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Microsoft updates Skype for Web

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Microsoft is on rage once again. This time, they have updated their Skype for Web. This means, Chrome and Edge users will no longer need to download the native Skype application to use the Skype features. This time Microsoft has updated the contents of conversations design panel. This allows easier for the user to keep track of the contents of conversations.

Moreover, Microsoft has also made a few changes to Skype for Web design. First of all, there is a new notification panel. It allows you to see if there is someone mentioned or quoted you in the same place. Furthermore, Microsoft is including a new media gallery into Skype for Web. It’s almost similar to your WhatsApp application. Every links or images sent via the chat will be stored in one location. This can be done without scrolling through the rest of the conversation.

Speaking about the availability, the Skype for Web is available on the Windows 10 and MacOS platforms. The browser it supported is only Microsoft Edge and Chrome. If you are still using the Firefox, Safari or Opera, then the Skype for Web is not supported.

Here is the link to try the Skype for Web.

Celcom to start its 5G trial soon

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Celcom to start its 5G trial soon
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Get ready to witness Celcom 5G network test soon. Today at an event, Celcom updated the press media regarding their business updates. This includes their plan to start 5G network soon in Malaysia.

As promised, Celcom has deployed more than 9000 LTE sites nationwide. This means the network capacity becomes larger to deliver more data to its customers. According to Celcom, their LTE network covers almost 91% of the current Celcom user population. Whereas, Maxis claims they have covered 92% of its customer population.

During the event, Celcom also mentioned that they are building their own IoT Centre of Excellence. In the next five years, Celcom has promised to invest RM100 million to build the network. They also planned to focus more on R&D of the IoT ecosystem. What Celcom could offer us would be smart metering, smart cars, smart cities and smart home solution. All these solutions can only achieved with the better network coverage.

We could realize this features once 5G network is fully established in Malaysia. According to the announcement by Malaysian government, Celcom will join Maxis to conduct live 5G trials starting April in Cyberjaya. Celcom will work with Huawei to develop their 5G test-bed. Additionally, they will also collaborate with Ericsson on its 5G network trial.

Huawei to launch the next Nova edition in Malaysia

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After Huawei launched the Nova 4 in Malaysia, now they are focused to launch the Huawei Nova 4e. According to Huawei, this will be much affordable smartphone than the Nova 4. On the Nova 4, there was a triple camera setup. We can expect Huawei, will be doing the same for the Nova 4e too.

It is expected Huawei to launch the Nova 4e at Malaysia early next week. Huawei Malaysia has posted a teaser of the next device launch on their Facebook official page. In the 10 seconds video, they have clearly stated that the launch date is on 14 March. Moreover, from the video also we can confirm that the front camera comes with a 32 Megapixel selfie camera which includes AI features.

According to a Chinese TENAA listing, the Huawei Nova 4e will feature a triple camera setup and mounted with rear fingerprint sensor. However, instead of a punch hole display, it might have the the notch.

Previously, the Huawei Nova 3e was released in Malaysia with the price of RM1,399. Over this round, we can expect the Huawei Nova 4e could reach roughly RM1,500. We will keep you updated once they device is launched next week. We also heard that Huawei is planning to launch the Huawei Nova 4e at China too.

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Bug in Facebook Messenger app

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Bug in Facebook Messenger app
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Imperva is one of the research companies who previously reported one of Facebook vulnerability on the Facebook Messenger application. Last year November, they have discovered a bug where hackers can use any website to display who you messaged with. After reporting this bug, Facebook immediately, have fixed it.

Again Imperva has discovered which is similar to the previously found bug on November last year. According to them, hackers could exploit iframe elements to see which friends the user talks to. This could be done from the users web browser. If you feel afraid after reading this. Do not worry. Imperva has confirmed that hackers couldn’t gain other data from this attack.

Facebook immediately tried to fix the issue by randomizing the iframe element. Even though, they fixed the issue Imperva still pointed out that hackers could still design an algorithm which can expose the user’s contact. In order to fix this bug permanently, Facebook takes a drastic decision by completely removing the iframes from Messenger application.

“We appreciate the researcher’s submission to our bug bounty program. The issue in his report stems from the way web browsers handle content embedded in webpages and is not specific to Facebook.”

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Happy International Women Day from Google

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Happy International Women Day from Google
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While waking up in the morning with a cup of coffee and then browsing your Google page you might notice there is a new doodle today. Every day, Google changes its doodle to appreciate those legendary people or historical event. Let’s say if it is Malaysia Independence Day, Google changes its doodle related to Malaysian independence.

The same it does today. Honoring women all around the world, they have added famous quotes as a doodle. All the leader, artist, and inspirational inventors over the past 200 years who are all women. Google wishes Happy International Women Day by illustrating famous quotes from all the inspiration women.

Below are few quotes from one of the inspirational women.

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imagination”

Dr. Mae Jemison, American astronaut and physician

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. a dream you dream together is reality”

Yoko Ono, Japanese multimedia artist

One of our favorite quotes would be this.

“Do not say you are weak because you are a woman”

Mary Kom, Indian boxer

These are the few quotes which you can find from the Google Doodle. Not only that, there are more than 10 quotes added by Google.

Take a look below at some of the inspirational quotes.

“Happy international women day”

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Google Duplex coming soon to iPhone

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Google Duplex coming soon to iPhone
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The world’s tech giant unveiled the most advanced feature it ever created last year. Its called Google Duplex. Technically, what it does is, it let your google personal assistant to make calls for you on your behalf. When we say make calls, I am sure some of you might be thinking this is not true. After that, Google made its progress and launched the features on March this year.

At the moment this feature is available only at 43 states at the United States of America. According to Google, they are planning to bring Duplex to more Android devices soon. Google also have planned to release the Google Duplex to the iPhone soon.

Based on its blog, Google has told that Google Duplex will be available on the Pixel phones in more states. Google has planned to bring this feature to more Android and iOS devices soon.

Many of you might be thinking of what Duplex does? Imagine your own personal assistant. It’s not like Siri or Bixby kind of technology. This is way too advance. It actually, allows you to make reservations without talking to the restaurant. First it makes the phone call and then does the reservation.Once it is successful, you will receive a notification on your phone and a calendar invite too.

As the user, you just have to say the following line to book a restaurant reservation. “Book a table of four people at [restaurant name] tomorrow night.” The moment you say this, the magic happens. Watch the video below to watch Google Duplex in action.

For security purpose, whenever the Google Duplex makes a call it will first identify itself. After the same moment, it records the phone calls to your phone. We are eagerly waiting too to get our hands on this super cool feature.

Facebook pages redesign was a bug

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Facebook pages redesign was a bug
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Yesterday, some of us might noticed that Facebook page would have changed slightly. Today, Facebook has confirmed that it was a bug. They have removed the bug from their code. Its gone now.

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Facebook usually updates its pages from time to time. However, what we saw yesterday is not true. At least for a moment, most of us liked the new design. The contents were less cluttered. More white spaces around which was easier for us to read the contents.

Here is the statement from Facebook it self


“We recently experienced a bug that impacted the way Pages were displayed on desktop
when searching for a Page,” a Facebook spokeswoman said. “This bug has been fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.”


Microsoft did it again!

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Microsoft did it again!
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Recently, we are hearing a lot of good news from Microsoft. Started with dark mode feature and then redesigns its Edge browser. Now, they have begun to roll out a new special feature, which we have been waiting for.

Let us welcome the AI feature into the Excel app. What it does basically is, it will import the photos of tables and charts and then convert it into an Excel spreadsheet. Next time, whenever, you take a picture of a table on your smartphone you don’t have to add it manually into your Excel.

Microsoft is rolling out a feature that allows users to add data to Excel directly from a photo. — AFP Relaxnews
Image from Microsoft Excel app

If you notice, during the Microsoft Ignite event in last year September, Microsoft has announced about this feature. They were saying soon we will “saying goodbye to manual data entry”. Now their words have been true. The Android Excel app can seamlessly convert pictures of tables and charts into fully editable digital spreadsheets.

Microsoft has added a new button “Insert Data from Picture” which basically the name says it all. It uses image recognition technology to add the data tables into the Excel spreadsheet. After adding it, the user can modify the rows and columns as usual.

According to Microsoft, they are planning to roll out this feature to the Android devices first at this weekend. Later, they have planned to roll out this feature to the iOS Excel app too in the future. No exact dates were given for iOS release.

Not only that, there are more features are coming to its Office platform. This month going to be a treat for all Microsoft users.

Again Maxis wins the race for 5G test

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Again Maxis wins the race for 5G test
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As you all know, Mobile World Congress was held at Barcelone at the end of February, last month. During this event, Maxis signed an MoU with Huawei to fasten 5G networks deployment in Malaysia. Attended for the signing ceremony was Gokhan Ogut, Maxis CEO-designate, and CTO, Morten Bangsgaard. On the other side was Guo Ping, Huawei Rotating Chairman, Jeffery Liu and Michael Yuan, CEO of Malaysia.

A week after the MoU signing ceremony between Maxis and Huawei, Maxis has started to perform its 5G trials in Cyberjaya this week. Once again, we can see that Maxis has won the race for being the first operator to conduct 5G experiments in Malaysia. During the 4G trial run, Maxis was the first network operator to conduct its test in Malaysia. This round Maxis was the first one to conduct the 5G network test. It was expected the trial runs will be running for at least six months duration.

Maxis told that till today they have recorded the 5G network download speeds almost 3Gbps. Imagine having a 5G network in your mobile phone, you can continuously stream contents lightning fast without worrying about the network coverage. Through this trial run, Maxis believes they can provide further analysis of the 5G characteristics.

Soon, Malaysians can have faster speed internet which is 10X higher than the current 4G. Additionaly, it comes with lower latency and higher capacity to support multiple devices. Thinking about IoT, we think Malaysia is close to achieve this technology soon. Using the 5G technology, we can expect the introduction of industry 4.0, autonomous driving and also smart cities development around Malaysia.

Apple agrees to replace third party batteries

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Have you ever been in a situation you had to replace your original iPhone battery with a third party battery? Good news Apple agrees to replace your third-party batteries for a cheaper price.

Based on an internal memo taken by MacRumors, iPhone third-party batteries are now qualified for replacement at Apple’s Genius Bars and Apple Authorized Service Providers (AASP). Few years back, both this two teams does not allow third-party battery replacement for the iPhone. But now they will do it with a standard fee charged.

Teardown of iPhone XS reveals new, L-shaped battery
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According to MacRumors, the technicians could replace an entire new iPhone for the price of the battery only if the battery tabs are broken. This is something truly surprising to everyone of us. Imagine getting yourself a new iPhone just because the battery tabs is broken. Since last week Thursday Apple have implemented this guidelines worldwide.

However, this service is only applies for the third-party batteries only. If you change your iPhones logic board, Apple will not ever fix it for you. The technician team will ignore the battery and move on with the normal servicing.

Back in 2017, Apple allowed repairing the iPhone third-party displays. But now things have to change since the #BatteryGate issue flies around. Now Apple has no choice rather than providing this offer to all their loyal iPhone customers.

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