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Joseph de Maistre (or Alexis de Tocqueville, depending on what Google says) is said to have penned the infamous words: "The people get the government they deserve". In the context of Malaysia, this quote should perhaps be extended--the people get the ... more »
In Malaysia, most of our brouhahas tend to break out online these days, especially on Facebook. Just in the last two months, we've had people start Facebook campaigns to boycott bread, rally against a new national healthcare program called 1Care, and ... more »
Malaysia"s "hip" Prime Minister has been going on a social media rampage--his expensive public relations team is telling him that he needs to be cool to win votes from the younger population. And cool means Facebook and Twitter. It is rumoured ... more »
Woke up this morning to BBM messages from friends about the Anwar verdict (for the uninformed, he was being tried for sodomy). Attempts to access The Malaysian Insider via my Galaxy S2 failed but then my smartphone doesn't always do data ... more »
In the latest salvo in a long-running battle against this great expense known as "airport tax", AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes (and for the record, he also sits on the board of MAS by virtue of the latest share-swap between the two ... more »
My computer: MacBook Pro
My phone: BlackBerry Curve
My 2nd phone: Samsung S2 (running Android cause the BlackBerry's browsing abilities are truly hypertension-inducing)
Today, a friend posted on his Facebook page an excerpt from a blog:
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The first time I thought of buying a Mac was when Steve Jobs brought out the iMac. It was blue. Electric blue. And it had that fantastic egg-shaped design. I loved it but I didn't buy it. It had no floppy ... more »
Last week’s political storm in the teacup was the subject matter of prepaid users and service tax. Having swallowed the 5 percent service tax for prepaid customers since it was imposed, the telcos have decided that the hike to 6 percent ... more »
I'm not an obsessive tweeter nor am I an obsessive tweet reader either. My primary interactions with Twitter are mainly event driven--the last time I remember heavily and regularly turning to Twitter was the BERSIH 1.0 rally and the Sarawak Elections. ... more »
Last week, the Star ran an online poll on it's website, asking Malaysian readers if the upcoming July 9th BERSIH 2.0 rally "should be cancelled or should it be allowed to go on.". When the number of 'Yes' responses hit one ... more »
Have to tread very carefully with this post but I can't help but mutter something about this.
About two weeks ago, a tweet by Fahmi Fadzil, the political aide of MP Nurul Izzah, spawned much heated discussion when it resulted in Fahmi ...
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So I was lurking in the Petaling Jaya Digital Mall a couple of days ago and paused to take a look at the Blackberry PlayBook. My current tablet is the iPad 1 and whilst I have some complaints about it (see ... more »
The Internet must give the government fits at times, and it certainly did yesterday. When the Malaysian Insider broke the story that the government was going to give every Malaysian over the age of 18 a 1 Malaysia email account, as ... more »
An old but trendy uncle I know recently was complaining to me about his attempts to port his phone from Digi back to Maxis. He had (as all uncles do, when they are in search of a bargain) ported from Maxis ... more »
I got back from Hong Kong yesterday and had an opportunity to take the YES 4G services for a spin when I took the train from KLIA to Sentral.
(YES is owned by YTL, which also operates the KLIA express).
To be honest, ...
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