News & Reviews:   region

U Mobile has stepped up its 5G rollout in East Malaysia by expanding the availability of its ULTRA5G experience across Sabah. The latest expansion brings wider coverage to key areas including Kota Kinabalu, Tuaran, Beaufort and Kudat, strengthening the telco’s presence in both urban and surrounding regions.

We all knew it was going to happen at some point. What began as a limited test in select regions is now entering a broader rollout, as Meta has marked one year since testing advertising on its social platform Threads by announcing a phased global expansion of ads to all users and markets.

Today, Microsoft reaffirmed its commitment to advancing Malaysia’s cloud and AI economy with its upcoming hyper-scale cloud, the Malaysia West cloud region. Scheduled to go live in the second quarter of 2025, this will mark the company's first cloud region in the country, strategically situated in Greater Kuala Lumpur.

Many users globally are reporting that the Apple Online Store are currently down in their region, though it doesn’t seem to affect Malaysia or other regions in Southeast Asia. Currently in certain regions such as the United States, the website is showing a silhouette of the company logo with the message ‘Be right back’ in bold.

After parting ways with Sony, Vaio has become an independent brand and continues to serve the laptop market. However, the laptop brand might not be that notable in some of the regions now. To make a change, Vaio has announced that they will be returning to India soon with a mysterious surprise waiting to unfold on 15 January.