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On 9 December 2016, Samsung Electronics was honoured with the President’s Design Award (PDA) for the design of the Samsung AddWash washing machine at a ceremony held at the Istana in Singapore. Samsung was one of the recipients of the prestigious “Design of the Year” category.

We may be seeing Harman Kardon speakers being fitted into Samsung smartphones pretty soon – buw how about something different? Harman Kardon and Microsoft is set to collaborate in creating a new device to go against Amazon Alexa and Google Home. This new device will come built in with Cortana, Microsoft’s digital assistant as well.

Just a few hours ago, Apple has finally put the AirPods listed in their online store for $159. Initially, the AirPods were supposed to be released in late October but was delayed for unknown reasons. But they are finally available now, just in time for Christmas.

2017 is the year that Nokia will be releasing their smartphones to the world – but in the mean time the brand will continue their reign in the feature phone segment with this new device. The Nokia 150 is a no frills feature phone that has a low entry price of only USD 26 (~RM 120).

While having WiFi is important to keep most devices connected to the internet, it can drain the battery of any devices that is connected to the local network. A new study and research from University of Washington may solve that problem however, as they have developed a new WiFi system dubbed Passive WiFi, which consumes about 10,000 times less power than conventional systems.

Again, last week had no really dominating news but there were some notables. Caving in to the pressure, Microsoft have announced that the full Windows 10 experience may soon run on Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. Fitbit are buying Pebble, effectively marking an end to the initially crowd-funded Pebble smartwatch.

Just last Friday, the YouTube Ads Awards Malaysia celebrated and honored 2016’s most outstanding ad creatives on Malaysia’s most popular video platform, YouTube for its daily destination for entertainment, information and education. Presented by YouTube Malaysia, this first-ever award of its kind honored the brands and agencies, as well as the creators, whose creative works expand beyond marketing to capture the hearts and minds of viewers through creative execution and compelling storytelling.

In this coming Christmas, and with so many gadget gifts to choose from. It's hard to choose a good quality smartphone without hurting your wallet. Well, SHARP Mobile is excited to present you a new choice, with the SHARP Z2 and SHARP M1 with integrated high performance, stylish design and convenient features, all at an affordable price of RM1199 and RM899 respectively.

Nokia is ramping up their mobile plans for 2017, and we may have indication on the price points of the smartphones when they appear early next year. Reports have stated that the Nokia-branded smartphones from HMD Global may be retailing as cheap as USD 150 (~RM 660) when it appears on retail stores.

Here's another juicy Apple rumour news, according to the ever popular microblogging website, Weibo from China, but an anonymous has claimed that Apple has filed two domestic patents that seem to be related to dual SIM technology.