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According to 9to5Mac, Kuo says that production will begin sometime between the fourth quarter of this year. With mass production expected to commence sometime during the second quarter of 2020. Kuo also says that Apple’s AR headset will be heavily dependent on a user’s iPhone being in very close proximity with it (i.e. inside a user’s pocket). Specifically, the headset itself will serve only as a display, while all the computing and calculations will be handled by the iPhone....

Prior to this, Apple Arcade is being offered as a monthly service and costs RM 19.90 per month in Malaysia. Through the new plan, gamers can directly commit to the service for one year with an annual fee of RM 199.90. Since paying RM 19.90 for 12 months equals to RM 238.80, this means the new annual plan would save Apple Arcade subscribers RM 38.90 per year. If you are wondering, the Apple Arcade plan is slightly cheaper in Malaysia than the United States but not by much since the US annual plan costs USD 49....

One such detail is why Apple does not have an Android version of iMessage. And evidence of this was submitted by Epic Games, of all parties. According to the court filing, the iPhone maker could have made iMessage be available on the competing platform back in 2013. But the company choose not to, so that it could lock users in its own ecosystem. The documents detail an email conversation between an unnamed ex-Apple employee and Phil Shiller, then a key marketing figure in the company....

To start, iOS 13 will finally come with Dark Mode, and the ability to type on the keyboard by swiping. Apple calls the latter QuickPath, which is a fancy name for quite the basic feature. Either way, these are good additions to iOS. Also added with iOS 13 are new photo and video editing tools. There’s a new interface to go with them, letting you make a wide range of edits and preview them immediately....

Bloomberg reports that this is evidenced by a provision that the company included in deals with publishers. Said provision allows the company to bundle the subscription service with the other ones. The report also states that publishers will be earning less from the partnership as a result. With publisher already earning less than expected, it remains to be seen if they will want to keep being a part of this deal....

According to the report, Apple intends to first make a niche and expensive VR headset. So expensive, in fact, that it will be far more expensive than other VR headsets made by other companies. To match the price, it will also be equipped with the company’s most advance and powerful chips. These are said to be better than even the company’s latest M1 chips. This expensive VR headset will then serve as the precursor to the more mainstream AR glasses....

Mark Gurman reports that Apple aims to unveil the MR headset ahead of its WWDC event in June, likely with the name Reality Pro. Gurman also says that the iPhone maker has shared the headset with “a small number of high-profile software developers for testing”. Then when June rolls around, the company would “get developers up to speed on its software features”. And finally, in the relatively vague window of fall, which is between late September and late December, the device will finally be launched....

Further down in the letter, he says “while we saw challenges in some emerging markets, others set records, including Mexico, Poland, Malaysia and Vietnam.” The letter refers to the company’s first fiscal quarter of 2019, which ended on 29 December. With that information, it’s safe to assume that a fair number of Apple products were bought in Malaysia during the 11.11 Singles Day shopping festival. While Lazada Malaysia did not share official local numbers with us, Alibaba did show that the Apple brand was the third best-selling brand in Southeast Asia at the end of that day....

In fact, the closure has already been reflected on the operating hours of all three Apple Store locations in Southeast Asia including Orchard Road and Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore as well as Bangkok’s Iconsiam. However, this temporary closure doesn’t apply to its online stores throughout the world and also Apple Store locations in China though which have gone through the same exercise from around late January to mid-February....

More specifically, Apple will be rolling out an update for the iPhone 11, 12 and 13 later in the year. This update will come with said Precision Finding feature, which uses the phone’s sensors to detect unknown AirTags, and show you its direction and distance from the phone. This will allow people using the aforementioned iPhone models to find AirTags that are not theirs, even if they are modified tags that have had their speakers disabled....

On Twitter, the maker of Stadium, Zachary Knox said that Stadium is getting removed from the Apple App Store. He said that the iPhone maker was not happy with his “extending WebKit” by “hooking it into the native GameController framework”. This may have to do with the Bluetooth support for controllers. — Zach (@zmknox) October 19, 2020 At the time of writing, Stadium is still available on the Apple App Store, and has gotten almost 15000 downloads....

More specifically, the free trial will now be extended to 31 January. But this will only be reflected in the February billing date. The company is also giving away credit equal to an Apple TV Plus subscription a month. Eligible customers will also not have to do anything to get the credit. This is good news for those who currently have the free trial of the Apple TV Plus service running....

ASRock’s lineups include the AQUA, Taichi, and the Phantom Gaming series. Starting with the AQUA series, the brand will only be releasing one card in this lineup, and that is the 7900 XTX. As its name suggests, the card is built primarily for DIY PC builders and enthusiasts looking for a liquid-cooling-ready graphics card. Out of the box, the card comes with equipped with its own nickel-plated copper plate and Jet Microchannel Engine, as well as a stylish acrylic backplate....

Given the severity of the claim, it immediately captured the attention of the authorities. In fact, Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil has instructed CyberSecurity Malaysia and the Personal Data Protection Department (JPDP) to investigate the incident. Fast forward to a few hours later, Maybank has since published a statement regarding it through Twitter at 4:51 PM which we have reproduced in full below: Astro followed suit 15 minutes later by putting up this statement on Twitter as well: Rest assured that we place strong cybersecurity measures to safeguard the integrity and privacy of all our data....

For the standalone BIZfibre plans, businesses can obtain it with 500Mbps as the base plan which costs RM239 per month. Organisations that require faster connections can opt for the 800Mbps plan that comes with a price tag of RM299 per month. Each plan comes standard with a free Wi-Fi 6 router in the form of the Huawei OptiXstar K552e (shown above) which the company has previously deployed to early adopters of Astro Fibre consumers earlier this year....

Sitting pretty at the top of the product list are the new ROG Swift PG42UQ and PG48UQ, ASUS’ latest 4K OLED gaming displays. Per their designation, the series comprises two monitors of different sizes, 42-inches and 48-inches. As for who these two monitors are being catered to, it’s clear that these monitors were designed for gamers and consumers looking for larger-than-average panels, be it for the desktop or the living room....

Much like the first generation, the ASUS ROG Claymore II has a detachable numpad. And it’s a pretty neat idea, as it allows you to ditch it when you’re gaming, and reattach it when you’re working. You can even attach it to the left of the keyboard’s main body, if you so desire. There’s a slight sliding motion required, but otherwise it can be attached or detached very easily. As before, it has a large scroll wheel on this segment....

91mobiles has obtained renders and specs from serial leaker Ishan Agarwal on the two devices. The larger of the two will be called the ASUS ZenFone 8 Flip. And as the name suggests, this retains the ability to use the rear cameras as the front facing ones from the previous two generations. This time, the camera setup consists of a 64MP main camera, an 8MP telephoto and a 12MP macro lens....

“I can tell you, Microsoft’s pretty confident, when I spoke to [Microsoft CEO] Satya [Nadella],” said Morrison, according to Reuters. He added, “We just want the rules in the digital world to be the same that exist in the real world, in the physical world.” But replacing Google could be a tall order. According to web analytics service Statcounter, Google captures nearly 95% of the search engine market in Australia....

In a Facebook post, TGV cinemas was the first to announce that tickets have gone on sale. Alternatively, you can also get your tickets at GSC and MBO Cinemas as well. Avengers: Endgame synopsis – The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films....