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Youtube recently clarified on Twitter, stating that the new Terms of Service does not mean that Youtube will terminate your account if you are not commercially viable. Instead, the new Terms of Service meant that they will discontinue certain Youtube service that are either outdated or not frequently used.

Recently, Google, as well as Ipsos, conducted a study on how Malaysians determine their next smartphone purchase. The study has stated that Malaysians are quite cautious, and they would usually do some research before making their next smartphone purchase. Interestingly, the price usually isn’t the primary contributing factor when it comes to smartphones, instead what matters is the battery life, whether is it running on an Android or an iOS, and the internal tech specs of the said smartphone.

Have you ever wondered how your profile is shown to the other users on Google Maps after all the ratings you’ve given to the locations you’ve been before? It is said that users were not allowed to edit their public profiles before but you are able to do it now!

YouTube’s Terms of Services was updated on 10 November 2019 and users have found out a clause that is considered quite unreasonable. One of the terms stated that YouTube is given the right to terminate or suspend your account if it is no longer commercially viable.

Google has officially announced today, that they have recently acquired FitBit for USD2.1 billion(~RM8.75 billion) with plans for the newly acquired company to produce wearables in the future. With all that said, future wearables by Google will come with Wear OS installed instead of FitBit’s very own operating system that’s currently used most of the Fitbit wearables out there in the market.

As both iOS 13 and Android 10 introduced a system-wide dark mode earlier, most of the developers have yet to update its apps to accommodate the dark mode, this includes the Gmail app on Android 10. Finally, Google has announced its latest updates, Gmail is now compatible with the Dark Mode for Android 10.

The Huawei Mate 30 series certainly got a buzz over the news, not because of its entry in the Malaysia market but the concerns of Google apps usage. The US government and Huawei are still in a rocky relationship, but someone might have found a loophole to bypass that. 

Based on a statement by xda-developers.com, Google will not approve Android-based smartphones that are running on Android Pie and below by 31 January 2020. However, this does not mean that Google will stop providing updates to Android Pie due to the fact that the roadmap states that it is expected to receive updates until the launch of Android 11 which will be around August 2020.

Earlier today, Digi has officially announced that they have more than 7000 Digi WiFi access points across Malaysia, which are currently located in various key areas. These areas include shopping malls, business centres, tourist spots as well as several educational sectors such as colleges and universities. By connecting to the aforementioned Digi WiFi, the user can have unlimited internet quota with speeds of up to 4Mbps starting from only RM1.

Snapchat and SYBO Games has announced today that you can race against your friends via Subway Surfers Air Time, which can be found on the Snapchat app. To go into more detail about the game, Subway Surfers Air Time is the first franchise extension from the immensely popular Subway Surfers game released several years back.