Two months ago, Microsoft introduces its AI feature to the Android smartphone. A few days ago, Microsoft has updated its Excel app for iPhone where it allows you to import spreadsheets and tables into the app using the camera.
This feature allows Excel users to take a photo of a table and then import it into the Microsoft Excel. You can edit the imported data table from your Microsoft Excel on your PC or Mac.
If you notice the gif image above, you can have the rough idea of how you can use this new feature. The Excel app for iPhone uses optical character recognition (OCR) including machine learning models. Both these techniques are used to convert the table data from a paper into a spreadsheet table. The AI is able to detect financial spreadsheets, work schedules, task lists, and time tables easily.
In conclusion, this feature could help many businesses such as supply chain management people to populate all their financial data from a stack of paper into their Microsoft Excel in their computer. Microsoft rolls out this feature in the Excel for iPhone to 21 different countries. You can visit either the App Store or the Play Store to download this app for free.
This past few week has been a total disaster for Huawei Technologies after the United States government bans Huawei from doing business with US tech companies. A day ago, both the SD Association and WiFi Alliance has added Huawei back into its member list. Looks like now, Google is finally bringing back Huawei into its business.
Previously, Google removes Huawei Mate 20 Pro from the Android Beta Q list. However now, Google is adding Huawei Mate 20 Pro device into the Android developer website. During this 90 days period, Google promises to provide both software and security updates to the Chinese tech companies.
If you own the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, you can your hands on Google’s latest Android operating system. Within this 90 days, anything can happen to Huawei. There is a possibility Huawei can continue their business if the United States government removes the ban on Huawei. At this moment, Google has not added Huawei P30 Pro and the Huawei Mate X into the official Android.com page. Most probably, this might change by tomorrow.
As we said, Huawei has already its own contingency plan. If Android is no longer available for its devices, Huawei will roll out its new operating system. According to Slashgear, Huawei might name its operating system as Hong Meng in its own country and Ark OS elsewhere.
In conclusion, for this 90 days period, Huawei should be getting all its business back. If the 90 days license period expires, Huawei might be removed again from the United States tech companies website.
The SD Association is the one who is responsible to set the standards of the memory card. They are responsible to promote the SD card technologies too. Upon removing Huawei name from its website makes Huawei not to include SD card slot on its future devices. Huawei has to be a member of the association in order to sell its mid-range smartphone with SD card expandable storage.
In conclusion, since Huawei names have been added back to both of the websites, Huawei can stop worrying about their mid-range smartphones. However, we believe both the associations add back Huawei as their member list due to the temporary license which is provided by the United States government.
China and the United States starts their trade war since last year. To make it even worse, the United States government has blacklist Huawei. This means Huawei will not be able to continue its business with the US tech companies. Earlier today during the dialogue session with Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir, he says that Malaysia will try to make use of Huawei technologies as much as possible. This shows, he truly supports Huawei.
We all know that the United States is the only country in the world which has the strongest research and development facilities. However, now the United States has to accept that the same capability is available here in Asia too. Tun Dr. Mahathir also mainly stressed on the trade ware between these two countries. He told the media, what’s happening between China and the United States is not a healthy competition.
“If I am not ahead, I will ban you, I will send warships
According to him, he strongly agrees to Huawei research capability is way better than Malaysia. He stresses that Malaysia will make use of Huawei technologies as much as possible. At the same time, he also agrees that there is some spying being done by China. Here is the video of a dialogue session with Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir.
Yes, there may be some spying but what is there to spy in Malaysia. We are an open book. Everybody knows. If any country wants to invade Malaysia, they can walk through and we will not resist because it’s a waste of time.
In conclusion, this shows the confidence the Malaysia government has for Huawei. The whole dialogue session at The Nikkei Future of Asia Conference in Tokyo proves Malaysia’s status with Huawei will still remain the same despite the ban by the United States government on Huawei.
After a few years, Apple announces the new version of the iPod Touch. The new version of the iPod comes with Apple’s own A10 Fusion chip. Previously, this chip is installed on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The design of the iPod touch is still the same as the previous generation iPod touch.
The iPod touch has a 4.4- inch screen with the same usual bezels on the previous generation of iPhones. If you are expecting the iPod touch to be similar to the current iPhone, you might not be getting the Touch ID. The home button is still placed in the iPod Touch. Back in 2015, Apple launches the last edition of the iPod touch. By including the A10 Fusion chip, we can expect Apple to include features such as ARKit and Group FaceTime.
Apple’s new iPod touch comes with a 256GB storage. This means you can store thousands of songs directly inside your new iPod touch. Other than that, Apple also offers various storage options for the iPod touch such as 32GB for $199, 128GB for $299, and 256GB for $399.
In conclusion, it is slightly disappointing to see Apple, not including the latest gen of Apple’s A11 chip to the new iPod touch. However, we can expect some update on the iPod touch during Apple’s WWDC.
The world’s most famous video app TikTok is developed by a company called ByteDance. According to the Financial Times, ByteDance is building its own smartphone. Their smartphone will come with ByteDance’s own applications such as ByteDance famous news app Jinri Toutiao and the word’s famous app TikTok. There are rumors also saying ByteDance is planning to release a music streaming service. This app could be included in their smartphone too.
According to the 35 years old ByteDance CEO, Zhang Yiming, he told the Financial Times, that building a smartphone with the full preloaded app is his long dream. Now, ByteDance has already acquired the smartphone patent from Smartisan, building its own smartphone is just a few steps away. ByteDance has also hired a few of the Smartisan employees to work on the smartphone building project.
In conclusion, we believe if this phone is launched in the market most of the teenagers would purchase it. This is because teenagers are the crazily addicted to the TikTok video app. Stay tuned for more updates on ByteDance smartphone.
As Raya celebrations coming in another few days, Huawei starts its Service Day offer once again. During the month of April Huawei launches its first Service Day offer for every first Friday and Saturday of the month. Now, Huawei will start its new two days Service Day offer starting Friday onwards.
If there is an issue with your Huawei device, you can use this opportunity to fix back your phone before the Raya holidays start. Huawei does not charge you with any labor charges. You only need to pay for the parts replacement. For this round, Huawei is providing an additional RM100 voucher which can be used at the Huawei online store.
In order to redeem the RM100 voucher, you have to be the Huawei VIP app user. You need to visit the list of participating Huawei authorised service centres below and spend to purchase the replacement part. Then you have to upload the receipt of the payment to the Huawei VIP app by clicking on the promotion banner. Finally, your RM100 voucher will be credited to your account within five working days.
Since the RM100 voucher is limited, the Huawei VIP app promo is only applicable to Huawei P30, P20, Mate 20, Nova 4, Nova 3, Nova 3i series users only.
On top of that, Huawei also offers a free screen protector during this two days Service Day offer. In order to get the complimentary screen protector, you need to like and comment on Huawei Malaysia’s Facebook page. Take note that this free screen protector is only applicable to the following devices only. If your smartphone is not listed below, then you can’t join for this offer.
Huawei P Series
P10
P10 Plus
P10 Lite
P20
P20 Pro
Huawei Mate Series
Mate 10
Mate 10 Pro
Mate 20
Mate 20 Pro
Mate 20X
Huawei Nova Series
Nova Lite
Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2i
Nova 3
Nova 3i
Huawei Y Series
Y9
Y Max
In conclusion, visit now to get your phone fixed before the Raya celebration starts. You can find out more information regarding this offer from Huawei Malaysia Facebook page. Need help, comment down below, we are ready to help you.
In the midst of Huawei blacklist issue, Celcom starts its new promotion for this year Raya celebration. Celcom offers the Buy 1 Free 1 promotion for the Huawei P30. However, the subscriber has to sign a contract for a 24-month period.
There are few criteria in order to join the Buy 1 Free 1 Promo. You will have to sign up for the Celcom Mobile Platinum Plus postpaid for RM188 each month. The second step is you have to add an additional family line for RM48 per month. After that, you have to pay the RM1,999 for your first Huawei P30. This is a special price which Celcom offers. The retail price of the Huawei P30 is RM2,699 which is almost 74% cheaper than the original price.
This promotion is available at all Bluecube outlets nationwide. You can also join this promo at participating Celcom Xclusive-Partner Dealers nationwide too. Celcom also requires you to pay an upfront payment of RM1,600 during your purchase. Don’t worry, this amount will be rebated back on your monthly bill for a duration of 10 months.
In conclusion, you can find out more information about the Buy 1 Free 1 Promo at Celcom official promotion page. This is one of Huawei affordable which you can purchase for you and your loved ones.
This year Asus reaches 30 years old. To make it even grander, Asus launches ZenBook Edition 30 laptop. This is a special edition laptop which comes with an 18-karat rose gold logo. If you take a look at the logo it looks similar to StarTrek’s logo. The lid cover is made up of pure white color leather.
Image from TheVerge
According to Asus Chairman, Jonney Shih, every piece of genuine leather is handpicked by a team of professionals. Even the panel cover is sewed by a master tailor. Since this is a limited edition laptop there are very few units available for sale. This limited edition laptop also comes with few special accessories such as pearl white color mouse and a white leather sleeve. According to TheVerge, back in 2006, Asus launches its first ever leather laptop.
The Asus ZenBook Edition 30 is powered by Intel’s 8th Gen Core i7 processor. Although Intel has already launched its 9th edition processor, Asus insist to include the 8th gen processor. Other than that, the GPU it uses is Nvidia GeForce MX250 which supports high-end games and high-level graphics processing capability. The 13-inch laptop comes with a 16GB of RAM and a PCIe SSD storage.
In conclusion, Asus revealed neither the official price nor the release date yet. The only thing we can confirm for now is it’s not going to be sold for a cheaper price. We will update the official price once Asus update us on the information. More information about this gem can be found here.
Apple’s MacBook is one of the product which comes with the class and elegant look. Many people are willing to pay the high price for its design itself. Apart from its design its performance is also overwhelming.
Recently Apple receives few cases regarding the issue with its keyboard. The previous generation of MacBook keyboard was using the scissors mechanism. A few years ago, the Apple design team designed the MacBook keyboard which uses the butterfly mechanism. You can take a look at the video below to understand more on the butterfly mechanism.
According to Apple, the recent issue is due to its design of the butterfly keyboard mechanism. Whenever a speck of dust or a very tiny object stuck inside, the keyboard doesn’t work. However, the number of MacBook being affected is very small. To fix this issue, Apple has made an announcement. Below is the statement from Apple.
Apple on Tuesday said it was changing a material used in its butterfly keyboards and expanding its keyboard-repair program. The program previously covered first- and second-generation keyboards, but now includes coverage of the third-generation keyboards introduced last year on MacBook Air and high-end MacBook Pro models.
Now, Apple updates its Keyboard Service Program by replacing the affected ones with a new keyboard for free. Here is the list of MacBooks.
List of eligible MacBooks for the Keyboard Service Program
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015)
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016)
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017)
MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019)
For Malaysians, if your MacBook keyboard is problematic too, then you should first back up all your data before bringing it to an Apple Authorized Service Provider. The most famous ones in Malaysia are Switch and Machines. First, the diagnostic team will check your MacBook before replacing the keyboard. Once you are eligible for this program only, they will replace it for you.
In conclusion, feel free to contact the Apple official support team if you have any clarification. You can also post your comment to us, we are willing to help you too.
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