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Tuesday, March 24th, 2020
Wirecard’s expanded e-commerce offering for WeChat Pay will enable European merchants to enjoy fast access to the Chinese market.
Wirecard and its partner SwissPost will offer a complete package including technical integration, payment processing, customs and logistics.
Chinese consumers will be able to check out with WeChat Pay on the online shops of European merchants.
As a result, shoppers will enjoy a smooth and familiar payment flow.
The integration meets the needs of a key target audience, leading to significantly increased revenues.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:China, e-commerce, Fintech, payments, shopping, SwissPost, WeChat, Wirecard
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Monday, March 23rd, 2020
The mid-tier smartphone with quad cameras will be available in Singapore from 27 March at S$299, with promotional flash sales price at S$249.
The Redmi Note 9S will be available in three colours – Interstellar Grey , Aurora Blue and Glacier White.
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 9S globally via an online stream from the company’s headquarters in China.
The Redmi Note 9S is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G chipset, which consists of an octa-core CPU with a 2.3GHz maximum clock speed, Adreno 618 GPU and 8nm process technology.
Xiaomi also launched a series of ecosystem products.The Mi Smart Compact Projector (S$699) will be available from Authorised Mi Stores and via Lazada for shoppers in Singapore starting from 20 April.
The user experience is bolstered through its AI technology and power-efficiency improvements.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:Android, launch, Lazada, Note, phablets, prices, projectors, Redmi, Singapore, smartphones, stream, Xiaomi
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Thursday, March 19th, 2020
Dell Technologies successfully completed live field trials of its first 5G-ready Latitude notebook on the Orange 5G network in Paris.
Orange 5G tests of Dell’s first 5G-ready Latitude 9510 notebook reached speeds nearly 20 times faster than 4G.
The demo builds on Dell’s agreement with Orange, one of the largest operators of mobile and internet services worldwide, to help people experience the impact and power of 5G.
“5G opens a broad new frontier for businesses and consumers with the Always-Connected PC. This announcement is a clear example of how 5G can impact our daily lives. Downloading a large presentation or training video could take seconds instead of minutes. Enhanced broadband communications and lower latency enables new usage models and users to complete tasks much faster than 4G-enabled networks, which creates and drives new business models and new applications, like augmented and virtual reality, cloud-assisted gaming, real-time language translation and image processing,” said Liam Quinn, Senior Vice President and Senior Fellow for Dell Technologies.
The two companies aim to unlock the true power of enhanced broadband communications in creating new opportunities for bandwidth-intensive applications.
They hope to demonstrate an immersive and interactive experience that unlocks new business opportunities and boosts productivity anytime, anywhere with the Always-Connected PC
Dell’s first 5G-ready Latitude notebook was announced at CES earlier this year, and is the first PC to successfully pass the Orange 5G testing.
These first field trials, conducted on the Orange 5G network in Paris, demonstrate the promise of 5G with sustained download speeds over 900 megabits per second on an enterprise-grade mobile compute platform – surpassing 4G speeds that typically are under 60 megabits per second.
By deploying Dell’s 5G PC on the Orange 5G network, the two companies are demonstrating that they can create immersive and interactive environments that unlock new business opportunities, while delivering what employees demand with connectivity to help boost productivity and collaboration.
Below are more details from the press release.
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Tags:5G, Business IT, DELL, laptops, Latitude, notebooks, Orange, technology
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
The Google Translate app has just launched Transcribe – a new feature that enables you to translate and transcribe audio in real time.
The redesigned home screen of Google Translate (left) and options to change the settings for a comfortable read (right).
Transcribe began its roll-out early this morning, and a full roll-out will be happening within the next few days.
Real time transcription in action in Google Translate.
The new feature will support any combination between the following eight languages: English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai.
Previously, Translate wasn’t well suited to translate lectures over video conferencing or in a classroom, longer discussions, or stories from grandparents who speak another language.
To address this gap, Google is introducing this new feature that transcribes audio into translated text.
While the feature is only available on Android devices currently, Google is planning to launch it on iOS in the future.
Here’s how Transcribe in the Google Translate app works:
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Tags:Android, Apps, assistant, features, Google, Internet, new arrivals, OS, software, transcribe, Translate, updates, upgrades, voice
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Monday, March 16th, 2020
The new DS200j (S$269) is an entry-level 2-bay network-attached storage (NAS) unit built for data consolidation and management.
Personal cloud storage made simple, with easy data backup and multimedia streaming.
The new Synology Disk Station DS220j enables automatic photo backups on your mobile device for easy management of content.
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Tags:backup, NAS, storage, streaming, Synology
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Saturday, March 14th, 2020
The payments partnership between Wirecard and the Southeast Asia super app Grab will drive cashless economy for MSMEs across the region.
Wirecard partners Grab.
Grab offers a variety of services to consumers in Southeast Asia ranging from ride-hailing and food delivery to digital financial products across payments, lending and insurance.
Wirecard will process card transactions made via the GrabPay e-wallet and integrate it as a payment method for its merchants.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:cashless, e-wallet, finance, Fintech, Grab, GrabPay, payments, Wirecard
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2020
Hyundai Motor is showing a preview of its 2021 Elantra at a world premiere event in Hollywood. Teaser video below.
Update (2 October, 2020):
Komoco Motors has brought in the new Avante (Singapore & Korean name for the Elantra) to Singapore for a preview in its showroom.
The upcoming seventh-generation Elantra features an edgy and aggressive look based on parametric shapes and textures, which reflects Hyundai’s new design identity.
The world premier press conference will take place at 7 p.m. PT on Mar. 17, at The Lot Studios in West Hollywood, Calif. and will be livestreamed around the world.
The Elantra is Hyundai’s bestselling car globally, with more than 13.8 million Elantra/Avante models sold since its introduction in 1990.
The ‘Immersive Cocoon’ interior layout creates a driver-focused user experience.
The new Elantra returns to its sport sedan roots with a ‘Parametric Dynamics’ design theme.
The new vehicle platform offers a sporty four-door-coupe look with longer, lower and wider proportions.
Teaser video and more details below from the press release.
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Tags:Avante, cars, Elantra, Hyundai, motoring, previews
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2020
The Dyson cord-free Corrale straightener uses patented Dyson flexing plates that shape to gather hair, styling faster and with less reliance on heat. Price & availability TBA.
Suitable for all hair types, the styling tool also features Dyson’s Intelligent Heat Control for precise temperatures, together with 4-cell lithium-ion battery technology to provide cord-free usage anywhere.
Dyson boasts that the Corrale is the only hair straightener with flexing plates – featuring microhinged plate technology – which flex to shape and gather hair, applying even heat and tension to all the hair strands in every pass and keeping them aligned.
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Tags:Corrale, Dyson, gadgets, hair, launch, Paris, straightener
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Monday, March 9th, 2020
Fitbit’s new Estimated Oxygen Variation graph is now available to all Charge 3, Ionic, Versa, Versa Lite, and Versa 2 users.
Fitbit’s new Estimated Oxygen Variation graph.
This new feature was originally announced at Fitbit’s Fall 2019 launch event and began rolling out to some users in January.
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Tags:data, Fitbit, health, oxygen, sleep, smart, Versa, watches, wearables
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Friday, March 6th, 2020
First announced at CES2020, LG’s latest gram series – comprising the LG gram 17 (model 17Z90N), LG gram 15 (model 15Z90N) and LG gram 14 (model 14Z90N) hits Singapore shelves on 9 March 2020. Prices of various configurations below.
From Left: LG gram 14, LG gram 15, LG gram 16 (not to scale).
The 2020 lineup of LG gram notebooks maintains the focus on being lightweight, compact and having a long battery life.
At the heart of the new series is the 10th Generation Intel Core processor with Iris Plus graphics and up to 24GB of dual-channel DDR4 memory.
“The LG gram series continues to lead the industry in delivering beyond expectations when it comes to portability without sacrifice. Customers often have to choose one feature preference among performance, portability and battery life. LG gram is proof that this adage is no longer true,” said Lee Chang Ha, Home Entertainment Product Director of LG Electronics Singapore.
With double the graphics processing power of last year’s gram models and a larger RAM, content creators will enjoy having the speed and power to edit 4K videos on-the-go while video game lovers can marvel at smooth, uninterrupted gaming with Iris Plus built-in.
The large 80Wh battery in both the 17Z90N and 15Z90N allows users to enjoy hours (up to 18.5hours per charge) of true portability without having to worry about finding a charging point.
The new LG grams also come with Wi-Fi 6 ensuring enhanced wireless connectivity, better efficiency and lower battery consumption.
Coupled with the Mega Cooling System, the LG grams are kept running cool and quiet under all usage scenarios.
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Tags:gram, laptops, LG, notebooks, Singapore
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