News & Reviews:   asia

Surprisingly, a platform that is built for sugar dating has recorded 42,500 sugar daddies in just Malaysia alone. The number has even placed Malaysia in the top three of the list for the highest number of sugar daddies in Asia after India and Indonesia. SeekingArrangement has also revealed that Asia is basically "a hotbed for sugar dating, especially among the urban demographics."

Recently, we got a pretty interesting infographic from Google Malaysia about Asian gamers. The list is really long but we spotted a few highlights about female gamers on the rise with an 18% growth from 2017 to 2019. That's 1.13 billion vs 1.33 billion female gamers in the Asia region!

HBO has officially announced that they will allow the first season of every HBO Originals, and HBO Asia Originals to be watched for free on their HBO Go app from today onwards. But that’s not all, you won’t need need to register for an account and pay for a subscription to watch any of the Originals.

Earlier today, AirAsia X has officially announced that they will be offering the AirAsia Unlimited Pass exclusive to AirAsia Big Members which allows you to fly as many times as you want for a year at the price of RM499. The offer will be available starting from now until 7 March 2020, so act fast if you’re keen on travelling!

We can’t deny that this is the age for the digital economy to thrive. With more and more businesses going online, different types of products and services become easier to reach customers in the most effective ways. For that, Facebook has done the research and discovered Asia as the region to have the most growth potential in the digital economy industry.

Earlier today, OPPO has officially announced that they will be opening a new APAC Hub Centre which is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The role of the aforementioned hub centre will play, is that it will function as a global support system in the Asia Pacific region in terms of 5G. 

Today Razer has officially announced the grand opening of their new Razer Headquarters located in UOA Corporate Towers, Bangsar. The opening was also graced by Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng as well as Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq who both also gave speeches regarding the development of e-sports as well as the progress of financial technology in Malaysia.

Today, YTL Communications in collaboration with Facebook has announced that Malaysia will be the first large-scale market pilot in Asia with the launch Terragraph high-speed broadband in Georgetown, Penang. All access to Terragraph’s network such as Public WiFi as well as Fixed Wireless Access will be free of charge, until the end of the market pilot.

Go-Jek has announced that it is now fully available in Singapore as part of their 500 million USD investment to expand their services across South-east Asia which includes countries such as Thailand, Vietnam and Philipines up next.