News & Reviews:   metaverse

CelcomDigi today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s SK Telecom to explore and develop Malaysia’s first operator-led mobile Metaverse platform. The MoU was signed at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona by Celcom Digi CEO Datuk Idham Nawawi and SK Telecom CEO Young-sang Ryu.

Meta has today issued a warning to as many as one million Facebook users who may have had their login information stolen. Meta, Facebook’s parent company said that the data has been compromised by over 400 malicious Android and iOS apps designed to steal personal Facebook logins.

Out of all the things, we never expect Maxis to jump into the metaverse that soon since the concept is still in its early stage. Nevertheless, the company is going to launch its own metaverse and here's what you should know about it. 

Back in March, the once smartphone maker juggernaut, HTC announced that it's planning to its own metaverse ecosystem with VR, AR, AI, 5G & NFTs. Seems like the company is ready to showcase some Viverse technologies soon on 28 June 2022.

Metaverse is something that many tech companies are trying to build nowadays, and big sharks like Meta and Microsoft already introduced their ideas earlier for how to connect people in a different way. Until now, Spotify has also jumped on the bandwagon, creating its metaverse via Roblox with the name 'Spotify Island'.

As we enter the age of 5G connectivity and the metaverse in the future, devices are gradually upgraded to meet the demands. Just recently, Samsung made a breakthrough in developing its DDR5 memory solutions for that future and here's what you can expect.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram is reportedly planning to introduce in-app tokens as the virtual currency for its Metaverse. In fact, according to a report by Financial Times, employees of the company already have a nickname for the currency: Zuck Bucks.

The in-app tokens would be centrally controlled by Meta and is similar in concept to the popular children’s game Roblox’s Robux currency. Previously, several sources claimed that Meta was planning to use cryptocurrency called Diem as its virtual currency.

HTC was once a solid contender in the smartphone industry but has fallen out of the race due to the fierce competition among the players. That said, HTC is not entirely dead yet as they still develop other kinds of technologies around the world.

In the last few years, the mobile gaming market has grown increasingly bigger. But if how big the industry is hasn't sunk in yet, you just need to look at the latest market report. Newzoo recently published a new paper with some statistics for 2021.

Short videos have become a thing, but maybe too short isn't enough for a lot of people. There's a demand for slightly longer short videos, with TikTok allowing for uploads of up to 3 minutes last year. Instagram is also planning to expand the length of Instagram Reels soon.