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When it comes to buying games from ActiVision Blizzard, most Malaysian gamers would just resort to Steam due to the quarterly sales or sail out to the seven seas (IYKYK). To resolve this, the company has just announced that players will be able to buy their favourite games on Battle.net in their local currency instead of USD. 

Malaymail has recently reported that the government will lower the ceiling price for 3-ply face masks to RM1 per piece, while the wholesale price for the masks will have a maximum price of RM0.95 per piece. The announcement was made at the Dewan Rakyat, based on a continuous assessment of the supply and demand for the aforementioned face masks during the pandemic.

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.

Boost has given their response on the RM2000+ theft, from an unfortunate user who is located in Kluang. The theft, which was carried out through the use of the Boost app had already been reported to the officials and it is currently under investigation. The response mentions that upon investigation, Boost did not encounter any security breach in their systems and reassures that everyone’s data is safe and secured.

Not so long ago, handling your mobile subscription plan wasn't as simple as it is now, due to the fact that there was no dedicated mobile app to handle such a task. Instead, many users had to use USSD codes such as *128# in order to check their accounts, but now there are solutions like the MyDigi app which allows Digi users to manage their Digi line, pay bills, check internet quota and more.

In conjunction with the Chinese New Year festivities, Hotlink has released the longest CNY Hotlink ad in Malaysia which you can check out on their Youtube channel. Not only that, but Hotlink is also giving away 88GB of free Youtube data as part of their HotlinkMU CNY Sale from the 24 January 2019 until 20 February 2019.

Unifi has announced that in conjunction with the recently announced #khabarbaik movement, they have introduced the Unifi mobile plan with price starting from as low as RM19 a month called ‘Adik’ which provides with a total of 2GB of internet data, 5 minutes of talk time as well as being able to send up to 25 SMS.

Good news for all future TM UniFi customer, as Telekom Malaysia will be offering an expedited installation service to have the UniFi service and equipment installed within 24 hours. While the expedited service is free for now, customers who register after 31 March 2019 will need to pay an RM200 fee for it. This is due to a recent update on UniFi’s FAQ document, which is found on their official website.

From today until 6 February 2019, any purchase of RM500 and above will be entitled to a voucher worth RM25, and RM100 for any purchases worth RM1000 and above. In order to utilize the the vouchers, simply key in VIV51CNY and VIV52CNY for the vouchers worth RM25 and RM50 respectively. Do take note, only one voucher can be used at a time and will only be valid until 6 February 2019.

ASUS has officially announced the launch of the ASUS ZenBook 13, ASUS ZenBook 14 and ASUS ZenBook 15 in Malaysia for the price of RM4499, RM4399 and RM6099 respectively.