Marketing and Design Fail: Bank Islam Logo

Posted by The Monkey on Nov 28, 2010 in The Monkey Chronicles | 8 comments

Let me take you guys down to memory lane, I think most of you never noticed it in the first place but here’s an interesting story.

A few years back, Bank Islam Malaysia decided to do a corporate rebranding to look more modern and appeal to more consumers.

They did a logo redesign and changed their logo from this:

Bank Islam Original Logo

to this:

Bank Islam Redesigned Logo

More on why it failed after the break.

Malaysia Proposes Internet Piracy Law. Wrong Move?

Posted by The Monkey on Nov 28, 2010 in The Monkey Chronicles | 3 comments

No more illegal downloads for Malaysians

The Star published an article on 26 Nov 2010 which says that the government plans to introduce a new law to curb online downloading of music and movies.

The law is the ISP (Internet Service Provider) Liability Act, which makes the ISPs responsible for stopping online piracy by sending warning letters to illegal downloaders and as a last resort, suspending or terminating their internet access.

More on why this may be a wrong move after the break.

LG Optimus 7 by Celcom

Posted by The Monkey on Nov 27, 2010 in The Monkey Chronicles | 5 comments

Celcom LG Optimus 7

Looks like the HTC HD7 isn’t the only Windows Phone 7 in town.

Price and plan rates after the break.

HTC HD7 Finally launched in Malaysia!

Posted by The Monkey on Nov 26, 2010 in The Monkey Chronicles | 2 comments

Maxis finally brings us the long awaited HTC HD7!

Maxis HTC HD7 Launched!

It will be available from 26 November with a starting price of RM1399(12 months contract) or RM1699(12 months contract). The original MRSP is RM2399.

More details and video after the break.

How the internet works

Posted by The Monkey on Nov 20, 2010 in The Monkey Chronicles | 2 comments

In case you didn’t really know how the internet works, here’s a cute illustration that explains it in a very fun way.