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TripAdvisor, a travel site that offers review and holiday packages has launched a free tool to show businesses the impact of Review Express. The company said that in response to extensive user feedback, the Review Express platform has been enhanced with the development of a new Dashboard. This provides business

Yahoo said last month that it will deactivate accounts that have not been used in over a year, allowing people to snap up those once-claimed usernames. Now Yahoo has made available a Wish List page, where anyone can submit up to five desired usernames – in order of preference –

Intel Malaysia and SME Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore making available two training progams, Intel Learn Easy Steps and Intel Entrepreneurship Basics (E-Basics), to SME Bank to complement its existing SME community training and development programs. The training is proposed to be incorporated into SME

From 80 people in 2009 to over 800 in 2012, TEDxKL is back in town again. TEDxKL 2013, the TED-like experience event will be taking place on the 3rd of August at the Mid Valley Exhibition Centre, Kuala Lumpur(Malaysia). The theme for this year is “Life Hacking”, a term that

Catcha Media Berhad yesterday confirmed that the final agreements with Youth Asia Sdn Bhd to merge certain assets with Says Sdn Bhd. The announcement made at Bursa Malaysia formalizes the RM60 million merger that will see Catcha Media subsidiaries and Says.com come together to form one of the country’s largest

PCWorld magazine is ceasing its publication in the US, it will now focus on its website and digital editions. In media reports, the parent company of PCWorld, IDG said that the August issue will be its last in printed form. The magazine has been in print for more than 30

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer in an internal memo to employees, revealed today a major restructure in the company. This would be the first major overhaul in five years. The “One” new Microsoft will be based on their functions including those below:

Brother International Malaysia has launched a new range of monochrome-laser printers and Multi-Function Centres specially designed to provide high quality print-outs. [Brother MFC1815] The four new models, HL-1110, DCP-1510, MFC-1810, and MFC-1815, are ideal for Small Office Home Office (SoHo) and Small-Medium businesses that need quality print-outs. Users will benefit

Digital music service, Spotify announced that Sunita Kaur has been appointed as its Director of Asia. In Sunita’s new role, she will drive the strategic direction for the company across the region following the music service’s launch in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia this April, the company said in a

According to IDC’s Asia/Pacific Quarterly PC Tracker, the 1Q13 Malaysia PC market increased by 18% sequentially but declined by the same percentage Year-on-Year (YoY) to reach 898,000 units for the quarter. Another major delivery of mininotebooks nationwide under the government’s Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) project was the only

First unveiled at the ROG Computex 2013 press conference, ASUS Malaysia has announced the local availability of the new ROG (Republic of Gamers) G Series G750 gaming notebook. The G Series G750JX delivers advanced performance for PC gaming enthusiasts. It uses 4th generation Intel Core i7 processors and NVIDIA GeForce

BenQ has launched the world’s first Flicker-free VA LED monitor in Malaysia. The 27-inch BenQ GW2760HS VA LED monitor features Flicker-free Technology and Senseye Reading Mode. The company claims it is a healthier option for heavy computer users, a growing number of whom are affected by Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS).

The Tesco online Grocery Home Shopping (GHS) service which was introduced in March at the Tesco Extra Mutiara Damansara, catering to customers within 20km radius of the store, is now open to all customers in the greater Klang Valley area. More than 5 million households in the Klang Valley will

PIKOM, the National ICT Association of Malaysia announced its 2013 ICT Job Market Outlook today. Following the earlier Job Market study series, PIKOM again collaborated with KPMG and Jobstreet on the 2012 job market analysis. The 2013 report gives an overall study on the job market in Malaysia comparing to