Writing Competition

Maxis Berhad is collaborating with local digital platform, Xentral Methods Sdn Bhd (e-Sentral) to organise an ebook writing competition. The competition aims to discover Malaysia’s next generation of writers and is open to all Malaysians aged 18 and above. Writers may submit their short fiction ebooks either in English or Bahasa Malaysia from 1 February [...]

TaxiMonger now on iPhone [Apps]

TaxiMonger, a mobile app for booking taxis in Klang Valley(Malaysia) has recently made available its service on iPhone and other iOS 6 devices. TaxiMonger first launched its mobile app for Android in May last year. Features of TaxiMonger for iPhone below:

Nokia S40 Challenge for Mobile Developers, prizes worth more than RM30,000

Celcom Axiata Berhad is partnering with Nokia (M) Sdn Bhd and Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) to offer app developers around Malaysia the chance to commercialise their creativity through the Nokia S40 Challenge. [Over the weekend, Celcom hosted a one-and-a-half day free application development workshop in Suntech @ Penang Cybercity] The challenge, which was launched virtually [...]

Order Dominos Pizza from your iPhone [Apps]

Domino’s Pizza Malaysia, one of the best pizza in the world today launched an iPhone app for Malaysians. The app basically allows Domino’s customer with a free registered account to place their delivery orders using the app. Some features of the iPhone app:

Instagram not selling User Generated Photos

Popular photo application, Instagram backed down today from a planned policy change that were widely interpreted as a plan to sell user generated contents or photos to third parties without paying royalty to users. Yesterday, the Facebook-owned Instagram made changes to its privacy policy and terms of service set to take effect January 16 and [...]

Celcom to offer NQ Family Guardian, a parental control suite

NQ Mobile, the China-based company that develops mobile security product has announced its partnership with Celcom Axiata Berhad last week.. Via the agreement Celcom will promote NQ Mobile’s Family Guardian to new Celcom and existing smartphone subscribers through direct marketing, monthly SMS campaigns, retail messaging, website banners, and other targeted promotions. To facilitate the purchase [...]

[Apps] Trustee- Block Calls, Backup Contact, Safe Browsing & more

Online security vendor, TrustPort has released a new tool for smartphones and tablets running under Android. The new application called Trustee, can block SMS’s and calls and comes with other functions such as contacts backup, safe web browsing and geolocation. Best of all Trustee is free to download and use. The Trustee application checks the [...]

AMD brings 500,000 Android apps to Windows 8

A collaboration between chip maker Advanced Micro Devices(AMD) and software firm Bluestacks will allow some 500,000 Android applications to be available on Microsoft’s latest Windows 8 operating system. The Windows 8 OS is expected to be available globally and in Malaysia end this month. The two firms have unveiled AMD AppZone Player, which will let [...]