MAS canceled plans

AVIATION Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to cancel plans to set up a subsidiary company of regional short-haul premium flights and instead will offer the service through a new department. Chief Operating Officer Short Range MAS / Firefly, Ignatius Ong, said the decision was made ​​following the re-done some adjustments to the business module MAS for the initiative of regional airlines.

The strategy and operational objectives for the premium short-haul services remained unchanged, but there will be no new airline. "Operation (for services) will be placed under the MAS," he told reporters after the fifth anniversary of Firefly at Subang, Selangor yesterday. Ong, however, can not reveal detailed information on the matter because he said it would be announced by top management of MAS soon. establishment of premium short-haul airline announced new CEO of MAS management, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, when presenting the company's business recovery plan The national carrier late last year. Service will use the full range of new aircraft Boeing 737-800 is targeted to meet the needs of luxury travelers. on an expansion plan of operation for

3 new application Google Maps

GOOGLE Malaysia introduced three major additions to Google Maps that allows users in the country better plan their journey and obtain current information. Addition involves two new layers, 'Traffic' and 'Transit', and interfaces in Malaysia language.

Google Country Manager Malaysia Sajith Sivanandan said, by opening the layer 'Traffic' in Maps, users can see immediately whether the crowded road or track based on color codes.

Red for traffic congestion, slow-moving yellow and green for smooth flow. "new layer makes it easier for drivers to plan an alternative route to their destination," he said at a media briefing in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. 'Transit' provides information about travel on the Malaysia public transport system on Google Maps. It also offers a better choice for Malaysians who want to avoid traffic jams and go to the city by using public transport. Sajith said, the data for 'Traffic' and 'Transit' is obtained from various sources, including, government transportation departments and private data providers. In the meantime, Google Maps is now available in Malaysia language. version of

Daihatsu factory built

DAIHATSU Motor Co Ltd will start with the factory remote control Electronic Automatic Transmission (EAT) is the first in Southeast Asia, worth RM220 million in Bandar Baru Sendayan, Punjab, in the middle of this month.
It would make the country as a hub for regional production of automotive components for Japan's oldest vehicle manufacturer, which also is a major shareholder and technology partner and the Second Automobile Industry Technical Services Sdn Bhd (Perodua).
Plant construction is implemented through the Akashi-Kikai Industry (M) Sdn Bhd in an area of 11 hectares purchased from the Corporation of the Minister General (MBI) and BSS Development Sdn Bhd (BSS), is expected to be completed in December. Akashi-Kikai Industry Malaysia is joint venture company with equity of 51 per cent by the Akashi-Kikai Industry; Daihatsu (39 percent) and TOYOTA (10 percent). Commenting on the developments, Chief Minister of Punjab, Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, said the plant will produce 150,000 units a year EAT in particular for the

Samsung launches Galaxy Tab March 2

SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab 2 will launch its latest seven-inch screen size, the first tablet featuring Android 4.0 operating system from Google in conjunction with the Ice Cream Mobile World Congress (MWC) in the future. compact device (pictured) has a dual-core processing development 1GHz , WSVGA display (1024x600p) seven-inch, 3MP rear camera and front VGA camera.

Samsung also includes feature Suggest S applications, mobile communications services ChatON, open identification system, a wireless content with AllShare Play and access to more than 400,000 applications via the Google Android market.
"Two years ago, Samsung Galaxy Tab started to offer more possibilities on the next launch. Since then, Samsung is actively increasing the range of the tablet with a few other tablets in different sizes, "said the President of the Information Technology Division Samsung Electronics Mobile Communications. Samsung is not expected to hold a news conference at MWC this year's

4 Yahoo board of directors resigned

YAHOO! announced the withdrawal of some members of its Board of Directors to make way for the restoration of the Internet company, who is now working to recover market share and confidence from investors. chairman, Roy Bostock announced he and three other directors who long served the company will put the office in the company , to make way for new executive director, Scott Thompson.

Yahoo! previously working hard to change her appearance than just search the internet to 'major digital media company, after affected by the emergence of Google.
Announcement of the withdrawal of some members of the Board of Directors was a week after Jerry Yang, Yahoo! co-founder of the 17 years ago, put all the positions in the California-based company. Yang, 43, one is the first dotcom billionaire, once the Board of Yahoo!; Yahoo ! Japan and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.. the Yahoo! Chief Executive from June 2007 until January 2009, and in that period he and Bostock rejected Microsoft bid to buy the company, which raised the anger among shareholders. Bostock and Yang has become anger target shareholders to cause the stock price dropped nearly half of the Yahoo! price when the company's leaders reject