January 1, 2006 - WAP MyPortfolio is now available!

MyPortfolio now comes in a WAP version which is simpler and easy to use!

Just create a bookmark in your phone WAP browser for the address http://mypo.biz. Simply browse to the bookmark to access MyPortfolio.

Click Enter to register for a one-month FREE trial subscription and you are ready to go! Now you can store the details of the stocks purchased and MyPortfolio will automatically compute the investment's position based on the latest market price.

Click here to find out more or just go to http://mypo.biz using your phone WAP browser now to start using WAP MyPortfolio with FREE One Month Trial Subscription!

March 1, 2005 - Get the latest market updates with the new MyEdgeDaily SMS Stock Tools

Introducing the new SMS tools developed by EssentialBiz.

In collaboration with MyEdgeDaily, now you can keep track with your Bursa Malaysia stock and market performance live using SMS.

Stock Alert, Stock Watch, Stock Move, Stock Summary, Top 10 Gainers/Losers and more! And it will only cost you 50 sen for every SMS received.

Click here to find out more or visit www.theedgedaily.com

April 16, 2004 - DiGi subcribers have fun sending pictures to m-blog at DiGi Now! EDGE showcase at KL Plaza & Berjaya Times Square

You can see how much fun everyone had at the DiGi Now! EDGE showcase at KL Plaza & Berjaya Times Square by visiting the m-blog website.

m-blog is the mobile version of the blog phenomenon where the user can go one step further in sharing their life experience by sending images using MMS from their mobile phones. The m-blog website will automatically update the pictures & text that you've sent & show them for all your friends to see.

The DiGi Now! EDGE showcase at KL Plaza & Berjaya Times Square will be back for one weekend every month, the next one will be from the 14th to the 16th of May. Be there to try out m-blog for your self, for more information go to www.digi.com.my/promotions/

m-blog can also be used as a live traffic update service known as m-traffic where the public can contribute traffic report & images live from their location.

m-blog & m-traffic are products of EssentialBiz & we were invited to showcase them by Ericsson at DiGi Now! Edge showcase events. To find out more about the m-blog & m-traffic please e-mail us at info@essentialbiz.com.my

April 15, 2004 - Celcom launches 128k smartSIM with Mobile Vouchers as one of the service

Celcom subscribers can now get discounts & vouchers on SMS from selected merchants using the Mobile Vouchers service. Celcom Mobile Vouchers has been available since October 2003 where you can simply send MV to 26800 to get the menus of the category of vouchers. Then you select a category by sending A - E to get a list of available vouchers under that category.

With the introduction of Celcom smartSIM, getting the vouchers is easier, you just access the smartSIM menu in your phone, select What's New -> Promotions -> Mobile Vouchers to get the vouchers.

Celcom postpaid subscribers can now upgrade their SIM card to the 64k or 128k SIM card to use Mobile Vouchers. For more information, visit www.celcom.com.my

Celcom Mobile Vouchers uses EssentialBiz's Mobile Voucher Platform, which is a system for request, delivery & management of mobile vouchers by SMS, SIM Browser or WAP. It uses either a menu based or search-engine type interface for the user to look for suitable coupon or vouchers. For security & audit purposes, the mobile vouchers contain a serial number & can be identified as sent from a special character number. The platform will also generate a special webpage, accessible only to the merchants to check the serial numbers sent for their mobile vouchers. To find out more about the Mobile Voucher Platform please e-mail us at info@essentialbiz.com.my

December 30, 2003 – EssentialBiz offers Interactive Messaging Service (IMS) for enterprise clients Due to requests by our enterprise clients, EssentialBiz is now offering Interactive Messaging Service (IMS) to clients who wish to operate or run interactive SMS application using short codes. IMS is a complete SMS gateway & interactive application solution for any entity to offer interactive SMS services to their targeted audience. The most popular interactive SMS services provided so far is in the form of quiz based SMS contests (using our award winning QuizMaster application) although we also offer customized application development for any service that the clients want. Examples of IMS services offered so far are Kuiz SMS Filem MX3 Kuiz SMS Jejak Rasul Kuiz SMS Filem Mr Cinderella 2 TV3 SMS Carnival Majalah 3 Festive Greeting Message SMS Contest The clients have the choice of using our short code or using their own short code applied from the mobile operators. Click here to find out more about our Interactive Messaging Service. Please contact us for more details of IMS at 03-4141 1330 or e-mail info@essentialbiz.com.my

August 15, 2003 - EssentialBiz showcases MyPortfolio under the Maxis Developer Programme EssentialBiz is one of the eight pioneer companies in the Maxis Developer Programme launched today by Maxis at an event at Nikko Hotel attended by Tan Sri Nuraizah Abdul Hamid, MCMC Chairman. Maxis Developer Programme(MDP) is an initiative by Maxis to assist the Malaysian developer community to design, develop, test, and market their mobile applications and services. MyPortfolio is the first J2ME application developed by EssentialBiz. It's a personal portfolio management tool designed specifically for retail investors in KLSE. It computes the investor's stock portfolio positions (i.e. profit & loss) based on the latest market price from KLSE. Click here to find out more about MyPortfolio & how to install it.

July 28, 2003 - Grab Your RM10,000 Loot with DiGi's The Pirates of the Caribbean Treasure Hunt SMS Contest Lucky DiGi subscribers have a chance to win one of the 2 treasure chests (RM10,000 Grand Prize) in the latest mobile application from DiGi in The Pirates of the Caribbean Treasure Hunt SMS Contest. Send PIRATES to 2200 to take part & you'll receive instructions to register your nickname. Check out the top players ranking & details at www.digi.com.my The Pirates of the Caribbean SMS Contest uses QuizMaster, our award winning SMS application. Click here to find out more about QuizMaster & other products.

July 7, 2003 - The Silver Kacip Award Goes to QuizMaster! QuizMaster, our most successful SMS application won the Silver Award at Kacip @ Cut Edge Awards 2003 competition organized by Ericsson Mobility World Malaysia. The competition is open to all Malaysian mobile application developers and both of EssentialBiz's submission (the other being AdventureGame) made it into the final five in the professional category. The Kacip @ Cut Edge Awards is the only award in Malaysia that acknowledges the product of local mobile application developers. QuizMaster to date has grossed more than RM3m for the local mobile operators implemented under a variety of themes such as Celcom Survivor SMS Challenge & DiGi WWE SMS Challenge. Thank you Ericsson Mobility World Malaysia!

July 7, 2003 - ShowQuiz Is Open To Both TMTouch & Celcom Subscribers The Celcom in-ShowBiz ShowQuiz is the first SMS contest made available to both 019 & 013 mobile subscribers since the merger of Celcom & TMTouch. ShowQuiz uses the latest version of our award winning SMS application QuizMaster. To enter the contest just send SQ to 26262 & the player will receive instructions for language & quiz category selection. The player can choose whether to answer questions in one of the four categories of entertainment trivia; Malaysian, International, Bollywood & Oriental. To find our more about the contest visit www.celcom.com.my The Celcom in-ShowQuiz uses QuizMaster, our award winning SMS application. Click here to find out more about QuizMaster & other products.