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Samsung Malaysia Electronics have made it official with a recall notice for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. According to them, as of 1 September, 35 cases have been reported globally regarding the faulty battery but Samsung are placing a priority on the safety of its customers and stopping sales of the Galaxy Note 7 for now.

Those who have bought and received their Galaxy Note 7 devices can replace ther current device in the coming weeks when the solution for the issue is found. You can contact the Samsung Malaysia Careline at 1-800-88-7799 for further information.

With news saying they are returning, Nokia is again becoming a hot topic among tech enthusiasts online. Now we have seen a photo that may share how the next smartphone from Nokia looks like.

Google’s parent company Alphabet has suspended Project Ara, the ambitious project to build a modular smartphone for the masses. Instead, they will look for manufacturing partners who can licence the product instead.

So here's some exciting news from Honor Malaysia, starting on 8 September 2016, the company will begin selling the Honor 8! That's right, the company just decided to go ahead and skip the pre-orders, the sale will be on VMall Malaysia, Senheng and Lazada Malaysia, as well as its official retail partner: DirectD just two days after its launch. 

Today, Celcom Axiata Berhad (Celcom) has partnered with Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK), to ink a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster academic and entrepreneurial excellence through digitisation. This is part of the MoU initiative which was done end of last month, as an opportunity to grow entrepreneurially as well as pave way for strategic alliances for internships, via the development of E-Learning entrepreneurial-based modules, and encourage students to introduce their online marketing strategies on digital shopping platforms.

At the IFA 2016, TP-Link has officially launched the latest Neffos series smartphones – the TP-Link Neffos X1 and X1 Max – with a mission to be “close to you”. This tagline reflects a new phase in TP-Link’s transformation to grow beyond their original networking business to smart technologies, providing users not only reliable Wi-Fi, but connecting them through its smart home ecosystem.

We just saw the ZTE Axon 7 launched in Malaysia, which you can read all about it right here. At the same time of the launch, ZTE also announced the smaller sibling of the flagship – the Axon 7 Mini – at IFA 2016.

At IFA 2016 in Berlin, Sony has unveiled their new flagship smartphone, as well as a return of an old favourite. The new Xperia XZ is the new headliner of the Xperia lineup, while the Xperia X Compact brings back the small form factor smartphone to the fore again. The Xperia XZ and X Compact promise a whole set of stunning features, plus a much needed design refresh.

Back in early 2016, Acer was committed to delivering a small volume of units of StarVR HMDs this year with a mass production of the devices to commence in 2017. Now at IFA 2016, Acer and Starbreeze AB are proud to announce that they have started to ship StarVR Virtual Reality (VR) Head-Mounted Displays (HMD) to IMAX Corporation in preparation for the highly anticipated opening of the IMAX VR Center in Los Angeles, expected later this year, and others in the near future.

The 6.44-inch display Xiaomi Mi Max will soon be available in Malaysia with the official release date being tomorrow on 3 September 2016 for RM999. Compatible with both YES and Celcom networks, bundle plans should be announced shortly but you can also get the Mi Max from Lazada and stores serviced by their official distributor Thorus.