The hype 4 The Next Galaxy has been spreading across town, nation and even the world. You know it, everyone’s anticipating it; touted The Next Big Thing, I believe the upcoming Samsung flagship phone – Samsung Galaxy S4 will penetrate the market with multiple folds worldwide.

The local newspapers started giving some ‘pre-teaser’ of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 already. And last weekend I managed to bump into a few troupes of talented musician choir playing in front of malls, attracting various public into pre-teasing them The Next Galaxy.

They were going around town last Friday and Saturday showcasing their spectacular choir performances and it caught many attention from the public passerby.

Enough of the pre-teaser, I personally can’t wait to get my hands on the Samsung Galaxy S4.

The Next Big Thing will be launched this week and as a existing Samsung mobile user, I’m looking forward to see how it compares to my Samsung Galaxy Note II. Probably… I might just do another video review on Samsung Galaxy S4? Wait, if you’ve not checked out my previous Samsung Galaxy S3 video, watch it here:

Will bring in more updates to you soon! Stay tuned

Hello! It’s been quite awhile since I last attended a blogger event as I had been out of touch with the blogging community scene, but heyy finally I’m back!

Careen invited me to the WeChat Party 2013 @ Club Neverland KL few days ago and got the chance to meet all my fellow blogger / social media friends there (oh it’s been awhile). So great to see all of them as I heard there were more than 150 bloggers (not including other guests) who attended the event that night!

What else can you ask for when you have…

Pretty usherettes to usher & serve you throughout the night, making sure you’re all well enjoying the event

Great performances by various artistes that blew the audiences away with their spectacular voices

Huge supportive crowd that made the atmosphere much more fun and happening, cheering and clapping to make everyone else happy

Awesome friends & acquaintances with you all night, making sure you don’t ‘selfishly’ enjoy the night alone lol

Delicious cupcakes that will make you salivate and ask for more (tapao home!)

Overall it was a great event. Again, it’s been awhile since I’ve last attended these kinda events and was good to see all the familiar faces that I’ve not been seeing for a long time. All thanks to WeChat for organizing a successful one. If you don’t know what was the event about (I’m assuming you already know what is WeChat, right?), it’s the launching of their Malaysian WeChat TV Commercial. Finally, WeChat has been officially launched in Malaysia (in a formal way, though most of us had already been using it for the past year).

WeChat is basically a mobile phone text & voice messaging communication service developed by Tencent in China. Few of the highlight features of WeChat that I like include ‘Shake’, ‘Look Around’ and ‘Drift Bottle’ which is a pretty interactive way of discovering new friends from anywhere. And recently, WeChat has reached quite a high number of downloads and became #1 in Malaysia – #1 in overall Free apps in the iOS App Store and #1 in Communications on Google Play. Quite impressive for an app that has JUST been officially launched in Malaysia!

Anyway, check out their latest local commercial here:

http://www.facebook.com/wechatmalaysia

Do you WeChat? Add me up!

Y’know Justin Bieber IS the main highlight when you see him opening for the concert and once he finishes, large amount of fans (Beliebers) flocking out of the venue (no respect for other acts? or just plain, don’t care?). But anyway, this year’s MTV World Stage 2012 Live in Malaysia was a record-breaking one because it smashes all attendance records as over 16,000 people were at Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach on Saturday. Thanks to? Mainly Justin Bieber’s fans (Beliebers) I’m guessing? But not forgetting, all the Jay Park, KARA & Mizz Nina’s fans did contributed to the attendance record as well.

The show was good, although I hoped it would be longer. Spectacular performances, breathtaking choreography and fans interaction by the artists placed music fans center stage of the star-studded evening.

Justin Bieber opened for the concert and had put on quite a show at the MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia. Although Justin Bieber admitted before he begin his performance that he prefers acoustic and intimate shows, he managed to put on an energetic performance which included his signature dance moves. Good to hear my favourite song from his latest Believe album – ‘As Long As You Love Me’ LIVE, just without the rap part! Good one

Next up, KARA! Eye-candy girls with catchy songs & sexy dance moves, what a great combo and it works all the time. The girls performed 6 songs and you can see all their fans (Kamelias) shouting & cheering on them, especially when they did their signature butt dance move during Mister haha. Great performance by them, I’m a fan of them now (or rather, Goo Hara) lol.

Just when Mizz Nina started coming out, I was in the crowd and heard many people booing while expecting Jay Park to be performing next instead. That is… bad. But luckily Mizz Nina managed to turned the situation upside down and gave her best for the show. Due to her catchy tunes and backup dancers, they managed to hype up the crowd and got them jumping along throughout the show. It was all good by then.

Finally, the last act of the night was Jay Park. He’s a #swagger, truly. The Korean-American singer/dancer was a hell of a crowd tweezer too as he swoon all his fans (females especially) throughout the night with his moves (and abs lol)! Multi-talented guy who can dance, sing, rap, act, etc.. and for some reason, don’t you think he looks like our national badminton player, Lee Chong Wei?! (or rather, LCW looks like him haha)

The concert ended around 10pm, which is quite early I’d say (it’s a good thing, start on time, finish on time; Malaysians hardly ever implement that policy, luckily MTV Asia are from Singapore lol)

If you missed the concert, don’t worry. The event was actually captured and will be produced into a 2-hour TV show premiering on MTV SEA channel on Saturday 28 July 2012 (2:30pm). An hour long version will also be broadcasted later in the year via MTV’s global network of more than 60 channels in over 150 territories. Who knows, you might be able to spot yourself jumping among the crowd? So be sure to catch it, remember 28 JULY 2012 (SATURDAY)!!

AVAST recently launched its new and improved version 7 with various bloggers, celebrities, media & partners attending the event @ Zouk KL on 20th June 2012.

The new avast! 7 gives users faster information from the “cloud” on new and emerging threats. On top of that, helping family and friends solve their IT issues has never been easier thanks to the new Remote Assistance and Account features.The new FileRep feature knows if it’s naughty or nice, by enabling faster threat identification by sorting new, potentially dangerous files from known safe files. The improved WebRep browser plugin can now detect counterfeit sites.

Other improvements on avast! version 7 include compatibility with Windows 8, speed and memory usage optimizations, export/import of product settings, enhanced GUI, sandbox privacy protection, improved repair functions, and stronger self-defense. It currently supportsEnglish, Traditional/Simplified Chinese, Indonesian, Portuguese, Thai, andVietnamese on iOS, Android, Symbian, and Windows.

In conjunction with the launch, APAC Venture Sdn Bhd had also announced its collaboration with Tencent for the launch of its social app called WeChat.

WeChat app works similarly like Whatsapp, but the obvious difference that WeChat offered is the ‘Shake’ function. You’ll be able to ‘Shake’ your device and connect with other WeChat users locally and internationally. I do think it’s similar to going on a blind date where you don’t know who is the guy/girl you are going to be meeting up with. You’ll have the option to add them into your friend list after viewing the person’s profile by using the ‘Shake’ function.