Kaspersky Lab’s Flagship Products Outstrip Rivals in Independent Testing Once Again
Jan 15, 2014 (Wed): Kaspersky Lab is pleased to announce that Kaspersky Internet Security 2014, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Kaspersky Small Office Security produced the best results in the latest round of Dennis Technology Labs quarterly independent testing (Oct-Dec 2013) in their respective categories. Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 scored 1030 points out of a possible 1048, the best performance of all nine...
PAYSBUY Partners with CyberSource to Enhance Payment Offerings for International Expansion
Jan 15, 2014 (Wed): CyberSource, a Visa company and one of the world’s largest providers of eCommerce payment management services, today announced a partnership with one of Thailand’s leading online payment service providers, PAYSBUY. This strategic agreement enables PAYSBUY to expand its business internationally by delivering secure online payment services to its merchants. Through CyberSource’s payment tokenization service, PAYSBUY...
GoDaddy Signs An Exclusive Partnership Deal with Microsoft
Jan 15, 2014 (Wed): GoDaddy and Microsoft Corp has formed a long term strategic partnership to offer Office 365 as GoDaddy’s exclusive core business-class email and productivity service to its small-business customers. Currently, GoDaddy only offer Office 365 in the U.S. and Canada and will expand globally within the next three months. The partnership provides small businesses with seamless access to professional email connected to...
Visa Introduces A Multi-stakeholder Communications Platform
Jan 15, 2014 (Wed): Visa Inc. has launched “Everywhere you want to be,” a multi-stakeholder communications platform that reflects its ambition to deliver universal access to Visa’s secure, reliable and convenient digital payments. The Visa’s chief brand officer, Antonio Lucio said. “This platform speaks to our dedication to change how we engage with all our partners, and helps underscore the defining characteristics of our business:...
Maxis Launches Hotlink 4G to Offer Faster Internet Speeds to Prepaid Customers
Jan 15, 2014 (Wed): Maxis Berhad (Maxis) on Monday launched Hotlink 4G, enabling its prepaid customers to experience even faster internet speeds on Malaysia’s first and widest 4G network. For existing prepaid customers, you can swap it with 4G SIM at any Maxis Centre nationwide while non-existing customers can own a Hotlink Sim pack at RM8.80. If you need to subscribe to a 1GB or 3GB monthly mobile internet pass, you just need...
Facebook Completes Its First Acquisition of An Indian Company
Jan 14, 2014 (Tue): Little Eye Labs, an India based company which builds mobile app analysis tools for app developers and testers, has been acquired by Facebook, the company announced via its statement. The company offers tools that provide detailed insights about the behavior of the app, enabling easy benchmarking and optimization of resources. After the acquisition, the entire Little Eye Labs team will move to Facebook’s...
LINE Introduces New Service Allows Android Users to Identify Unknown Callers
Jan 13, 2014 (Mon): LINE is introducing LINE whoscall, a service that allows Android smartphone users to identify the source of and block calls and text messages from unknown numbers. LINE whoscall is a reworked surface based on “whoscall” specifically for LINE users Whoscall is a separate version of the app which has been downloaded over 6 million times worldwide and was selected as one of Google Play’s Best Apps of 2013 in eight...
A Survey Finds Malware Is Everywhere
Jan 13, 2014 (Mon): Based on new finds from an Osterman Research survey and sponsored by Trustwave, over the past year 74 percent of organizations found have been infiltrated by malware through web surfing, 64 percent through email and 14 percent through their corporate network via social media or other Web 2.0 applications. Meanwhile, most are finding that their ability to deal with these risks especially web threats, is staying the...
The National Association for Money Services Businesses Launched
Jan 13, 2014 (Mon): The Malaysian Association of Money Services Business or MAMSB (Persatuan Perniagaan Perkhidmatan Wang Malaysia) has been officially launched by deputy governor of Bank Negara Malaysia Datuk Muhammad Ibrahim last week at Carcosa Sri Negara. MAMSB is established as the national association for companies in Malaysia which been granted licences under the Money Services Business Act 2011 (MSBA) as well as those...
Snapchat updates its Find Friends function for Android and iOS
Jan 13, 2014 (Mon): Snapchat, a photo messaging mobile app, has released an update for Android and iOS that improves Find Friends functionality and allows Snapchatters to opt-out of linking their phone number with their username. New Snapchatters must verify their phone number before allowed to use the Find Friends service.
