Developers from Malaysia are converging in Cyberjaya this weekend for the Astro #GOInnovate conference. There’s going to be a mobile game showcase, keynotes and panels by industry figures, and even a hackathon. Malaysia is home to some pretty awesome games and there’s no doubt that several more will be given life this weekend. In the […]
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Every cent counts for startups. Which makes the PayPal Startup Blueprint welcome news for entrepreneurs. The payment giant announced this week that it will extend the program, which gives startups free payment processing, to eight markets in Asia-Pacific: Singapore Australia Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Taiwan The program waives processing fees for transactions up
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US payments giant PayPal and payment gateway Braintree have announced the launch of Startup Blueprint in eight markets in Asia Pacific: Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan. In a statement, PayPal said Startup Blueprint is the first global startup programme in the payments industry for high-tech startups. Braintree is a
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Local start-up WaryBee is the developer of a personal panic button. Its product is a hardware-software solution that pairs a discreet panic button — embedded in personal accessories or jewellery — with a mobile app that blasts out SOS alerts when triggered. WaryBee received early funding from 1337 Accelerator, a joint initiative between Cyberjaya’s landownerCyberview
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IT is always good to take two steps back from whatever we are usually caught up in and take a holistic view of everything that is going on. Hopefully, we will see some patterns that we could not when absorbed in the nitty-gritty of daily deadlines. But for those of you who are interested in
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EIGHTEEN months after launching a pre-seed fund, thanks to US$1.6 million (RM5 million) in funding from the Malaysian Government, Bikesh Lakhmichand has returned the unused portion of the money back to the Ministry of Finance. He is now running 1337 Ventures Sdn Bhd and the accompanying 1337 Accelerator as a privately-run initiative, having successfully raised
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Technology start-up WaryBee is in the final stage of putting together a prototype for what could be Malaysia’s first locally made wearable safety device. The product is a piece of jewellery or an accessory that can discreetly trigger a call for help via the WaryBee smartphone app. Think of it as your very own panic
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People in Asia’s gaming industry don’t work together. It could be that because the industry is so small, everyone’s afraid of losing out to the competition. There simply isn’t enough of the pie for everyone to grab a bite. Doors remain closed even within the gaming startup communities. While competition is great, and keeps people
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Two Malaysians tell Siti Syameen Md Khalili about their designs for a fashionable and wearable technology for personal safety NOT a fan of chunky accessories? You may change your mind if the pendant or keychain comes with a panic button embedded that lets you call for help and signal your location, says Ray Teng, 38.
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Aiming to raise S$50,000 (US$39,990) on StarHub’s new crowdfunding platform Crowdtivate is Malaysia-based personal safety wearable startup WaryBee. To be embedded in jewellery, itsnamesake flagship device will trigger an alarm when pressed in an emergency. Everything started with programmer and father of two Ray Teng, who was worried about his children’s safety after hearing about how a
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