KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – Waze, the free, real-time traffic and navigation app powered by the community of drivers, has launched a voice prompt featuring AirAsia Bhd’s co-founder / group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes. Fernandes would guide drivers as air traffic control as they navigated Malaysian roads using his
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 14 – When South African Achmat Hassiem competes in the Paralympic swimming pool he motivates himself by imagining a shark just behind – the shark that bit off half his leg a decade ago. The fates of Hassiem and sharks have been inextricably wrapped up since that day off
Google is announcing a couple of upgrades to its ad capabilities today as part of the DMEXCO digital media conference in Germany. First up are its Universal App Campaigns, where developers can promote their apps across search, display, Google Play and YouTube advertising. Google says these campaigns have resulted in more
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – Malaysia’s world number one Lee Chong Wei said a new scoring format could tempt him to extend his career to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and take yet another shot at an elusive badminton gold medal. The 33-year-old’s interest has been piqued by the Badminton World Federation’s (BWF)
KUANTAN, Sept 14 – A storm damaged 31 houses in Taman Balok Makmur here at about 11pm yesterday, but no one was injured.Balok Makmur Residents’ Representatives Committee chairman Mohd Noor Ibrahim said various government agencies had provided aid to the affected residents. They included the Social Welfare Department, Kuantan Municipal Council
Today has been a massive Apple update day. The company released iOS 10, tvOS 10 and also watchOS 3. After announcing it at WWDC, it’s finally here — and it’s a huge update. I won’t mention all the changes with watchOS 3. Instead, I’ll focus on three topics — speed, app switching and watch face switching.
Previously available on Android only, Google today released its Cardboard Camera app for iPhone and iPad alongside new features for the experience. The app allows users to capture and share three-dimensional panoramas that Google calls VR Photos and share them for viewing in smartphone-based VR viewers like its own Google Cardboard and others. You can look
TOKYO, Sept 13 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced the global release of a new Express5800/A2000 Series of enterprise servers for Windows and Linux operating systems with the latest Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E7 v4 Family (up to 24 CPU cores), suitable for mission critical systems and processing Big Data.
HONG KONG, Sept 13 – Bolina Holding Co., LTD (the “Company” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, stock code: 1190.HK) held national retail fairs in 3 cities since 27 August, jointly with its brand ambassador, Christine Fan who signed on souvenirs for the fans in the events. The events
SEOUL, Sept 12 – HP is buying Samsung’s printer business for $1.05 billion in a move aimed at “disrupting” the dusty and stale printing industry. The deal will see Samsung’s Printing Business Unit spun out independently, with HP picking up full 100 percent ownership in the business. The companies estimate it will take one year
JAPAN, Sept 12 – Toyota Motor Corporation has installed stationary pure hydrogen fuel cells at the energy management facility which had been completed at its Honsha Plant in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, in August 2016. The fuel cells started operations on September 12. Toyota is progressing with initiatives toward the
Independent publishers are terrified of platform dependency these days, and for good reason: According to Parse.ly, Facebook is the No. 1 source of traffic to their sites. Facebook and Google together account for 65 percent of digital ad revenue, according to Pew’s State of the News Media 2016 report. To put that in perspective,
AMSTERDAM, Sept 12 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has been chosen by Market Pay, payment institution of the world’s second biggest retailer, to deploy a mobile payment solution for its “PASS” banking card in Spain. This project is part of a multi-channel strategy that
Samsung has made a significant move among its leadership ranks after Jay Y. Lee, son of company chairman Kun-Hee Lee and its expected future leader, was nominated to the company’s board. Jay Y. Lee has long been tipped as heir apparent to Lee Kun-Hee, who grew the company into the giant it is today but
TOKYO, Sept 12 – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Frontech Limited today announced the addition of two new products – the FUJITSU Biometric Authentication PalmSecure-F Pro, which is a sensor that can be embedded into equipment, and the FUJITSU Biometric Authentication Palm Vein Authentication Board – to their line of palm
Too lazy to read your tweets? Now, Amazon Alexa can just read them to you instead. Yes, that’s right: Twitter today has launched an app for Amazon’s voice platform Alexa, which means you can listen to the latest from Twitter right on your Echo speaker or other Alexa-powered device. The new app can
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has finally weighed in on the Galaxy Note 7 debacle, issuing its own statement urging users not just to be careful, as the FAA did, but to “power them down and stop using or charging the device.” Samsung preemptively recalled the device after reports of spontaneous combustion, which the manufacturer blamed
ZURICH, Sept 10 – FIFA on Thursday dismissed appeals by Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid against a ban on registering new players in the next two transfer windows for irregularities in the signing of foreign players under 18. Real, who called the ruling “profoundly unfair”, and Atletico were also fined 360,000
When Apple announced the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 earlier this week the company said pre-orders would start Friday September 9th, which in recent years has meant as early as 12:01am Pacific Time or 3:01am Eastern Time on the 9th. This year is no different, as the company just flipped the switch on its retail website as well
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 – The ringgit is expected to trend lower against the US dollar next week in anticipation of a possible interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve. Affin Hwang Investment Bank Vice-President/ Retail Research Head Datuk Dr Nazri Khan Adam Khan said most Asian currencies would also trend
