We are nearing to the announcement for the first laptop from Xiaomi, and from a leaked photo that was shared online, we will see it as a full-aluminium device that may rival the Apple MacBook Air – at least in design.

Time to start saving now, because Xiaomi is set to release their notebook sometime in July or August this year. Xiaomi is set to launch the notebook, that could be design for first time young computer users. The time frame is right as it is just before majority of the students in China and worldwide goes back to school.  

An agreement between Microsoft and Xiaomi sees the two to cross license patents between them. At the same time Xiaomi will be preinstalling Microsoft apps such as Skype and Office into newly shipped devices come September.  

With the global economy doom and gloom that is permeating the world right now, one would expect the consumer electronics market will suffer. No, not really. Smartphone sales are actually up by 3.9% when compared to the same time last year, according to Gartner.  

The drone market is getting more popular these days, usually used for recording a video from high above. Xiaomi has certainly taken note of that, and they have given us a teaser from their official Weibo account, hinting their own drone coming soon to the market.

As a customer of the Android platform and ecosystem, Xiaomi should be privy to many of the technology that is heading their way from Google. Now, they may just be right by Google's side for new technology, as the Vice President of International for Xiaomi, Hugo Barra, dropped massive hints on his twitter acount these past couple of days. 

In conjunction with the upcoming Xiaomi Max and Mi Band 2, Xiaomi has decided to throw in another surprise to the 10 May event schedule which is the long-awaited MIUI 8. It was confirmed by the company's Weibo account saying "MIUI 8 will be released on May 10, along with Mi Max, you always wanted new features, there are a whole lot of new designs, new experiences." Xiaomi Global also did the same update, along with MIUI forum as well.

Back in the past, the Xiaomi Mi2 was considered one of the best Xiaomi phones during 2012-2013, and rumours has it that Xiaomi is planning to go back to the 4.3-incher after Apple announced the iPhone SE. 

This coming season, Xiaomi will be launching a Christmas sale on 10 December until 12 December 2015 on their website. The highlights of the sale is the Santa’s Special Bundle which includes the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 + 10000 mAh Mi power bank Christmas Edition + Mi Teddy Bunnies for just RM709.

The second highlight is other bundles - such as the Santa Claus Bundle,  Rudolph Bundle and the Jingle Bells Bundle with a slashed price; and a free soft case with a Mi Note purchase or free rechargeable battery with Redmi 2 purchase for RM1549 or RM399 respectively.

Xiaomi has once again overachieved themselves in Mi Singles’ Day for three years in a row, earning RMB 1.25 billion (RM86 billion!) sales in just one day. For your information, Singles' Day is held every 11 November in China. They’re also crowned the best smartphone in Tmall, and e-commerce platforms JD and Suning.

Mi Singles’ Day 2015 started with a bang at 11 November midnight and within the first 11 minutes and 56 seconds, they already went over RMB 100 million in sales at the Tmall store alone. Xiaomi exceeded RMB 1 billion after that just after 7 minutes.