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Update: The Grab app services are back online

If you can't seem to get a Grab driver at this hour, you're not alone. Grab Malaysia just posted that the servers are experiencing a service disruption at this very moment. From our end, we haven't tried using any of the services but it seems that the promotions on the homepage are missing entirely.

Two days ago, it was reported that the Astro service network was down due to a satellite issue. Thankfully, they managed to restore it back just last night at starting from 9 PM onwards. If you have Astro at home, you are advised to restart the Astro Box first before watching a show.

You all know the horror stories of how kids would overspend on some in-game or online items when unsupervised. The latest news here is that a four years old kid from Shah Alam, Selangor has bought toys worth up to RM700 without his parents' knowledge. Yikes.

As some of you may know, Computex is one of the biggest tech exhibitions of the year. The trade show is similar to CES, which showcases a wide variety of new products and technology to the world. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to die down, which means going to Taiwan is a problem.

Online food delivery service has become essential during the pandemic. There's nothing more convenient than just having your food delivered to the doorstep with just a few swipes and clicks. Other than that, many platforms are also offering various voucher codes for their customers to enjoy some attractive discounts. If you think that is still not enough for being budget, there is a website called FoodPandai which lets you compare the prices of food from FoodPanda.

MCO 2.0 will begin tomorrow (13 January) in Malaysia and with that, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) would like to once again remind everyone on checking facts instead of sending fake news around, as well as behaving nicely when posting comments online. In fact, MCMC will punish anyone who shares any fake news or threatening social posts online with a hefty fine.

It seems that Samsung has recently sent out an invitation to catch “The First Look 2021” online event, where they will be unveiling a bunch of new electronic devices next year. While there is no official information on whether Samsung will be unveiling smartphones during the event, we do know that they will most likely launch a bunch of Smart TVs, new display technology, and more.

It seems that the Lembaga Tabung Haji and Pos Malaysia has recently partnered up to provide a way to deposit to Tabung Haji via Pos Online. With that in mind, Pos Malaysia will not be accepting Tabung Haji deposits at any of their branches starting from 2 January 2021 onwards.

vivo Malaysia has officially announced that you could stand a chance to win a Sony PlayStation 5, simply by taking part in the vivo Creative Graduation Photography Online Contest. If you’re interested in taking part, you have to be under 20-years old and the contest runs from 8 December 2020 until 3 January 2021.

As we're still fighting the pandemic, many of us would like to stay home and avoid going out as much as possible. With that said, we prefer to get things done online nowadays rather than exposing ourselves to unknowns. By acknowledging that, Hong Leong Bank has now become the first to allow customers to open a bank account online.