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While most people uses the Facebook Messenger as a chat service to talk with friends, Facebook thinks that it can be more than just for words. They have now rolled out an update for Android and iOS that will allow users to play a number of classic and current games directly in Messenger.

Huawei recently held a workshop to demo their new Huawei Media Pad M3 tablet. Featuring a Kirin 950 chipset, 4GB RAM, 8.4-inch 2K display, Harmon Kardon dual speakers, 4G LTE, fingerprint sensor and more. It also comes with complimentary Microsoft Office (which can be used indefinitely), indicating that this RM1699 priced tablet is focused on productivity as well as entertainment.

During 26-28 November 2016, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) and UNICEF Malaysia held the first ever Digi CyberSAFE Digital Citizen Camp at Digi headquarters, where the schoolchildren from age 14 to 16 spent 3 days and 2 nights, learning fun, educational and interactive way to build capacity around digital citizenship, towards fostering a group of young ambassadors.

We have seen rumour information on the Samsung Galaxy C5 Pro flying around the net, and now a new entry on GFXBench states that there will be a Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro. This phone is slated to be on the higher scale in the mid-tier smartphone range, and the specs shared are consistent with that concept.

As the latest Android now supports Adoptable storage – external storage that can extend the size of the internal storage – and even some integration SD cards into the phone itself – the Secure Digital Association, the body that governs the SD Card standard, has announced a new specification called SD 5.1 that introduces the Application Performance Class.

To make things a little bit more unique, companies usually feature new and innovative features in their flagships so that consumers will flock to the brand and get one unit for themselves. Samsung may just change the game again with the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8, as rumours has it that it will have autofocus (AF) in the front camera sensor.

Maxis have officially launched their eKelas programme with the aim of extending it to the 118 Pusat Internet 1Malaysia under their care (there are actually 730 such centres). Eventually, they hope to reach out to 100000 students in rural communities over the next five years. Granted, the eKelas programme has already been live as a pilot programme since September 2015, but Maxis are looking to expand their efforts to improve Science, Mathematics and English for form 1, 2 and 3 students.

As you already read, speculations of the Apple iPhone 8 will be going for a glass casing body, perhaps an OLED display on all or one device. And just a few hours ago, KGI Securities Ming-Chi Kuo just released a new research note saying the 4.7-inch model will not only be featuring a glass casing body, but also a wireless charging technology.

A limited run of Sony’s Walkman has been launched, to coincide with the release of the new Final Fantasy XV for the PS4 and Xbox One. The A-series Walkman features pixel-art versions of the protagonists of the latest game etched to the rear of the metal body, along side the game’s Roman numeral logo.

On 26 November 2016, Cyberview Sdn Bhd has brought forth the first national Minecraft tournament for young talents called GEM PLAY. Under the Cyberview Living Lab Talent initiative, over 150 participants aged between 8 to 16 years old have joined the tournament and the winner of the singles tournament ‘GEM Island’ went home with RM2300 while total prize money for team-based ‘GEM Castle’ was RM4800.