Apple and longtime partner Disney this week are bolstering their stores with upgraded versions of iBeacon sensors and NFC readers, according to sources. Apple Stores have had iBeacons stationed throughout showroom floors for several months as a way to pinpoint exactly where a customer is within the store. This allows Apple to
SUNGAI BULOH, Sept 7 — Umno will struggle to stay relevant for today’s increasingly critical-minded voters if it fails to address key issues including social justice and economic equality, party deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. Empowered voters are demanding greater civil liberties and economic justice, making it
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 – Companies and individuals should join the government in donating and making a success of the Warriors Day Fund campaign. The prime minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, said the donation shows their appreciation of soldiers who sacrificed their lives defending the country. “Donate according to
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 6, – Malaysia and Australia have committed to contribute A$60 million (RM179.10 million) each in their quest to locate the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH370 aircraft whose flight path was believed to have ended in the southern Indian Ocean on March 8. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the contribution
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 – In the past few days, Malaysian social media users in favour of the Sedition Act have flooded Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s Facebook page, with requests that he not repeal the colonial-era law, which they say safeguards Islam, Malays and the royal institution. The posts
GEORGETOWN, Sept 6 – Media practitioners in Penang today urged the police to work with the press to uphold justice and to stop attempts by certain politicians to infringe on journalists and suppress the truth. They also called on the police to drop all charges against a Malaysiakini journalist who
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 – Penang got another warning about its unregistered Voluntary Patrol Unit (PPS) from Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi last night. “Ini Zahid Hamidi tahu? (This is Zahid Hamidi, you know?)” he said in his speech at the Bukit Bendera Umno division delegates’ conference
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 – PKR and DAP had asked PAS to approach Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, after both failed to convince him to join their parties, said Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang. “The first to meet Tengku Razaleigh was PKR. Not us, they invited him to join PKR,”
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 – Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi wants to meet the reporter whom he claimed had misreported his “arrogant” comment last week. Zahid said if the reporter from the English daily The Sun has the guts, the reporter would go see him and explain
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 – Global business magazine The Economist has questioned Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s credentials as a reformer in the wake of a blitz on opposition politicians, an academic and a journalist using the colonial era Sedition Act. Repealing the dreaded Internal Security Act and embracing
TANGKAK, Sept 5 — Umno members should not remain quiet when principles concerning the party’s struggles such as on the royal institution, special privileges of the Malays and the Islamic religion are being questioned by certain groups, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. On the contrary, he said,
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 5 — Police should arrest the state government leaders including the Penang chief minister if they insist on continuing the crackdown on the volunteer patrol unit (PPS) here, Lim Guan Eng said today. Saying his administration will not succumb to what he described as “bullying tactics” that
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 – A group of Islamic university undergraduates staged a protest outside the Home Ministry in Putrajaya today and threatened to organise a street demonstration to protest the continued use of the Sedition Act 1948. Gabungan Mahasiswa Islam Se-Malaysia (Gamis) president Abdul Malik Abdul Razak said a
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 4 – The onus is not on state governments to identify land for the federal government’s low-cost housing projects as it is the responsibility of the federal government to do so, says Penang Country, Town Planning and Housing committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo. Jagdeep was responding to Urban Wellbeing,
Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 6 and its first wearable at a huge event next Tuesday, and you’ll be able to watch the announcements right as they happen. As Apple often does, it’ll be streaming the event online for all to see. Unfortunately, as Apple often does, it’s
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 – While the National Young Lawyers Committee (NYLC) of the Bar Council has embarked on a year-long movement to get the Sedition Act repealed, some have questioned whether such a campaign is effective. The NYLC last night launched its ‘Mansuh Akta Hasutan’ (Eradicate the Sedition Act) campaign,
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 – The Malaysian Press Photographers Association (MPPA) has called for action to be taken against the individual who assaulted a press photographer at the Nirvana Memorial Centre on Tuesday. Its president, Zainal Abdul Halim, said photographers were not “punching bags” but were duty bound to report every
WordPress.org today launched WordPress 4.0, which adds a slew of new features to give you a “smoother writing and management experience” with the blog management tool. You can download the new release now from WordPress.org/Download (6.3MB). Dubbed “Benny” in honor of American jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, WordPress 4.0 isn’t a major release; Automattic CEO
GEORGETOWN, Sept 4 – Malaysiakini journalist Susan Loone was arrested in Penang today over her article on an interview with state exco Phee Boon Poh and the mass arrests of the state’s Voluntary Patrol Unit (PPS) on Merdeka Day. George Town District police chief ACP Mior Faridalatrash Wahid confirmed the
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — Motorists using class 1 vehicles who pay toll via PLUSMiles card, Touch ‘n Go or SmartTAG at the Batu Tiga and Sungai Rasau toll plazas can enjoy a toll rebate of up to 30 per cent until the end of the year. PLUS Malaysia Berhad
