Review – MasterKeys Pro L RGB by Cooler Master

Cooler Master. They have been making keyboards for quite some time already. I’ve heard lots of good things about Cooler Master’s keyboards, but I’ve never owned or tried any of them extensively before. That has changed, and now I’m bringing your my full review of the MasterKeys Pro L RGB mechanical keyboard by Cooler Master. Thanks to Cooler Master too, for giving us this opportunity! 😀
Unboxing
Yes, there are two! Review for the MasterKeys Pro L White LEDs will come soon!
Nothing too fancy regarding the box itself. It has a pretty standard cardboard box with all the highlights at the front.

16,777,216 colors, to be exact.
As we have both the MasterKeys Pro L RGB and Intelligent White LEDs together, we get to compare the boxes too – which is mostly identical, actually.

Opening the box show the keyboard itself wrapped in a fabric sleeve – which is the next best thing compared to a hard plastic shell to cover the entire keyboard. I mean hey – at least it’s something to cover the keyboard during transport.

Digging out all the accessories reveals the usual contents of a mechanical keyboard – a cloth braided micro USB cable, the user manual, and in this case, there’s another wire keycap puller which I did not capture in this picture.
Apologies for my dusty room.
Anyway, I hope this picture does the wire keycap puller some justice – because I think it’s a really nice addition by Cooler Master. Wire keycap pullers are just way more superior than those awful plastic keycap pullers.
Design
The MasterKeys Pro L RGB has the typical aesthetic that a mechanical keyboard has. I mean, looking at it screams “I’m a mechanical keyboard!”, but that’s a good thing. This design works, so why fix it?

Underneath the keycapss are genuine Cherry MX RGB switches, with surface mounted RGB LEDs. Underneath those switches is a large piece of white backplate for RGB light reflection. Let me tell you this keyboard is quite bright.

Enclosing all of the key switches and white backplate is a black piece of smooth plastic. There’s something about this piece of plastic that paired with the keycaps, look and feel extremely satisfying.

The underside reveals some other additional features. It’s quite plain-looking with a matte finish, and has a cable routing system similar to the one found in all Ducky One family of mechanical keyboards that we’ve reviewed here.
Cooler Master did the cable routing slightly better overall, thanks to the extra headroom between the cable header and the 90-degree angle.

However, the cable holders at the back can’t really hold the cable nice and snugly. After stuffing the cloth braided cable inside, it can slide back out pretty easily. Ducky One’s cable route holds the cable too tightly. Something in between should be fine.

Again, there’s just something on the MasterKeys Pro L RGB that screams comfort and elegance. It looks and feels smooth. Might be due to its UV coating, actually. It’ll recommend you that to do next and how and where to proceed. It even recommended me to update the keyboard’s firmware instantly, too – which I truly appreciate!
          Cooler Master Portal’s interface is humongous.            Standard installation procedure. Just spam click on the Next button as usual.              Done installing the CM Portal!            The MasterKeys Pro L RGB was detected instantly after launching the Cooler Master Portal. Nice.              Downloading the specific driver for MasterKeys Pro L RGB…            Installing the MasterKeys Pro L RGB driver…              Done installing!                       Instantly, a prompt to update the firmware comes up.            After done installing the latest firmware, we’re all good to go!
The software is really simple to get started with, and easy to master its usability. I started tuning the RGB lighting effects like a pro after a minute or two of messing around with the interface. I also like the fact that Cooler Master made the changes appear on the keyboard itself in real-time, which means I didn’t have to hit Save or Apply every time I make any changes.

Being an RGB keyboard, the software is a necessity to fully realize the MasterKeys Pro L RGB’s full potential. I do appreciate Cooler Master’s effort to bring driverless RGB color configuration to the keyboard, but I just don’t see how it’s viable. At least Cooler Master provides a software, else it’ll suffer the same fate as the Ducky One TKL RGB. Cooler Master did make an extensive video on how to set everything up without the software.

Also, the MasterKeys Pro L RGB has an extensive number of lighting effects built-in, and can further be customized via the software. If those lighting effects aren’t enough, head on over to Cooler Master’s Maker Hub to download more advanced custom lighting effects.
Head on over to the Maker Hub and start looking for more lighting effects – or create and upload your own to share with the community!
By the way, with Cooler Master’s new Portal software, the RGB between different products can be synced together. Easy to use too, but there are limitations when trying to pair some advanced lighting effects – like color wave – with the mouse.
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After customizing the RGB light, I realize two things. Firstly, the keycap legends are lit in a very biased manner – where the upper side is lit up brighter than the lower side. It’s understandable, since the surface-mounted LED is biased to the upper side anyway.
This is a view on how the keycap legends light up. Not really good. The color syncing is nice, though.
Take a look at the number row. Lighting is uneven across the legend.
However, the second issue is the lack of further customizability on the keyboard through the software. There is macro recording and playback feature too, where the manual does walk you through on how to record them, but it’s nowhere to be found in the software itself. Quite a bummer for me, actually.

On a smaller side note, the MasterKeys Pro L RGB doesn’t have any sort of key remapping feature, as well as the replacement of the often-neglected Menu key with the Fn key.
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Wrapping up the MasterKeys Pro L RGB review
The Cooler Mas MasterKeys Pro L RGB is a beautiful keyboard, in my opinion. It looks great, feels better, and coupled with the right Cherry MX switch of your choice – it’s fantastic. However, the MasterKeys Pro L RGB has a thick body, so you might need a wrist rest for a more comfortable typing or gaming experience.

I like that Cooler Master incorporated driverless RGB controls in the keyboard – albeit a little less flexible. The software can offer a much more flexible RGB configuration, but lacks further customizability like recording macros or remapping keys through the software itself.
Is the MasterKeys Pro L RGB for you? I’d say, if you’re into the whole RGB fiesta, then yes. The MasterKeys Pro L RGB is available in the market today, and I’m impressed by how it performs.
And Cooler Master has a 2-year warranty too!
The Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro L is priced at RM 599, but you can find some of them at RM 555 over at Lazada here.
Also, click here to have a look at Store Uni for more exclusive deals and bundles for the MasterKeys series of keyboards. Currently, they have an exclusive MasterKeys Pro L RGB bundled with a custom-crafted wooden wrist rest for RM 569!

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Huawei × Leica: Huawei P9

Recently, Huawei has partnered up with Leica AG which make people wonder what would they come up with with this partnership. Now, all the question has been answered. Yesterday, Huawei has unveiled their newest flagship line, the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus.
Huawei has team up with Leica AG to set the new standard in smartphone photography. With the new Huawei P9, Huawei hopes to gives their customer the best smartphone photography experience by leveraging the unrivalled capabilities of the Leica lens. As know many photographers, Leica lenses are the best in its class alongside the Zeiss lenses.

Even though lenses are important in taking photos, the sensors plays the same role in this regard. Huawei also get Leica to bring the best mobile photography system co-engineered by the two companies, both in term of hardware as well as software.

The Huawei P9 has features two Leica Summarit H that will unleash the power of Leica optical lenses, renowned for its precision and attention to detail. The two lenses work in pair that enable users to create images with superior details, depth as well as colours. Using Huawei Hydrid Focus technology, the Huawei P9 captures image with superior speed, accuracy and stability. The Huawei P9 camera features two separate lenses with two different type of sensors that give the ability to capture image in great details.
Underneath the Huawei P9, Huawei in-house chip Kirin 955 will have enough power to process the images that captured by the lens sensors. The 1080p 5.2″ display is sharp enough for you see the image details that you’ve captured. The Huawei P9 is packed with enough power supply with its 3,000mAh high density battery. The Huawei P9 Plus, has bigger screen at 5.5″ with Press Touch display. It also has bigger battery capacity at 3,400mAh.

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Shopee 11.11 Big Sale With SST-Free Deals, Activities, Prizes

Shopee 11.11 Big Sale is coming this year with a big bang following the immense success of Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day. From 25th October to 11th November, all items will not have Sales & Service Tax (SST). Also, the highly-popular themed days will be returning – alongside with RM1.1 million worth of Shopee coins up for grabs on the well-received in-app game Shopee Shake.
Featuring over 100 brands and 15,000 sellers, Shopee 11.11 Big Sale is back even bigger and better than before. Shopee has also teamed up with over 50 top brands including L’Oreal, Universal Traveller, Siti Khadijah, Vivo, Tefal and Maybelline to waive SST on more than 1,000 products, helping users save even more on their favourite items during Singles’ Day and the year-end shopping season. To mark the collaboration, Ian Ho, Regional Managing Director at Shopee signed a memorandum of understanding with six brand representatives at the Shopee 11.11 Big Sale launch event.

Consumers across the region, including Malaysia, are increasingly embracing Singles’ Day as a key date in their year-end shopping calendar. Shopee has been at the forefront of this wave; this is the third year that we are running our 11.11 event and it is going to be our biggest ever 11.11 event to date. We are proud to stand with more than 50 renowned local brands to waive SST for Shopee 11.11 Big Sale. In addition, we have worked closely with various stakeholders including sellers, brand partners, and logistics and payment providers to deliver unbeatable deals and an unmatched online shopping experience during this year-end shopping season.
With tons of unbeatable promotions and engaging features launched in response to users’ feedback and demands Shopee 11.11 Big Sale is a showcase of Shopee’s continued commitment to delivering the best online shopping experience to consumers in the region. We warmly invite all shoppers to come together, and shop together on Shopee 11.11 Big Sale.
– Ian Ho, Regional Managing Director at Shopee
A key reason for Shopee’s success in the region is its localised approach to meeting the needs and preferences of buyers and sellers. Shopee 11.11 Big Sale continues this promise as Shopee deepens its partnerships with iconic Malaysian celebrities and brands to bring users first-hand access to their favourite products. At the public launch of Shopee 11.11 Big Sale, Shopee partnered Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week (KLFW) to treat audiences to the first-ever Shopee 11.11 KLFW Runway Night, a dazzling fashion show featuring brands joining Shopee 11.11 Big Sale for the first time, including Tarik Jeans, Poplook, JTNC by Justin Chew, and MIKASERIES by Zoey Rahman. In addition, users can expect an expanded lineup of exclusive deals from the highly-popular Shopee Celebrity Squad during Shopee 11.11 Big Sale, featuring brands from legendary stars like Dato’ Seri Siti Nurhaliza, Nora Danish and Izara Aishah.

As the influence of online shopping grows among Malaysians, lifestyle brands are quick to join the roster of exclusive partnerships for Shopee 11.11 Big Sale. Shopee has scaled up partnerships with leading players from various industries such as Digi, Pizza Hut, MBO Cinemas, Traveloka, FPX, Standard Chartered and so much more this 11.11.
To top it off, Shopee 11.11 Big Sale will see the return of popular themed days. Starting 25 October, Malaysians’ can enjoy three weeks of daily campaigns promising enhanced features and countless deals across all product categories. What’s more is brands such as Watsons, Mr DIY, Procter & Gamble, Nestle, NYX, PETPET and so much more will be offering free shipping with a minimum spend of RM11. Shoppers can also purchase hundred items from as low as RM1.10 during the Shocking Sale.
For more information on Shopee 11.11 Big Sale, visit www.shopee.com.my/1111.

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Catch another wave of cheaper Infinix phones starting next week on Shopee and Lazada

Infinix Malaysia has announced another round of sales that will be taking place next week and just in time for the Chinese New Year season.

While the sales will be conducted on both Shopee and Lazada, they have different listings, so be sure to head to the correct one if you decide to purchase one. And they end on the same day, but Lazada will do it for 3 days instead of 1.
Here are the smartphones being offered.
Shopee (January 25 only)

Product

Promo Price

NOTE 12 G96 (8GB+128GB)

RM665

NOTE 12 G96 (8GB+256GB)

RM755

HOT 20i (4GB+128GB)

RM440

Lazada (January 23 – 25)

Product

Promo Price

NOTE 12 2023 (8GB+128GB)

RM769

NOTE 12 2023 (8GB+256GB)

RM799

HOT 11 (3GB+32GB)

RM449

HOT 11 (4GB+64GB)

RM399

Additionally, those who purchase any Infinix device including the ones listed in this post can opt for a PWP deal where you can get the XE25 TWS Power Monster Bluetooth 5.0 Earphones at just RM109.

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Review – ASUS ROG Zephyrus S GX531

In a world of gaming laptops, being thin and light is impossible. However, ASUS showed us that it is indeed possible, with the original ASUS ROG Zephyrus that was launched a little over a year ago. Fast forward a year, we reviewed the Zephyrus M, and now we have the Zephyrus S GX531.
What exactly has changed over the year, and is the new Zephyrus S GX531 actually worth your money? Learn all about it in this in-depth review here.

We’ll also be comparing the Zephyrus S GX531 to the Zephyrus M GM501, since it is the closest thing we have used before.
Unboxing

Looking at the box itself, we can find out an interesting fact – there is actually two more boxes within this cardboard box. Yeah, it’s not new – this packaging style was been used the Zephyrus M.

Inbox the box we can find two things – one trapezoid-shaped box for the power adapter, and another fancy, glossy-looking box for the laptop itself.

In side the humongous box is also where we can find the included laptop sleeve that is made specifically for the Zephyrus S GX531. More on this later.

You also get some documentation, a sticker pack, and a keyring with a carabiner. Interesting accessories from ASUS.
Connectivity & Ports
For such a thin and light laptop, it’s surprising how many ports ASUS managed to fit in this laptop. It’s thinner and smaller than the original Zephyrus, too.

The new Zephyrus S GX531 comes in at just 14.95mm at its thinnest and 15.75mm at its thickest. Yes, the variation in thickness is because the laptop lifts itself up from the back when it is opened.

Looking at the left side, we can find a large vent, the power jack, a USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C, two USB 2.0 Type-A, and a 3.5mm combo jack. Those two USB 2.0 ports are obviously meant for keyboard and mouse – but because of its location, your external mouse will need to perform a reacharound.

At the right side of the Zephyrus S GX531, we can find a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C with DisplayPort 1.2 support, and another USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port. It’s a rather weird location for the high-speed Type-A port to be placed since external hard disks will have its cable get in the way.

This time around, ASUS has moved some of the ports to be back of the laptop. We can find the Kensington lock and also the HDMI 2.0 port here.
The two USB 2.0 at the bottom left side.
Of course, with this selection of port – even though is weirdly placed – I can connect up to a total of 2 more external displays. One through the USB-C that supports DisplayPort 2.0, and another though the HDMI port at the back. Though I still think that ASUS could have placed a Thunderbolt 3 port instead. That would open even more doors for better versatility.

Another thing we should talk about is the speakers on the Zephyrus S GX531. ASUS moved the speakers to be around the hinge area, and the speakers are actually pointing towards the user’s ears instead of the chest, ceiling, or the table like most other laptops. The speakers are loud, but anything louder than comfortable for my ears turned into distortion.

Screen
Compared to the Zephyrus M, the all new Zephyrus S GX531 now comes with ASUS’s NanoEdge bezels – which is a fancy name for their version of ultra-thin bezels around the screen. With the smaller bezel, ASUS can reduce the overall footprint.

Also, even with such a thin bezel, the webcam is located at the correct position – at the top of the screen.
It now comes with a 144Hz refresh rate with 3ms response time and apparently, even better color gamut. ASUS never touts that the ROG Zephyrus S GX531 comes with an IPS LCD display, but only listed it as “IPS-like” in the specs list.
Still, I find it to be accurate enough to do picture and video editing on Lightroom and Premiere Pro. Good job there, ASUS.
Trackpad & Keyboard
The original Zephyrus had the keyboard and trackpad moved downwards to allow for a more open and direct airflow for the CPU and GPU. The Zephyrus M did not use this design, but ASUS seems to have backtracked to the original design with the Zephyrus S GX531.

Let’s talk about the individual segments of this thin and light gaming laptop.
Trackpad
Compared to the original Zephyrus whereby the trackpad actually has a physical number pad on the flipside, ASUS has implemented something similar to what the new ZenBooks have – a button to toggle the capacitive touch-sensitive touchpad. I think they got the inspiration from the ZenBook Pro 15‘s ScreenPad which we love.

The trackpad on the Zephyrus S GX531 is actually quite okay though the shape and location makes it a little difficult to use at first. Takes a little time to adapt to its weirdness. In number pad mode however, the lack of any tactile feedback makes it weird as well. But then again, I love the convenience it offers. Literally no compromises at all.
Keyboard
The keyboard is once again thin, just like the laptop itself. It offers good tactile feedback and an overall satisfying typing experience – but the constant bottoming out of keys each time I type is a little tiring. Maybe ASUS already know about this and that’s why they have two USB 2.0 ports. 🤔

Performance
Speaking of the performance, the all new Zephyrus S GX531 that we have for review here comes with this list of specs:

15.6-inch 144Hz 3ms IPS-like LCD panel
Intel Core i7-8750H (6C/12T)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB VRAM
16GB DDR4 RAM

8GB soldered + 8GB SO-DIMM

512GB Samsung M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen. 3 x4 SSD
53Wh battery

I already fell in love with the specs when I saw what it has. I’m not particularly someone who seek out for high-performance laptops for AAA game titles, but to work. Particularly, to work with Adobe Creative Cloud suite of software since I am the team’s photographer and video editor as well.

I like the fact that it comes with 6 cores and 12 threads, together with GTX 1060 that has a total of 6GB VRAM. Those extra VRAM is obviously important for games with high-resolution textures like Shadow Of The Tomb Raider and also for rendering the videos, surprisingly. Whenever I click “render” on Premiere Pro, I love to look at task manager and see how the graphs move – and yes, VRAM is important.

While it is indeed a GTX 1060 GPU, it can run Overwatch at its highest settings with AA turned on at above 60FPS. However, to utilize the 144Hz panel, I had to drop the graphical settings to somewhere around medium.
Also, you can technically get a few extra FPS by setting the power plan to Turbo – which makes the fan spin extra quickly and produce a lot of noise. Advisable only if you’re wearing headphones or earphones with great noise isolation.

As for the 512GB SSD, you’ll get the best speed an M.2 SSD can offer.

Take a look at some of our usual benchmarks to get a better idea of how the ASUS ROG Zephyrus S GX531 performs.

Cooling
The cooling capability of the new Active Aerodynamic System (AAS) comes with two 12V fans with 83 blades each, and a total of 4 heatpipes that go across the CPU and GPU. Also, remember that the vents are even more open now.
The Intel Core i7-8750H, according to Intel themselves, has the base clock of 2.2GHz and boosts up to 4.1GHz. When we did our test, this is what we obtained.

When only the CPU is synthetically stressed, it can stabilize at 3.3GHz. When we synthetically stress both CPU and GPU using AIDA64, we got 80°C for the CPU and GPU was around 82°C. The CPU clock speed sits comfortably at 2.2GHz, its base clock speed.
As for games, the GTX 1060 is a card that I am personally familiar with. Keep in mind that the GTX 1060 in the Zephyrus S GX531. And it is surprisingly adequate as well. For titles like Overwatch, you can actually set it to silent profile and play it at >60FPS all the time. However, if you want to play at the 144Hz refresh rate then you’ll have to drop to High graphical settings instead.
Maintenance & Upgradability

Unlike the Zephyrus M, the Zephyrus S GX531 is awfully difficult to open. Though, I don’t see a point to open. Only one SO-DIMM slot is available, which is already occupied by a 8GB stick of RAM. The other thing that is accessible is the M.2 SSD. ASUS already included one of the fastest 512GB SSD in the market, so I don’t see a reason to upgrade that as well.
When it comes to maintenance however, is an issue. It’s difficult to open and definitely not easy to get to the fans for cleaning. Though, ASUS’s new AAS cooling solution does have the “anti-dust” feature.
Battery
As for the battery, the Zephyrus S GX531 comes with a 53Wh battery which doesn’t seem to be small at all – but for some reason, even with NVIDIA’s Optimus technology where the system switches to the power-saving internal GPU, doesn’t last long. I used the Zephyrus S GX531 to type this review while having a few more tabs and music playing and it only lasted for about 2.5 hours.

Yeah, 2.5 hours of battery on this laptop. Though I have to clarify that I am using the display on 144Hz refresh rate on battery as well. That might have been the cause of the drastic battery drain.
Wrapping up the ASUS ROG Zephyrus S GX531 review
In my opinion, the Zephyrus S GX531 is great for those who travel a lot but always have access to a power plug. Playing AAA games on the Zephyrus S GX531 is surprisingly decent, though you’ll have to sacrifice some graphical details to achieve higher frame rates.
The other perfect use case of the Zephyrus S GX531 is obviously for video editors. With its 6C/12T processor and GTX 1060, video editing is a breeze – and the 512GB NVMe SSD is a big boon as well. However, the trade-off here is that I have to bring an external hard disk with me wherever I have a video project going on.

Overall, I like the Zephyrus S GX531 as a portable powerful machine that I can plug it in and start gaming – but not to be used as an actual laptop for work where there is no power supply.
By the way, the included laptop sleeve for the Zephyrus S GX531 is not really that useful since there is not way to fit in the laptop itself plus the power adapter.

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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2021: New Galaxy Buds Pro; SmartThings Find and Galaxy SmartTag

In the ever-expanding world of staying connected, Samsung introduced the new Galaxy Buds Pro, SmartThings Find feature, and also the new Galaxy SmartTag.
We’ll start off with Galaxy Buds Pro first.

It now looks more like the Buds+ that we had last year, and it now also has an oblong-shaped eartip for a better seal around the ear for ANC. And yes, Samsung is claiming that the Galaxy Buds Pro will now feature the most intelligent ANC ever on an earbud.

It will automatically turn off ANC when you’re speaking so that you can hear what’s around you. Other than that, the Galaxy Buds Pro has the entirely same case as the Buds Live.

Then comes the SmartThings Find and the Galaxy SmartTag.

Technically, the Galaxy SmartTag isn’t something entirely new in terms of idea. We’ve seen many companies coming up with this idea before whereby you have a keychain that connects to your phone so that you can track it down.

But, Samsung is taking it a step further. The new SmartTag has the commonly-found BLE connectivity, or Bluetooth Low Energy for short, and also UWB support. UWB is currently only found on the Galaxy Note20 Ultra, the Galaxy Z Fold2, the new Galaxy S21+, and also the new Galaxy S21 Ultra.
By opting into the new SmartThings Find, your lost devices can be detected by other Galaxy devices and will send you a notification on where it was last discovered. Think of it like a hivemind that you can opt into so that your things are constantly tracked by the SmartThings Find.
As of now, we still do not have the price or availability of the Galaxy Buds Pro or the Galaxy SmartTag as of now. We’ll make sure to update this page when we have the information.

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Facebook Was Hacked – Here’s What & How It Happened

If you’re awake at about 1am-ish on 29th September 2018 – maybe after a night of partying or late night Friday overtime, then you might have realized all of your devices – desktops, laptops, smartphones,, everything has been logged out of Facebook. It happens concurrently to all devices, and that happened twice, actually.
Why did that happen? That’s because Facebook got hacked. Yes – hacked. The entire “story” behind it is actually quite bizarre.

How it happened
For those who want to start pointing fingers and put the blame on someone, then direct all your fingers to Facebook. Why? Because one of their features – which lets you see your own profile through someone else’s eyes. It’s called the “view as” feature which is available on your own profile right now.

How you actually get “hacked” this time around is someone use the “view as” feature. Because the flawed coding that this feature has, you can actually get the authentication token injected into your browser. You are basically logged in as the user you’re viewing as. This is clearly a security flaw due to poor coding from Facebook engineers.
The usual login process – in a simplified manner – works like this:

Enter login credentials into the page
Sends information to the server, authenticates the login
“Challenges” the login attempt by 2-factor authentication (2FA), if enabled
If passes the challenge, then the login is considered valid
An authentication token is stored in your browser to tell the server that you’re already logged in validly

The authentication token is the main “cryptic key” that authenticates your login session with the server. If someone “stole” your authentication key, then they’re essentially in your account already.
The solution?
By logging out of Facebook from every single device you have. That way, Facebook will invalidate all authentication token and will require you to generate a new one. That’s the only way to essentially “fix” this issue.
Of course, Facebook has disabled the “view as” feature until further notice.

I’ve also seen many people recommending you to turn on 2FA or change your password. I have to emphasize that this does not matter as the authentication token is at the end of the password process. Even if you have the most complex password with 2FA enabled, stealing your authentication token will bypass all of that.
By looking at the login process that we highlighted earlier, you’ll know why.
Facebook’s statement
It’s a big issue and everyone knows that. Facebook’s share even dropped more than 3% according to BBC News.
Facebook official statement essentially said that the attack was discovered on 25th September 2018, but only logged out everyone on 28th September 2018. They have about 3 days to gather user’s authentication tokens. Also, Facebook does not know if any of these hacked accounts are compromised.
Mark Zuckerberg himself also stepped out to say something about this security flaw. In summary, Mark mentioned that the flawed feature has been taken offline (which we verified to be true) and once again, they do not know if any accounts are compromised.

There’s nothing anyone can do at this point around. What’s stolen by the hackers are already gone. Facebook needs to tighten up their security – and most importantly their quality assurance for whatever codes/features/products they’re pushing to the users.

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Realme launches new stores at IOI Mall Puchong & Metro Kajang

We know that many customers are still seeking physical stores to hold and feel the products before buying – especially smartphones. Realme Malaysia knows this and that is why they are expanding their list of stores. Realme is dubbing their stores as “Realme Image Store” and there are a total of 3 in Klang Valley now.
As of now, Realme has their Image Stores in strategic locations – Sunway Pyramid, IOI Mall Puchong, and also at Metro Kajang.

Honestly speaking, the expansion of Realme in Malaysia is rather scarily quick. Within a year, they have a total of 3 Image Stores in Klang Valley and have scored awards from major e-commerce platforms. Now with these physical stores, more customers can have a look and feel before making their purchases – allowing them to enjoy Realme products.

As of now, these are the addresses for the Realme Image Stores:

Sunway Pyramid
Metro Kajang @ Lot 7&8 LG Floor
IOI Mall Puchong @ Lot SK-05, Second Floor

There are other dealers nationwide as well, obviously. Click here to find out the full list.
For the reviews of Realme smartphones, click here instead. We have reviewed a lot of them.

Realme 3 Pro
Realme 3
Realme C2
Realme 2 Pro

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One Samsung phone caught fire; another exploded

The smartphone is an amazing product. It gets most of your things done on your computer within its little screen, and all that for only a fraction of the weight. Amazing little devices, I’d say. Though they rely relentlessly on battery, and manufacturers want to save costs at every aspect, but somehow I guess it affected the safety of batteries and its charging process too.
I found two cases in the course of six hours, and both were Samsung devices. This one was found earlier, where a Galaxy S III exploded in a woman’s pocket, burning her thigh. This story is from Gizmodo, where they even show the phone just literally exploded, causing the entire phone to be totally unrecoverable.

You can see how horribly shaped this phone is now. Being entirely burned, the explosion as you can see did happen from the battery itself, with left part of the chassis isolating the explosion, whereas the right side was fortunate at all with all the burned and crooked plastic.  Gizmodo actually has a picture of the burn on the victim’s thigh, which made me a queasy. Do check it out in the source below if you’re interested.
The second Samsung device that caught fire is the Galaxy S4. Really new phone, sure – but accidents still happen, though this time it’s in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This Galaxy S4 was claimed to have left charging overnight, and somehow the phone’s USB port overloaded, burning the entire USB port, the USB cable, and surprisingly, part of the S View flip cover too. The device is claimed to have an age younger than a month with its owner is now too in a dead state.

Samsung Gulf Electronics already confirmed an investigation on the Galaxy S4 and also agreed to deliver a one-for-one replacement alongside with some other things for compensation, but details are undisclosed.
It’s a sad day for Samsung Electronics. To point out a fact that this is the first ever Galaxy S4 to catch flames, but its predecessor, the Galaxy S III, had similar cases with its big brother too.
Source : Gizmodo, UberGizmo

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Samsung Galaxy M series to be online exclusive

We all saw that the Samsung Galaxy M series of smartphones that will be coming over the course of a few weeks. This is Samsung’s new series of smartphones that is aimed towards the mid-range market segment – with a price to match, hopefully.
Samsung particularly teased the Galaxy M20 here in this image and showed us all that the Galaxy M20 in particular, will be available in Malaysia as an online exclusive.

We are not sure if Samsung will be selling it via Lazada/Shopee or any other e-commerce platforms, or only on Samsung’s very own online store on their own website.
Whichever the case may be, the Galaxy M20 will have these specs:

6.3-inch 2340×1080 pixels in resolution with waterdrop notch
Samsung Exynos 7904 chipset

2x 1.8GHz Kryo 260 Gold
6x 1.6GHz Kryo 260 Silver
Mali-G71 MP2 GPU

Dual rear-facing cameras

13MP f/1.9 with PDAF
5MP f/2.2 ultrawide angle camera

8MP f/2.0 selfie camera
Up to 4GB RAM
Up to 64GB storage
5,000mAh battery
Android 8.1 Oreo with Samsung Experience 9.5

We are thinking – what is the price of the Galaxy M20? It might be somewhere around RM700 in Malaysia given that the specs are as such. It would be right up above and competing with the Realme 2 Pro, ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (M2), and also the Xiaomi Redmi Note series of smartphones – particularly the Redmi Note 7 that is coming soon.
For now, you can register your interest on the Galaxy M20 right here, right now.

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KontrolFreek brings Performance Grips XT (Extra Thin) & XP (Extra Padding)

Looking to enhance your gaming controllers with more grip? Sweat a lot while gaming? I know I do. KontrolFreek does have something new to help us out with the new Performance Grips XT and the Performance Grips XP. They’re compatible with the Xbox One controllers and Sony PS4’s DualShock 4 controllers, as well as universal strips that can be applied to any peripherals you have.
The Performance Grips XT (Extra Thin) and Performance Grips XP (Extra Performance) are available for both Xbox One and PS4 controllers. There is also another Performance Grips Strips which are cutouts that are not made specifically for anything in particular and can be applied anywhere you like.

The new Performance Grips have something that caught my eyes instantly. You could be assuming that it is something like a protective case as well.

Also, if you get the universal Performance Grips, you can actually stick it to your keyboard or mouse as well. You can stick it anywhere, actually. Maybe stick it to your car steering as well? 🤷♀
The prices of the KontrolFreek Performance Grips are as below:

Performance Grips XT

Xbox One – RM62.03
PS4 DualShock 4 – RM62.03

Performance Grips XP

Xbox One – RM62.03
PS4 DualShock 4 – RM62.03

Universal Performance Grip

RM53.76

To learn more about the KontrolFreek Performance Grips, click here.

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Huawei Online Store celebrates 5th birthday with fantastic deals

Huawei is celebrating the 5th birthday for their Official Online Store and they are bringing you lots of discounts, flash sales, deals, gifts, and most importantly – games to win more vouchers.
Huawei is having lots of things going on, so let’s get into it one by one. You can click here to jump over to the 5th birthday page here.

Growing money
Firstly, you need to plant a seed for the plant to grow. This is sort of the same thing. There are 5 different products from Huawei that you can deposit a small amount first, then it will “grow” to a larger amount on a later date.
It’s like buying a voucher for a later date.

Once the your money has been deposited, it is non-refundable and will be forfeited if the remaining balance is not paid.
Here’s a list of eligible HUAWEI smartphones:

Product
Shopping Deposit (RM)
5x growth (RM)
RRP (RM)
Payment Balance (RM)

Huawei Y Series

Huawei Y7 Pro 2019
20
100
649
549

Huawei Y9 2019
20
100
819
719

Huawei Y Max 2019
20
100
1299
1199

Huawei Nova Series

Huawei Nova 3i
20
100
899
799

Huawei Nova 4
40
200
1899
1699

Huawei Nova 4e
40
200
1199
999

Huawei Mate Series

Huawei Mate 20 X
60
300
2899
2599

Huawei Mate 20 Pro
60
300
2999
2699

Huawei Matebook X Pro Series

Huawei Matebook X Pro i5
80
400
4999
4599

Huawei Matebook X Pro i7
80
400
6999
6599

Free gifts with selected products
Starting from the 24th to 30th April 2019, every purchase of these products will score you these free gifts.

Product
Free Gift

Huawei Y9
AM116 Earphone + Colourful Bottle + RM50 Accessory Voucher

Huawei Y Max
AM116 Earphone + Colourful Bottle + Y Max Casing + RM50 Accessory Voucher

Huawei Y7 Pro 2019
AM116 Earphone + Colourful Bottle + RM50 Accessory Voucher

Huawei T5
AM116 Earphone + Colourful Bottle + RM50 Accessory Voucher

Huawei Nova 4e
AP31 Car Charger + AP32 Quick Charger

Huawei Nova 4
AP31 Car Charger + AP32 Quick Charger

Huawei Mate 20X
Huawei M Pen + Huawei Flip Cover + AP38 Car Charger

Huawei Mate 20 Pro
Huawei Wireless Charger + AP38 Car Charger

Huawei P30
AP38 Car Charger + Wireless Charge Casing

Huawei P30 Pro (256GB)
AP38 Car Charger + Snorkelling Case

Huawei P30 Pro (512GB)
AP38 Car Charger + Snorkelling Case

Huawei MateBook D
Huawei Mouse + Laptop Bag

Huawei MateBook X Pro
Huawei Mouse + Laptop Bag + 1-year Office 365 Subscription

Huawei MateBook 13
Huawei Mouse + Laptop Bag + 1-year Office 365 Subscription

Daily flash sales
From the 24th to 28th April 2019 everyday at 12pm, you can get these items in the flash sale:

Huawei 20,000 mAh Quick Charge Powerbank
Huawei Soundstone Bluetooth speaker
Huawei Y Max
Huawei AH100 body fat scale
Huawei M3 Lite
And many more

On the 29th April 2019 only, there are 3 rounds of flash sales. They will be happening on 9am, 12pm, and 3pm.
Exclusive deal for Huawei P series
From 22nd to 28th April 2019, all owners of of the Huawei P9, P10, and P20 series will receive a special voucher of RM239 to purchase any one of the following bundles for the P30 series.
Do take note that the RM239 voucher can only be redeemed on the 29th and 30th April 2019 at this website. You will need to provide your serial number.

Huawei P30 Bundle

Special Bundle 1

Huawei P30
Huawei Wireless Charging Case
Huawei Band 3

Huawei P30 Pro Bundle

Special Bundle 2

Huawei P30 Pro
Huawei Snorkelling Case*
Huawei Band 3

Race Master game
From 22nd to 28th April 2019, you can play the Race Master game to win some vouchers too. You can get RM10 by just participating!
8 of the highest scores will win RM50 voucher which can be used for these devices. All the vouchers need to be used before 30th April 2019.

Huawei Y7 Pro
Huawei Y9
Huawei Y Max
Huawei Nova 3i
Huawei Nova 4
Huawei Nova 4e

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Review – Huawei P20: Major Improvements From Before

Here comes the major flagship smartphone from Huawei – the P20. It was launched at Paris at the end of March, and was launched in Malaysian market about a week after that. And a few days after, we actually got a hold of the brand new Huawei P20.
With Huawei’s brand new hardware and especially the AI camera, can the Huawei P20 actually stand out from what it can already do before? Let’s find out in this in-depth review where we take a look at everything from the box, the P20’s design, all the way till its camera and even battery charging and discharging curves.

Unboxing

Let’s start off with the unboxing here. The P20’s box is a lot more understated compared to its predecessor’s packaging. The new one just has a lid which slides open from the top and reveals the phone itself. Behind the box, there’s absolutely nothing.

The Huawei P20 comes with a screen protector pre-installed like its predecessor, by the way. That red tab only removes the protective film that protects the screen protector (if that makes sense), so make sure you don’t rip both of them apart.

Underneath the Huawei P20 is a pedestal made out of recyclable material – very eco-friendly. From my guess, even the cardboard box that holds the accessories and documentations are made out of recycled paper.

In terms of accessories, the Huawei P20 comes with a Huawei SuperCharge charger, a USB-C cable with purple connectors like last time, a USB-C to 3.5mm audio jack converter, and a USB-C earphone. Remember – the Huawei P20 doesn’t have an audio jack, and I praise Huawei for including a converter in the box.

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Now, the design itself. The Huawei P20 is a big step-up in terms of design. The P9 and P10 looks pretty much similar in some aspects – but the P20 takes a big leap compared to before. It looks familiar, yes.

Even though with this high screen to body ratio, Huawei retained the fingerprint scanner in front – which I personally prefer it to be at the back. The fingerprint scanner is squished at the bottom and it’s quite difficult to reach for. However, thanks to Huawei’s NPU and new algorithms, this issue can actually be mitigated. More on this later.
A peek to see what camera we’re using here at Nasi Lemak Tech.
At the back of the Huawei P20, we can see the ultra-reflective glass back. I think many will find it nice to look at – myself included. Still waiting for that Twilight edition though. In whichever case, the Huawei P20 is difficult to maintain in terms of its aesthetics. The glass back is a fingerprint and dust magnet for sure. Slipperiness is another thing too, but getting a phone case will solve this issue.

As for the buttons, they’re all on the right side once again but now Huawei has removed the mesh texture on the power button and replaced it with a slit instead. Much more subtle in terms of aesthetics and feeling on the fingertip.
Left is the microphone, right is the speaker.
At the bottom we can see a symmetrical design here where the left side is for the microphone and the right side is the speaker. Unfortunately, Huawei still didn’t make the change to include stereo speakers.
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Back to the notch – that’s where all the necessities are. The light sensor, proximity sensor, the selfie camera, and also the earpiece. The P20 employs a circular earpiece design – it’s tiny but phone calls still sound okay.

What’s fantastic here is how all of the 4 sensors are packed together in such a small area and yet still function greatly. There is literally no compromise when it comes to the quality of these earpiece sound especially.

Interestingly, Huawei opted not to have a microSD card lot and opted for true dual nano SIM card slots. Hence, the P20 and P20 Pro only comes with 128GB in capacity. There are definitely pros and cons to doing this, but Huawei definitely weighed all of these options. I can foresee more pros than cons to not have microSD card slot – and we’ll talk more about it later.
Speaking of which, the brand new Huawei P20 has 802.11ac WiFi and NFC too. From what we can find out, the Huawei P20 still uses Bluetooth 4.2.
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Here we can see the P20’s main attraction – the new nearly-full screen display. The Huawei P20 comes with a 18.7:9 aspect ratio display with 5.8-inches diagonal. It has an LTPS IPS LCD display with 1080p resolution. With that aspect ratio, that means the screen is actually 2240×1080 in resolution.
Reaching for the fingerprint scanner might be an issue…
First thing’s for sure – the color looks good on the P20. It’s not too vivid and definitely creates pleasing colors for the eyes. That’s because even though the white balance is slightly to the warm side. It’s great for everyday use.
However, as for the brightness, I can say for sure that it’s a bit too bright. Yes, the adjustment range is very huge here but the auto brightness option is a bit too aggressive. Make sure you set the brightness offset to prevent sudden light attack.
Though, with this display, I do realize that there are some software issues with buttons at the center. Take Instagram for example where there’s an auto-tune button around where the notch it. For some reason, the button didn’t reposition itself and the notch just ate away part of the button.
Aaaand it’s gone!
However, the notch can be “hidden” by having the entire strip at the top to become black. That way, the buttons can be shifted downwards.
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The camera is definitely a long one to talk about. Let’s first do a quick rundown of its specs. The Huawei P20 has dual-cameras with Leica optics once again, by the way:

Dual-rear facing camera

12MP 1.55µm, 1/2.3-inch RGB sensor with f/1.8 lens
20MP black/white sensor with f/1.6 lens
Phase and laser autofocus

Selfie camera

24MP f/2.0

We have all of our sample pictures uploaded to the Flickr account here, so have a look at that if you’re interested. All of the metadata are included as well, so you know the settings that we used to take these pictures.

Full album of pictures taken by the Huawei P20 is here at our Flickr account.

Huawei didn’t learn from their mistake though, as all of the pictures’ metadata is filled with gibberish that describes what mode that picture is taken. Messing up with the description of the picture is indeed an issue for us who upload pictures to image hosts like Flickr.
Rear-facing camera
The dual-Leica cameras return once again, and it still uses the stereoscopic dual-camera system. In case you missed out on our post regarding the differences of dual-camera systems, you can check it out here.
They’re of the same diameters, too
The Huawei P20 has a little play room, actually. While Huawei listed the rear-facing camera to be 12MP + 20MP, it is defaulted to 12MP at 4:3 aspect ratio. We actually know why. Remember when Huawei advertised how well the P20 can take long exposure night shots without having to use a tripod and still appear sharp as ever? And also the lossless 2x zoom?
Thanks to some software magic, the P20 is able to downscale from 20MP to 12MP and use those leftover megapixels to create a sharp image. We noticed this while taking night shots as it locks down the image size to 12MP at 4:3 only and we cannot take 20MP night shots.
The picture quality in itself is surprisingly fantastic. I first realized its fantastic colors when I took a picture of a custom PC with full RGB lights. It looks fantastic. Colors are on point – and since we take all pictures in 12MP size, the images appear really sharp even with my super-shaky hands with a 4-second exposure shot.

For this picture, I selected night mode manually and its shutter speed to auto. The P20 automatically goes for a 4-second exposure shot with an ISO of 400 only. The picture turned out great while my hand is shaky.

Selfie camera
I’m not much of a selfie person. Taking a few quick shots reveals that the selfie camera isn’t particularly doing well. Taking a selfie in low-light conditions reveal that the image will appear blurry. The room is lit up by yellow light, so in terms of color accuracy, it’s done right.
I really do wish that Huawei will include an autofocusing selfie camera, actually.

AI?
The AI on the other hand, is useful when it does detect the image. Integrating real-time image recognition and changing scene modes instantly is not an easy feat, and Huawei actually makes use of the technology very well – but only when it detects the scene.
While the AI is a tad bit aggressive, for certain shots like a price tag, it changes between text and document scanning. Sometimes, it’ll go in close-up mode too – which is quite frustrating given that it’ll automatically zoom 2x for close-up but doesn’t zoom back out once it doesn’t detect close-up anymore.
Close-up or text?
Speaking of the document scene, take a look at what the Huawei P20 does when it detected a bottle of chemical’s label!
          Detects as document scan            Automatically frames up the label for me.

In portrait mode, there’s a new option to add 3D lighting mode. It detects all of your face’s contours and adds a virtual light that casts directional light and shadows. This feature is mostly used for professionals who want their images to stand out more – and I have to say, it really looks fantastic. Credits to Mr. RexTech for being such a great model.

Also, if you the AI detects a scene, it doesn’t ask you if you want to use that scene mode or not – it’ll force you to use that scene mode directly. You’ll have to manually tap the “x” button to quit the scene mode. Quite annoying sometimes as certain objects that I tried taking pictures with were detected as food and I had to manually tap the scene away.

Disabling AI will put an end to these little issues, but that means you’ll never have any of these scene mode optimizations at all. Navigating through the interface is easy, but slow. Changing between scenes manually requires a lot of swiping and tapping, which is not optimal at all – which leads us to the next part.
Camera app UI
While the app did get a cleanup, there’s quite a lot more left to be desired. For example, the scene mode selection is now hidden on the far right side of the carousel of modes. The wide-aperture mode that we spoke of here is now moved to the far left side of the carousel of modes.

Even switching between selfie and rear-facing camera is not that straightforward. That option is only available in certain modes – which means more screen tapping.
The camera UI in general does work – but has a learning curve due to its complexity and number of features available. Though if you don’t plan on using all of the manual modes and such, the UI works fine.
There’s actually 960fps slow-mo feature here on the Huawei P20 as well. It works slower than what Samsung has on their Galaxy S9 and S9+ but is a lot simpler to use.
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The new firmware that it’s running on is EMUI 8.1 – which surprisingly is actually more advanced variant of what the Honor 9 Lite is using, but we generally don’t mind much changes comparing the two of them.
If you’ve used the previous EMUI 5.0, then the EMUI 8 is pretty much similar in terms of user experience. Not much has changed since then.

For some reason though, even for a flagship phone like the Huawei P20, there are bloatware. 5 games are built-in to the phone itself, and there are a few more apps like Quik, Bookings.com, and Netflix pre-installed as well.
I tried that Spider-Man game. It sucks.
I do want to highlight that with the new face scanning technology and processing power that the Huawei P20 has, face unlock is exceptionally fast to the point that I can accidentally unlock my phone. In brighter conditions where my face isn’t in complete darkness, the P20 unlocks nearly instantaneously.
While in dark areas where it can’t see my face though, the P20 will bump up its screen’s brightness to illuminate my face and scan it. In most cases I’ve tried, it works way faster than what Samsung’s iris scanner and face detection has to offer.
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When it comes to performance, the flagship Huawei P20 comes with this list of specs:

Kirin 970 chipset fabricated with 10nm process

Octa-core processor (4×2.4GHz Cortex-A73 + 4×1.8GHz Cortex-A53)
Mali-G72 MP12 graphics

4GB RAM
128GB UFS 2.1 storage
2240×1080 resolution display
3,400mAh battery

These specs are not to be messed with – literally. The new flagship chipset now features 20% better power efficiency and 40% smaller die area due to the process shrinkage to 10nm. Learn more about why it matters here.
Now, let’s dive into the benchmarks.

Our data here is clear – comparing the Samsung Galaxy S9 and the Huawei P20, the Galaxy S9 wins in terms of pure computational power. However, the P20 wins when 3D graphics is involved.
Through my usage experience, the Huawei P20 is smooth sailing all the way. Without a doubt, it’s definitely a good chip. However, there is some heat issue that warmed the entire phone and makes it a little too hot to touch. The Huawei P20 can reach about 55°C while doing a few intense tasks all at once. That’s quite a rare case, but happened to me while updating lots of apps and playing games at once.
I played Honkai Impact 3 on the Huawei P20 and I’m glad to say that the P20 can indeed run the game at 60fps with all of the highest settings. The temperature is at a cool 45°C while playing on WiFi – so that’s a good sign.
Also, it seems that Huawei knew of their mistake from last year’s gamble. They even remove the microSD card slot in favor of a large and speedy internal storage only – which is good. You can run games and take 4K videos without any variance in video loading or saving speeds.
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I have to really praise Huawei for the fact that they’re actually bumping up the battery capacity each generation. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, so the phone can be thicker or thinner and there will still be someone complaining about it – but a larger battery is something that everyone loves.

With a 3,400mAh battery and 10nm process technology and a dedicated NPU to handle all of the intense image recognition algorithms, the Huawei P20 performed very well in our battery test. Lasting for more than 10 hours in the test, it has a commendable battery life.
Charger
Huawei’s SuperCharge using another standard of fast charging compared to the standard Qualcomm has. The SuperCharge is the same as the P10 – it outputs a maximum of 5V at 4.5A, a total of 22.5W. With such high amount of current, a thicker cable is surely needed. That’s why the Huawei P20 comes with this thick cable that has purple USB headers.
It’s a bulky charger, by the way.
In terms of its charging speed, the SuperCharge does have a rather unique charging curve. The entire charging curve looks like a quadrant of a circle, and manages to charge to 100% in just 1 hour and 30 minutes!

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Throughout my time spent with the Huawei P20, I can confirm one thing – it’s a fantastic phone for sure. The one thing that I didn’t particularly like is the software experience because of the EMUI’s skin and the way all the options are placed. The AI for the camera is too aggressive and needs a little UI adjustment to improve the quality of user experience.

Other than that, it’s pretty much smooth sailing. It’s a fantastic phone that I can recommend from others. If you’re using a Huawei P10 now, I can assure you the upgrade to the new P20 is a big leap forward in terms of camera, user experience, and battery life.
With the price of just RM2,699, I don’t think there are any flagship smartphones in the market that can fight with that price – until the OnePlus 6 comes out.
Where to buy?
Over here at Lazada. Take our pro tips here to avoid getting scammed!

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Garmin Malaysia celebrates Malaysia Day with yet another round of discount and promotion

Just after ending its Merdeka sale, Garmin Malaysia continues the bonanza by offering another set of products for Malaysia Day.

The sale this time around includes the Instinct series for outdoor enthusiasts, Forerunner models for the athletes, and the Lily series for the ladies. A quirky bit of detail is that the Instinct series is currently in promotion until September 16 while the Forerunner and Lily series start from September 9 in conjunction with Lazada and Shopee‘s 9.9 campaign. Here are the promo prices for these smartwatches.

Instinct: RM999
Instinct Solar (Tactical Black): RM1,899
Instinct Solar: RM1,699
Forerunner 745: RM1,999
Lily: RM999

You can find more info about them if you are new to Garmin and need some brief knowledge about them through the links down below.

Garmin Instinct
Garmin Forerunner 745
Garmin Lily

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Transcend HUB2C is a Type-C to 4-port USB Type-A hub that we need

In a world of USB-C nowadays, I think that we all need some proper USB hubs to make sure our peripherals are connected. We’ve seen way too many Type-C converters in the market that are bundled with many other unnecessary ports which increases the overall price. This Transcend HUB2C (nice name, by the way) converts a single USB-C port to 4x USB Type-A ports. It’s small and definitely handy for all situations.
This Transcend HUB2C works with all desktops, laptops, and even Android smartphones and the new iPad Pro 2018 that uses USB-C port.

The single Type-C port splits out into four USB 3.0 ports with a total maximum of 5Gb/s speeds. However, I see this as a handy use little hub for keyboard/mouse and occasional USB drives and hard disks or smartphone data transfers.

Most importantly, the Transcend HUB2C comes with a two-year limited warranty, which means you don’t have to worry about the USB-C header breaking.
Though one thing I do wish Transcend makes in the near future is a pure USB-C to more USB-C ports. The world really needs to advance to USB-C although it might take some time. Some smartphones are already coming with USB-C to USB-C cables.
Most desktops/laptops/USB hubs don’t have a direct way to interface with those smartphones unless we buy another Type-C to Type-A cable. Also, Type-C is able to provide more power – hence could be externally-powered hub via the USB-C port on your laptop/desktop?

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Get the limited edition Redmi Note 11 or the new Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner on the cheap at the Xiaomi Fan Festival 2022 event

Xiaomi has initiated the annual Xiaomi Fan Festival 2022 just yesterday and among the various online and offline activities that will be engaged over the period, the brand is starting off with a quick celebration sales.
For starters, the Redmi Note 11 that has been going on sale since February with the 2 new models getting their fair share of jump last week welcomes yet another special member to the family which is the Xiaomi Fan Festival Special Edition. From the looks of it, the packaging box is getting a glittering makeover and there’s an extra sticker pack too. For the phone itself, it is identically the same as the standard Note 11 but the Xiaomi logo on the backside has a little star accompanying it as well.

For the specs of the phone, check out this post and as for the price, it is listed officially at RM749 for 4GB+128GB but for 3 days starting today, it’ll have an additional RM50 shaved off, placing it at RM699. Better move fast before stock runs out!
On the other hand, Xiaomi also took the chance to announce the new Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner, consisting of the standard model, Lite model, and Pro model. The Pro model, being the best of the bunch, of course, uses the LDS laser navigation system to move through your house even with barely any light. Featuring a 10,000 vibration per minute high-frequency sonic mopping mechanism, it can clean faster and more efficiently than its two brothers. The internals houses a 3,000Pa suction system and 5,200mAh battery to provide 3 vacuum-mop modes and 4 suction power settings.
The standard model will be using the more mainstream routing and detection system to keep the price tag in check but it still has a 2,700Pa suction system and 3,200mAh battery whereas the Lite variant is more suitable for small households, being the cheapest one and having a 2,600mAh brick of juice powering the 2,200Pa motor.
The prices for these new Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner machines are RM799 for the Lite, RM1,099 for the standard, and RM1,499 for the Pro. Having the same launch date as the Redmi Note 11 special edition phone, these auto cleaners will be having early bird prices as well at RM699, RM799, and RM1,299! We’ll take lower prices any day!
Both the phone and the robot cleaner will be available for purchase on Xiaomi’s Global Store on Lazada and Shopee.

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Kdan Mobile’s PDF Reader for Android smartphone and tablet now enable users to edit PDF text directly

Kdan Mobile has just announced its free PDF Reader on Google Play Store now allows users to easily edit PDF text without having to convert the file back to the original format.
Tailored for mobility and ease of use, the Kdan PDF Reader offers a wide range of editing features to help users to boost productivity while ensuring optimal quality of PDFs in various settings.

And in this latest version, users will have the ability to carry out tasks like text replacement, text removal, text changes, and so on. Furthermore, they may modify the text type, font size, and text color directly.
Check out this link for more information on the Kdan Mobile PDF Reader.

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Computex 2017: ASUS Goes Beyond The Edge

The first announcement from Computex this year goes to ASUS – as always. What’s surprising this year is the lack of announcement on the ZenFone side of things, which was a little weird, given that the ZenFone 3 was one of the main announcements from last year’s Computex. Whichever it is, Computex 2017 ASUS – they’ve returned with a focus on laptops in particular.
Remember, ASUS’s theme for this year is The Edge of Beyond.

Here are a few key points on the announcements made by ASUS today:

The powerful ZenBook Flip S is the world’s thinnest 2-in-1 convertible laptop, offering incomparable beauty, performance, and versatility
All-new ZenBook 3 Deluxe and ZenBook Pro combine thin-and-light elegance and sophistication with unprecedented performance
Thinnest, lightest and most stylish ASUS VivoBook line-up includes VivoBook S15 and VivoBook Pro 15, delivering empowering performance for all

Let’s take a look at them one by one.
ZenBook Flip S (UX370)
The new ZenBook Flip S is said to be the world’s thinnest convertible while being one of the lightest. As its name suggests, the UX370 does have a 360-degree flip screen while weighing in at only 1.1kg while being a measly 10.9mm thin. This is clearly insane.

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ASUS claims that with their ErgoLift dual-action hinge design lifts and tilts the keyboard into the perfect typing position when the display is opened beyond 135° too. But of course, you’ll need great hardware to do amazing work on it – that’s where its impressive specs come in.
The ZenBook Flip S is available at up to an insane Intel Core i7-7500U and 1TB PCIe SSD while keeping temperatures low with their new cooling system that uses a liquid-crystal-polymer fan impeller that’s only 0.3mm thin. As for its display, you can even get their highest end variant with 4K resolution a NanoEdge display. Supports stylus too!
ZenBook Pro (UX550)
Coming towards a more beefier laptop, the ZenBook Pro can be configured to up to an Intel i7-7700HQ coupled with a  GTX 1050 Ti, 1TB PCIe x4 SSD with 16GB of DDR4 RAM. ASUS even promises a day-long battery life of up to 14 hours!

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Coming in at just 18.9mm thin and 1.8kg light with a 15.6-inch 4K NanoEdge display, the ZenBook Pro is truly a device to work and game at the same time, wherever you go. Even features a quad-speaker system by Harman Kardon too, and an illuminated lid logo.
Zenbook 3 Deluxe (UX490)
Here’s another thin and light laptop for you all – coming in at just 12.9mm thin and 1.1kg light with its 14-inch NanoEdge display.

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Comes with up to Intel i7i-7500U, 16GB 2133MHz LPDDR3 RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD and dual Thunderbolt 3 ports, the ZenBook 3 is definitely for those who wants the fastest and simplest connectivity out there through a single cable. And hey – you have two of them. More headroom for expansion in the future!
VivoBook Pro 15 (N580)
For those who wants something with a larger screen, the VivoBook Pro 15 is a 15.6-inch laptop with Intel i7-7700HQ and up to 16GB of DDR4 RAM and NVIDIA GTX 1050 graphics. It can be configured to have a hybrid storage solution of a 2TB HDD and 512GB SSD too.

Now, about thermals – the VivoBook Pro 15 comes with a dual-copper thermal module and heat pipes so it can stay cool in all situations. Perhaps lower noise levels too.
The VivoBook Pro 15 comes with a 4K display with 100% sRGB color gamut, Harman Kardon-certified speakers, and supports ASUS Pen.
ASUS VivoBook S15 (S510)
The absolute latest and most premium model when it comes to the VivoBook series. This 15.6-inch laptop is only 17.9mm thin at 1.5kg. Comes with ASUS’s latest NanoEdge display with 7.8mm thin bezels for immersive user experience. Even comes with an Intel i7-7500U with up to 16GB of DDR4 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX graphics too.

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A little dated when it comes to graphics, but it’s certainly usable.

Other The Edge of Beyond Product Showcase
ASUS Blue Cave
While other manufacturers are making routers with octopus-like designs, ASUS thinks that routers should be beautiful. Hence, the ASUS Blue Cave. Not sure why the name cave, though.

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The ASUS Blue Cave is a AC3600-class router with dual-band WiFi honestly speaking, it’s beautiful. Just beautiful. Even comes integrated with IFTTT-enabled digital service for automated tasks too!
ZenFone AR
I’ve heard about this since last year, actually. It’s a ZenFone that is focused dearly around Google’s new focus on AR technology. Comes with a Snapdragon 821 chipset with 8GB of RAM, 5.7-inch 1440 Super AMOLED display, the ZenFone AR is certainly no slouch when it comes to real-time processing.

But what about AR? Introducing the ASUS TriCam technology – a three-camera system consists of a main 23MP camera, a motion-tracking camera, and another depth-sensing camera.
This might end up in our labs to get a full technical report from us too! 😉
However, I find it weird to not have any ZenFone 4-related announcements during Computex 2017 ASUS announcements.
ASUS Designo MZ27AQ
ASUS Designo MZ27AQ features a 27-inch 1440p IPS panel with a wide 100% sRGB color gamut. This ultraslim display measures just 7mm at its thinnest point and features a frameless panel design. It also features integrated ASUS SonicMaster technology, with 12W stereo speakers and an external 5W subwoofer co-developed with Harman Kardon for 2.1-channel audio. It offers a DisplayPort and two HDMI ports.

ASUS Vivo AiO V241

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ASUS Vivo AiO V241 is a stunningly beautiful 23.8-inch Windows 10 all-in-one PC designed for effortless everyday computing and immersive home entertainment. The stylish Vivo AiO V241 features a 1080p NanoEdge multitouch display with wide-view technology and a near-invisible physical bezel that gives it an incredible 88% screen-to-body ratio. The display is enhanced with exclusive ASUS Splendid and ASUS Tru2Life Video technologies to deliver vibrant and vivid visuals with superb detail. Vivo AiO V241 has a powerful ASUS SonicMaster stereo audio system that incorporates two advanced bass-reflex speakers for incredibly rich, full and immersive sound. Designed for smooth, responsive performance, Vivo AiO V241 is powered by the latest 7th Generation Intel Core i5 processor and NVIDIA GeForce 930MX discrete graphics.
ASUS Zen AiO ZN242

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ASUS Zen AiO ZN242 is a premium high-performance Windows 10 all-in-one PC , featuring a 23.8-inch multitouch NanoEdge display with an ultrathin 2mm physical bezel and an incredible 90% screen-to-body ratio for unbounded visuals. Zen AiO ZN242 has a stylish and elegant modern design with a thin and sleek stand. The uncluttered design features ventilation outlets hidden in the ASUS logo and a pop-up infrared (IR) camera design. Designed to deliver the ultimate all-in-one computing experience, Zen AiO ZN242 is powered by up to a Intel Core i7-7700HQ quad-core processor, 32GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics, and a 512GB PCIe SSD or an HDD enhanced with revolutionary Intel Optane memory for accelerated responsiveness.

Are you excited on these ASUS products? Which one are you most excited about? For me, I think the lack of ZenFone 4’s appearance in Computex 2017 is a little weird. I mean, it’s ASUS’s star of the smartphone lineup anyway. Though, with their recent launch of the magnificent ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom that I love so much, I don’t want it to be obsolete this quickly. Whichever way it is, at least there’s a ZenFone AR.
That’s all for Computex 2017 ASUS. Do check out for local announcement – if any – and subscribe to our notification for other Computex 2017 coverage!

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First ever Black Friday deals on Amazon Singapore are accessible for Malaysians starting this year

Amazon Singapore just announced that Malaysians will be able to join in the Black Friday fun to access all sorts of deals within arguably the largest single-day sales event besides 11.11.

Starting on November 25, Malaysians will be able to browse and perhaps strike a good deal on books, toys, home appliances, kitchen products, and more from our neighboring country. Don’t forget to view the items in MYR before placing your order to know what amount you’re actually spending.
Take note of all the following promotions and nitty gritty discounts that can make up to quite an amount.

Free delivery for orders above SGD40
Buy 2 get 5% off, buy 3 get 10% off on Amazon International Store
Up to 60% off / buy 4 get 30% off / buy 3 get 25% off selected items from the beauty, health & personal care category
Up to 60% off toy products [SGD25 discount of a minimum purchase of SGD80 across Hasbro]
Up to 50% off / Buy 2 get 35% off books
SGD15 discount of a minimum purchase of SGD150 across Tefal

More information about the campaign can be accessed here.

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Creative Returns With A Slew Of Products

I can’t believe it – Creative Technology, a brand that used to sell great speakers even for their budget range, is returning to the market after a very long hiatus. Best known for their Sound Blaster products, Creative is now back with full force with a lot of products.
The initial range includes the Sound BlasterX Katana multi-channel gaming sound bar, Outlier Sports wireless in-ear headphones, MUVO 2c splashproof Bluetooth speaker and NUNO Micro Bluetooth speaker. Fans of great audio will be able to pick-up Creative’s offerings at ALL IT Hypermarket at KLCC and IOI City Mall, Asashi Technology Sdn Bhd, and IT STUFF Plaza Hartamas. For those who are not situated at KL will also be able to shop online at the CVG ONLINE STORE on Lazada and Shopee.

These products are feature-rich and deliver top-notch audio that is synonymous with the Creative brand worldwide.
Sound BlasterX Katana

Made for gamers who want the best sound experience for their games and movies, the Sound BlasterX Katana is a powerful 2.1-channel sound bar that features a powerful 24-bit high-resolution audio processor. It is also a certified Dolby Digital decoder, providing incredibly realistic virtual 5.1 surround sound. Designed with the philosophy of a Katana sword, the Sound BlasterX Katana’s chassis is exquisitely crafted and reinforced with a sturdy, brushed aluminium panel, it also features a super slim profile of less than 2.5-inches that can easily fit below monitors on a desktop or below TVs in a living room.

The Katana sound system boasts a sophisticated 5-driver design comprising of two up-firing 2.5” midbass drivers and two 1.3” high-excursion tweeters, coupled with a 5.25” long-throw driver in its subwoofer. The Katana also utilizes a game-changing tri-amplified design that is able to output a total power of 75W RMS for dedicated amplification of high, mid, and low frequencies – ensuring room-filling audio that is uncompromisingly clear, immersive and well-balanced.
The Katana isn’t just a speaker for the TV or PC, it also doubles up as a sound card that supports virtual 7.1 channel audio input signals via a USB connection from a PC to deliver realistic gaming effects and audio cues. The Katana also supports multiple inputs such as optical input, Bluetooth 4.2, USB audio playback and Mic-In. On top of that, gamers will also get to enjoy the Katana’s Aurora Reactive Lighting System. The sound bar’s base is lined with 49 programmable LED lights from edge to edge, and is fully customizable with 16.8 million colours to elevate any gaming and movie experience.
Creative Outlier Sports

The Creative Outlier Sports wireless in-ear headphones take workouts to the next level, be it running, hiking or hitting the gym. The Outlier Sports is IPX4 sweatproof with a behind-the-neck design for active sports. It features AuraSeal® silicone ear tips that ensure the headphones never slip off the ears while sealing outside noise and moisture, delivering outstanding deep bass impact, crystal clear highs, and balanced audio performance.
Outlier Sports supports high definition Bluetooth audio with aptX™ for quality audio streaming, the invisible microphone with ClearSpeech Engine ensures callers can hear users’ voice clearly even in noisy environments. With up to 11 hours of audio playback on a single charge, workouts can last a long time without any interruptions due to a flat battery.
The Creative Outlier Sports is available in striking colours of Neon Green, Fiery Orange and Midnight Blue.
Creative iRoar Go

Featuring the world’s smallest and lightest 5-driver speaker system that delivers a groundbreaking audio experience with SuperWide technology, the Creative iRoar Go boasts intelligent processing that allows users to perceive left and right audio sources accurately. The speaker comes built-in with a whopping 5200mAh battery that provides 12 hours of playtime and even charges phones and tablets with its USB 1.0A output.

The iRoar Go is also IPX6 certified water resistant, which means you can take it for camping or to the poolside without worrying about it getting exposed to rain or splashed by water. The iRoar Go also features an Advanced Recorder that records everything heard onto a microSD card. Highly versatile, users can also pair the speaker with an optional iRoar Mic and use it as a wireless personal PA system. It supports playback of lossless FLAC and WAV music files via a microSD card or USB flash drive as well as HD Bluetooth audio. Another interesting feature is that iRoar Go allows users to pair up up to 2 Bluetooth devices via easy-aim NFC.

Furthermore, the iRoar Go also doubles up as a PC and Mac external sound card with the built-in lossless USB DAC. With the free Sound Blaster Connect PC/Mac software, users can enjoy full digital audio connection and a personalized listening experience. Lastly, Android and iOS devices can also remotely control the iRoar Go with the Sound Blaster Connect app.
Creative MUVO 2c

Designed to be a colourful, powerful, splashproof speaker, the compact Creative MUVO 2c is the ideal companion when it comes to listening to music out loud by the poolside or even in the shower – the MUVO 2c is IP66 rated dust and splashproof. Built for great audio, the MUVO 2c features an in-house tuned full-range driver and an oversized passive woofer that delivers an impressive bass response and supports up to 6 hours of playtime. Users can even connect two MUVO 2c speakers wirelessly to amplify their audio experience with its Wireless Link Technology.

Amazingly feature-rich, users will be able to answer phone calls with the built-in microphone, play thousands of songs with a microSD card, and use the MUVO 2c as a USB speaker for their computers. Users can also control the MUVO 2c using the Sound Blaster Connect app on their Android or iOS device.
The Creative MUVO 2c is available in Black, Blue, Red and Green.
Creative NUNO micro

Derived from nuno, a Japanese word for woven cloth, the Creative NUNO Micro is easily distinguishable by its signature rustic minimalist look in a cube form factor. Embodying the timeless appeal of simple, well made, handcrafted pieces of art, the NUNO Micro oozes a style that looks simply amazing whether in an office, at home, or at the park, yet delivers loud audio that belie its size.
The NUNO Micro easily fits into the palm and weighs merely 180g. It features Bluetooth for wireless audio streaming and comes with a built-in microphone, which can be used as a speakerphone for phone calls. Users can also play tunes from audio devices with the aux-in port. The NUNO Micro supports up to 4 hours of playback and can be easily charged with a Micro USB cable.
The NUNO Micro is available in two colours – Black and Heather Gray.
Pricing and Availability
Creative audio products are distributed by Convergent Distribution (M) Sdn Bhd, and can be purchased from ALL IT Hypermarket at KLCC and IOI City Mall, Asashi Technology Sdn Bhd, IT STUFF Plaza Hartamas, as well as the CVG ONLINE STORE on Lazada and Shopee. These are the recommended retail prices (RRP) inclusive of GST:

Creative Sound BlasterX Katana – RM1,299
Creative Outlier Sports – RM299
Creative iRoar Go – RM849
Creative MUVO 2c – RM199
Creative NUNO micro – RM99

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Dell Technologies announces 2 big leaps during World Experience 2020 event

During the Dell Technologies World 2020 Digital Experience event, Dell Technologies shares how the technology is accelerating transformation, creating new opportunities, and building business resiliency that stands the test of time. Following the theme, they have announced 2 big forward steps to always stay ahead of the game.
Project APEX – aaS simplification for everyone

The project is launched to unify the company’s strategy, offerings, and go-to-market efforts and applying it to the as-a-Service so that clients and partners are getting consistent and top-tier experience whenever they run workloads at anywhere they choose such as on-premises, edge locations, and public clouds.
They also forecasted that by the end of next year, the consumption of as-a-Service offerings will drive a 3 times increase in demand for on-premises infrastructure delivered via flexible solutions and consumptions. Therefore, the project is initiated partly due to supply vs demand reasons as usual.
The aim of the new Dell Technologies Cloud Console will provide the foundation for Project APEX and from the perspective of its customers, they can now manage their cloud and as-a-Service journey within a single and seamless management service such as deploy workloads, manage their multi-cloud resources, monitor their costs in real-time and add capabilities that can be performed instantaneously without any hassle.
Tackling on green computing and sustainability issues, the project will help companies to retire old infrastructures in a secure and environmentally friendly manner by:

Reselling 100% of the returned leased assets.
Refurbishing and reselling 89% of working assets in the North America and EMEA regions.
Reselling 10% of non-working assets to Environmental Disposal Partners who repair, reuse, resell, and recycle each asset.
Helping customers resell or recycle their excess hardware and prepare to return leased equipment in a secure and environmentally conscious manner through Dell Asset Resale & Recycling Services.

More details about the project can be found here.
Dell Storage-as-a-Service
In relation to the new Cloud Console, the company is also launching its own Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) which is an on-premises, as-a-Service portfolio of scalable and elastic storage resources that will offer block and file data services and a broad range of enterprise-class features that are fully designed to handle OPEX transactions and which, you guessed it, fully manageable through the new Cloud Console service.
Here are some of the key details announced in regards to the overall as-a-Service offerings:

Start with a hybrid cloud model from as low as $47 USD per instance per month through subscription pricing
Cloud Platform is extending to the UK, France, and Germany with the Asia Pacific and Japan joining during the first half of 2021
Cloud PowerProtect for Multi-cloud protects data and applications across public clouds that also save cost through deduplication technology with zero egress fees when retrieving data from Microsoft Azure
Get rebate up to 20% on Flex On-Demand solutions as a partner with pre-configured pricing and pay-per-use billing method makes it simple for customers to select and deploy Dell Technologies solutions

Click here for the full information about the new STaaS.
10 Things Done Right to Modernize IT
On the other hand, Dell Technologies also listed out 10 accomplishments they have made over the last 5 years by introducing innovative techs while of course, pouring funds into R&D in the number of billions to prepare for the future.

Automation, next-generation storage media, and novel software architecture EMC PowerStore saw huge momentum gain with 20% of users being new to the service
EMC PowerScale sets new standards for managing unstructured data and EMC PowerFlex deliver enterprise-class performance and resiliency as a software-defined storage solution
Hybrid Clouds helped many businesses to manage and access their public, private, and edge cloud environments with speed, consistency, scale, security, and savings
Cloud PowerScale for Google Cloud combines PowerScale’s Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Google’s analytical tools to handle complex workloads
VMware Tanzu integration into EMC VxRail allows Kubernetes to run at scale with Cloud Platform while protected by PowerProtect Data Manager
Enterprise SONiC Distribution fully supports open-source networking condition curated for cloud-level, large-scale data centers
Improved relationship with global technology and service partners to realize edge computing benefits through solutions such as EMC VxRail and PowerEdge XE2420 servers
EMC Ready Solutions simplifies and scale AI workloads with self-service and access to GPU resources for AI-enabled mobility
SafeBIOS Off-Host Verification delivered through VMware Carbon Black Cloud Audit and Remediation let IT and security teams monitor and manage BIOS health off of their Dell PCs
Industry’s 1st 5G-capable Intel-powered business PC provides an intelligent, secure, and sustainable commercial lineup.

Some of Dell Technologie’s clients shows incredible usage efficiency and effectiveness such as the University of Pisa‘s flash-based storage getting a boost to help support nearby Santa Chiara Hospital’s COVID-19 research while simultaneously supporting an AI-based chemistry research project and a multi-cloud shared service for administrative agencies, hospitals, and cities in Tuscany. Meanwhile, healthcare automation leader Medacist recently launched its SaaS-based solution Genesis that identifies abnormalities to detect drug diversion. Supporting the operation is the underlying equipment and software from Dell EMC that reduces computation time from 24 hours to a mere 5 minutes.
The company has also released a couple of great reads that talk about digital transformation and the acceleration of it due to COVID-19 which you can find down below.

How digital transformation is reshaping our world
Global pandemic accelerates digital transformation according to latest study

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Dell Malaysia brings 34" curved monitor and more

It’s hasn’t been that long since Dell’s previous announcement which they said they’re bringing in the 27-inch screen with a 5K resolution under a 16:9 aspect ratio  – that’s 5120 pixels across and 2880 pixels up!

This is the UP2715K, the 5K monitor. It is currently available for sale NOW for RM6,399. Yowzers. The lowest end iMac 5K costs RM7,999 and has a complete setup inside, though you can reuse the monitor only if the hardware dies. Bummer.
Then the main star comes – the Dell U3415W. The first ever 34-inch curved screen monitor that uses the (personally) much desired 21:9 aspect ratio. Believe me, these monitors are a godsend when it comes to working or referring multiple documents at the same time.

If 16:9 monitors with 5K resolutions aren’t your thing for now, then maybe the U3415W might be perfect for your wallet too – as it only costs RM3,499, and is available for sale now. Seriously, I will get one of this if my laptop can support. They’re just gorgeous and much to be desired for – especially while doing assignments.
Dell Malaysia also brought in a lot of other products, ranging from laptops, all-in-ones, and business-centric machines. Here’s a summary of all the other products Dell is bringing in.

The XPS 13 Ultrabook starts at RM 3,599
The XPS 15 starts at RM 4,999
The Latitude 13 7000 Series 2-in-1 starts at RM 4,379
The Venue 11 Pro 7000 Series starts at RM 2,505
The OptiPlex 9020 Micro starts at RM 3,490
The OptiPlex 3020 Micro starts at RM 2,260
The OptiPlex 9030 starts at RM 5,225
The OptiPlex 3030 starts at RM 2,919
The Latitude 12 7000 Series starts at RM 4,700 today.
The Latitude 14 7000 Series starts at RM 4,300

All of these products are already available in the market now. If you wanna get any of them, then make haste! GST is coming soon!

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Stand a chance to win prizes by joining the vivo Visual Creator Short Film Awards

vivo Malaysia has officially launched the Visual Creator Short Film Awards, encouraging every Malaysian creator to unleash their creativity through the use of their smartphone.

This contest runs until 24th October 2022, so if you’ve been interested in making short videos or films, don’t be shy and submit them to stand a chance to win prizes worth up to USD$7,000.
Follow the simple steps listed below to participate in this contest:

Upload the video to social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). Include the following hashtags: #vivoVisualCreator #OurStoryRedefined, then tag an official vivo account (local or global vivo account).
Submit the original video file together with the following details via email to [email protected] before 24th October 2022:

Participant’s real name.
Social media accounts, email addresses, and contact numbers.
Country/Region of the participant.
The background or story of the creation of the short film, and any other remarks or related content.

And here’s the list of the awards and prizes to be won:
Global Awards USD$7000 per winner: (1 winner for each award)

the Best Film
the Best Story
the Best Editing
the Best Photography
the Best Creator

Regional Awards USD$3,000 per winner: (1 winner for each region)

the Regional Best Film

Other Prizes for each Award winner:

Awards certificate
A latest vivo X series smartphone
Professional comments from the jury
Official exposure from vivo

Kindly refer to the following link for more information about the vivo Visual Creator Short Film Awards.
https://www.vivo.com/my/activity/vivo-visual-creator

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Samsung partners with Lazada

Here’s the second big news from Samsung today – they are now bringing in their Samsung Experience Store to Lazada! Of course, it’s not going to be a physical “experience” store, but it’s an official store from Samsung, right on Lazada.
Here’s the other great news from Samsung other than the Galaxy S7 – Samsung will also be unveiling new bundles that come with exclusive gifts and extended warranties which are available solely to Lazada customers on their official Samsung store on Lazada. That’s amazing! I don’t have to get out of my house, and I get DEALS!

Click here to check them out!

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WhatsApp’s December update introduces better calling experience and Avatar support

While WhatsApp has always been the most popular messaging platform around the world due to its flexibility, it rarely undergoes drastic changes unless necessary with the majority of updates solely dedicated to functionality in order to keep things simple.
The December 2022 update seems to slide back on the nerdy properties and instead fashions and personalization hops in for a change of breath.

The latest big update comes in the form of Avatars dedicated to the expression of oneself by allowing users to create and modify a digital character to match their real-life characteristics.
This digital character template will then generate a bunch of sticker packs using your virtual creation which consists of different reaction images.
Although it won’t be as useful for the daily meme enjoyers, at least the casual people can play with the Avatars function for a while.

Released worldwide just a couple of days ago, a whole package of calling-related refinements are directly integrated without much people knowing but here is a quick summary of them

Up to a maximum of 32 individuals within a single call
Message or mute call specific individuals during group calls by long-pressing them
Invite individuals to group calls by sharing a unique URL
Colorful waveforms surround the speaker to highlight who’s speaking even if the camera is off
New participants of a call will now show up as a banner during calls
Support for Picture in Picture on iOS

Both the Avatars and Improved Calling updates are available in the latest version of WhatsApp so be sure to download and refresh the app via App Store or Play Store.

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Transcend also introduced new SSD730S 2.5-inch SSDs

If you don’t have an M.2 slot and use Transcend’s brand new M.2 SSDs, fret not as they’ve got you covered. Introducing the brand new SSD730S from Transcend.
Based on what I can deduce here, Transcend used the same memory controller and memory chips as their MTS series of M.2 SSDs which we covered the news here. The SSD730S still has the 560MB/s read and 460MB/s write speeds, and is available at various capacities starting from 32GB all the way up to 1TB.

For those who are using an old desktop case that doesn’t have built-in 2.5-inch drive mounts (like me), Transcend got you covered as they included a 3.5-inch to 2.5-inch bracket. Price wise is as below.

Capacity (GB)
Price (RM)

32GB
179

64GB
219

128GB
269

256GB
419

512GB
749

1TB
1449

Check out the SSD730S here!

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