Tag Archive: Malaysia

Exabytes Photo Gallery Contest

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.

TM revenue target

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…

Celcom March launch

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…

Malaysia awards WiMAX licenses

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…

myzone

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…

Free Starbucks

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!

SmartTAG

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.

Heating up

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…

Astro fix

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.

Haze answer

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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