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Thanks to Christmas followed by the new year eve soon, it's been an exciting week for many but a quiet week on the news front. Regardless, there's always something going on and we've added some of those to our final TechNave NewsByte for 2019. If you're looking to send eCards, hit up Fave for sure, while last-minute shoppers looking for a smartphone might want to consider getting two OPPO Reno2 devices. There's also some news from Kaspersky, a guide from Snapchat, and vivo Malaysia teasing some upcoming stuff.

Huawei has certainly been hard at work with developing a platform that matches the Google Mobile Services. At the Huawei Developer Groups recently, the company confirmed that version 4.0 for its Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) will be ready soon and revealed some of the areas of improvements.

If you've been daydreaming of the day when that fantasy full-dive experience becomes a reality, maybe that day isn't as far off as you'd thought. VR Electronics has taken another step forward with the revealed Teslasuit Glove and will be showing it off at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show next year.

When Facebook Messenger was first introduced, it allowed users to sign up for an account by using their phone number. Surprisingly, Facebook has made changes to Messenger, which now requires new users to have a Facebook account in order to sign up for the service based on a statement by venturebeat.

Based on a statement by 91mobiles, it seems that vivo has plans to unveil the vivo V19 series in India by Q1 of 2020. In addition to that, there is also a high possibility that vivo could give us a sneak peek at the aforementioned smartphone series during MWC 2020, which is happening around March next year.

Have you ever lost your air-conditioner remote controls and could not find them when you needed it?With HUAWEI Smart Remote app, you can now turn your smartphone into your prefered household remote control even if you lost the original ones.

When Android 10 was launched this year, it was the first time Google decided not to use any dessert name. Recently, the company is planning another major change for Android 11 as well. After many years, the next Android OS is finally going to let us record videos that go beyond 4GB.

Xiaomi has proved itself again by standing strong in this tough competition for smartphones with Xiaomi Mi Note 10 this year. The Mi Note 10 has been crowned as the best smartphone camera of 2019 with its 108MP camera sensor. That makes us want to see more creations from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, especially its flagship for next year which is going to be the Xiaomi Mi 10.

What appears to be a tablet called the Samsung Galaxy Tab A4 S has been listed on the Bluetooth SIG. Since there's no Galaxy Tab going by that name yet, we assume that it means a new Galaxy Tab A is coming soon. However, the available tech specs of 32GB storage seems to indicate that it is going to be a midrange device at best.

When our government declared that platforms or services offering digital content are to be taxed in 2020, many of us were right to be concerned for our pockets. More and more companies are starting to implement this digital tax for services in Malaysia and the list is increasing. Following Google and Facebook, Sony has announced that the 6% tax will be added to the PlayStation Store for Malaysia.