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Huawei continues to focus on providing users with a smooth experience with upgrades of its smartphone operating system despite US companies being banned from working with it later this year. The company is making its EMUI 9 release available for older smartphone models such as the HUAWEI Mate9 and P10, which were released near end-2016. EMUI 9 marks the second major version upgrade for the older models. The upgrade will bring consistent user interface (UI) design, a natural and immersive user experience (UX) design including one-handed operation capabilities, full-screen gesture navigation, and a smoother experience overall. The EMUI 9 upgrade benefits over 80 million users globally. According to data collected on June 3, 2019, the number of users who have upgraded from EMUI 8.X to EMUI 9 has exceeded 80 million globally and continues to grow. It is estimated that this figure will reach 100 million by the end of June. Details: EMUI 9 is available for the Mate10 series, which launc...

Alibaba Cloud has launched a China Gateway Program with eight local partners: the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA), Enterprise Singapore, DBS SME Banking, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI), SMU Academy, SGTech, Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) and TechNode. Alibaba Cloud , the data intelligence backbone of the Alibaba Group, has held its 2 nd Alibaba Cloud APAC Summit in Singapore last week, where it showed how it is squarely in Asia for Asia. The company unveiled of a China Gateway Program at the event, with the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA), Enterprise Singapore, DBS SME Banking, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI), SMU Academy, SGTech, Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) and TechNode. The programme supports local businesses of all sizes in their growth beyond Singapore, especially into China. “As the largest public cloud provider in Asia Pacific an...