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If you do not like the presence of ads in the Android apps you download from the Google Play store, the next time you want to download an app, look out in the descriptions. Google recently activated a feature that tells if the app you are downloading comes with ads or not.

Is this the thing that will change imaging forever? Sony recently filed a patent for an intriguing new device that can revolutionize how you take your photos forever in the future. The contact lens camera puts all the inner workings of a camera – lens, sensor, storage – into a working unit that is small enough that you can put it on your eyes directly!

To celebrate the global official launch of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End on 10 May 2016, PLAY Interactive Asia are organizing a midnight launch and roadshow at Sunway Pyramid on 9 May for the Uncharted fans and all PlayStation 4 gamers across the country. Uncharted 4 is regarded as one of the most anticipated games of the year, and the popular game series follows a continuation of Nathan Drake's adventure in all new graphics potentials of the PlayStation 4 console.

Samsung recently demoed their brand new TouchWiz launcher at the Samsung Developer Conference, and it will be using the new Vulkan API. This has resulted in a 6% decrease in battery consumption, on basic tasks such as opening the app drawer or scrolling pages. Using this new launcher on a device with a battery of 3600mAh (like the Galaxy S7 Edge) will show an improvement of around 40 minutes extra for battery life.

Computers can be either cheap or expensive, as well as being simple or complicated. The new HP Chromebook 13 is more of a high-priced but simple to use computer. It uses the Intel Core M processor – the same processor in the new Apple Macbook, and starts from USD 450 (~RM 1700).

After in-line formatting in chat, rumours are abound on the internet that the second biggest social network chat app will soon get more features that will give more value to the users. They can expect Whatsapp to support both voice mail and zip file transfers in the next big update

The current generation of the Olympus OMD E-M1 is a great photography tool, with images created with the camera going on to win awards in multiple contests around the world. However, the big drawback for the camera is that it is not design fully for sports photography, in particular fast action sports such as motorsports. However according to reports, the update to the Olympus mirrorless flagship will have features that will turn the tide for mirrorless sports photography.

Rumours of yet another Apple iPhone have appeared, this time it is about the Apple iPhone 7 Pro, according to the design drawings on a Japanese magazine called Mac Fan. The report shared a detailed schematics design of the rumoured iPhone 7 Pro featuring the same overall size to the iPhone 6S Plus. The design showed that the headphone jack is no longer there too, and the device will also feature a dual iSight camera on its back.

We might be able to see a new Huawei Mate 9 at the end of this year, according to analyst Pan Jiutang. According to him, the Huawei Mate 9 will be using a newly designed chipset by Huawei, the Kirin 960. The chipset is produced using the 16nm process, and the CPU will include the next generation Artemis cores along with an octa-core GPU. It will also support 4G LTE Cat.12 connectivity and CDMA networks.

Huawei seems to be on a roll here, as they just revealed a new mid-range smartphone, the Huawei honor 5C in China with a price tag of $138 (around RM537) and stands as a true successor to the honor 4C. Below are the official tech-specs: