In the upcoming Shopee 7.7 Mid Year Sale, they are back once again with attractive tech gadget deals and we are here to tell you which one is worth getting. According to Shopee Malaysia, the exclusive tech deals are worth up to 77% discount and will take place on 7 July at 12 AM. 

Today, Lazada Malaysia just announced that they are joining hands with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) to support local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through Shop Malaysia Online and Go-eCommerce. The two campaigns have already begun from 1 July until 31 December 2021. 

Today, Digital National Berhad (DNB) has announced that it has chosen to partner with Ericsson to develop 5G mobile network in Malaysia. It is said that Ericsson was chosen due to its lower cost at RM11 billion, compared to others which offer their works at around RM15 billion in the industry.

Here’s a list of some of the best free softwares that a budget photographer might need.

Today, our Prime Minister Muhyiddin has officially announced PEMULIH which is a new financial assistance scheme in this pandemic period. The target groups are those in the B40 (lower-income side) and M40 (middle-income) groups. Among the many highlights, here's what we learn about the tech side.

In an effort to build up internet connection across Malaysia, the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) has partnered with Telekom Malaysia Berhad to organise a special committee for it. The mission of the committee is to identify areas without internet coverage or poor access to the Teaching and Learning at Home (PdPR) program.

If you are a Fave user, you would be glad to know that a new Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) service called FavePay Later in Malaysia and Singapore. It will an interest-free credit which can be used to over 40,000 stores as a pilot. For now, it's rolling out on iOS users today, followed by an Android release in July 2021.

Another day, another phone from Jaringan Prihatin explodes. A couple of days ago, a 9-year-old student's phone battery caught on fire during an online class and the device is the YES Altitude 3 given by the Malaysian government. Luckily, nothing bad happened to anyone in the accident and the student was rewarded a Redmi Note 10 5G by Xiaomi afterwards as a replacement. Now, yet another device from the program exploded while it was charging.

Since our country has been placed under MCO, it's not easy for people to visit places. Although the government offices are operating in hybrid mode (80% staff working from home), it's better if we can do things online. And that should include paying for EPF.

Update: YTL Communications has reached out to us saying that the phone was jointly developed by YES and China Mobile (the world’s largest network operator) for use for education. The same model was given out by the YTL Foundation free to over 100,000 B40 families under its Learn From Home Initiative since the start of the first MCO last year. Prior to this news, there were no reports of any incident of safety relating to the phone. China Mobile has confirmed that the same battery used in this phone has been in production since 2018 and more than 4.5 million units have been shipped globally without any reported incident of this nature. However, the company take this reported incident very seriously as the safety of their products and users is of paramount importance and will investigate the matter fully.

Phones exploding are not an unusual case but perhaps in this news, the Malaysian government ought to take it more seriously. As you already know, every student now relies on either a laptop, computer or device to attend online classes. However, not everyone can afford a desktop PC so the device is the only affordable option.