Apple Watch Series 4 is the latest Apple Watch Apple introduces previously. After one year, Apple has unveiled its latest Apple Watch Series 5 during the launch of iPhone 11. Interestingly, Apple is launching the Apple Watch Series 5 in Malaysia on 1st of November 2019.
Apparently, for the first time, Apple is launching Apple Watch Series 5 with LTE support in Malaysia. Even with the current Apple Watch Series 4, Apple did not launch the LTE version over in Malaysia. Now, you can use your Apple Watch to make phone calls without bringing your iPhone along with you.
Before the official launch itself, Apple Malaysia has removed Apple Watch Series 4 from the Apple Online Store. Apart from that, it reduces the Apple Watch Series 3 price too. Apple is also offering the Apple Watch Series 3 with cellular support too.
For the LTE version, Digi is the only telco provider offering at the moment. You can head over to the Digi website to pre-order the Apple Watch Series 5. You can pre-order starting 25th October 2019.
For more information on the details, you can visit the Apple Watch Series 5 page.
On the same day of hacking Universiti Malaya E-Pay website, a massive amount of personal details has been leaked online. Those personal details leaked was from both the Academic and Non-Academic staff of Universiti Malaya.
According to Lowyat.net, almost 24,000 of personal information which is believed to be from the Universiti Malaya E-Pay website. This includes login information and also hashed passwords. Besides that, the hacker has uploaded all this information to a file-sharing website. Based on the checking the database credentials also have been leaked online.
With this, we are sure financial data also has been leaked online. If you are an ex-student of Universiti Malaya, we are sorry to say that your financial records have been compromised now. There are different parts of the leaked data. The first part was mainly on the financial information of Universiti Malaya. This includes banking information such as bank name and bank account number.
The second part of the leaked data was the staff’s details such as Employee Tax Numbers (LHDN) and EPF Numbers. Apart from the staff details, 24,000 login information as part of the second part of the leaked data.
However, before Lowyat confirms the data breach, Universiti Malaya has released a press statement stating that none of the data was neither leaked or compromised. Look’s like Universiti Malaya is in huge trouble now. The reason is, the hackers who hacked the E-Pay website has also hacked Universiti Malaya servers which causes massive amount of data to be leaked online.
In case you think your banking account could be compromised, we prefer you to take the necessary steps. We are still waiting for Universiti Malaya to give its official statement on this matter. But we can assure you it is going to take a longer period for the Universiti Malaya to recover back those details.
Google Pixel 4 is currently the talk of the town as Google launches it this week. After the launch, Google has given a few of the Google Pixel 4 to the tech reviewers. Not even a week, a reporter from BBC has found a major security flaw on the Google Pixel 4.
Apart from fingerprint scanning, face unlock is the new feature many smartphones has. Apple iPhone X also uses the Face ID from day one and it works like charm. However, Google Pixel 4 face unlock feature even works if your eyes are closed. If you have used the iPhone X before, you might know that you can unlock your device only if your eyes are opened and it is looking at the phone.
Back before Google unveils Google Pixel 4, the American tech giant releases a video of the Pixel 4 face unlock feature. In that video, Google requires you to open your eyes in order for the face unlock feature to work. According to The Verge, the Google support page also confirms that “Your phone can also be unlocked by someone else if it’s held up to your face, even if your eyes are closed,”.
Besides that, Google Pixel 4 has only one security feature which is the face unlock. This means you can only use your face to unlock your Pixel 4. With this major security, flaw makes us think about how secure is Google Pixel 4. Nevertheless, Google says the face unlock feature will get better from time to time with future software updates.
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The main security layer in a smartphone is the biometric layer. Imagine if the biometric layer can be overridden, your smartphone is not secure anymore. One of the most trending news at the moment is, Samsung Galaxy S10 has a bug where anyone can unlock your phone using a fingerprint. Recently, one of the Samsung users has found out that when he installs a third-party screen protector, other users can easily unlock the phone.
Samsung reluctantly agreed there is a security flaw on the Samsung Galaxy S10. According to Samsung, its development team is working round the clock to issue a software patch for the malfunction fingerprint recognition very soon. Since the issue has been spread widely to worldwide, different online banks such as South Korea, KaKaobank has advised its customers to turn off the fingerprint recognition until Samsung releases a patch for the Galaxy S 10.
At the moment, one of the Samsung spokespeople has given the following statement to Engadget:
“We’re investigating this internally. We recommend all customers to use Samsung authorized accessories, specifically designed for Samsung products.”
Our advice to Samsung Galaxy S10 users is to disable your fingerprint scanning feature and use the face unlocking feature for now. Once Samsung issues the patch, you can enable your fingerprint scanning feature again.
It’s been a while since we hear hackers defacing websites. Back in the early 2010s, many Malaysia websites were defaced by hackers from Indonesia. Yesterday, hackers have hacked the Universiti Malaya E-Pay website.
At this moment, of writing this post, we aren’t able to access the E-Pay website. It was showing “epay.um.edu.my took too long to respond.” However, if you just search the query “E-Pay Universiti Malaya”, you still able to see the protest message in the meta description.
According to Lowyat.net, this website is mainly used by the students of Universiti Malaya to make their universities fees payments. Since this website has been hacked, there could be a possible risk of the student personal details to compromised as well.
We will update you guys with more information once we got an official update from Universiti Malaya. If you or your friends are from Universiti Malaya, share it to them to keep track on this issue.
[UPDATE] – Grab Malaysia has contacted TechmonQuay to clarify about it. According to Grab Malaysia, the reason for implementing this feature is because it is a requirement by the government to verify the passengers’ accounts. Rather than capturing the passenger identification card (IC), instead, Grab implements one-off facial recognition.
One of the advantages of capturing selfies is less invasive than the passenger ID card which carries more sensitive information such as DOB and address.
Grab has notified us saying that the selfie image which Grab captures, is only used for passenger identification only. Neither the image nor your account details are shared with the drivers or any other Grab partners. This information is protected under the PDPA law.
Grab will only share its passenger to the authority only if a written application is made to the government. Thinking of the bright side, Grab has managed to reduced passenger-related crimes on its platform by 30% after introducing this safety feature.
Back in March, Grab introduces a new safety feature, where it requires its passengers to take selfies. After a few months, Grab has officially rolled out this safety feature to all Malaysians.
If you notice, when you open your Grab app to book your ride, there will be a pop-up screen requesting you to take a selfie of your face. During the official launch, Grab Malaysia Country head Sean Goh says none of the passenger’s information will be collected. However, it looks like he was wrong about it.
According to Mashable, in the Grab’s Privacy Policy page, it says “Grab may also use your Personal Data in connection with mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, sale of company assets, consolidation, restructuring, financing, business asset transactions, or acquisition of all or part of our business by another company.”
Well, this is something as a passenger we might not want to hear. Anyways, we might need to wait and see how Grab handles this information. What do you think about grab taking selfie feature? Some say it’s not required. What about you?
With the increase in population in every country, travelling in a car could be really a hassle. That’s the reason many of us are using e-hailing services such as Grab and MULA to reach our destination on time. However, now for the Grab service, you need to wait for a longer time due to the Passenger Service Vehicle (PSV) license issue. In order to tackle this issue, Singapore’s Ryde service is coming to Malaysia starting 1st of November 2019.
Ryde is Malaysia’s first carpooling service which is a not-for-profit carpooling company. According to its CEO Terence Zou, RydePool main aim is to encourage people to commute by carpooling. He added, it should be an eco-friendly activity rather than a profession.
How RydePool works?
Similar to other e-hailing services, RydePool also allows you to pay the driver. In addition to that, the fares will be recommended by the app itself. The app will calculate the total distance travelled, petrol and toll fare. So, if you are looking to carpool to your destination, you can enter the number of pax with you and then you have to wait for the driver to accept your request. Once you have carpool with the same driver, you can save the driver information in the app and next time, you can request the same driver if the driver travels to the same locations too.
For the drivers, the payments will be received into your account after each ride. However, for Malaysia, Ryde is planning not to take any commission on the payments. Which means, all the earnings will be in the form of cash only. If you are planning to register as a RydePool driver, you don’t have to worry about the PSV license either because this service is not for profit. Do note that, the app allows you to pick up passengers twice a day only.
According to the CEO, there are already a few hundred users who have downloaded the driver app in Malaysia. He has targetted there could be at least 5,000 drivers by end of this year. If you are interested to register as a driver, you need to submit your identification card, contact number, driving license, profile photo, car registration details including the photo to Ryde. The company will notify you once it verifies your information.
Whereas for the passengers, you will have a separate app too similar to other e-hailing services. All you need to do is submit both your profile photo and your contact number in the app itself. At this moment, Ryde is planning to expand its service mainly to Johor, Penang and Melaka.
In conclusion, the only issue we think like a passenger you might face is privacy. If multiple people are carpooling in a same vehicle, some of you might feel weird about it. Nevertheless, we believe you can make many new friends and grow your business network from the Ryde carpooling service. To register as a driver click here and to download the passenger app click here. For more information visit Ryde official website.
Nowadays, the competitiveness between smartphones has increased in a good way. The more competition between smartphones, the more the smartphone price reduces. Now, the Oppo sub-brand, Realme is introducing the Realme X2 Pro which is a killer flagship device. You will know why we say it is a killer flagship device.
First of all, the Realme X2 Pro has a 6.5″ Super AMOLED display with a 90Hz fluid display. Which means, you can scroll seamlessly in the Realme X2 Pro. With its 1000 nits of peak brightness, makes the display of the Realme X2 Pro brighter than ever before. Realme X2 Pro also features an in-display sensor with the screen protected by the Gorilla Glass 5. Do you know with the Realme X2 Pro, you can unlock your phone in just 0.23 seconds? This is the fastest in-display fingerprint sensor which Realme has ever created.
The rear of this flagship device features a quad-camera system which has a 64MP main camera. Besides that, it also features a 13MP telephoto camera with a 20x hybrid zoom same as the Oppo Reno 2. Then it also has an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera and a 2MP depth sensor. For you to take your beautiful selfies, you can use the 16MP front selfie camera.
One the best gaming experience device
Powering this killer flagship is the latest Snapdragon 855+ processor. This is the similar processor other high-end smartphones uses. The Realme X2 Pro even has its own vapour chamber liquid cooling system to cool the phone when it gets heated. With this technology, you won’t feel your phone getting heated. For the storage wise, Realme X2 Pro can be mated with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.0 storage.
Furthermore, the Realme X2 Pro features a new Tactile Engine Motor. This is a new gaming engine which Realme uses to provide you with cool gaming experience. Every touch in the game gives you immersive gaming experience. In an example, if you are playing shooting type of games, you know what we are talking about here. The feedback you get when you use a weapon to shoot is totally mind-blowing. Moreover, this killer flagship also comes with dual speakers for stereo playback which supports Dolby Atmos sounding. Imagine how your gaming experience is going to be.
To power all these amazing performances the Realme X2 Pro has a large 4,000 mAh battery. Additionally, it even supports the 50W SuperVOOC fast charging technology with USB-C. Which mean, you can fully charge your device within 35 minutes only. This is something not even other high-end devices can achieve.
Pricing and Availability
For the pricing wise, the 6GB+64GB storage variant is priced at CNY2,599 (RM1,535). Whereas the 8GB+128GB variant is priced at CNY2,799 (RM1,653). And the highest variant, 12GB+256GB storage is priced at CNY3,199 (RM1,889).
Honestly, now you should know why do we say it is a killer flagship device. Even if you decide to buy the highest specs device, it is still under RM2,000 only. Currently, there is still no official news on the global release date of the Realme X2 Pro outside of China. If this device reaches Malaysia, we are sure you gonna get one for yourself.
The foldable smartphone is the upcoming smartphone designs. Sooner than you expect, many smartphone makers could be introducing its own foldable smartphone. Samsung was the first smartphone maker to introduce Galaxy Fold which its first foldable smartphone. Soon, the phone is ready to serve the mobile market. Apart from Samsung, Huawei has also revealed its upcoming foldable smartphone which is the Huawei Mate X.
However, Huawei delays the launch of the Mate X because of Samsung Galaxy Fold. Previously, Samsung had to recall the Galaxy Fold before the official device launch because of its foldable screen issue. Due to that, Huawei has pushed the launch to November so that it can work on the design wisely. Now, it looks like Huawei has made a brilliant move by adding a button to unfold the Mate X. With this, the phone can be easily unfolded without additional force required.
Ahead of the November launch, we have received an unboxing video of the Mate X in China. From the video, you can notice Huawei has added a button to unfold the Mate X.
Currently, the latest Huawei Mate 30 is the first smartphone to run without Google proprietary services. With the launch of the upcoming Huawei Mate X, it is still questionable whether the Mate X could go outside of China. Till then we have to wait for the official launch information from Huawei. Stay tuned for more updates from us.
Nowadays, most of us are checking on our smartphones at least 100 times a day. This includes playing a song and setting a very important reminder. Apple has launched the AirPods in order for you to complete your task without any interaction with your smartphone. Now, Google has unveiled Google Pixel Buds which can help to execute your task easier and faster.
Google Assistant in your ear
With the Pixel Buds, you can instantly access the Google Assistant without even touching your smartphone. All you can do is just say “Hey Google” and Google Assistant is up. Then you can ask it whatever you need to complete. You can even ask it to send a message to your mom when you are at your workplace. The best part of it is, now you can even translate a foreign language with the Pixel Buds.
Securely sits in your ear
We humans are totally different. Many of us have different shapes of eyes, face and ears. Some earphones fit certain ears and some don’t. In order to overcome this issue, Google has scanned nearly thousands of ears to create an earbud which sits comfortably and securely in your ear.
The Pixel Buds has a stabilizer arc which gently tucks in your ear. With the interchangeable ear tip, it makes the Pixel Buds to fit securely and comfortably in your ear. You don’t have to worry about losing your earbuds when you are exercising. The Pixel Buds will always be with you.
Worry less about raising the volume
The Pixel Buds ear tips which gently seal the ear will isolate the loud outside noises in order to give you high-quality audio. The spatial vent underneath reduces the feeling of earphone in your ears. With the Pixel Buds, it will just give you the right amount of surrounding sound outside. The Pixel Buds also has a feature called Adaptive Sound where it will dynamically adjust the volume by itself. For example, if you walk from a quiet place to a noisier place, the volume will be adjusted automatically. You don’t have to reach to your smartphone to raise the volume.
Worry less about calls
The Pixel Buds has two microphones in the each of the earbuds which focuses on your voice level. Besides that, Pixel Buds also has a voice accelerometer which can detect your speech through the vibrations of your jawbone. This means, your voice can be heard even in windy conditions. This is something none of the other earbuds such as AirPods or Galaxy Buds offers.
Pricing and Availability
For the pricing wise, Pixel Buds is priced at $179 in the United States. Currently, Google says Pixel Buds will officially be available next year only. Moreover, Pixel Buds comes in four new colours which are Clearly White, Oh So Orange, Quite Mint and Almost Black.
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