Huawei believes that its upcoming Mate 10 flagship is more than capable of beating the iPhone. At least that’s what Richard Yu, chief of Huawei’s consumer division seems to be implying. The comp…
Facebook Brings Paid Subscriptions Back To Instant Articles
Facebook has decided that it wants to support paid journalism after all. The company has announced that it is allowing news site to implement paywalls on Instant Articles, allowing the owners of those…
Google Planning On Merging YouTube Red And Google Play Music Services
Google is looking to merge its YouTube Red and Google Play Music services into a single subscription. Both services are currently treated as separate entities, despite both having linked features and …
Dewan Rakyat Legalises E-hailing Services In Malaysia
E-hailing services are now legal businesses here in Malaysia. The Dewan Rakyat has passed amendments to the Land Public Transport Act 2010 and the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board Act 1987, allowin…
Grab Hands Out Dashcams To Drivers; Implements SOS Button In App
Grab is out to improve its safety procedures in a big way. The ridesharing company has announced that it is supplying 3500 female and platinum level drivers with dashboard mounted cameras; as well as …
Kaspersky Lab Begins Rolling Out Free Antivirus For Everyone
Kaspersky Lab has announced a free antivirus solution, breaking a long tradition of only offering a paid premium service. This is not technically a new product, having already been released in a pilot…
Google Testing Autoplay Videos On Search Results
Google appears to be testing autoplay videos on desktop search results. The test isn’t widespread, and was only spotted by a handful of people. It’s possible that the test is also limited …
USB 3.2 Is Set To Double Type-C Cable Speeds
The USB Promoter Group has announced yet another standard for everyone’s favourite cable. The USB 3.2 is an iteration of USB 3.1, but mainly makes use of features found in the newer Type-C cable…
Kuala Lumpur Fire Department Launches New Public Outreach App
The KL City Fire and Rescue Department has launched Bomba KL, its first mobile app. It’s a mixture of emergency reporting and public outreach features; providing more than just information about…
Xiaomi’s Mi AI Speaker Looks Like An Apple HomePod Rival
Xiaomi is unsurprisingly throwing its lot in with the smart speaker crowd. The Mi AI Speaker vaguely resembles the competition, but looks to be powered by Xiaomi’s own AI assistant. The physical…
Xiaomi Announces Dual Camera Equipped Mi 5X
Xiaomi has finally taken the lid off the Mi 5X. Announced alongside the new MIUI 9, the mid-range Mi 5X looks a lot like a cross between the Mi 5 and Mi 6. Featuring a 5.5-inch IPS display on the fron…
Amazon Set To Open In Southeast Asia Very, Very Soon
Amazon is set to announce plans for Southeast Asia in the near future. A report indicates that it could be as early as this week, with Singapore being the centre of attention. Techcrunch cites an unna…
Motorola Reveals 360-degree Camera Moto Mod
Moto Mods are a pretty good idea, even if they have limited applications. Nowhere else is this more evident with Motorola’s next Mod: a 360 camera that draws power directly from the phone. The i…
Samsung Plans To Triple Contract Semi-Conductor Manufacturing Business
Samsung Electronics is looking to aggressively expand its semi-conductor business over the next five years. The company plans to directly challenge Taiwanese giant TSMC in producing electronic compone…
Roomba Wants To Map The Inside Of Your Home
iRobot, maker of the popular Roomba automatic vacuum cleaner, has revealed plans to map the inside of people’s homes. This information would then be sold to other smarthome device makers to impr…
Maybank2U Now Offering Steam Wallet And MOLPoints Top Up
Maybank has expanded its offerings on Maybank2U to cover Steam credits, MOLPoints, and MyCard. This gets around the blocks placed on its debit card services and instead turns it into a direct charge f…
Xiaomi And Hasbro Team Up For A Transforming Power Bank
It looks like Xiaomi and Hasbro are still working together. Images of a Mi Power Bank that transforms into Optimus Prime have surfaced on the internet. The leaks look real enough, although there has b…
Touch N Go Collaborating With Alipay To Introduce New E-Wallet Service
Touch N Go (TNG) is set to introduce a new e-wallet payment system based on technology from Alipay. The new service would be positioned in such a way as to cover as many vendors as possible, including…
Intel Accuses Qualcomm Of Monopolistic Behaviour
Intel has officially accused Qualcomm of undertaking anti-behaviour. At the centre of this disagreement is Qualcomm’s license dispute with Apple, where the semi-conductor maker is trying to bloc…
Razer Is Looking To Build A Gaming Smartphone
Razer is said to be looking to fund its own gaming related smartphone. However, it seems to be going through the more traditional route of raising funds by aiming for an initial public offering (IPO) …