With the recent announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob that our country’s border will reopen this 1 April 2022, now's the perfect time for us Malaysians to plan for a trip overseas. In fact, most airline companies are currently offering discounts and other promotions to attract people to use their services again following the announcement.

One of those companies is national carrier Malaysia Airlines, which today announced a special partnership with hoolah that allows for travellers to pay for flight tickets by spreading the cost over 3 monthly interest-free instalments. In case you didn’t know, hoolah is Asia’s leading omnichannel Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform which makes the whole thing possible.

Back in July 2021, a JENDELA map web portal was released in Malaysia for Malaysians to check their internet area coverage. On top of that, they may also submit a report on how each telco's mobile service performs in a particular area. Today, a new JENDELA app is now available on the Google Play and Apple App Store.

Today, our Minister of Health Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar just announced a new website about travelling protocols amid the pandemic. Launched as covidprotocol.moh.gov.my, the web portal's purpose is to facilitate Malaysians and travellers entering in and out of the country.

At the moment, 5G connectivity is only exclusive to Putrajaya, Cyberjaya and some parts of Kuala Lumpur. That being said, Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) is also planning to install several more 5G sites across the nation apart from the areas mentioned earlier. 

If you had been on social media, you must have noticed that many areas around Kuala Lumpur are flooded due to pouring rain. For that reason, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has announced the closure of the power substations in these affected areas to ensure the safety of the people.

Ookla, the global leader in mobile and broadband network intelligence has announced that Celcom Axiata Bhd (Celcom) is the recipient of the Ookla’s Speedtest Award for Best Mobile Coverage in Malaysia. The recognition was given to Celcom during the recent Ookla Speedtest Awards ceremony at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022 in Barcelona, Spain.

Applying for a new property can be a real hassle but Maybank is looking to change that. For the first time ever, Maybank is making homeownership simpler with Maybank Home2u on its MAE app. This marks Malaysia’s first-ever digital home financing solution within an integrated banking app, which is capable of providing approval 10 seconds within an application completion. 

With the rising cases of electricity theft due to illegal bitcoin mining in Malaysia, the Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) just submitted a proposal to the Energy Commission. The proposal? Set a special tariff for bitcoin miners.

OPPO Malaysia has announced that the Reno7 series will officially start going on sale at the OPPO Reno7 First Sale Roadshow this weekend (5 & 6 March 2022) located at Sunway Pyramid’s Blue Atrium.

What’s more, exclusively during the roadshow, OPPO Malaysia will be giving out a complimentary new OPPO Watch Free worth RM449 on top of free gifts worth up to RM1267 to the first 100 customers who purchase the Reno7 Series 5G!

It looks like Instagram has given up on its attempt to capture the long-form video market following the company’s move to kill off the IGTV standalone app. In an official blog post on Monday (28 February 2022), Instagram confirmed that it is discontinuing support for the IGTV app thus ending the service as a whole. RIP!