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As of 30 June 2016, Microsoft Malaysia has announced a three-year partnership with the Malaysian Prisons Department (under the purview of the Ministry of Home Affairs), to provide juvenile inmates in the country with digital literacy and upskilling opportunities in the areas of digital inclusion, entrepreneurship, and capacity building.

As you may be already aware, a free Windows 10 upgrade will be ending on 29 July this month. If you haven't upgraded it, here's one good reason to do so, because since Microsoft Corp. decided that the free upgrade isn't enough, they have announced that on 2 August, a Windows 10 Anniversary Update will be coming to all Windows 10 devices for free. So what can the free upgrade offer?

After two weeks of non-stop teasing, the vivo X7 and X7 Plus has finally been unveiled by vivo in China. At first glance, the new vivo devices look strikingly similar to the OPPO R9 series as well as the Apple iPhone 6s series, but that's not the first time that a China-base phone has done that and surely won't be the last (whatever works, right?). Anyway, below are the official tech-specs:

While Google have already outlined key features for Android N, their search for a sweet name for it appears to have come to an end as they officially unveiled the statue at Google HQ, revealing it to be Android Nougat. The previously mentioned key features like better battery management, Google Assistant and Daydream VR are still there, but you can now expect device manufacturers to begin the race of including Android 7.0 Nougat to their tech specs lists.

With the Xiaomi Mi Max, Redmi 3S and the Mi 5 – Xiaomi is on a roll in launching new models for the mass market. However we may see more models coming soon from them, if this leak from Geekbench is correct.

The rumours for the upcoming Apple iPhone 7 are like ping-pong tournaments – it goes ‘ping’ for one rumour, and then ‘pong’ for another. Well this new rumour seen online makes a good case for the 3.5mm jack removal rumour – new Apple EarPods has been spotted sporting the Lightning connector.

As previously reported, there was a speculation about the honor 8 releasing on 5 July 2016. There was also just one teaser, which didn't really say much except "Beauty Out of the Ordinary", however that can be cleared up now since Huawei Honor’s President of Business, Zhao George revealed the official launch date which is 11 July 2016 on a new teaser. The launching is scheduled at 6.30pm at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in China. 

Today, webe has announced that they will be rolling out a new webe mobile service. Prior to the email invite of selected TM customers and webe (formerly P1) members for now, the plan will cost RM199 monthly for as many calls, text and data usage as your want! But that's not all, it gets better with rebates for your family members as low as RM79 per month and up to RM49 per months with your bill. 

After the Nexus 6P, the Nexus 5X is the Google branded smartphone that many anticipated to arrive alongside its bigger brother, but alas only the Huawei-built device made to our local market. However, the tide may be turning, as there is chatter online that it will be coming this July, for only RM 1199.

If you need more space for your stuff in your smartphone, the only way to expand it is with a microSD card. Sandisk has just introduced a beast of a microSDXD card that may catch your eye, as it has 256GB in something as small as your fingernail.