Today, Acer Malaysia has kicked off the much anticipated annual Acer Day campaign with the theme "Live Your World". Under the theme, Acer Malaysia plans to offer exciting promotions, activities and challenges for Malaysians with a prize pool worth more than RM10,000 to be won. The company will also donate a portion from each purchase of selected devices during this campaign to World Vision.

Last week, we talked about Maxis releasing a new Hotlink Postpaid and Fibre plan but the company didn't forget about the prepaid customers too. Currently on sale, existing and new prepaid Hotlink users can look forward to the new Hotlink Prepaid Internet 365 plan. From as low as RM6, Hotlink prepaid users can enjoy the mobile plan all year round. 

If you recall, our Prime Minister Muhyiddin announced that 5G connectivity will be ready by the end of 2021. While the tech community are taking it with a dose of salt, it is quite evident that 3G is phasing out as both Celcom and unifi will shut it down gradually. That said, there are still plenty of 3G-only users especially in the rural areas of Malaysia.

It seems that science, tech, innovation and vaccines minister Khairy Jamaluddin has made an announcement stating that citizens who are getting vaccinated are allowed to record themselves as they’re receiving the vaccine. The decision to allow recording during the vaccination process was because of a case where a citizen was injected with an empty syringe not too long ago.

Today, Astro announced the official launch of the new Astro Ultra Plug & Play Box. As a first-of-its-kind offering, the box allows customers to self-install and enjoy the Ultra Box features of Cloud Recording, Play from Start by simply connecting the box to the TV and internet. The starting price for a new customer is RM39.

If you read our Huawei Super Brand Day news earlier and wanted something else, how about a Samsung Super Brand Day? That's right, Shopee is helping Samsung to host a brand day with plenty of Galaxy devices at discounted prices.

Of all the activities during the pandemic, not only did more people are spending more time with their hobbies but Bitcoin mining is increasing as well. In case you missed it, there was news about a police raid seizing over a thousand (1069, to be exact) mining rigs in Miri, Sarawak.

Due to the rise of the BenderaPutih movement, many food banks have been established at several locations across the country to help those who are in need. OPPO has announced its own campaign #Care4U as well by giving out basic supplies to the public.

Today, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has issued a total of 64 compounds worth RM3.2 million in the second quarter of 2021 to four telcos. Like before, Maxis, U Mobile, Digi and XOX Com got fined due to failure to comply with the numbering plan and electronic addressing as well as non -compliance with the Prepaid Guidelines for end-user registration.