Month: April 2018

New mobile app can reduce your stroke risk: Here’s how

Scientists have developed a new mobile application that can detect atrial fibrillation that causes strokes. The mobile application can save lives all over the world as timely diagnosis of atrial fibrillation is crucial for effective stroke prevention.  The researchers studied 300 patients with heart problems, half of whom had atrial fibrillation. They managed to identify the

CIMB Bank gets personal with customers via enhanced mobile app

CIMB Bank (CIMB) has enhanced its first in-ASEAN mobile application in Malaysia – the CIMB Enhanced Virtual Assistant (EVA), in a bid to bring personalised, convenient and an improved experience to its customers. Launched in December 2016, CIMB EVA has recently included features such as Spend Analyser and natural language conversational capabilities. With Spend Analyser, CIMB aims

Manpower Ministry defends call for partners to develop mobile app for foreign workers

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has defended its call for partners to develop a mobile app for foreign workers, following online criticism that it was “asking for free labour”.  In a statement posted on its Facebook page on Tuesday (Jul 4), MOM explained that it sought a “collaborative model to achieve win-win outcomes” in

DoD CIO sets baseline for mobile app security

About six years ago, as the Obama administration was launching the cloud security program known as the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), Tom Suder, a mobile government expert and consultant, suggested that maybe the government needs a similar process for mobile applications. Well, the Defense Department may have just taken a major step toward

Kaesang Pangarep promotes local dishes through mobile app

The youngest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Kaesang Pangarep, has introduced a mobile app named Madhang that aims to preserve and promote local dishes. Kaesang, who is one of the app’s co-founders, collaborated with a team from Dian Nuswantoro University (Udinus) in Semarang, Central Java, in creating Madhang, which literally means to “eat” in Javanese. At a