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Lenovo has started its own teaser series, starting from last week showing a smartphone decending upon Earth like a meteor along with a tagline "#killernote a new age dawns" (movie poster much). We assumed it will be a new K3 Note successor, which it is as confirmed by Lenovo.

Hailed as the Lenovo K4 Note, we can confirm from the new teaser image that it will run on 3GB RAM. Other than that, there are speculations that it will also feature a 32GB internal storage, a fingerprint scanner, a MediaTek Helio X10 chipset, and a full metal body.

Microsoft Corp. and Code.org have held a campaign in Malaysia to launch the third-annual Hour of Code in Asia Pacific, in effort to to broaden global participation in computer science. Using the theme “Code4Good”, Microsoft Malaysia hosted the Hour of Code campaign spanning 247 locations across Malaysia. Over 25000 children and youth from nonprofit and international schools participated the campaign.

On 16 December 2015, Cyberview (Cyberjaya Sdn Bhd), TeratoTech and Microsoft Malaysia have worked hand in hand to initiate a programming workshop for coming young generation. The Cyberview Minecraft Camp 2015, which saw 28 participants between the ages of 8 - 12 join the two-day camp, which was held on the 8th and 9th of December at the Pentagon Suite, Wisma Suria, Cyberjaya.

In other news, Cyberview has also recently secured a Smart City Catalyst funding from the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC). This is to to implement a Smart Traffic Management System, or Smart Traffic Lights on the streets of Cyberjaya.

Christmas is just 3 days away, and Celcom Axiata Berhad are already bringing their Celcom customers a season of joy by giving the latest devices and more internet data exclusive for them starting this holiday season.

In conjunction with their FiRST Blue and FiRST Gold post-paid internet plans success, Celcom has implemented 40GB worth of internet and data for FiRST Gold with a monthly commitment of only RM100. In addition, starting from 23 December the new FiRST Blue Internet and FiRST Gold Internet users were also given a chance to get new devices bundled together which are the Apple iPad Mini 416GB, Apple iPad Mini 64GB and Apple iPad Pro 128GB models, starting from as low as RM1268.

If you’re looking for an extremely affordable entry-level smartphone with decent hardware specifications and beautiful design, look no further as LEAGOO presents you the LEAGOO Alfa 8. For only RM269, it is available in four different colour options - Midnight Black, Dazzling White, Champagne Gold and Sweet Pink.

Tech specs:-

• 1.3GHz quad core processor
• 1GB RAM
• 8GB internal storage (expandable memory up to 32GB)
• 4-inch display with 800 x 400 pixels resolution 
• 154.6 x 77 x 8.9 mm
• 5MP rear camera + 2MP front camera
• Xender, Wake Gesture
• Micro-SD reader, Dual SIM card slot
• LEAGOO OS 1.1 based on Android 5.1 Lollipop
• 1600 mAh battery (removable)

Someone has leaked a picture taken from a China Mobile conference revealing that the Samsung Galaxy S7, will be launched in March 2016 according to the schedule. This tally with WSJ’s report, which they also claimed Samsung's next flagship will make its debut on March 2016. 

Aside from that, the picture also revealed the price tag of RMB 3000 (RM1985) above. Price may vary, but this is the closest speculation we have and it seems legitimate. The 2016 Samsung Galaxy A5 and A7, and the Huawei P9 were also reported to be revealed. 

Arguably the thinnest and lightest ENVY notebook computer yet, the new HP ENVY 13 is thinner than the diameter of a dime with a premium metal body and curved profile that looks sleek and stunning. Measuring in at just 1.29cm thin and 1.275kg the ENVY 13 still manages to pack in a large 13.3-inch display in either full HD or QHD while the latest 6th Gen Intel Core i5 and i7 processors ensure 10 hour battery life and powerful performance when you need it. 

Great news to Huawei fans! As of 21 December, Huawei Technologies Malaysia have released the much anticipated Huawei Mate S Rose Gold edition for RM2698. It is available in all Huawei authorized retail outlets nationwide right now. 

“Christmas and year end festivities are the perfect time to enjoy the finer things in life, such as the Huawei Mate S. Designed for users who seek style, perfection and functionality in one device, we are happy to introduce the awaited Rose Gold variant of Huawei Mate S. With a design that turns heads and a gorgeous colour from head to toe - truly a novelty in the smartphone market - we think the device will be a perfect choice this holiday season – for yourself and for the special woman in your life!” said Danny Chin, Regional Marketing Director of Consumer Business Group for Huawei.

Celcom recently launched their new FIRST Blue and FIRST Gold Voice and Internet plans featuring up to 4GB free Internet on the Weekends. Designed for Malaysians on the move, both in Social Media and the real world, the FIRST Blue plan offers 2GB free Internet every Saturday and Sunday on top of 2GB monthly Internet and 50 minutes + 50 SMS to all networks. The FIRST Gold plan ups the ante by offering 4GB of free Internet on the weekends on top of 4GB of monthly Internet and 100 minutes + 100 SMS to all networks. You can also sign up for either a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 at RM1838, Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ at RM2188 and a Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 at RM288.

Just about a month ago, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd has launched a “You Tweet, We Build” campaign. An innovative #DigiWeWant4G Twitter interaction with the customers, Setia Alam became the first people's network tower as voted by Malaysians.

The #DigiWeWant4G Twitter campaign is an effort to reach out to Malaysians, giving the power to them by simply nominating their towns to be the next in line to get 4G LTE. All they had to do was tweet the hashtag #DigiWeWant4G followed by the location's name. So as a result, Digi went ahead to plant its 4G LTE network in Setia Alam.