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Google announces Glass Enterprise Edition 2 for $999

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Google announces Glass Enterprise Edition 2 for $999
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Google Glass is a failure when it was introduced in 2013. This is because of the price which is expensive and also due to its safety and privacy concern, Google had to stop this product. A few days ago, Google announces a new version of its Glass Enterprise Edition 2. The Glass Enterprise Edition 2 is priced at $999 (RM 4,181.21).

Google does not have any plans yet to sell Google Glass. Same as its predecessor, the Glass will not be available for sale to the consumers. This new Glass comes with a new processor with an improved camera. Other than that, the Google Glass also comes with a USB-C port which supports fast charging feature.

If you take a look at the new Google Glass the design still remains the same. However, few things such as the processor. The Google Glass is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 chip. This chip is designed mainly designed for augmented and virtual reality.

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Other than that, Google also partners with Smith Optics to add a new safety frame. Since the new version of the Google Glass, will be used in the factory sector, this new safety frame will help to protect the worker’s eyes. Google Glass also runs on the Android operating system. Google also packs Google Glass with a bigger battery to support the processing power.

In conclusion, Google is not the main company which launches the business-focused augmented reality. Microsoft, Vuzix and Epson are working on business-focused augmented reality glasses too. At this moment, one thing for sure is Google has no plan to roll out Google Glass to a broader audience.

US Govt provides a temporary license for Huawei

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US Govt provides a temporary license for Huawei
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After Google, Intel and Qualcomm bans Huawei from using their hardwares and softwares, the US government has provide Huawei a temporary license for Huawei. Using this temporary license, Huawei can keep sending software updates to its smartphones until the next three months. This temporary license is given by the United States Commerce Department.

According to Reuters, this license will expire on 19th August. After that, Huawei cannot use the US tech companies services until the ban is lifted. This license also will allow Huawei to maintain its network equipment. Other than that, Huawei also can receive security vulnerability disclosures until the license expires.

On May 16th, the US government blacklisted Huawei from doing business in the US. Huawei can only continue its business with its US companies only after getting permission from the US government. Immediately, Google announces to stop providing Android services for all Huawei smartphones. However, Huawei can continue using Google’s open-source Android operating system. Later after the announcement, Google Android team says its services will be continuing as usual in the current existing Huawei smartphones only.

“The Temporary General License grants operators time to make other arrangements and the Department space to determine the appropriate long term measures for Americans and foreign telecommunications providers that currently rely on Huawei equipment for critical services”

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross

In conclusion, Huawei is really having a rough week right after the ban. Hopefully, now Huawei should plan on a contingency plan before 19th August.

HBO Go is now officially available in Malaysia

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HBO Go is now officially available in Malaysia
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A few weeks ago, HBO Asia announces to bring its streaming service HBO Go to Malaysia on the first week of April. For now, this service will be available to Astro subscribers exclusively. Yesterday, HBO Go can be accessed for all Astro subscribers who subscribe to Astro Movies Pack.

How to access the HBO Go contents?

Astro subscribers can only access to the HBO Go service via the website. First, you need to click on the Sign in now button as shown in the image below.

Then it will ask you to choose your local operator. You will have to choose Astro as your local operator and then it will redirect to your Astro Go website to sign in into your account using your existing Astro ID. Finally, you can start to enjoy watching series such as Game of Thrones on HBO Go.

In conclusion, the HBO Go service can only be access from its website only. Its native Android and iOS app are still not available for Malaysian users yet. We will update here once the app is available on both these platforms.

Intel and Qualcomm bans Huawei too

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Intel and Qualcomm bans Huawei too
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The United States Government has added the Chinese tech giant, Huawei into its Entity List. Right after Google blocks its access to Huawei, other major tech companies such as Intel and Qualcomm have banned Huawei from using their chipsets.

Based on the report from Bloomberg, these companies start to inform all their employees to stop supplying chipsets to Huawei. Other than these two tech giant companies, other US chipmakers companies such as Broadcom and Xilinx has ban Huawei from using their chips in Huawei devices.

As for now, there are few other Huawei smartphones which are powered by the Qualcomm chips. For Intel chipsets, none of the Huawei smartphones is equipped with it. However, Intel is supplying its processors for Huawei’s servers and notebooks. The new Huawei MateBook X Pro is also powered by Intel’s 8th Gen processor. Now, Huawei has to find a contingency plan to create its own processor for its servers and notebooks too.

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In conclusion, Huawei has enough chip supplies to continue until three months. We might not know yet what could probably happen after these three months. Do you think the US government will lift the ban from Huawei? More updates coming to you.

Google blocks all its access to Huawei

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Google blocks all its access to Huawei
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Back in 22nd January 2018, China and the United States have begun their trade war. This has affected the economies worldwide including Asia countries such as Malaysia. A few days ago, the United States President Trump adds Huawei into its trade blacklist called Entity List. This bans Huawei from doing any kind of business with US companies such as Google. Unless Huawei needs to get the US government approval ahead before conducting any business with the US companies.

Now, according to Reuters, Google is blocking all its access to this Chinese tech giant which includes the transfer of hardware, software and technical services. Reuters says Huawei can only use the public version of Android. This means Huawei could not use Google’s proprietary apps and services. This includes the Google Play Store, Gmail, and YouTube. As part of this ban, Huawei future products will not have access to the Android operating system.

At this moment, there is an assurance that existing Huawei smartphones will not be affected by this ban. All Google services will operate as usual on all Huawei’s devices. If you just bought Huawei’s P30 Pro, you don’t have to worry about this ban. Google is stopping mainly on its technical supports with Huawei.

What’s next for Huawei?

According to sources, Huawei is already working on developing its own operating system few years itself. Looks like Huawei is fully prepared for this kind of situation perhaps. If Huawei, develops its own operating system, then you don’t have to worry anymore, because China is always good at reverse engineering things. They could possibly come up with an operating system which is a hundred times better than Google’s Android operating system.

In conclusion, Google has no choice other than banning its access to Huawei. Unless the US government removes Huawei from this ban, then Google will allow all its access to Huawei again. As for now, we just have to wait for more updates from either Google or Huawei. Stay tune for more updates on this issue.

Astro launches Beta Programme with a new user interface

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Astro launches Beta Programme with a new user interface
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Astro is Malaysia’s leading content and consumer company which provides digital video services to every household nationwide. On April 24 Astro Malaysia Holdings inks a deal with Synamedia who is the largest independent video software, provider. The purpose of their deal is to provide seamless video experience to all Astro subscribers. Now, Astro is launching its Beta Programme for its customers which includes a fresh new user interface.

A new user interface

Astro subscribers can sign up for this Beta Programme through its official page. After getting feedback from their beta users, Astro will roll out this new feature nationwide to all Astro subscribers. There are two versions of its Beta Programme. The first Beta V1.1 release, users will get to try its new user interface design which focuses on the personalization. By taking a look at the image below, the design looks similar to its VOD platform design.

4K UHD TV box and cloud storage coming soon

For the Beta V1.2, Astro is planning to offer a TV box which offers 4K UHD video experience to eligible users mainly. This TV box could be similar to the Apple TV box or Android TV box. Other than that, Astro will also offer a cloud storage feature which its subscribers can use to record their program and store it in the cloud server. At present, Astro has not revealed when it is planning to roll out the Beta V1.2 to its users yet.

Discover picture

Below image shows the basic requirement before signing up for this Beta program.

On top of that, Astro also will provide access to its Astro Super Pack Plus 4 to those beta users who sign up before June 30, 2019. More information is provided in its FAQ page.

In conclusion, if you are interested to join this beta program, you can visit its Astro official page to understand more about this program.

Asus ZenFone 6 vs OnePlus 7 Pro battery capacity

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Asus ZenFone 6 vs OnePlus 7 Pro battery capacity
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Two days ago, OnePlus reveals the OnePlus 7 Pro. It has been the talking of the tech reviewers after the launch. Now Asus teases us the battery capacity of the ZenFone 6 on its official Twitter account.

In the tweet, there is a mathematic calculation written as:

5000 > 1+7+3700

If you read it loudly it is very obvious Asus is mocking OnePlus. The ZenFone 6 comes with the largest battery capacity of 5,000mAh. The OnePlus 7 comes with the smaller battery capacity of 3,700mAh. Now you can see the picture of what Asus is trying to say to us. In that picture also Asus say “why choose ordinary when you #DefyOrdinary?”

While analysing all the rumours of the Asus ZenFone 6, we can now say the ZenFone 6 will have an all new design where no notch and no punch-holes in the display. Previously, Asus ZenFone 5Z had the same notch on the top as the iPhone X. Many tech reviewers has said it is the clone of the iPhone X. Now, Asus is taking a huge step forward after its previous model.

Before this Asus teases us by saying it will retain the headphone jack. If you notice now, most of the smartphones do not have the headphone jack. Now, Asus is focussing to retain user favorites feature.

In conclusion, there are more feature will be soon reveal on May 17. We will be covering it live on our page. Stay tune for more updates.

SanDisk 1TB microSD card is now available for $449.99

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SanDisk 1TB microSD card is now available for $449.99
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microSD cards are the future of data storage device. Nowadays, mobile phones are equipped with external storage support except for Apple’s iPhone. A few weeks back, Samsung sells Samsung Evo Select 512GB microSD card for $99 (RM410) which was the cheapest price at the moment. Today, SanDisk is selling its 1TB Extreme microSD card for $449.99 (RM1,870). This is the largest capacity of storage ever made for a microSD card.

As for now, this card is available at SanDisk’s online store where you can purchase it if you are living in the US. Amazon also sells this microSD card in Spain, Germany, and the UK. It is not available yet in the Amazon US. Those who are living in these countries can order it, but the delivery time frame could increase up to three months.

Even you are interested to get one of it, you have to check your device specs whether it is really compatible. Getting it can speed up the process of file transfers and load times. But if your device is not compatible then it is not worth purchasing one. Devices such as Amazon Fire tables can only support a maximum of 256GB of microSD storage only. According to Samsung’s Galaxy S10 specs, the phone only supports a maximum of 512GB of microSD storage only. If you purchase a 1TB storage, you might not be able to use the microSD card.

In conclusion, this microSD card is the world first ever card which offers 1TB storage. You can decide if you want to have something cheaper than it, you can consider for the 400GB SanDisk microSD card.

Instagram decides the future of a 16 years old teenager in Malaysia

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Instagram decides the future of a 16 years old teenager in Malaysia
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Social network such as Facebook and Instagram have taken all our daily lives. Being happy or sad, most of us share our emotions on the social network. Now, the social network is the one deciding whether a person to live or die. A 16 years old teenager died after falling from third floor of a shop lot in Kuching, Sarawak.

The district police told Astro Awani that the teen conducts voting on Instagram before she commits suicide. When the teen conducts the voting on Instagram, almost 69% of her followers on Instagram supported her decision to commit suicide. The teenager posted the poll as “Really Important, Help Me Choose D/L”. When most of her follower replies “D”, she dies else they reply “L”, she lives.

Before she commits suicide, she also updates her Facebook status “WANNA QUIT F**KING LIFE I’M TIRED”. According to the district police, the teenager was feeling stress since her stepfather marries a Vietnamese woman and he doesn’t return home often. One of the public finds her body around 8 pm and then the body was brought to Sarawak General Hospital Forensic Department for post-mortem.

Followers need to pay the price!

Does it mean that her followers who voted her to die should be charged for death? Exactly! Penang MP, Ramkarpal Singh urges the authorities to charge those people who voted for her to die. According to him, the girl would have been alive if her followers replied her to live. Since this, is the cause of her death and it is totally an offense in this country, they have to be charged for her death. No one has the right to take a person life.

Instagram APAC, Head of Communications, Ching Yee Wong, told The Guardian, Instagram has a deep responsibility to make sure it is safe using Instagram. He urges everyone to use its reporting tools to contact emergency services when either of their friend’s life is at risk.

In conclusion, this is not the first time a person commit suicides because of the social network. Back in 2014, a 14 year old teenager committed suicide and post the picture on the Instagram when she self harms herself.

Facebook restores “View as Public” feature

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Most of you might not notice that Facebook removes the “View as Public ” feature back in September 2018. We are sure some of you might not know that this feature exists previously on the Facebook app. This is a feature, where you can limit yourself to display certain information on your public profile. Only your friends can view more details about you once you approve their friend request. Today, Facebook is bringing back this feature to the users.

Facebook announces this feature on this official Twitter account today. On September 2018 Facebook removes this feature because there was a bug where it allows attackers to steal your access tokens. The attackers have stolen more than 50 million access tokens from Facebook user accounts. The attacker then can view how does a Facebook profile exactly look to a specific user.

Based on the statement from the Facebook blog:


We have completed our security review and are re-enabling the version of the ‘View As’ feature that lets people see what their profile looks like to people they aren’t friends with on Facebook. This version was unaffected by the security incident and was significantly more popular than ‘View as Specific Person.’

In conclusion, sooner you can start viewing your public profile back again from your Facebook app. Facebook believes the “View as Public” feature is not affected by the same flaw which affects the “View as Specific Person”. As for now, Facebook did not enable the “View as Specific Person”.

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