Axiata to offers free access to Wikipedia to its mobile customers
MALAYSIA: Axiata, one of the largest Asian telecommunication companies has announced its partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, allowing its customers throughout Asia to access Wikipedia.com on their mobile devices without any data charges, the Star Online reported. According to Axiata, the program would be rolled out throughout 2013.
Join an upcoming Alibaba’s Twitter chat to learn selling to Chinese community
MALAYSIA: The global trading website Alibaba.com will organize a Twitter chat with Frank Lavin for entrepreneurs who would like to know how to sell and buy items in China via eCommerce. Frank is CEO of ExportNow and former Undersecretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce. The chat will take place at 7 am MYT on Thursday, March 21 (5pm PDT on Wednesday, March 20). To join the chat, please register at...
BR1M brings free Internet to households earning less than RM3k a month
MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday announced those registered under the 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) assistance scheme and with household income less than RM3,000 a month will enjoy free Internet for the first 30 minutes of use every day, the News Strait Times reported. The campaign will be started next month.
First Bankcard partners with American Express’s LoyaltyEdge in rewards program
US: American Express on Tuesday announced its LoyaltyEdge has teamed up with First Bankcard, a division of First National Bank of Omaha, to manage First Bankcard’s rewards programs and to provide enhanced options to First Bankcard rewards customers. Under the collaboration, First Bankcard has implemented an improved user interface for its rewards websites, and will receive enhanced program management...
Lenovo to embed NFC reader in its ThinkPad to support contactless payment
US: Lenovo Group Limited (Lenovo), a Chinese multinational computer hardware and electronic company has announced that the company will introduce NFC-enabled ThinkPad tablets or Ultrabooks sometime this year, enabling ThinkPad owners to make online purchases easily by tapping a compatible credit card to an embedded NFC reader inside their ThinkPad, the Engadget reported.
Fortinet Introduces Next-Generation Operating System for FortiMail Email Security Family in Malaysia
MALAYSIA: Fortinet, a world leader in high-performance network security on Tuesday introduced the next-generation operating system for its family of FortiMail email security appliances that provides important new security advancements to help protect against increasingly malicious message-borne threats. Designed for local MSSPs, ISPs and enterprises, the new FortiMail 5.0 OS, which is compatible with the current family of FortiMail...
Microsoft sells its products at Tmall.com
CHINA: Microsoft yesterday officially launched its flagship online store on Tmall.com, one of the biggest online shopping platform in China with more than 70,000 major multinational and Chinese brands offered by more than 50,000 merchants. After the official launch, Chinese consumers can discover, learn and buy a wider range of products from Microsoft and its key OEM partners on...
Visa and Kiva launches online crowdfunding loans for small businesses
US: In collaboration with Kiva City, Visa Inc. launched Kiva City Little Rock, an initiative that expands the availability of microloans for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in the Little Rock area. The program is connecting underserved borrowers with crowdfunding loans though a global online community where anyone with an Internet connection and US$25 or more can lend to the current and future small business...
PayPal to offer online payment services in Russia
RUSSIA: The global payment company PayPal will be open a domestic payments business in Russia after received approval from the Central Bank of Russia to operate as a Non-Banking Credit Institution. PayPal announced it via its official blog.
PBOC educates public online payment safety through a nationwide campaign
CHINA: According to a report by Xinhua, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, last week has started a nationwide campaign to promote online payment safety which involves over 40 banks and 30 online payment companies. The campaign was initiated after PBOC found 40 per cent of the 221 million people who use online payments regularly do not pay enough attention to safety, while another 40 per cent...
