Kickstarter Hacked, Customers Data Stolen
Feb 17, 2014 (Mon): The CEO of Kickstarter, Yancey Strickler via a blog post announced that the law enforcement officials said hackers had sought and gained unauthorized access to some of their customers’ data last week. Yancey said some information about their customers included usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers and encrypted passwords were accessed illegally. However, no credit card data was accessed...
Microsoft Asks Consumers to “Do 1 Thing” to Stay Safer Online
Feb 17, 2014 (Mon): In support of international Safer Internet Day (SID), Microsoft has introduced a new site that allows Internet users around the world to share how they plan to avoid online risks, learn what other people are doing to help protect themselves and receive instant tips to enhance their digital lifestyle. According to Microsoft Computing Safety Index (MCSI) survey conducted among more than 10,000 consumers, the annual...
Coinbase Runs Online Hackathon
Feb 17, 2014 (Mon): Coinbase, a digital wallet that allows you to buy, use and accept bitcoin currency has launched an online hackathon to inspire developers across platforms and continents to build solutions with bitcoin. Coinbase is inviting all developers around the world to participate in developing apps that excel in three areas – creativity, usability and execution. For more information about the competition, visit...
Rakuten to Acquire Viber Media Ltd
Feb 16, 2014 (Sun): Japanese Internet giant Rakuten has made an announcement that the company’s board of directors has decided to acquire Viber Media Ltd (“Viber”) at US$900 million and will hold 100% of Viber’s outstanding voting stock and underwrite a new issue of shares. Viber is a messaging and VoIP service operator and has approximately 280 million global registered users, and monthly active users over 100 million. Viber apps on...
Use More IBG, Less Cheque
Feb 15, 2014 (Sat): Effective from April 1 this year, every cheque issued will cost 65 sen to the issuer or drawer due to the processing fee of 50 sen will be charged by commercial banks on top of the existing stamp duty of 15 sen per cheque leaf. The executive director of the Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM), Chuah Mei Lin advises businesses and members of the public to adopt e-payment to transfer funds and make bill payments...
Be a Smart Consumer By Comparing Prices via myKPDNKK
Feb 14, 2014 (Fri): The Director of the Perak office of the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry, Mohd Hilmi Mohd Noor has urged the public to use myKPDNKK mobile app to compare prices. He said the government has spent millions to provide information but the people are not really using it to make wise decision during shopping. Besides price watch, consumers can obtain the status of their complaints, location of Menu...
MYEG Secures Customs Online Tax Reporting Project
Feb 14, 2014 (Fri): MY E.G. SERVICES BERHAD, a Malaysia’s Electronic Government (E-Government) service provider has made an announcement to Bursa Malaysia that the company has been awarded by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (“Customs”) to undertake the Customs Online Tax Reporting (Electronic Monitoring System – EMS) project. The tenure of the RM180 million worth project is six years from April 1, 2014. This Project will entail...
Kaspersky Lab Announce Establishment of International Advisory Board
Feb 14, 2014 (Fri): Kaspersky Lab has established an International Advisory Board, gathering world-known cybersecurity experts, to provide strategic advice in the IT security market to the company. The Advisory Board brings together seven internationally recognized experts in IT security from the industry, public sector and academia who will provide practical guidance, insights and validation on the strategic plans and priority...
Oracle Health Sciences Works with Nuance to Voice Enable Clinical Trials
Feb 13, 2014 (Thu): Oracle Corporation, the industry’s leading enterprise technology solutions and service provider, today announced Oracle Health Sciences will work with Nuance Communications, a leading provider of voice and language understanding solutions and Gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), to help simplify and accelerate data collection and management for clinical trials through voice-to-text capabilities for...
LivingSocial Asia Now Offers Weekly Surprise Deal for Members
Feb 13, 2014 (Thu): In line with LivingSocial’s promise to surprise and delight members, LivingSocial Asia will be launching a weekly surprise deal in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The weekly surprise deal will feature only one exclusive item for a lucky buyer in each country. To kick start the campaign, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines will feature 1 iPad Air every week at only 1 Ringgit, 10,000 Rupiah, and 1 Peso...
