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Tata Tiago & Tigor Updated With Apple CarPlay

Mei Ling Tan May 22, 2019

Tata Motors top-selling Tiago hatchback and its sibling Tigor have been updated with a touchscreen system on the range-topping XZ+ variants. The Tata Tiago XZ+ is priced from ₹ 5.71 lakh, while…

The Nokia 4.2 is now available to pre-order

Mei Ling Tan May 22, 2019

Two months after unveiling the smartphone at MWC 2019, HMD Global has today announced that the Nokia 4.2 is coming to the United States in two weeks’ time. In anticipation of its release,…

Honda Car India’s Sales Grow By 23% In April

Mei Ling Tan May 22, 2019

Honda Cars India registered monthly domestic sales of 11,272 units in April 2019 as against 9,143 units in April 2018 registering a growth of 23 per cent. The company has…

Instagram just Added Three New Features

Mei Ling Tan May 22, 2019

Over 500 million Instagram users now use Stories on a daily basis to freely express themselves and check in on the lives of friends, family, and influencers. Today, with the…

AirAsia named top airline by passenger growth

Mei Ling Tan May 22, 2019

AirAsia has been named the Top Airline by Absolute Passenger Growth (Southeast Asia) at Singapore’s Changi Airline Awards 2019 recently. This is in recognition of its 4.1 per cent increase…

Ex-AirAsia executive joins Malaysia Airports as COO

Mei Ling Tan May 22, 2019

Malaysia Airport Holdings (MAHB) has appointed former AirAsia executive Mohammed Shukrie Mohammed Salleh as its new chief operating officer. MAHB says that Shukrie will oversee strategies related to airport operations, safety and security,…

AirAsia flies to Lanzhou and Quanzhou

Mei Ling Tan May 22, 2019

AirAsia continues its expansion into China with two new services from Kuala Lumpur to Lanzhou and Quanzhou. These new services take the number of AirAsia destinations in China to 24,…

Toyota Domestic Sales Down By 22%

Mei Ling Tan May 22, 2019

Toyota Kirloskar Motor sold a total of 10,112 units in the domestic market. The domestic sales saw a drop of 22 per cent which is a big drop compared to…

AirAsia India Desire Jet Airways’ Boeing 737s

Mei Ling Tan May 22, 2019

A joint venture of Tata group and Malaysian Air Asia, AirAsia India is planning to induct some of the Jet Airways’ Boeing 737s that have now been repossessed by lessors.…

YouTube Music can now play local files on Android

Mei Ling Tan May 21, 2019

The phase-out of Play Music in favor of YouTube Music has been a long time coming, though Google’s actions towards this goal haven’t been particularly quick or decisive up to…

South Korea already has 260,000 5G subs

Mei Ling Tan May 21, 2019

South Korea’s mobile operators have already racked up over 260,000 5G subscribers since launching full-fledged services on April 3, government figures indicate. SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus have been…

Supermarkets lose Liquor Sales

Mei Ling Tan May 21, 2019

Independent liquor retailers took back around 130,000 customers from supermarket chains over the 12 months to December 2018, increasing their market share from 9.8 per cent to 12.9 per cent,…

Angry Birds augmented reality mobile game Launched

Mei Ling Tan May 21, 2019

Rovio, the Finnish company behind the Angry Birds smash hit, announced last month that their first augmented reality mobile game is available for pre-order. Dubbed Angry Birds: Isle of Pigs, the…

NOW Telecom details “NVNO” model

Mei Ling Tan May 21, 2019

The Philippines’ NOW Telecom has introduced a new model aimed at partnering with small and medium sized businesses to deliver wireless broadband services to individual areas. The company’s new NOW…

Unicom, Ericsson to collaborate on 5G development

Mei Ling Tan May 21, 2019

China Unicom and Ericsson have signed an agreement to accelerate the development of commercial 5G technology. The agreement signed at China Unicom’s 5G Innovation and Cooperation Conference in Shenzhen involves…

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