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After departing from OnePlus, Carl Pei is now preparing for a project that is exciting but at the same time, vague. The OnePlus co-founder has announced a new brand that is named 'Nothing' today. Other than the captivating name, he revealed 'nothing' else about what kind of technology products or services that the brand will be launching.

The news of HUAWEI selling HONOR might have been one of the biggest news in the tech industry this year. HONOR was under HUAWEI as a sub-brand for almost seven years starting from 2013 but the relationship has eventually come to an end. Today, the founder of HUAWEI Ren Zhengfei has spoken regarding the departure by hoping HONOR to be big enough to rival HUAWEI one day.

The Huawei Spark Malaysia competition has been officially announced in collaboration between Huawei Malaysia, as well as MDEC, in order to encourage innovation in key areas such as e-commerce, Fintech, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Smart Cities. The company that achieved the top spot in the aforementioned competition will be eligible for various prizes including financial support of up to USD125000 (~RM516312), a boost in business and brand awareness, mentoring, Go-To-Market support and more.

Earlier, HUAWEI was speculated to be selling their sub-brand HONOR to another company. Now, the news has come confirming that the Chinese tech giant has already done so. Sooner or later, HONOR will become a standalone brand from HUAWEI with an official announcement.

It seems that Feral Interactive, which is a game development company, will be releasing Company of Heroes on Android for the price of USD13.99(~RM60). While some may find the price a little steep for a smartphone game, it contains the exact same content as the PC edition.

When Facebook Messenger was first introduced, it allowed users to sign up for an account by using their phone number. Surprisingly, Facebook has made changes to Messenger, which now requires new users to have a Facebook account in order to sign up for the service based on a statement by venturebeat.

While the Android marketshare continues to rise – Apple with their iOS ecosystem (iPhone and iPad) devices has been there all along as a great counterbalance to the market. They have just recently reached a milestone – they have sold over one billion iPhone devices as of today.