Do not spread lies over the internet, warns police
MALAYSIA: Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim, the Information Communication and Culture Minister has urged the public not to spread lies or spiteful matters over the internet, especially those related with the coming general election in the country, reports Bernama news agency. According to Rais, the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), police and Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) are monitoring it closely and will...
Infographic: The High Cost of BYOD
According to Trustwave, most of businesses (75%) today are embracing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and mobile applications are becoming the preferred platform for users and customers to access data and even conduct transactions. Trustwave on Monday has published a new infographic for people to find out what BYOD could be costing...
Tencent introduces online payment service Tenpay
China’s Internet Company Tencent Holdings Ltd has teamed up with Taiwan-based E.SUN Bank to provide an online payment service namely Tenpay that enables mainland Internet users to buy products from Taiwan’s small and medium-sized enterprises, reports China Daily.
Indonesia President joins social networking via Twitter
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono recently launched his personal twitter account (@SBYudhoyono) and managed to attract more than 800,000 followers over the weekend. With the account which is administered by presidential assistance and the president himself, people across the world can communicate with the president...
American Express appoints its new President
US: American Express yesterday announced that the payment company has promoted its vice chairman, Edward P. Gilligan to be president and the company’s global consumer, small business, merchant, network, risk and banking groups will continue to report to him.
Twitter to prepare for its music app after acquisition over We Are Hunted
Music discovery service, We Are Hunted was acquired by Twitter last year and the service is now unavailable for its users until further notice. We Are Hunder was founded by Stephen Phillips, Richard Slatter and Michael Doherty in 2007. According to CNET, the main reason of the acquisition is to leverage We Are Hunted technology to build a standalone music app for Twitter.
Dealmates.com appoints new CEO
Malaysia’s fast growing flash sales site, Dealmates.com has promoted its general manager Ben Cadman to become its new CEO, taking over from Erman Akinci who has been promoted to executive director of the company. Ben aims to expand Dealmates business in the region within the next three years and go for initial public offering (IPO) if possible, the Malay Mail reported.
CLEAR and Visa team up to benefit Visa Signature travellers
US: With Visa Signature, the travellers able to speed through airport security in the United States by accessing members-only lanes at security checkpoints where their identity will be verified using biometrics, fingerprint or iris image. This arrangement is one benefits offered by Visa to Visa Signature account holders after Visa announced its partnership with CLEAR, the leading biometric identity service used in airport security....
Amazon introduces new healthy online store for 50+ customers
E-commerce giant Amazon yesterday launched its “50+ Active and Healthy Living” Store featuring hundreds of thousands of nutrition, wellness, exercise and fitness, medical, personal care, beauty and entertainment items for customers in the 50+ age range. You can visit the store at...
JSI Web Tools to offer free shopping cart software Q Cart
The Toronto-based web development company, JSI Web Tools (JSI) has introduced its shopping cart software namely Q Cart, which is absolutely free to use. JSI does not require Q Cart users to host the service with them and no advertisements published on sites created by Q Cart. Q Cart users are free to make modifications to the code but JSI will not responsible on any changes done by the users. Q Cart provides a simple browser-based...
