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Monday, April 20th, 2020
Sharp boasts that the air purifiers – with its patented plasmacluster technology – are the first in the world to inactivate airborne corona viruses. Prices below.
With over 80 million units of these air purifiers sold worldwide, the J80 (in this photo) and J60 will be fully stocked come Mid-May.
With most people staying home during the COVID-19 outbreak, here’s something to enhance safety and air hygiene at home – Sharp Air Purifiers with patented Plasmacluster™️ technology, proven to fight bacteria and viruses, including the Corona Viruses (although it has yet to be tested for SARS-Cov-2 virus that causes COVID-19).
Price & Availability
SHARP Air Purifiers FP-J80E-H and FP-J60E-W are priced at S$1,599 and S$1,299 respectively and available at major electronics retailers and online stores.
Separate research done in 2004, 2009, and 2015 have proven that the Plasmacluster™ technology in all Sharp Air Purifiers can effectively fight various types of bacteria and flu viruses – including A/H1N1, H5N1, H7N9, FCoV (which belongs to the coronavirus group).
The Plasmacluster™ technology can provide skin-beautifying effects, and are proven to improve users’ skin conditions for a few scientific reasons; improvement of skin elasticity and texture, curbs excess sebum on skin and results in smoother skin.
Product specifications and prices below.
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Thursday, April 16th, 2020
The “Medical Energizer” programme aims to support medical heroes in Singapore fighting the COVID-19 pandemic on the frontlines.
“Being in the frontline is a challenging task, therefore we would like to extend our support to protect their health and families. We believe that together we would be able to support each other through this crisis,” said Val Yap, Founder and CEO of PolicyPal.
The program offers local heroes financial, insurance and rides benefits, to support their wellbeing during this crisis.
Revolut, a Visa partner, offers medical personnel 3% cashback for every transaction made on their Revolut Visa cards without any caps and up to S$50 rides rebates per week for any ride sharing services and taxi rides.
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Tags:charity, COVID-19, partnerships, PolicyPal, Revolut, Singapore, StashAwah, Visa
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Friday, April 10th, 2020
With the government’s Circuit Breaker measures to fight COVID-19 in Singapore, ViewQwest has offered employees working from home get faster and more secure access to their companies’ IT services.
ViewQwest offers various networking solutions for personal and business use.
Work-from-home staff are facing network congestion as they connect to office networks via VPN, competing for bandwidth with their family’s entertainment needs over the same residential broadband pipe.
For businesses that need to provide overseas employees with access to its office networks, they can consider ViewQwest’s Branch-in-a-Box solution instead.
Note that this solution was not included in today’s press release.
The ViewQwest Private Network offers a Work-from-Home (WFH) solution that installs a second residential broadband line that can connect the user directly and privately to the office network without VPN.
ViewQwest is also offering its Cloud VPN solution to provide businesses with an on-demand VPN service that can be easily scaled.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:broadband, cloud, COVID, ISP, networking, security, Singapore, ViewQwest, VPN, WFH
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Thursday, April 9th, 2020
The Jabra Elite Active 75t (S$318) is the active lifestyle edition of the Jabra Elite 75t (S$288) that was launched three months ago in Singapore back in mid-January.
The Jabra Elite Active 75t will be available in Navy, Grey, Sienna and Mint.
Built for active lifestyles, the Elite Active 75t features an IP57 rating with a 2-year warranty against sweat and dust.
Price & Availability
Priced at S$318, the Jabra Elite Active 75t will be available in Navy and Grey on 9 April 2020 from all authorised Jabra resellers.
Sienna and Mint will be available at a later date.
With up to 7.5 hours of battery life from a single charge and up to 28 hours in total on the go, most users do not need to worry about the battery depleting before their workout finishes.
The Elite Active 75t also comes with rubberised coating which provides enhanced grip when worn.
This allows the earbuds to stay in the ears more securely during workouts.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:active, audio, earbuds, Jabra, Singapore, sports, wireless
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2020
The Fitbit Charge 4 comes with built-in GPS, Spotify Control, Sleep Tools, Fitbit Pay and more. Prices below
The Fitbit Charge 4 offers up to 7 days of battery life in a sleek, swim proof design.
Charge 4 includes Fitbit’s latest innovation, Active Zone Minutes, a new personalised standard based on your resting heart rate and age that tracks any workout that gets your heart pumping, from indoor biking to yoga, measuring the time you spend in each heart rate zone toward a weekly goal of 150 minutes.
For more guidance and motivation in today’s environment, new content has been added to Fitbit Premium, including programs, workouts from brands like barre3, Down Dog and Physique 57, mindfulness tools, challenges and more.
More details below from the press release.
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
The GPS golf watch (S$749) goes beyond the course with a larger full-color display and critical information from more than 41,000 course maps worldwide.
The new Garmin Approach S62 in White and Black.
The Garmin Approach S62 is a sleek premium GPS golf watch that integrates critical course information and full-color mapping, right on the wrist.
“The Approach S62 gives golfers access to essential golfing information like no other watch on the market with a style that goes beyond the clubhouse. Thanks to our new built-in Virtual Caddie and detailed course maps, the Approach S62 has the power to instantly transform into a caddie that knows you and 41,000 courses worldwide,” said Scoppen Lin, Director, Garmin Asia.
With its sunlight-readable 1.3-inch color touchscreen – 17 percent larger than the previous model – and scratch-resistant ceramic bezel, the Approach S62 offers an easier-to-read, larger display.
Boasting an array of features to help enhance a golfer’s game, the Approach S62 offers options such as PlaysLike Distance, Hazard View and introduces a Virtual Caddie to analyse critical factors such as wind speed, course layout, and a golfer’s past swings to select the best suited club for each shot.
Thanks to Garmin’s Quickfit bands, the look of the watch can easily be altered and remain colorful in style with leather, silicone, nylon, or titanium options.
The Connect IQ Store is also available for golfers to download custom watch faces, apps, and widgets.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:Garmin, golf, prices, Singapore, smartwatches
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2020
31 March is the traditional World Backup Day for the industry. In response to the global pandemic and rising cybersecurity concerns, Acronis has expanded it into the World Cyber Protection Week, conducting a cybersecurity awareness survey.
World Cyber Protection Week Survey reveals 42% of organisations suffered data loss resulting in downtime last year. Image: Acronis.
While nearly 90% are backing up the IT components they’re responsible for protecting, only 41% of the survey respondents back up daily – leaving many businesses with gaps in the valuable data available for recovery.
The figures revealed in Acronis’ 2020 World Cyber Protection Week Survey suggest that traditional strategies and solutions to data protection are no longer able to keep up with the modern IT needs of individuals and organisations.
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Tags:Acronis, backup, cybersecurity, study, survey
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Monday, March 30th, 2020
Microsoft has announced the refresh of Office 365 to Microsoft 365, along with the preview of two new experiences – the Microsoft Family Safety app and new features coming to Microsoft Teams.
The refresh of Office 365 to Microsoft 365 will be fully rolled out by 21 April 2020.
An evolution of Office 365, Microsoft 365 builds on the foundation of Office 365, infusing new artificial intelligence (AI), rich content and templates, and cloud-powered experiences to empower people to become better writers, presenters, designers and finance managers, as well as deepen people connections.
Microsoft 365 Rollout
The new Office features will start rolling out to current Office 365 customers today.
Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions will be available worldwide on 21 April.
These include premium desktop Office apps, 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage per person, 60 Skype minutes for calling mobile phones and landlines, advanced security features to protect users from malware and phishing attacks, ongoing technical support, plus all the new features and benefits announced today.
Microsoft 365 Personal costs US$6.99 a month.
For the best value, a family of up to six people can use Microsoft 365 Family for US$9.99 a month.
These experiences start rolling out today and will reach over 38 million Office 365 subscribers over the next few months.
In addition, Microsoft today unveiled two new Microsoft 365 experiences that will be available for preview in the coming months.
Firstly, a new Microsoft Family Safety app designed to keep families safe across the digital and physical worlds.
Next, to provide one application to help manage work and life and deepen connections with those who matter most, Microsoft also previewed new features coming to Microsoft Teams for users’ personal life today.
With these new features, users can connect, stay organised, and collaborate with family and friends.
They will be able to connect in group chats, make video calls, collaborate over shared to-do lists, assign tasks to specific people and coordinate schedules, as well as share photos and videos all in one place.
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Tags:Apps, collaboration, Microsoft, new arrivals, Office, refresh, software, Subscriptions, Teams
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Saturday, March 28th, 2020
The seasoned professional will drive growth by extending relationships with partners and service providers, offering cyber protection solutions to APAC organisations.
“I’m excited to turn the company’s global strategic thinking into a local execution plan and accelerate business growth in Asia. Now, more than ever, the market needs Acronis’ proven cyber protection solutions. We’re going to continue helping our partners succeed by providing service and support that’s second to none,” said Neil Morarji, incoming General Manager in APAC, Acronis.
Acronis will be appointing Neil Morarji as its General Manager for the Asia Pacific region, effective next Monday, 30 March.
Neil Morarji comes with more than 20 years of experience in the cloud and digital transformation space.
Prior to joining Acronis, he managed Ingram Micro’s Cloud Platform Business (Odin) in APJ.
He was responsible for business growth, professional services and alliance management, driving and maintaining sustained growth across regional cloud partners.
And before that, Morarji was a managing director at Parallels and Odin in Australia and New Zealand, where he built trusted partnerships with some of the countries’ largest services providers and hosters.
Morarji, previously the Head of Enterprise division for APAC, will now lead the growing sales team in Asia and Australasia in delivering the company’s cyber protection technology by developing relationships with local partners and service providers.
One of Morarji’s first objectives has been to launch the new Acronis Partner Programs in APAC.
Under his leadership, Acronis team will help channel partners and managed service providers (MSPs) expand their portfolios and deliver fast ROI through offering innovative products and services that address the Five Vectors of Cyber Protection.
These include the safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security of all data, applications, and systems (SAPAS).
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Tags:Acronis, APAC, appointments
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Thursday, March 26th, 2020
At its online global launch event, Huawei has just launched its latest flagship P40 line-up and three new devices. Local Pricing & Availability will be announced at the Singapore launch tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Richard Yu, CEO, Huawei Consumer Business Group launches the anticipated flagship P40 series 5G smartphones and three other new devices – Sound X speaker, Watch GT2e, and Gentle Monster Eyewear.
As expected, the P40 Series offers 5G and pushes the frontier in smartphone photography, with its Leica camera system and AI engines.
The series comprises three models:
- Huawei P40 (799 Euros, 8GB+128GB, 7 April)
- Huawei P40 Pro (999 Euros, 8GB+256GB, 7 April)
- Huawei P40 Pro+ (1,399 Euros, 8GB+512GB, June)
A new smart photography feature enables users to easily remove passers-by and reflections in a photo.
The Huawei P40 series pushes the envelope for mobile phone photography.
Bolstered by Huawei’s largest CMOS sensor yet and intelligent AI capabilities, the Huawei P40 Series offers its most advanced smartphone camera to date.
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Tags:Android, Devialet, flagship, Gentle Monster, global, Huawei, launch, Leica, P40, prices, smartphones, smartwatches, Sound X, speakers, Watch GT, wearables
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