One of the projects I’ve had the opportunity to work on in AGENDA is the launch of the new Maybank2u.com, dubbed M2U 2.0.
These past couple of weeks I had been helping to organise an Exclusive Preview of the new site for selected bloggers. The Exclusive Preview took place this past Monday at Delicious @ Marc [...]
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Advertlets keeps on getting bad press.Â
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In a few hours, a host of portals powered by SocialRank will be unleashed on to the blogosphere. SocialRank is an algorithm that monitors millions of blogs of a topic and determining the hottest posts of the day by monitoring the attention of the blogosphere. Basically, its Digg + del.icio.us + Technorati all rolled into [...]
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Here’s a quick shout out to my web host Exabytes who won a prize in the Emerging SME category for the 2007 Golden Bull Awards.Â
I’ve found Exabytes to provide great value and good service. Definitely one of the better web hosts in Malaysia. Keep up the great work and keep my sites up and running [...]
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The Star featured a pull-out today on e-KL, the Malaysian Government’s attempt at an e-Government initiative. The initiative is being spearheaded by MAMPU, the Malaysian Administrative, Modernisation and Management Planning Unit.
“The public will now only need their mouse to navigate through government websites to run their daily official needs,” proclaimed The Star.
Wow, I thought. Maybe [...]
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blogjunkie.net’s webhost, Exabytes, is holding 2 contests in conjunction with Malaysia’s 50th Independence. They’re looking for the Best Photo and Best Photo Gallery of Malaysia’s tourist destinations. Check out more details on the contest page.
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Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) is aiming to achieve a revenue of RM18.1 billion this year, up 10.36% from RM16.4 billion last year. It said in a statement that revenue growth was expected to be largely driven by its international operations in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and its domestic mobile operations. (Source: The Edge).
This follows a [...]
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I spoke to one of Celcom’s Product Development managers last week and he revealed that Celcom was working on a project that will be unveiled at the end of the month. HSDPA perhaps? I’m guessing it will more likely be a major content deal since they’ve demonstrated great savvy in their recent marketing tie-ups.
You heard [...]
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Yesterday the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced the 4 winners of licenses to operate the 2.3GHz WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) spectrum in Malaysia (PDF link to news release).
The 4 winners were:
Bizsurf (M) Sdn Bhd (a unit of YTL-e Solutions Bhd)
Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd (subsidiary of Green Packet and formerly [...]
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Malaysian banking giant Maybank has launched myzone, a financial portal for teenagers aged 12-18. The launch comes with a web design contest where the public can submit ideas/designs for the myzone website.
Personally, I think that the design is ok, but the code is from the last decade. Table-based design, obtrusive Javascript and so many popups! [...]
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It’s the Starbucks Coffee Break and Starbucks Malaysia is giving each customer who walks into its stores between 10am and 12pm on Thursday, 15 March, a freshly-brewed, tall Coffee of the Week for free!
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If your SmartTAG doesn’t register when crossing the first toll on the KL-Seremban highway, you’ll incur a penalty that depletes the amount of remaining credit left on your Touch ‘n Go card. Don’t ask me how I know.
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Development turning up the heat on Malaysian cities:
Rapid development and the lack of trees are turning these cities into urban heat islands (UHI) that are hot even at night.
The average temperature in the morning is between 24 °C and 27 °C while in the afternoon, it increases from 33 °C to 40 °C and starts [...]
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Astro subscribers may find several of their channels have gone missing and instead have a black screen due to the satellite service’s recent migration from Measat-1 to the new Measat-3. Luckily, there’s a simple fix.
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Finally, a clear answer to haze.
After countless meetings and talks over the past 11 years, Asean has finally come up with the most tangible plan so far to fight the region’s annual haze problem.
I hope this works.
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Here’s an example of a self-perpetuating conclusion: Troubled students are surveyed, troubled students admit to pre-marital sex, researchers don’t compare with ‘good students’ who are probably doing the same things, researcher concludes the following:
Most Female Students With Disciplinary Problems Admit To Having Sex
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The Star’s article, Googling for growth, looks like one of those articles where the PR team exchange high fives and back slaps because they’ve spun what seems to be a great story, and succeeds in pushing up the company’s stock price.
The story is about Malaysian e-marketplace provider AsiaEP Bhd, who is launching their it@h B2B [...]
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