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Based on a report by Canalys, Xiaomi is currently ranked number one in terms of sales in wearable bands. The wearable band market, on the other hand, saw an increase of up to 65% in Q3 of 2019 with the APAC as well as China seeing the largest growth.

2019 is coming to an end. Not only the year, but a decade is also ending and it’s quite a big deal. Many platforms are announcing the best of the decade including songs, artists, movies, games, and the list goes on. Of course, there is a list of the best tech gadgets of the decade as well. TIME has published a list for the selected 10 best tech gadgets that were created in this decade, and Apple has the most products being crowned.

Facial recognition is deemed to be one of the secure ways to carry out identity verification. These days, many security checkpoints, airports, and even smartphones have started leaning toward the technology for identification. However, is the technology that reliable? Researchers at Krenon, an AI company, have announced they were able to trick some of the facial recognition systems with a 3D mask they made. 

If you're ever feeling nostalgic for the iPod, you can now turn your iPhone into one using an app. According to The Verge, the Rewound app is a music player that you can download from the Apple App Store and it comes with plenty of downloadable skins. Among them, there's one that will give you that classic iPod look.

If you’ve been following our Apple iPhone rumours recently, you must know that the iPhone SE is reportedly making its comeback in 2020. However, we found out from a Japanese source saying that the Apple iPhone SE 2 will be named as iPhone 9, and it will sport an A13 Bionic chip. The rumour struck us as a surprise as well but its explanation makes total sense, let’s find out!

Apple had an event earlier today, but it was not a launch event for any new product. It was a special event held to appraise the standout app developers in 2019. You can see it as the Grammys, but for the apps. There are many visual-appealing apps and games being crowned as the best for this year, let’s find out what they are!

It’s almost the end of 2019 and smartphones rumours for 2020 are everywhere. We’ve heard Apple was going to release three 5G smartphones in the coming year, but now we have the latest rumour predicted by JP Morgan analyst, Samik Chatterjee. He said that there will be four 5G iPhones instead and all of them will be having OLED displays.

Intel has completed the sale of its mobile modem business to Apple, allowing the USA's number one tech company to take over and benefit. The deal was signed back in July 2019 and was a considered a multi-billion dollar loss for Intel despite its 1 billion USD (~RM4.17 billion) valuation, according to a Reuters report.

Snapchat recently released a new filter on their app, which shows how you would look like if you were several years older. By older, I meant by at least 30 to 50 years older to the point grey hairs as well as a moustache might show up.

In light of the various reports on vape injuries and death in the United States, Apple recently removed around 181 vaping apps on their Apple App Store and will no longer approve such apps in the future based on their updated guidelines. Not only that, but it seems that the aforementioned guidelines also prohibits any apps that encourage the consumption of tobacco, illegal drugs, or even excessive amounts of alcohol as well.