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With working from home being the new normal since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, online video meetings have become an integral part of a working professional’s life. In fact, throughout the pandemic, Zoom has been the must-have app on our devices to keep up with work as well as connect with friends and families in our personal life.

However, we’ve got to admit that Zoom meetings are getting pretty boring and stale now. Thankfully, Zoom thinks so too and is launching a new feature that would spice up Zoom Meetings and Zoom Webinars: Avatars!

The pandemic has shown many people that working from home is very much a real thing. Of course, you'll then have to consider getting extra equipment to make it work. It could be a webcam for non-laptop users or speakers to enjoy some music, so those long days without any company around won't feel dull.

In that case, what about monitors? Last month, we discussed curved monitors vs flat monitors. In that article, we showed someone using a laptop with a secondary monitor, so we thought we could expand on that. Today, let's look at the 4 types of people who may need a multi-monitor setup and why.

When getting a monitor for general use, gaming, or content creation, you're going to have to pick between a curved or a flat-screen monitor. While they each have their own advantages and disadvantages, which of these monitors could benefit you the most?

In this article, we'll talk about the differences between a curved and flat-screen monitor and see which of them is more suitable for you. With all that out of the way, let's get straight to it.

But this begs the question: Which audio brand is the best? The answer may vary depending on your needs and God forbid if you want to know if the bass is good (bass isn't everything). So, if you're looking for some recommendations, here is our recommended audio wearables and speakers while staying at home.

Although most of us (the writers of TechNave) have been working from home, we still managed to play and use some tech gadgets that were released this year. The gadgets that you are about to read are the ones that we reviewed (and bought) and would recommend them as gifts for your tech enthusiast friend. From smartphones to microphones, here are our favourite and recommended devices for this year. 

Welcome back TechNavers, as we proceed towards new norms, and new tech in this current era of interesting times we’d like to find out what exactly you like in tech. While we’re always looking to push new tech and gadget news and reviews it would really help us out if you could take 5 minutes to fill out the survey below.

In addition, once you’ve filled it up, you could also get the chance to win a pair of realme Buds Air Neo or a realme Watch. So check it out and let us know what you really think.

Welcome back TechNavers! For this edition of TechNave NewsBytes 2020 #15 we have Samsung about their TV innovations through the years, Huawei got 8 awards for their networking prowess and Shopee is going to be holding a Live Kpop Fest… online. Celcom rewarded their Game Hero finalists, Maxis rewarded their eKelas and Digi is offering SMEs another online option via their MyDigi Bazaar.

Intel announced their Hybrid processors, HP donated laptops, Yoodo’s Gank team got into the Malaysia Book of Records, Fitbit has some Father’s day deals and Shell has some promotions on their cashless payment options. edotco is offering job opportunities, Micron is planning a UV robot fest and Kaspersky has some GReAT ideas. 

Nokia did a survey on 5G, eGG are doing the NBA 2K League and Snap announced some Snap Partner Summit highlights. Grab announced their Grab for Good report while for this issue of TechNave, the Special comes from unifi with tips to improve your home wifi performance. Check them out.

While the west has yet to embrace mobile gaming wholeheartedly, it has proven popular for the east particularly in the South East Asia region. Multiple mobile gaming eSports competitions have already taken off in a few countries and to know that Malaysia will be the host for the PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019 Fall Split Global Finals is quite a testament. 

While it's impossible to go through every single mobile game to see which one is the best, we can definitely tell you which were (and still are) super enjoyable and our favourites. Do keep in mind that the games listed here are in alphabetical order, so without further ado.. here are our Favourite Mobile Games so far in 2019.

Finally, we may just have a date for the not-so-much-anticipated Diablo Immortal. If you aren’t familiar, the game is a MMORPG for PC brought over to mobile. Only weeks before Blizzcon, a leak has been found about the game, alleging that it may be released on the 25th of October, a week before the event.

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.