NewsBytes #11 - Cupid Co. drama series, Facebook data privacy, Samsung Smart Savings and more

In today's news, Samsung Electronics is proud to announce that the company has developed a premium application processor - Exynos 9 Series 9810. It's the successor and second-generation 10nm FinFET process and it's said to bring the next level of performance to smartphones with its faster gigabit LTE modem and a better deep learning-based image processing software.

There were tons of news during the long weekend in Berlin, Germany, where the IFA 2017 event took place. Samsung Electronics made its appearance there and aside from revealing a bunch of new wearables, they were also there highlighting their focus on craftsmanship and connectivity of its products.

Samsung has unleashed the full wrath of Bixby Voice unto the masses but starting from USA first. Users who have Bixby integrated apps would just have to make sure that their apps are updated to the latest version to enjoy the joys of what Bixby can offer.

If you think Samsung is only focusing on their smartphones and home appliances, you are mistaken. The South Korean giant is also working on other technologies and recently they have been approved by the Land Ministry for a test drive around South Korea.

Are you a Samsung user who loves electronic dance music? Well good news, Samsung Malaysia Electronics is proud to bring you the Samsung Milk Music Flyaway Contest for your chance of a lifetime to win a trip for two to the BIGGEST EDM Festival in Korea!

Ah, the classic rival between Apple and Samsung. You know it, I know, everyone knows it. But would you be surprised if I tell you that it’s no longer the case? In fact, according to analyst Brian White from Drexel Hamilton, we have a new rival replacing Samsung and it’s Huawei.

According to a recent study commited by Kadence Singapore, it’s reported that consumers 9 countries across Southeast Asia and Oceania region believe that corporate citizenship activities are genuinely beneficial and expect corporations to actively contribute to society’s well-being; which also happens to be 73%, as well as 65% believing that large corporations have a responsibility  to help the community.

We know Samsung is going to be at MWC 2017, but they probably won’t be showing off the Galaxy S8, but reports have come in and said Samsung will instead be showcasing their AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality). Developed by Samsung C-Labs, there are four projects in total which follows Relúm?no, Monitorless, VuildUs, and traVRer.

Samsung Pay, which was previewed in partnership with Maybank roughly a month ago, will soon be officially launched in Malaysia on 24th February 2017.

What is Samsung Pay? It is a wallet-less mobile payment system, that allows payments to be made at card terminals using compatible Galaxy smartphones (Samsung Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge, Galaxy Note5, Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Galaxy A Series (2016) and Galaxy A Series (2017)). While it was initially available only to Maybank VISA card holders, with the official launch, Samsung Pay will finally be able to accept both Mastercard and VISA cards issued by CIMB, Citi, and Standard Chartered too!