SHAH ALAM (15 September 2014) – This time of year, with Merdeka and Malaysia Day on our minds, patriotic Malaysians from all walks of life are taking the opportunity to profess love for our homeland. However, inspiration for knowing and loving this nation can come at any day of the year. In yesteryears, some have said, ‘to know Malaysia is to love Malaysia’ or ‘tak kenal maka tak cinta’, and today, it is now so easy to strengthen our love as technology has made it very convenient to get to know Malaysia in greater depth.
In the fifth edition of DiGi Telecommunications SdnBhd (DiGi)’s annual Challenge for Change (DiGiCFC) programme that concluded earlier this year, the Mini Malaysia app developed by Calvin Tam was announced as the winning application in the Discovering Culture category. The DiGi Challenge for Change is a competition to unearth innovative, community-centric ideas that are then developed into mobile applications. The developer of each winning app receives RM25,000 in cash and DiGi’scontinuous support to actively promote the winning application to its own base of more than 4 million internet customers
The Mini Malaysiaappprovides a simple and elegant way to explore the wonders and delights of Malaysia.It has comprehensive details of interesting places, right at your fingertips. The app also has a comprehensive phrase book to help foreign visitors communicate in Bahasa Malaysia. It is also designed for one hand use where you can easily navigate and use the app even when one of your hands is full. The best thing about this app is that you can use it even when there’s no internet connection. The Mini Malaysia app is available on the iOS platform only.
For more information on the DiGi Challenge for Change 5, please visit www.digicfc.my
