Auditor-General Raises Red Flags Over Early MyDigital ID Spending

Mobile Development | 24 February 2026

MyDigital ID is meant to be the government's "trusted login" for the digital world, a way for people to prove who they are online for public services and (eventually) private-sector transactions too. So when the Auditor-General's Report 1/2026 points...

Google and Apple Are Bringing AI Music Tools Into Everyday Apps

Mobile Development | 22 February 2026

Generative AI has spent the last couple of years as something you mostly "go try" on a special website or in a separate tool. That's changing fast. Now the big shift is happening where people actually live day-to-day: the default apps on their phones...

WhatsApp Is Adding “Group Message History” So New Members Don’t Join Completely Lost

Mobile Development | 22 February 2026

If you've ever been added into a WhatsApp group mid-conversation, you probably know the feeling: you open the chat and it's already chaos. People are debating something, sharing links, referencing "that thing from earlier"… and you're sitting there l...

WhatsApp Might Finally Let You Schedule Messages (And It’s About Time)

Mobile Development | 22 February 2026

If you've ever typed "Happy birthday" in WhatsApp… then stared at it for 6 hours trying not to accidentally hit Send, you're not alone. Message scheduling has been on a lot of people's wish list for years, and it looks like WhatsApp is now seriously...

Apple’s Big Siri Makeover is Reportedly Hitting a Speed Bump in Testing

Mobile Development | 20 February 2026

For a while now, Apple has been teasing a future where Siri finally feels less like a voice-controlled shortcut button and more like a genuinely helpful assistant. The kind that understands what you mean, remembers what matters (in a privacy-friendly...

Cyberpunk 2077 on a phone used to be a joke… and now it’s actually happening

Mobile Development | 19 February 2026

Back in 2020, the idea of running the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 on a smartphone would've sounded like pure chaos. Not "maybe one day" chaos. More like "that's a meme" chaos. Fast forward about six years, and we're officially living in the "wait… w...

A Big Login Change is Coming to MyJPJ on 1 March 2026

Mobile Development | 18 February 2026

If you're the type who only opens MyJPJ when there's a roadblock or when road tax renewal is due (totally normal), here's the one update you don't want to discover at the worst possible moment. JPJ has confirmed that starting 1 March 2026, MyDigital...

MyDigital ID Partners Up With Banks and Fintechs for Stronger Verification

Mobile Development | 16 February 2026

Malaysia's push toward a more unified digital identity system just took a noticeable step forward. MyDigital ID has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a group of banks and fintech players, with the goal of improving how identity authenti...

iPadOS 26.3 Is Here, and It’s a Classic “Small but Important” Update

Mobile Development | 13 February 2026

Apple has released iPadOS 26.3, and it follows a familiar pattern: early-year updates usually don't bring huge headline features. Instead, they focus on tightening things up behind the scenes with security patches, performance improvements, and bug f...

Unifi Mobile Refreshes UNI5G WOW Prepaid Passes (And Yes, There’s Now “1TB” For RM35)

Mobile Development | 13 February 2026

If you've been browsing prepaid plans lately, you'll notice telcos are quietly tweaking their pass structures to look simpler on paper and more "choose-your-own-budget" in practice. Unifi Mobile just did exactly that for its UNI5G WOW prepaid plan, u...

iOS 26.3 is here, and it’s quietly more useful than it sounds

Mobile Development | 12 February 2026

Apple has rolled out iOS 26.3 for iPhone, and it's one of those updates that doesn't scream "big new feature" at first glance, but ends up smoothing out a few everyday annoyances. It's also the third major update in the iOS 26 cycle, landing after iO...

RM100 SARA is coming again, and it’ll go straight into your MyKad

Mobile Development | 06 February 2026

If you remember the earlier SARA payouts, this next round is going to feel very familiar — except the government is making it extra clear how it will be delivered.

A handy little upgrade for My50 users

Mobile Development | 06 February 2026

If you're the kind of person who reloads the My50 Pass every month and just goes about your commute without thinking too much, Touch 'n Go eWallet just added something that might make you pause and go, "Oh… not bad also.". Prasarana Malaysia Berhad h...

CelcomDigi’s New Prepaid Passes: “Hyper” vs “Power” (And Who They’re Actually For)

Mobile Development | 29 January 2026

If you've ever stood at the prepaid plan screen thinking, "Why are there so many options and why do they all sound like superhero moves?", CelcomDigi just added two new families of passes that try to make the choice simpler.

JPJ is going fully digital: no more printed road tax slips from 1 February 2026

Mobile Development | 28 January 2026

If you're the kind of driver who still feels calmer when there's "something physical" to look at, here's the heads-up: starting 1 February 2026, JPJ will stop issuing printed road tax slips for Motor Vehicle Licences (LKM). This also means Pos Malays...

Why everyone’s confused in the first place

Mobile Development | 28 January 2026

If you've been following the Malaysia–Singapore border tech updates lately, you've probably seen three names floating around that sound like they do the exact same thing: MyBorderPass, MyNIISe, and MyDigital ID. Add QR code autogates into the mix, an...

WhatsApp Might Let You “Pay to Remove Ads” Soon, If Meta Goes That Route

Mobile Development | 27 January 2026

WhatsApp has always had this reputation of being the "simple" messaging app. You open it, you chat, you send a photo, you move on. No loud banners, no autoplay videos, no feeling like you're walking through a shopping mall just to reply "ok."

Spotify’s “Prompted Playlists” Are Expanding, but Only for Paying Users

Mobile Development | 26 January 2026

Spotify is widening the rollout of a feature it calls Prompted Playlists, moving it beyond its earlier limited trial in New Zealand and bringing it to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada. If you're on the free tier, this one isn't aimed at you (...

Summary of CBMC4103 - Mobile Computing for Multimedia

Mobile Development | 25 January 2026

If you've ever streamed a video on shaky Wi-Fi, used maps to dodge traffic, or tried to do "real work" on a phone screen the size of a biscuit, you've already met the main characters of mobile computing: movement, wireless networks, and multimedia.

A bigger test run for MyDigital ID is happening inside Malaysian banking

Mobile Development | 24 January 2026

If you've been hearing "MyDigital ID" pop up more often lately, this is why: Malaysia is now running a larger Phase 2 "sandbox" (basically, a controlled test environment) to plug MyDigital ID into real banking systems. According to a written parliame...