Tiada Lagi Akses Maybank2u Bagi Smartphone ‘Jailbreak’ Dan ‘Root’ Bermula Esok

Maybank sememangnya menjadi antara bank yang paling advanced apabila menyebut tentang security. Terbaru, pihak Maybank telah mengeluarkan arahan dimana Maybank2u akan menghalang mana-mana smartphone yang sudah ‘jailbreak‘ atau ‘root‘ mengakses aplikasi mereka.
Jika anda seorang yang ‘rajin’ mengubah setting smartphone anda, dua terma ini mungkin tidak asing bagi anda. Jailbreak atau root sering digunakan buat mereka yang ingin mendapatkan akses yang lebih daripada smartphone mereka seperti mengakses aplikasi terlarang, mengubah clock speed serta install custom ROM.

Berdasarkan arahan daripada Maybank, undang-undang terbaru ini bakal dikuatkuasakan bermula 4 Mac 2017 secara serentak buat smartphone Android dan iOS. Penguatkuasaan ini dibuat bagi mengelakkan Maybank2u daripada digodam atau mengelakkan daripada sebarang masalah yang tidak diingini.

Buat anda yang tidak mengubah sebarang advanced settings pada smartphone anda, anda masih boleh gunakan aplikasi Maybank2u ini seperti biasa. Kami harap penerangan artikel ini dapat mengelakkan anda atau mungkin rakan anda yang terlibat dengan penggunaan smartphone ‘jailbreak‘ atau ‘root‘ tidak tersangkut menggunakan Maybank2u disaat kecemasan.

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Google turns smartphones into real-time translators

SAN FRANCISCO: Google began turning smartphones into real-time language translators — of both written and spoken content. 

The California-based Internet titan is hoping that, along with making it easier for people to understand one another on their travels, Google Translate will serve as a useful tool for teachers, medical personnel, police and others with important roles in increasingly multi-lingual communities. 

The company began rolling out a new version of a free Google Translate application that, in part, lets people point Android or Apple smartphones at signs, menus, recipes or other material written in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish and see it in English. 

“We’re letting you instantly translate text using your camera, so it’s way easier to navigate street signs in the Italian countryside or decide what to order off a Barcelona menu,” the Google Translate team said in a blogpost.

BEWARE OF PIRANHAS: The company began rolling out a new version of a free Google Translate application that lets people point Android or Apple smartphones at signs, menus, recipes or other material written in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish and see it in English. — AFP

The feature builds on Word Lens technology that Google acquired last year when it bought Quest Visual, a startup founded by former video game developer Otavio Good. 

Word Lens uses video mode in smartphone cameras to scan scenes, identify writing and then display it as if it were written in English, a demonstration by Good revealed. 

“If you are looking at a restaurant menu, it’s nice to see which thing on the menu you are looking at so you can point at it when you order,” Good said as he used his iPhone to scan and translate an Italian pasta recipe. 

Word Lens in Google Translate operates independent of the Internet, avoiding data charges from telecommunication service providers, he explained. 

The new Google Translate also features a conversation mode that uses voice recognition and the power of the Internet cloud to translate both sides of a chat between people speaking different languages, the demonstration showed. 

People pair any two of 38 language options, then smartphones listen in and convert them during chats. An automated voice speaks translations, which are displayed in writing on smartphone screens, while transcripts of chats can be saved. 

Computing power for translating conversations comes from Google servers, so connections to the Internet through WiFi or telecom carriers are needed. 

The team at Google is working to expand available languages and capabilities, according to Good. — AFP

smartphone: Samsung Galaxy S5 boasts 'the best smartphone display ever tested'

The company's latest flagship phone may be lacking in premium materials but according to DisplayMate, it more than makes up for it, thanks to a screen that it claims sets a new standard for mobile devices.

DisplayMate is known within the industry for its in-depth analysis and reviews of screen technology in the latest mobile and desktop devices and for manufacturing technologies used for testing display and screen performance.

It was DisplayMate that declared the latest iPad Mini's display inferior compared with the latest Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 and now the company is bowled over by what Samsung's latest handset has to offer.

The device clocked up the highest scores ever in a number of categories, even when compared with tablets, leading DisplayMate to report: "Based on our extensive Lab tests and measurements, the Galaxy S5 is the Best performing Smartphone display that we have ever tested. It has a long list of new records for best Smartphone display performance including: Highest Brightness, Lowest Reflectance, Highest Color Accuracy, Infinite Contrast Ratio, Highest Contrast Rating in Ambient Light, and smallest Brightness Variation with Viewing Angle. The Galaxy S5 has raised the bar for top display performance up by another notch -- an impressive achievement for OLED technology."

As well as an incredible display, the Galaxy S5 will sport a 2.5GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM a fingerprint scanner and heart rate monitor and will be water- and dust-resistant when it officially goes on sale later this month.

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Nokia X hits 1 million pre-orders in China

Numbers suggest that the budget Android handset is going to be a big hit.

Officially launched at the Mobile World Congress in February, Nokia's Nokia X phones use a ‘forked' version of the Android operating system rather than the Windows Phone operating system of its new owner, Microsoft.

However, rather than plugging into Google's cloud services, such as the Google Play app store and Google search, the operating system instead points users to Nokia Here Maps and Microsoft's Bing search engine as well as a special Nokia developed app store.

Using Android was seen as a very controversial choice but Android allows Nokia to use cheaper hardware components to build the phone which in turn means a more affordable handset. The cheapest Nokia X phone is just €89.

And, according to Nokia's Weibo account, the gamble is paying off. The company has already received 1 million pre-orders for the handset in China, 11 days before it officially goes on sale.

Designed to win customers in emerging markets over to the Windows ecosystem, the handset is already on sale in Malaysia and will officially hit the shelves in India on Saturday. However, Nokia hasn't provided any details about pre-orders or demand for either country.

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