Before I started my career as a tech journalist at TechNave, I used to invest a lot of my time competing in various competitive esports tournaments for titles such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, and Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds. With all that said, I want to share with you my experience during my time competing in esports tournaments around Malaysia.

The PUBG Mobile Malaysia National Championship 2019 with up to RM114000 prize pool to be won, is currently happening in Quill City Mall until Sunday, 14 July 2019. As many as 12 teams will be competing for their share of the prize pool, as well as one of the 4 spots to compete in the PMCO SEA Fall Split 2019. At the event, there are several professional teams such as Team Secret, ViP, Junior Talent, as well as AROV Esports will be there too.

Attention to all e-hailing drivers out there, we have good news. Even though today marks the deadline for e-hailing drivers to get their Public Service Vehicle (PSV) license. The Ministry of Transport just announced that they will give an additional 3-month grace period for e-hailing drivers to acquire the (PSV) license. 

On this very day, Maxis has announced that they are the first Malaysian company to sponsor Team Secret’s all Malaysian PUBG Mobile team. Not only that, but both the organisations will be collaborating together in order to bring the best eSports experiences to Malaysia via Maxis’ 4G as well as Fibre network.

Huawei has announced that the Huawei FreeLace Wireless Earphones, will be available for purchase in Malaysia at the price of RM369. The earphones can be purchased from all Huawei Brand Stores across the nation, as well as Huawei’s official website. The Huawei FreeLace Wireless Earphones comes with features such as the Huawei HiPair, which allows any Huawei smartphones running on EMUI 9.1 to easily pair with each other. Not only that, but the earphones let you plug itself into a USB Type-C port to quickly charge itself.

Previously, there were a lot of rumours going around hinting at the possibility that Nintendo will be releasing a cheaper version of the Nintendo Switch. It seems that the rumours are true, as Nintendo has officially announced the Nintendo Switch Lite starting from the price of NT$6180(~RM824) and it will be available for purchase on 20 September this year.

An image has been spotted on the Lowyat forums, showcasing what seems to be the upcoming unifi AIR which will be offered by unifi. The image highlighted that the upcoming subscription service could be priced at RM79, and it will come with unlimited data quota.

Based on an article titled “Malaysia’s need for speed: How regulatory action is unleashing ultrafast internet” in the World Bank report, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) was commended in their efforts to increase the average broadband speeds in Malaysia. Not only that, but they have also managed to reduce the average price by up to 49% for these services. 

Sony has unveiled the Sony WF-1000XM3 wireless noise cancelling earphones in Malaysia, starting from the price of RM949. The aforementioned wireless earphones will be available for purchase by August 2019, on their official website as well as all Sony Experience Stores nationwide.

SEIKO had just announced their collaboration with the anime “One Piece”, to bring you the Animation 20th Anniversary Limited Edition One Piece wristwatch. Based on the image, there are only 5000 units of the watch available and it can be purchased on PREMICO online store for the price of 38384YEN(~RM1856).