Edwin Yapp – VERNONCHAN.COM https://vernonchan.com/ Get the latest trusted reviews, breaking news and expert insights in consumer tech, cars, gadgets, and digital lifestyle. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:39:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://media.vernonchan.com/2018/05/cropped-Artboard-300px-1-32x32.png Edwin Yapp – VERNONCHAN.COM https://vernonchan.com/ 32 32 Time to rethink password security as we know it https://vernonchan.com/time-to-rethink-password-security-as-we-know-it/ Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:57:39 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=21989 By now, everyone of you should know or have at least heard of the security breach experienced by one of the largest e-commerce sites in the world – eBay Inc. To recap, Reuters reported that the San Jose, California-based giant acknowledged at that hackers raided its network three months ago, accessing some 145 million user […]

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]]> Third time lucky, will the Surface Pro 3 make an impact? https://vernonchan.com/third-time-lucky-will-the-surface-pro-3-make-an-impact/ https://vernonchan.com/third-time-lucky-will-the-surface-pro-3-make-an-impact/#comments Wed, 28 May 2014 08:59:15 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=21790 All eyes were on a little known brand last week here in Malaysia, when nascent Chinese consumer electronics company Xiaomi Corporation launched its flagship smartphone, the Xiaomi Mi 3. What’s more interesting is that the company claimed to have sold 4,000 units in a mere 17 minutes! Pretty impressive, I must say. But moving away […]

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]]> https://vernonchan.com/third-time-lucky-will-the-surface-pro-3-make-an-impact/feed/ 1 An encounter with one of Xiaomi’s chiefs https://vernonchan.com/an-encounter-with-one-of-xiaomis-chief/ https://vernonchan.com/an-encounter-with-one-of-xiaomis-chief/#comments Wed, 21 May 2014 13:39:25 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=21743 After all, who would have guessed that my research into up-and-coming consumer powerhouse Xiaomi Inc served me quite well as the Beijing-based company finally came to town on Monday (May 19), to announce the launch of its much-awaited flagship smartphone, the Mi3. That said, head and experiential knowledge are two different things, as they say. […]

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]]> https://vernonchan.com/an-encounter-with-one-of-xiaomis-chief/feed/ 1 Can HTC claim the ‘comeback kid’ title? https://vernonchan.com/can-htc-claim-comeback-kid-title/ https://vernonchan.com/can-htc-claim-comeback-kid-title/#comments Wed, 14 May 2014 01:00:13 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=21517 Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been pondering about the rise of alternate smartphone makers and its proposition for the modern consumer today. But over last week, there was a Reuters report that caught my eye and it involved a long-time favourite that was at the top of its game albeit several years ago […]

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]]> https://vernonchan.com/can-htc-claim-comeback-kid-title/feed/ 1 Nascent smartphone players coming of age? https://vernonchan.com/nascent-chinese-smartphone-players-coming-of-age/ https://vernonchan.com/nascent-chinese-smartphone-players-coming-of-age/#comments Thu, 08 May 2014 17:27:45 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=21366 Last week’s post, about the rise of China’s Xiaomi Inc, prompted me to dig further and deeper into the few nascent but up-and-coming consumer electronic companies that are expected to grow exponentially and take on the world by storm in the next five years. Besides Xiaomi, the other two names that are rising are India’s […]

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]]> https://vernonchan.com/nascent-chinese-smartphone-players-coming-of-age/feed/ 1 The awakening of Chinese giant Xiaomi https://vernonchan.com/the-awakening-of-chinese-giant-xiaomi/ https://vernonchan.com/the-awakening-of-chinese-giant-xiaomi/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:00:34 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=21254 Last weekend, I was going through my usual reading list and read this particular story – how up-and-coming Chinese consumer electronics player Xiaomi Inc had paid US$3.6 million to secure the domain name mi.com. Quartz.com reported that this domain acquisition is so far the most expensive of the year; the second most expensive of which […]

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]]> https://vernonchan.com/the-awakening-of-chinese-giant-xiaomi/feed/ 4 [Review] Moto G: Google’s budget smartphone winner https://vernonchan.com/moto-g-review-google-budget-smartphone-winner/ https://vernonchan.com/moto-g-review-google-budget-smartphone-winner/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:07:19 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=21128   It’s been a while since I last reviewed a smartphone so it was with great anticipation that the first smartphone I got a chance to play around with after all these years was Google’s first (but sadly the last smartphone) budget-conscious smartphone, the Moto G.  For those who may not know, Google first bought […]

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]]> https://vernonchan.com/moto-g-review-google-budget-smartphone-winner/feed/ 1 MNOs vs OTTs: A shootout at ‘mobile Corral’ [Part 2] https://vernonchan.com/mno-vs-ott-shootout-mobile-corral-part-2/ Fri, 18 Apr 2014 06:03:21 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=21065 Last week, I wrote about how I find great irony in the fact mobile network operators (MNOs) such as the Vodafones, Oranges and SingTels of the world are today asking Internet-based over-the-top (OTT) players such as the Facebooks and Googles of the world to begin paying for what they use on top of what the […]

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]]> MNOs vs OTTs: A shootout at ‘mobile Corral’ [Part 1] https://vernonchan.com/mno-vs-ott-shootout-mobile-corral-part-1/ https://vernonchan.com/mno-vs-ott-shootout-mobile-corral-part-1/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2014 06:30:53 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=21049 Over the last year, there has been a considerable amount of interest in applications that make use of the faster broadband connections that a lot of us now have via the fibre connections, thanks to service providers like Maxis, Time dotCom and Telekom Malaysia. In fact, one of my buddies has been extremely taken up […]

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]]> https://vernonchan.com/mno-vs-ott-shootout-mobile-corral-part-1/feed/ 1 TM-P1 deal: Good plan but still a long, winding road ahead https://vernonchan.com/tm-p1-deal-good-plan-but-still-a-long-winding-road-ahead/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:41:36 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=20969   Last week, one of the most talked about stories in the tech space was Telekom Malaysia buying a 57% stake in Green Packet’s wireless broadband business, Packet One Networks (P1). To recap, the initial investment will be worth RM350 million and a further RM210 million will be injected into Green Packet in a form […]

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