This week was a big one for Research in Motion (RIM), having launched several new BlackBerry models running the new BlackBerry 7 OS. It was announced on Tuesday, August 23 in a press event in Kuala Lumpur that devices running the new OS, the BlackBerry Torch 9860 and BlackBerry Torch…
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Twenty hours of non-stop hacking. Coders locked in a space, dead focused on their projects, smelling like Red Bull by the end of it. That was the situation on the wee hours of 31 July at HackWeekend, where 60 of KL’s best programmers challenged themselves to deliver a product…
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Group-buying deal sites may come by the dozen in the Asian region, but instead of offering the usual spa/manicure/restaurant deals, Malaysia-based startup Slosht is aiming to focus on one aspect: deep discounts for alcoholic beverages.
The site, which was launched in early August, works like any other group-buying deal…
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If you like your Diggnation-style two-guys-on-a-couch-talking-nerdy podcasts, there’s a new videocast on the Malaysian scene that you might want to check out.
Now in its second episode, TechDuology is hosted by radio DJ Ben Jern and tech blogger Jason Goh, who discuss consumer-tech stories with a local spin (don’t expect…
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With the app economy well and truly under way across multiple platforms, it’s no surprise that a cross-platform discovery service like mobile9 is getting millions to use its service.
With an astonishing 30 million monthly unique users – 10 million of which are registered members – the Malaysia-based service…
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Ever bought a daily deal weeks in advance, only having to bin it later because of unfortunate circumstances (say, getting dumped before a couple’s spa trip)? Turns out that you might not have to waste the deal after all with a newly launched service in Singapore called Recoupon.
Launched…
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Group-sharing services were the craze at the recent SXSW, where we saw the likes of Beluga and Yobongo gaining some buzz. The excitement then grew even bigger when Color, the app developed by Lala founder Bill Nguyen, hit the App store with its supposedly game-changing idea of photo-sharing, but unfortunately…
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Malaysia-based fund manager Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd today announced the Coach & Grow Programme (CGP), which aims to train existing entrepreneurs to expand their businesses into a larger scale.
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In March, we profiled FongFeiKei, a Malaysia-based service that offers users the chance to sell off bought and unused tickets to willing buyers. That service recently came out of private beta in early-July, and has about 200 registered users most of which got to know the service through its…
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Research in Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry PlayBook tablet was launched in Malaysia on July 15, and would be sold through a partnership with local telecommunications provider Maxis.
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