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18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )
16/04/2024 Google Chat working on adding group audio and video call function within Gmail Spaces ( General )
15/04/2024 Tim Cook arrives in Vietnam ( Electronics )
15/04/2024 Vietravel Airlines reports first profits in 3 years ( General )
11/04/2024 Samsung adds more language availability within Galaxy AI ( Electronics )
11/04/2024 YouTube Music promises Podcasts will get better on the platform ( General )
09/04/2024 WhatsApp to roll out new photo library shortcut for faster sharing ( General )
09/04/2024 Google Messages will soon start to warn you when tapping on links sent by unknown senders ( General )
08/04/2024 Siri might end up King in the realm of digital assistants after iOS 18 AI makeover ( Electronics )
05/04/2024 Google’s “Find My Device” network reportedly launching in 3 days ( General )
04/04/2024 Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp users are reporting a “Major Disruption” worldwide ( General )

Retail Asia16/04/2020

When Apple introduced the new 2020 iPad Pro tablets last month, we were surprised to find that instead of an A13X Bionic chipset, both the 11-inch and 12.9-inch models were equipped with the A12Z Bionic SoC. Apple quickly stated that the new slates deliver the “highest performance ever in an iPad.” And that may be true, but […]

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Retail Asia15/04/2020

Testing for COVID-19 is still a tough endeavor, as finding testing facilities can be difficult. You have to do extensive research or rely on dubious third-party apps to guide you to the nearest testing center. Apple will make things easier, however, with a new Apple Maps feature. The company has launched a dedicated web page that […]

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Retail Asia14/04/2020

Based on a statement released by the anti-COVID-19 task force of Vietnam’s Bac Giang province, a worker at the Samsung Display factory’s EQC-SI unit, age 25, had tested COVID-19 positive on Sunday. This led to the quarantine of all 44 people in that unit, while the factory, located in the province of Bac Ninh, and […]

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Retail Asia10/04/2020

The notorious electronics manufacturer has reported a rise in revenue for March 2020, equating to 59.9%. After having to stop most of its production during the initial breakout of coronavirus in China, Foxconn has been steadily going back to its normal working capacity in recent weeks. Initially suffering losses in revenue, particularly in the first […]

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Retail Asia08/04/2020

Samsung devices come with the South Korean giant’s own app ecosystem, including an email client and an internet browser app. And although most Android users usually stick with Google’s offerings, namely Gmail and Google Chrome, Samsung’s own internet browser is becoming a respectable alternative to the latter. In its new beta version, the Samsung Internet app […]

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Retail Asia08/04/2020

In the long-running smartphone OS war known as iOS vs. Android, one of the biggest complaints about Apple’s mobile OS is that it is not as customizable as Android. But Twitter tipster @DongleBookPro has shared some screenshots allegedly showing some changes to iOS 14. These changes could be included in the next version of the software that […]

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Retail Asia08/04/2020

Samsung Electronics has delivered better-than-expected first-quarter earnings as robust demand for chips apparently offset a slump in smartphone and home appliance sales amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. But analysts warned that the company may feel the pinch of the COVID-19 outbreak during the current quarter. The South Korean tech giant put its March-quarter operating profit […]

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Retail Asia07/04/2020

Just a day or so ago, we told you that some members of Samsung’s chip unit were feeling “humiliated.” That’s because Samsung decided to power its three new flagship models with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform everywhere except Europe. On that continent, the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G are equipped with the Exynos 990 SoC […]

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Retail Asia06/04/2020

Yesterday we told you that there was speculation about when Apple might finally unveil its Apple AirTags item tracker. The latest rumor has the AirTags being announced during the online version of WWDC. As you might know, the COVID-19 outbreak has forced Apple to move its annual developer’s conference to the internet although it has yet […]

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Retail Asia03/04/2020

Huawei just released its new flagship line, the P40 series, and with it promised some appealing camera-related features for smartphone photography. Unfortunately for Huawei though, last year, the US government added the China-based company to a trade blacklist, making the company unable to do business with American companies and therefore, there are no Google apps […]

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Retail Asia03/04/2020

Last month, a leaked internal memo revealed that Apple plans on reopening on a staggered basis, the 458 retail stores it owns outside of China. Apple hoped to start opening these locations during the first two weeks of this month, although whether this happens remains to be seen. In China, the company has reopened all 42 […]

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Retail Asia30/03/2020

Apple may be one of the most valuable companies in the world but it very rarely enters new product categories. Yet on the odd occasion that it chooses to do so, the company often shakes up the entire industry in the process. Examples of this include the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch which transformed the smartphone, […]

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Retail Asia30/03/2020

Huawei unveiled its new camera-based P40 series (P40, P40 Pro, and P40 Pro+) today and the phones will be available starting next month priced at the equivalent of $878 USD and up. Each of the three new models supports the next generation of wireless connectivity, 5G. Yu says that he thinks that this will be the first […]

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Retail Asia27/03/2020

China is the world’s largest market for smartphones, although thanks to COVID-19, that market is shrinking. Can you guess which country represents the second-largest smartphone market? Hint: it is not the U.S. Actually, it is India; but as a developing country, Indian consumers don’t have much money to spend on top-shelf models. This explains why […]

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Retail Asia27/03/2020

US tech giant Apple has reversed restrictions on buying multiple iPhones from its online store imposed last week. The restrictions placed a ban on purchasing more than two devices of the same model in multiple international territories, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore. That restriction has now been lifted on the purchase of iPhones, although […]

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Retail Asia26/03/2020

Apple announced that the App Store will be expanding to 20 new countries this year, making it available to 175 countries or regions in total. According to Apple’s Developer Agreement those countries are: Afghanistan, Gabon, Cote d’lvoire, Georgia, Maldives, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Iraq, Kosovo, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Rwanda, Tonga, Zambia […]

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Retail Asia26/03/2020

Another factory falls victim to a global pandemic. As the coronavirus begins spreading rapidly in Latin America, Samsung has decided to shut down its factory in Manaus, Brazil. The measure is temporary and comes after the Brazilian government called out for help in containing the spread of the virus. Manaus is situated in the northern […]

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Retail Asia24/03/2020

Apple has placed restrictions on bulk purchases of its iPhones in some Asian territories after the coronavirus outbreak caused interruptions to supply. Customers in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore are limited to buying two devices of the same model per order. While similar limitations are in place in many other regions, customers in […]

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Retail Asia24/03/2020

Thanks to the coronavirus, February was the worst month in the history of the smartphone industry as global shipments plunged 38% year-over-year. Strategy Analytics says that this was the biggest year-over-year decline in the history of the worldwide smartphone market. The number of smartphones delivered globally last month plunged to 61.8 million units from 99.2 million handsets […]

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Retail Asia23/03/2020

As Mainland China registered no new cases of coronavirus for the first day since the disease emerged late last year, Chinese tech retailer Xiaomi says it has reopened more than 1800 retail stores across the mainland. The company also says the majority of its component suppliers – about 80 percent – had resumed operations. In […]

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