The current most popular Chinese smartphone maker besides Oppo is Xiaomi. During the beginning of October, Xiaomi has unveil the world’s best concept smartphone, Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha. It features the world’s first 108MP camera. Now, Xiaomi has officially confirm its upcoming Mi Note series smartphone on its official Twitter account.
From the tweet above, it is confirmed Xiaomi will be launching Mi Note 10. The upcoming Mi Note series also will be featuring the world’s first 108MP Penta camera lens. Penta camera means, the rear of the Mi Note 10 will have five cameras. This is the first smartphone to be equipped with five cameras.
At the same time, there is a rumour saying that there are high chances Mi CC9 Pro will be rebranded to Mi Note 10. The main reason would be for global markets. Each time only in China the version namings are different than the global releases. Xiaomi has already revealed the Mi CC9 Pro on the Weibo account. On November 5th Xiaomi will be unveiling the Mi CC9 Pro in China. With this, we can expect the Mi Note 10 to unveil sooner after unveiling the Mi CC9 Pro.
According to Xiaomi, the main camera will be having a 108MP camera. The second camera is the telephoto camera which gives you 10x hybrid zoom and 50x digital zoom. The third camera is the 20MP ultra-wide-angle camera and a 12MP portrait camera. The fifth lens is the macro camera which can shoot macro shots as low as 1.5cm.
In conclusion, we believe the Mi Note 10 will be one the best camera smartphone to rule the smartphone industry. At the moment, we still haven’t received any official specs from Xiaomi yet. Continue following our page for more update in the future.
In this most recent times, many of the users prefer to commute via e-hailing services. At the moment, in Malaysia, there are many e-hailing services such as Grab and Mula. Apart from these two famous e-hailing services, the Land Public Transport Agency (APAD) has reported that there are a total of 42 e-hailing services which has given the license to operate in Malaysia.
Currently, if you scroll through your Instagram posts or Facebook News Feed, most of the time without realising you might have come through a new e-hailing service called InDriver. Maybe after reading this article sooner, you might realise why we are writing an article about InDriver. Trust us, the features it offers will totally blow your mind away.
If you take a look at other e-hailing services, most of them are taking a certain percentage of commission from the drivers. With InDriver, it is totally opposite. According to InDriver, it does not take any commission from the drivers. This is something unusual for a company who provide e-hailing services.
History of InDriver
Back in 2012, a group of college students created a group called “Independent drivers, indrivers” in the social network “VKontakte”. The reason behind this creation was during the New Year holiday, the temperature in a city in Siberia dropped below -45 degree Celcius. During that moment, the local taxi drivers started to double the cost of trips due to the weather condition. In order to overcome overpaying the taxi drivers, the students created this group.
Within six months, 50,000 participants have joined the group. And that’s how a year later InDriver was founded. Passengers can set the amount of their fare and drivers can increase the amount accordingly. We will talk about this in detail soon.
How InDriver works for passengers?
Same as other e-hailing apps you have to register to use the InDriver service. You need to fill in your personal details such as first name, last name, email address and mobile number. For verification purpose, you will receive a six-digit pin code on your phone.
After that, as usual, you can select your current location and your destination. If other e-hailing apps, you have to click on the Book button isn’t it. However, this is where we say this app will totally blow your mind. For the first time ever, you can offer your fare. When you click on the offer fare button, a base price for your trip will be shown. You can either decide to set the base price or to decrease it accordingly.
Now, this is another interesting feature we have seen in the InDriver app where the InDriver app allows you to choose which offer to choose from the list of drivers. For example, if the average fare is RM22, the offer from the driver could be either RM22 or slightly higher than that. Since the app is transparent to the passenger, you can view their current rating and also the model of the car before accepting the offer. Next is you will be able to view the car plate number of the driver and also the current location of the driver. Do note that the app accepts cash only at the moment.
How does it work for drivers?
Are you in a plan to earn income while driving? Then you should try to be a driver with the InDriver app. Using a similar app, you can easily click on the switch to Driver mode by tapping on the button as shown in the image below.
After that, you need to register your self as InDriver driver. This wouldn’t take a longer time. Most of the procedures are similar to other e-hailing services. The reason you should join as a driver is because of a few of the amazing advantages. First of all, since the passenger pays you in cash, all the cash is yours. The company is not taking any commission from you. Besides that, it is very flexible for you to switch between driver and passenger. The InDriver app also gives you the freedom to choose your ride at any time.
In conclusion, we are sure these features which are provided by e-hailing service, InDriver will totally blow your mind. However, we are still not sure on how secure is the platform yet. At this moment, InDriver is available in 26 countries and 300 cities worldwide. There are already more than 35,000,000 users worldwide and it is one of the worlds top 10 e-hailing services. For Malaysians, this ride service is available in a few cities such as Penang, Seberang Perai, Kulim, Sungai Petani, Taiping, Alor Setar, Ipoh and Kubang Pasu.
For more information on the InDriver e-hailing service, visit the official website. The InDriver app is available in both iOS and Android which you can download it for free. Try it out now.
Last week, Sunway Pyramid has sent out an invitation for the media preview of its new Smart Parking system. The Smart Parking system uses the License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology to detect the entry and exit of the vehicle.
With the new Smart Parking system, Sunway Pyramid believes the parking congestion could be reduced easily. This is because users would just have to drive in and drive out easily without taking any parking tickets.
The latest update from Sunway Pyramid is, the Smart Parking system will be developed by JeiShun. It is a famous smart parking vendor which is based in China. The Smart Parking system also accepts cashless payments such as GrabPay, AliPay, Boost, WeChat Pay, and even Touch n’ Go eWallet too. In case you have your debit or credit card, you can use it to pay for your entry too.
As we mentioned earlier, Sunway Smart Parking system with LPR technology is the first system being implemented in Sunway Pyramid. With this, in another a few more years, you can witness other malls also to have its own Smart Parking system. Currently, Sunway is testing its first of its kind parking system in other Sunway City such as Sunway Pyramid, Sunway Hotels and Menara Sunway. Do note that only season parking users are able to use this system at the moment. The Sunway Smart Parking system will be rolled out to the public in Q1 of 2020.
How to use Sunway Smart Parking system?
Furthermore, for the drivers, they can register their car plate registration directly using the Sunway Pyramid portal. You can also register your car plate number using the Sunway Pals app too. After registering once, next time you can easily drive into the car park without collecting the physical ticket. When you are leaving the boom gate will be automatically opened after recognising your car plate.
Image from Lowyat.net
You can also lock your vehicle directly from the app so that you can’t drive out of the car park. This is one of the security features which is implemented for the Sunway Smart Parking system. If you are thinking about the accuracy of the License Plate Recognition system, a representative from JeiShun confirms it has a 95% accuracy rate. This accuracy rate is specifically for the Malaysian car number plates. According to the JeiShun representative, they are aiming to increase the system accuracy up to 99.7% after deploying to the public in Q1 2020.
In a nutshell, we will have to wait until the Sunway Pyramid rolls out the system officially next year. What do you think of this new Smart Parking system? Is it something really useful for us? Do let us know your thought on the comments section below.
The main reason many people prefer buying the iPhone rather than an Android smartphone is the security feature in it. Until today, Apple has produced the most secured iPhone. Even if you publish an app to the App Store, Apple has a security team who verifies the app thoroughly.
But, last week Wandera, mobile security company reported that 17 apps from the App Store are infected with malware. It is a clicker Trojan malware which regularly attempts to connect to a specific website. The purpose of this malware is to either earn money for appearing to drive traffic to a specific site or to drain the budget of a competitor.
According to Wandera, all these 17 apps in the App Store is developed by the same developer who is based in India. Upon issuing a report to Apple, Apple has immediately removed the apps from the App Store. Besides this, it was also reported that 42 Android apps from the Google Play Store have also been removed by Google security team.
Infected apps from the App Store
RTO Vehicle Information
EMI Calculator & Loan Planner
File Manager – Documents
Smart GPS Speedometer
CrickOne – Live Cricket Scores
Daily Fitness – Yoga Poses
FM Radio – Internet Radio
My Train Info – IRCTC & PNR
Around Me Place Finder
Easy Contacts Backup Manager
Ramadan Times 2019
Restaurant Finder – Find Food
BMI Calculator – BMR Calc
Dual Accounts
Video Editor – Mute Video
Islamic World – Qibla
Smart Video Compressor
Even though Apple has removed these apps from the App Store, some of you might have download these apps previously and the apps might be in your iPhone now as we speak. Our advice to you is if you have any of these apps installed on your iPhone, better delete it before it infects your iOS system. For more information visit Wandera website.
When Apple reveals iPad Pro, we have already predicted the next iPhone will be named as iPhone 11 Pro. After Apple reveals iPhone 11 Pro, we predicted there could be a new AirPods called AirPods Pro. Finally, today we can officially say Apple has revealed AirPods Pro silently.
AirPods Pro ANC and replaceable silicon tip
For the first time, Apple’s AirPods Pro comes with active noise cancellation (ANC). Many of you might not know what is active noise cancellation. Active noise cancellation is a feature where it reduces the outside sounds when you wear the AirPods Pro. For the active noise cancellation, Apple has designed a new silicon tip which is available in three sizes.
Besides that, the new AirPods Pro also supports sweat and water resistance. According to Apple, AirPods Pro has a rating of IPX4. Since the charging case is not water-resistant, make sure you dry it first before charging your AirPods Pro. While you are exercising or cycling in a windy situation, Siri can still listen to you clearly. Even when you are on a call, the opposite person still able to listen to your voice clearly. This can be done by the outward-facing microphone which comes in a mesh design.
You can easily switch to transparency mode from active noise cancellation by pinching the stem of the AirPods Pro. It is able to cancel the outside noise at a rate of 200 times per second. With this, you can completely be focused on your music or calls. Apart from that, the AirPods Pro also has the similar Apple H1 chips which feature in the second-generation AirPods.
For the charging wise, Apple AirPods Pro charging case supports Qi wireless charging. For the first time, Apple AirPods Pro comes with a USB-C to lightning cable to cable charging. You do not have to worry about paring with your iOS devices because with just a simple click you can easily pair the AirPods Pro.
Pricing and Availability
For the pricing wise, AirPods is priced at RM1,099 in Malaysia. However, the availability date is not yet announced. For now, the AirPods Pro will be available in the US starting 30th October onwards. For more information visit the AirPods Pro page.
Apart from streaming services such as Astro Go or iFlix, Netflix is the most used digital streaming platform. Especially in countries such as Malaysia, Netflix is being used by many people. One of the reason is because the pricing plans are cheaper compared to other streaming platforms.
Recently, Netflix has launch its new feature for the Malaysians. It is a new Netflix mobile plan for Malaysia. After this, you just have to pay RM17 per month to enjoy watching Netflix wherever you are from your smartphone. According to Netflix, all its members who subscribe for this mobile plan will be able to watch Netflix contents in standard definition (SD) without any ads interruption. However, you can only watch using one smartphone at a time.
If you wish to watch it on your other devices, then you can choose the other plans which Netflix offers which will only cost you RM51 only. With this plan, you can watch your favourite Netflix content in any four smartphones or tablets. With the new mobile plan, you can access to entire Netflix catalogue, without any ads and you can cancel it anytime if you want.
Netflix mobile plan testing has begun on 2018
Before launching the official mobile plan, Netflix has begun testing this in other Asia countries too such as India. In South-East Asia, Malaysia is the first country Netflix reveals its RM17 mobile plan subscription. We believe Netflix chooses Malaysia as the first country to launch this plan is because of the population. According to Netflix, 88% of Malaysian already owns a smartphone. A report from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) noted that 78% of Malaysian internet users are spending most of the time on streaming and downloading entertainment.
Statement from Ajay Arora, Director of Product Innovation, Netflix:
Our members in Malaysia love to watch shows on their smartphones and tablets. With the first-ever Mobile plan in Southeast Asia, all of Netflix’s shows and movies will be even more accessible for Malaysians to stream and download
In a nutshell, with this, we believe sooner most of the Malaysians could be subscribing to this mobile plan with just RM17 per month only. There are already many Malaysians popular content too such as Polis Evo, Jagat and many more. Just visit Netflix website and select the Mobile plan options.
In another three days, Apple Watch Series 5 with LTE will be launching in Malaysia. Before the launch itself, Digi has teased the Apple Watch Series 5 LTE launch on its official website. Did you know, Digi is the only telco provider in Malaysia who offers Apple Watch Series 5 LTE. Now, Digi has updated its page with more information on the packages.
You can grab the Apple Watch Series 5 LTE from Digi’s PhoneFreedom 365 plan. From this plan, you only need to pay RM79 per month for the Apple Watch Series 5. Do note that, you will be tied for a 24-month contract period. Take a look at the plans below on both 40mm and 44mm models.
Apple Watch Series 5 (40mm)
Apple Watch Series 5 (44mm)
What is AirSIM?
In order to use the Apple Watch Series 5 LTE without your iPhone, Digi is offering its new eSIM plan which is called Digi AirSIM. With the Digi AirSIM, it allows you to share your mobile number connectivity with your Apple Watch Series 5 LTE. You can use your Apple Watch to make phone calls without bringing your phone along with you. For the AirSIM wise, it just cost you RM10 per month. Additionally, for the first 6 months, Digi is offering the AirSIM for free if you sign up by the end of April next year.
For more information on the package details, visit Digi Apple Watch landing page or you can also visit Digi AirSIM page for more information.
If you’re interested, you can check out Digi’s Apple Watch pre-order page.
If you look at the current trend, a 64MP camera smartphone is the latest feature you can get in many smartphones. When Realme unveils the Realme 5 and Realme 5 Pro, it also surprisingly unveils the Realme XT after the event. Now, the 64MP camera smartphone is reaching to Malaysia shores on the 30th October 2019.
Realme XT features a 6.4″ Full HD+ Super AMOLED display. Which means you will have the in-display fingerprint scanning feature in it. For the first time, Realme XT has a 3D curved glass which is protected with the Corning Gorilla Glass 5.
For the camera section, the Realme XT has a quad-camera setup. The main camera is using the 64MP lens from Samsung. The rest cameras are 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera, a 2MP macro camera and a 2MP depth sensor. It also has a dew-drop display in the front which houses the 16MP selfie camera.
Under the hood, it runs on the Snapdragon 712 processor with a huge 4,000mAh battery. The Realme XT also supports the fast charging with its 20W VOOC Flash Charge 3.0. For more technical information on the Realme XT click on the button below.
For the pricing wise, Realme Malaysia has not officially revealed the pricing yet. However, in India, the 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variant is priced at INR15,999 (RM945). The 6GB RAM + 64GB storage variant is priced at INR16,999 (RM1,000). Whereas the highest variant which is the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage is priced at INR18,999 (RM1,122).
Since the official launch date is not revealed yet, you might need to wait until 30th of October to know more details regarding the Realme XT.
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A week ago, Samsung has confirmed that if you use a third-party screen protector, anyone can unlock your Samsung Galaxy S10 and also Samsung Galaxy Note 10. Due to that, Samsung has promised to roll out a software update to fix the fingerprint scanner issue.
Finally, Samsung starts to roll out the software update to Samsung Galaxy S10 and Samsung Galaxy Note 10 users. However, the moment Samsung rolls out the software update is only applicable to the users in South Korea. Now, we can officially say, Samsung has roll out the software update globally too. This includes South East Asia countries such as Malaysia too.
In countries such as the UK, banks have blacklisted both the S10 and Note 10 from its banking mobile apps. Besides that, the Bank of China has also removed the fingerprint security feature temporarily from its app too.
If you have come across this new software update from Samsung, then you should re-register your fingerprints once again after updating your S10 or Note 10.
The drone is the next future for world technology. Tech giants such as Intel has developed drones for the fireworks display. This shows how much drone technology has improved worldwide. The next upcoming technology is the drone delivery service. Back in April, Australia is the first country to allow drone delivery service which was developed by Google Wing.
During that time, the United States was waiting for FAA approval. Now, Google has officially started its drone delivery service in the United States. Google Wing is the first company in the United States to start the delivery service. Next time if you want to order any foods or medicine, you can get it right away through the Google Wing drone delivery service.
How Google Wing drone delivery service?
According to Google Wing, the drone delivery was started on Friday in Christianburg which is a small town in Virginia. Google also says, the delivery process is not entirely done by the drone itself. That could really burn the drone itself. So what happens is, the beginning of the journey will be done by FedEx delivery service. The last 10km radius will be done by Google Wing delivery service.
The maximum weight the drone can carry for now is 1.3kg. It doesn’t make sense if the drone can carry 10kg goods. You can watch the video above how the drone drops the goods. Rather than landing the drone itself, the drone has a strong cable which is used to drop the goods at the delivery. If you have played drones before, you might know how hard is it to land a drone.
Some of you might be thinking, how does this drone operate? Well to answer your doubt, the drones are fully operated by the Google Wings pilot. That’s the reason, Google starts the drone delivery service in a very small town so that the Wing pilot can manage the drone delivery service.
In conclusion, as we said in the beginning, drone delivery service is the future of delivery method. Soon you can expect other tech giants such as Amazon or even Malaysia Lazada to start its own drone delivery services. For more information visit Google Wing website.
