Final month of 2022 – Final sprint

This is the final month of 2022, this would be the final sprint to the end of year 2022, wrapping and closing up my year 2022 before starting new and fresh for year 2023. I am aiming to clear as many backlogs as possible, from media coverage news to product reviews.

Consolidation and preparation for 2023

The last week of December 2022, the period from Christmas leading up to New Year 2023, I am designating this week to be a rest week, consolidating and reflecting on my year 2022, strategising and preparing for my year 2023, choosing my yearly theme for 2023, goals and objectives.

What is a yearly theme all about? Visit and read this earlier article that I published in the first quarter of 2022 – my yearly theme for 2022 (Technology, Business and Personal) and yearly theme for 2022 (Photography and Travel). If you like to learn more about using a yearly theme instead of goals and objectives for the year, I strongly encourage you to visit Fernando Gros article on “How To Choose A Yearly Theme”.

Writing – personal, technology, business, social media

A number of topics are on my mind, ranging from a wide personal, technology, business and future of social media, that I am planning to write about. They might not be published in December 2022, they would probably feature in Q1 2023.

Topics on my mind:

• Future of Twitter and social media usage
• Business and economy outlook for 2023
• Cryptocurrency – what lies ahead in 2023 and beyond?

Some battles that you will never know

A few days ago from this day 1st December 2022, there were two consecutive days when I met with friends who made their views heard, on asking me if I am considering to give up my business and return back to employee work.

While it’s out of friendly and genuine concern, I am also feeling the hurt and disappointment. Each of us have our own battles to fight, some if not all the battles that you will never know.

Nothing lasts forever, even though people make plans, goals and objectives, we don’t exactly know what the future lies or might change. Tomorrow is a mystery, some might say.   

Christmas (December) + Birthday (January) gifts – Any sponsors?

The December Christmas festive season is upon us, before we know or even realised it, we will be starting off a new year in January 2023, preparing for Chinese New Year (CNY) 2023 during January 2023. Since my birthday is somewhere in between Christmas and CNY, any kind sponsors would like to sponsor me a 2-in-1 gift?

The story continues

Every updates that I wrote and published previously, it’s a never ending personal journey, in writing and visual storytelling. The story continues, yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. A door closes, another door opens, this is life as we know it, my story continues, somewhere, somehow.

The post Updates 1st December 2022 appeared first on TGH Technology and Business Portal/Blog.

Inspired by Fernando Gros “How to choose a Yearly Theme”, this is my 3rd year writing a Yearly Theme (you can check out my 2020 Yearly Theme and 2021 Yearly Theme), an approach that I personally feel that it’s more forward looking for a new future, a new era of working, thinking and how we connect as an individual, as a collective, society and the world. It’s not that goal settings or setting resolutions are no longer popular or useful, they still have a purpose and it still works for some people or industries. I also published a Yearly Theme 2022 (Photography and Travel) for my other website TGH Photography and Travel Portal/Blog.

Let me introduce my Yearly Theme 2022 for my Technology, Business and Personal: “Onward”.

Theme for Year 2022 (Technology, Business and Personal) – Onward

Onward – What is the reason behind this theme?

Why “Onward”? This is actually my alma mater school motto. Let me introduce my alma mater, Gan Eng Seng School (founded in 1885), I am also an old boy from the Gan Eng Seng Dragon Scout Group (founded in 1922) where I spent some of my best and fun years learning Scouting skills, knowledge, in the the great outdoors, life skills and camaraderie.

Dragon Scout Group (DSG) is celebrating its centenary milestone in Year 2022, this is no mean feat! The DSG extended family is going to celebrate DSG100 Years in Scouting!

Onward – Strive forward as we work our way out from this ongoing global pandemic mess, it’s not just an economic and financial crisis, the world is facing other crisis in the areas of healthcare, mental health, emotional health, psychological and sociological issues.

The whole world is trying its best to move forward, with setbacks and hiccups that are going to be a common sight for this year 2022. Hopefully, our lessons learnt in Year 2020 and 2021 would come in handy for us as the world move Onward in the journey to recovery. Let’s hope the world can really start to see the true light at the end of the tunnel.

Goals and Plans

This is not the usual way of doing goal settings that you would normally learn or see in your job/training. What I am doing is a bit of a hybrid format sharing of my goals and plans for my technology, business and personal segments.

Technology

Consumer Technology

I have been covering consumer technology sector since the launch of this website. It is stable and well-established, covering about 70% of my total news coverage here. I would take this year to review where I can change and improve in the areas of consumer technology news coverage, gadget reviews etc.

Enterprise Technology

A small segment that is slowly growing and expanding. Enterprise technology/B2B technology is not the easiest to cover and write about this segment.

Business

Media Relations

My media relations and networks with pr agencies have expanded out of Singapore, reaching the shores of Malaysia, Hong Kong, Australia. I would continue to build new media relations and networks whenever possible.

As for my existing media relations and networks, I am thankful and grateful for the working relationships and engagements over the years with brands, organisations and pr agencies. Let’s continue to work closer together in this Year 2022.

Just in case, I might have missed out replying to your emails, please do not hesitate to email me again or have a chat via the various communication channels.

Digital Marketing/Social Media Marketing

I announced TGH Digital Studio in April 2021, a digital agency that combines my digital marketing, social media marketing, writing, photography and videography into an entity. In Year 2022, I am going to build and expand on this business model.

Cryptocurrency / NFT

During Q4 2021, I mentioned about cryptocurrency and NFT on this website. Approaching and entering from a technology news coverage and business opportunities perspective, I am threading with caution and optimism in these two areas for this year.

These 2 sectors cryptocurrency and NFT would be interesting and exciting yet cautious at the same time for me in this Year 2022.

Photography Business

On my photography business segment, you can find more in-depth thoughts and views on my TGH Photography and Travel Portal/Blog.

The past 2 years, 2020 and 2021, our life and work has been severely disrupted due to the global pandemic that is still ongoing. For those who run a small business like myself, the past 2 years had been very difficult and tough, mentally and emotionally exhausting.

Year 2022 is not going to be smooth sailing, let’s hope the whole world can get themselves together to navigate our way out from this global pandemic situation.

Personal

I may be tweeting/sharing a lot of thoughts on Twitter, some of them are transferred over to Instagram. However, you don’t see me sharing a lot on Facebook. As compared to some of my friends, I might be sharing a lot more, while versus to another group of friends who who share a lot of their personal and family photos, I am very quiet and private on my personal Facebook.

You are not going to see too many photographs of a personal basis on Facebook or Instagram. I am exercising more privacy on sharing personal photos, social media in recent years has been mentally draining at times.

Yes, I tweet a lot a.k.a. “speak a lot” on Twitter. Some of them are my thoughts, views and feelings ranging from business, issues that I am concerned with, as well as key opinions, thought leadership. They are different from sharing what other people do, share their lifestyle, what they ate, where they went to … etc etc on social media.

Last but not least – Onward in Year 2022

Last but not least – Onward in Year 2022. After some harsh lessons from Year 2021, I decided to be cautious, not fearful, be brave, Be Prepared, ready to take on more challenges, hiccups and changes as I trek my way Onward in Year 2022.

I really hope this Year 2022 would truly be the year where we can see some light at the end of the tunnel.

The post Yearly Theme 2022 (Technology, Business and Personal) appeared first on TGH Technology and Business Portal/Blog.

For the individuals, businesses and gamers, let’s visit Lenovo CES 2022 at their new portfolio of innovative products and solutions that would fit into your new hybrid future of work.

Business Technology Just Got Better

The ThinkPad is an iconic brand, one of the most recognised laptop brands in the world. For many years, ThinkPad has been a leading laptop in the business market. ThinkPad is entering into its 30th year, Lenovo is proud to announce the new ThinkPad Z series which includes the ThinkPad Z13 and Z16.

These laptops offer a combination of progressive design, modern collaboration experiences, competitive performance, and security alongside our core ThinkPad DNA, powered by AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 series processors for mobile with Microsoft Pluton security processor. From product to packaging, Z series is focused on reducing its impact on the environment without compromising on durability by including green materials, such as vegan leather made from 100% recycled plastic, 75% recycled aluminium, and 100% compostable bamboo and sugarcane fiber for the packaging.

At the pinnacle of the ThinkPad portfolio, the latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon 10th Gen, X1 Yoga 7th Gen and X1 Nano 2nd Gen, powered by Intel vPro® with 12th Gen Intel® Core processors running Windows 11, are optimised for hybrid workers who seek higher levels of performance, better camera and audio capabilities for more immersive collaboration, and a more secure laptop to protect them from the daily demands of remote work.

As far as desktops go, Lenovo’s new ThinkCentre M90a Pro Gen 3 has features that elevate it to a highly collaborative and intelligent PC. A redesigned Tiny-in-One (TIO) called TIO Flex reimagines the modular All-in-One business desktop that Lenovo introduced to the world back in 2014.

Lenovo Neptune Liquid Cooling Technologies for the Data Center and Beyond

Lenovo is showcasing its innovative Lenovo Neptune liquid cooling technologies at CES 2022. This has now expanded to now include GPUs with two new systems for VDI and high-end analytics. With Lenovo Neptune, Lenovo has led the evolution from energy-saving concept to performance enhancing and energy reuse reality. Lenovo Neptune’s approach uses liquid cooling to extract heat from systems with high thermal output, made possible by a three-pronged approach, including Direct to Node (DTN) warm-water cooling, Rear-door Heat Exchanger (RDHX), Thermal Transfer Module (TTM), and other technologies. These technologies can drive down total power consumption for full operation of the server and data center, which can lead to real savings quickly and the benefit continues over the life of the infrastructure.

Powerful Technology Solutions for SMBs

For the small and medium sized businesses (SMB), Lenovo has new powerful technology solutions for SMB with its newest series of ThinkBook and ThinkCentre devices that are designed with SMB in mind and equipped with premium materials, highlighting sophisticated and sustainable designs for the next generation of fearless business owners.

With much of the world working in a hybrid environment, productive multi-tasking has become the new norm. The ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 is changing the dual screen game by introducing the industry’s first 17.3-inch laptop with a built-in secondary 8-inch full color LCD display.

Designed for professionals on the go, the ThinkBook 13x Gen 2 is a very thin (12.9mm) and light (1.21kg) premium aluminium laptop built on the Intel Evo platform and featuring the latest Intel 12^th Gen Core U-Series processors.

Additionally, the new ThinkBook 14 and 16 Gen 4+ i offer users highly flexible and performance-based models. Both are slimmer than previous generation models and offer larger touchpads with a glass surface that adds to the interactive experience.

For growing businesses in need of a wider selection of adaptable high-performance computing solutions, Lenovo created the ThinkCentre neo portfolio – which includes the ThinkCentre neo 70t, ThinkCentre 50s, and the ThinkCentre neo 30a 24. These devices showcase the remarkable technological advancements in a new era of interconnected hybrid workforces.

Lenovo’s new Easy Install is a deployment service specifically designed for SMBs that may need support in installing new technology for their employees, whether remote or onsite. This service simplifies the deployment process, giving companies the option to decide when, where and what is being installed while freeing up internal IT resources to focus on more critical issues.

Enhanced Displays, From Home Office to Conference Room

Workspaces continue to evolve and customers are looking for consistent technology that enables flexibility between office and home. The ThinkVision portfolio expands with a new generation of P series 27-inch professional monitors designed with modular flexibility, digital wellness and sustainability in mind. The 4-sided near edgeless bezel design and QHD displays extend user workspaces and deliver value-added features for efficiency and productivity in home or office environments.

Lenovo also recently introduced a new lineup of ThinkVision large format displays (LFD), which are perfect for meeting rooms or educational spaces. ThinkVision T86, T75 and T65 offer effective collaboration for in-room and remote people thanks to bright 4K displays, integrated Lenovo Smart Whiteboard software with a comfortable writing experience, built-in speakers, microphones, and a modular webcam for smarter video conferencing.

Refining Luxury Laptop Design

For those who are into 2-in-1 laptops, Lenovo’s 7th Generation of Yoga 2-in-1 laptops are showcased at CES 2022, celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Yoga’s debut.

The 14-inch convertible Lenovo Yoga 9i with Windows 11 is equipped with up to the 12th Gen Intel® Core i7-1260P processor combined with Intel Iris® X^e graphics for superior performance. Designed with a new Comfort Edge, the Yoga 9i is easier for consumers to hold on to than ever before, while its reflective high-gloss sidewalls make it even easier to love.

The ultra-portable Lenovo Yoga 7i is available in 14- and 16-inches and is designed to bring entertainment to life. Choose the 14-inch model with up to a 2.8K OLED touchscreen display with 100% DCI-P3 color gamut for content creation and ultra-vivid picture quality with Dolby Vision, or enhance visuals further with the larger 16-inch touchscreen option.

The 13-inch more eco-friendly Lenovo Yoga 6 is made more sustainably to inspire others to consider how their choices impact the environment. The cover is made with recycled aluminium and includes an option for a fabric-wrapped cover made with 50% recycled plastics and treated with a stain-resistant finish.

Battle-Ready Gaming Devices

For the gamers and eSports community, this is the news that you looking for! Lenovo Legion once again delivers on its pursuit of unyielding play and productivity to gamers of every generation and content creators, who can now all universally enjoy premium entertainment and play from home battle stations, dorms, esports arenas – or practically anywhere, and look good doing it too.

The 2022 lineup of gamer PCs, monitors, accessories and software and services include the 16-inch Lenovo Legion 5i Pro and Lenovo Legion 5 Pro laptops, as well as the 15-inch Lenovo Legion 5i and Lenovo Legion 5 laptops. All four laptops offer Windows 11 gaming performance, excellent mobility and the latest fully powered NVIDIA® GeForce RTX Laptop GPUs. The Lenovo Legion 5i and Lenovo Legion 5i Pro feature up to the latest 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H processor and the Lenovo Legion 5 and Lenovo Legion 5 Pro come with next-gen AMD Ryzen processors.

Lenovo has unveiled new, low latency monitors. The Lenovo Legion Y25-30 Monitor is perfect for serious gamers looking for an edge. Both the Lenovo G27qe-20 and Lenovo G24qe-20 monitors are Eyesafe^® certified and offer entry-level players low blue light levels and sharp versatility.

A mouse is crucial for every gamer, which is why Lenovo introduced two ergonomically optimized mice designed with optimal grip features. The Lenovo Legion M600s Wireless Gaming Mouse and Lenovo Legion M300s RBG Gaming Mouse are both super-light, weighing under 75g.

Lenovo also created Legion Arena, a centralized gaming hub that links to popular platforms and online stores to consolidate all previously purchased PC games into one platform.

Expanded Consumer Services

As part of Lenovo’s wider ESG commitment, Lenovo introduces its CO2 Offset Service for consumers, launching on all Lenovo Legion and Yoga PCs, including those announced today. Previously only available on commercial devices, the Lenovo CO₂ Offset Service gives customers an easy and transparent way to offset carbon emissions and help the environment with the click of a button.

Additionally, Lenovo Premium Care Plus is the company’s latest in elevated support, designed with the modern user in mind. Within one solution, customers will have access to not only Premium Care but a full suite of advanced Lenovo services including Accidental Damage Protection, Lenovo Smart Performance, Lenovo Migration Assistant and the company’s sealed battery warranty.

Devices for the Modern Home

The Lenovo Smart Clock Essential with Alexa® Built-in is the latest consumer device in Lenovo’s innovative smart home lineup. This smart clock can help the user set timers and reminders, and Alexa is there to help add items to an Amazon cart and control a smart home. Lenovo also released two new smart docking options for the Smart Clock including the Lenovo Ambient Light Dock and the Lenovo Wireless Charging Dock with Night Light.

The functionalities of the Lenovo Smart Frame have also been updated for easier use. Customers can simply use their phone to upload photos to the frame’s built-in memory.

For those who are unable to visit CES 2022 in person, you can visit Lenovo CES 2022 virtual showcase page for Lenovo’s presence at the event.

* Information and pictures courtesy of Lenovo and WE Communications *

The post Lenovo CES 2022 – Empowering Hybrid Life appeared first on TGH Technology and Business Portal/Blog.

LG CES 2022 – The Better Life You Deserve 

The LG CES 2022 – The Better Life You Deserve premiered on YouTube at 0000hrs Singapore time on 5th January 2022. Watching it was definitely an eye-opener on LG’s diverse innovations for the new year, its continuous efforts for a more inclusive user experience and sustainable tomorrow.

A Better Life for You: Creating Value for Every Lifestyle

In LG’s first short film, A Better Life for You, the focus is on LG’s concept of its upgradable appliance.

With enhanced abilities to learn and evolve to better meet the needs of users’ individual lifestyles, LG’s upgraded ThinQ platform empowers compatible products with even more features to deliver additional conveniences in 2022. A Better Life for You shows how advancements in LG’s entertainment solutions are delivering a more personalized, interactive experience to viewers enjoying content on larger screens at home.

For example, LG OLED evo Gallery Edition TV combines superior picture quality and screen brightness with a sleek form factor while LG StanbyME, a private mobile wireless display, goes anywhere in the house to deliver the ultimate viewing experience of a traditional TV. Making their worldwide debut are LG PuriCare AeroTower, an all-in-one home air care solution designed to deliver the benefits of an air purifier, fan and heater, and LG tiiun, an indoor gardening appliance that offers a simple, clean and reliable way to grow healthy greens all year round.

A Better Life for All: More Sustainable, More Inclusive

The topics on environmental impact and sustainability are key topics for the world to take action. LG is committed to reducing its environmental impact and making its business more sustainable, the focus inside this short film “A Better Life for All“.

LG’s products has energy saving innovations built into it, LG InstaView refrigerator with its “knock twice to see inside” transparent door, increased use of recycled materials in packaging materials of LG Soundbar and the reduction of plastic components in LG OLED TVs all point to LG’s commitment to finding solutions that are better for people and the planet. Beyond 2022, LG expects to introduce more than 600,000 tons of recycled plastic into its manufacturing processes and increase the recovery of electronic waste to eight million tons by 2030.

Inclusiveness is also key to LG’s growth as a brand and toward this goal, LG is committed to investing in Accessibility Advisory Councils across different markets. Councils are comprised of accessibility experts and those living with disabilities and play a critical role in advising LG as it develops products with more inclusive user experience in mind, such as voice commands and Braille labeling.

A Better Life Tomorrow: Blueprint for the Future

The third and final short feature focuses on the future and LG’s role in turning the stuff of science fiction into reality, with the company’s AI-powered CLOi door-to-door delivery robot being readied to roll into service. Audiences are also treated to a behind the scenes look as LG’s virtual artist Reah rehearses for her upcoming music video.

Also getting the spotlight is LG OMNIPOD, a mobility concept solution that blurs the distinction between home and car. Expanding upon the automotive solutions presented in LG’s previous Connected Car at CES 2020, LG OMNIPOD is an on-the-road extension of one’s personal living space. Designed to function as a home office, an entertainment center or even a lounge, LG OMNIPOD offers a look at how a busy individual might be able to get more done in a future where working remotely doesn’t mean having to work from home.

Located inside the main entrance of Central Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center, LG’s on-site exhibit promises to offer both physical and online visitors an engaging and interactive experience through AR and VR technologies.

LG’s Home Entertainment showcase will be featured in LG Virtual Studio in three individual zones: LG OLED on Metaverse, Virtual Showroom and LG OLED Art. All three zones allow visitors to discover and experience the company’s latest products in compelling, interactive ways. LG’s new home appliances will be featured in the virtual exhibition halls aptly named LG Home, LG Home by Objet Collection and LG ThinQ. LG Home is a virtual living space where visitors can explore the company’s latest appliances including a new washer-dryer set, PuriCare AeroTower and LG tiiun. In LG Home by Objet Collection, visitors can curate their own space by choosing the wallpaper, flooring and other interior design elements to harmonize with the customizable appliances in LG’s premium lifestyle collection. LG ThinQ gives visitors a “tour” of all the features and functions of LG’s smart ecosystem all accessible through the upgraded LG ThinQ app.

For more insights into what LG has in store at CES 2022, please visit LG CES website and LG official YouTube Channel for information and details.

* Information and picture courtesy of LG Electronics and APRW *

The post LG CES 2022 – The Better Life You Deserve appeared first on TGH Technology and Business Portal/Blog.

TOSO is a traditional Japanese company with over 70 years of history in a traditional trade of blinds and curtains. This is TOSO’s first bold move to set up a gallery for retail customers to be up close and personal with their blinds and curtains, for the shoppers to touch, feel, and experience its superior quality products and technology. The new gallery at mc.2 will span 2,000 square feet and display over 20 selections of blinds and curtain tracks in live sizes for demonstration. Each selection is a testament to TOSO’s Japanese design, production, and quality assurance.

TOSO Gallery is the first of its kind, they are expected to revolutionise the way retail consumers browse and purchase their blinds and curtains.

One-Stop Place for the largest TOSO range

The TOSO Gallery at mc.2 in Singapore will house the largest range of TOSO product range of blinds and curtains in one location, with over 20 selections on display. Their products will be integrated in various home settings simulating a Japanese home for shoppers to easily visualise what they would be like in their home. The spaces are styled by top Japanese interior designer Sangetsu, ranging from styles that are modern, classic, natural, minimal, vintage cool Japanese and even Scandinavian to suit different customers’ tastes and preferences.

Exclusive Product Displays made possible only at TOSO Gallery

When you visit TOSO Gallery at mc.2, you can look forward not only to an immersive experience into the Japanese home lifestyle, they also have exclusive products that are launched and sold exclusively here.

Wood Blinds

TOSO Wood Blinds are made from all-natural sustainable wood. The Vintage Range comes in two styles – California and Brooklyn – each embossed and scratched to give it a worn-in look for coziness and a matte color palette. The Water-Resistant range is perfect for the outdoors to take on rain and shine while still staying stylish. The Motorized range is convenient for the home, a key illustration to TOSO’s technology for homes that are stylish and easy to maintain and maneuver.

Ciero Ceiling Rails

The Ciero Ceiling Rails are created to change a room with a sense of openness by replacing traditional walls with curtains for more space and movement. The Ciero Cloud attaches itself directly to the ceiling for a neat and flat design, while the Ciero Line embeds itself into the ceiling in a hidden groove, so it blends into your space.

TOSO Roman Shades

TOSO Roman Shades is a one blind system can manipulate two different fabrics with only one chain. Not only windows can look stylish and modern, but homeowners can also enjoy different curtain fabrics for different moods, within just one product. The shades can also be installed for a maximum width of 4m, which is one of the widest lengths to be achieved for indoor blinds.

Supertrac Skylight

Their motorized blinds are designed for skylight windows. This product is going to be displayed for the first time in Singapore and can only be done through a proper gallery space for better visualization. For such blinds, TOSO believes that quality is key, as the maintenance of blinds at such a high level is costly and cumbersome. With TOSO, home and building owners can enjoy a peace of mind.

Made in Japan with strict Quality Assurance 

Japan has one of the highest quality assurance standards in the world for all their products and services. TOSO has been a leader in the industry, they hold on the simple belief of offering excellent quality products that stays ahead of the competition with constant innovation.

In Singapore, hotels such as the Fullerton Hotel, Shangri-La Hotel and more have had TOSO curtains installed since the start of their operations, and they are still enjoying the benefits of its lasting quality till today.

TOSO Gallery is its latest personification of all its values with all products and systems being proudly made in Japan. Every single product that has been produced and sent to customers has been strictly checked manually by a team of trained specialists.

At the TOSO Gallery, customers can also find the largest selection of Japan’s largest supplier for fabric and wallpapers by Sangetsu. All these products are fabricated directly in Japan for quality assurance.

A short visit to TOSO Gallery at mc.2

Thanks to mc.2 and Brand Cellar for the invitation, I went for a short visit to TOSO Gallery at mc.2, checking out their range of TOSO blinds and curtains inside their world’s first TOSO Gallery. As a fan of Japan, the country, their culture, heritage, technology products and services, artworks etc, I was impressed by quality and diversity of TOSO blinds and curtains.

For home owners or home owners to be, if you like a Japanese style, Zen or minimalist style design for your home, selecting TOSO blinds and curtains are going to be part of the home furnishing setup that you want to have in your home, along with the Japanese/Zen style interior design and other furniture too.

Do share with your family, loved ones, relatives and friends, who are home owners or home owners to be, especially those that are interested in Japanese style furnishing, design and products for their home. TOSO blinds and curtains could be the part of their home furnishing transformation into a Japanese/Zen style of living.

* Information courtesy of mc.2 and Brand Cellar *

The post World’s first TOSO Gallery opens at mc.2 in Singapore appeared first on TGH Technology and Business Portal/Blog.

LG announced its Zero Carbon 2030 initiative in 2019, committing to reduce the total amount of direct carbon emissions and indirect emissions generated during the production process by 50 percent compared to the 2017 baseline. With its commitment to Business Ambition for 1.5°C, LG is setting a new target to also reduce GHG emissions generated during the use phase of products such as refrigerators, washing machines and residential air conditioners, a far greater challenge. In fact, LG’s report to the CDP this year showed that the use phase of major products accounted for more than 80 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions.

Science-based targets as promoted by SBTi are in line with the latest research and what is deemed necessary to meet the stretch goal of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. LG’s carbon emission reduction target to reduce emissions in the entire production process from production to use by 2030 will be reviewed and validated by SBTi based on scientific data.

“LG’s current activities are in line with our mid- to long-term ESG strategy to produce eco-friendly products and services for future generations,” said Kim Joon-ho, executive vice president and head of LG Electronics’ Quality Management Center. “LG is actively working on environmental solutions focusing on the themes of net zero and circular economy so that future generations can enjoy a better life and contribute to a better tomorrow.”

* Information courtesy of LG Electronics and APRW *

The post LG announced commitment to set targets to cut Greenhouse Emissions appeared first on TGH Technology and Business Portal/Blog.

For Singapore, the qualifiers will take place from 3rd July to 28th August 2021. The top ranking teams from MLBB and PUBG Mobile will go on to battle at the Singapore Finals from 3rd to 26th September 2021. The winning teams stand to win cash and prizes worth S$20,000.

Singapore winners to automatically qualify for Regional Finals

The top teams for MLBB and PUBG Mobile from the Singapore Finals will go on to compete against their regional counterparts, the best of the best in SouthEast Asia at the PVP Esports Regional Championship Season 3 Regional Finals in December, organised by PVP Esports together with Singtel’s regional associates AIS, Globe and Telkomsel.

MLBB winners to automatically qualify for MPL Singapore Season 2

As for the MLBB Open category, the top two finalists will gain direct qualification for the Regular Season of Season 2 of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League in Singapore (MPL Singapore). More information on MPL Singapore Season 2 will be made available in due course.

For more information on PVP Esports Regional Championship Season 3 and to register for the tournament, please visit www.pvpesports.gg/tournaments.

For Esports and gaming fans/supporters, you can view the action too, as qualifiers will be streamed live on PVP Esports’ website and streaming platforms (Facebook, Twitch & Youtube).

* Information and pictures courtesy of Singtel *

The post Singtel launched PVP Esports Regional Championships Season 3 (2021) appeared first on TGH Technology and Business Portal/Blog.

Updates

Do not worry if you are seeing and reading less articles on this website! As I mentioned a number of times over the years, balancing content creation and consistent coverage for two portals/blogs are very demanding and can be very challenging.

Through my newly established TGH Digital Studio, I am working on bringing my technology writing and coverage to combine more closely with my photography and videography works. Bringing them together with my visual storytelling, creating a new form of technology stories telling in both consumer and enterprise technology.

Attained a 15 years milestone for my photography and travel portal/blog

On 10th April 2021, my TGH Photography and Travel Portal/Blog reached a 15 years milestone. Looking back from my first post on my humble photography blog on 10th April 2006, I had an amazing journey and adventure with my photoblog, there were many ups and downs, growing old along with me, transforming into the a holistic photography and travel portal/blog today.

Inside my milestone article, I shared my inner most thoughts, feelings and emotions, as well as making more announcements on what’s coming up next for my photography and travel portal/blog.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have supported and encouraged me over the past 15 years (and still ongoing) in my visual storyteller and content creation journey!

Upcoming News

In the areas of technology news coverage, from technology gadget reviews, news announcements and launch of new gadgets/appliances etc, you would be seeing and reading more of those news soon.

For those brands and agencies that I have been working closely with in the technology field, I hope to work together more closely together with my visual storytelling and content creation, creating something to tell about technology products and services.

Stay tuned for my upcoming announcements on my latest partnership and collaboration, Meow Mixed Media Production – A mixed media photography and digital artwork collaboration.

The economy is still on the road to recovery, we are still not out of the woods yet in our fight against the global pandemic COVID-19. It’s still not an easy time for my photography business, diversifying and changing strategic business directions, planning to ride on the economy  recovery wave.

Let’s continue to keep vigilant and safe during this difficult recovery period!

The post A Milestone reached, Updates and Upcoming News appeared first on TGH Technology and Business Portal/Blog.

Looking back at Q1 2021

I am working and re-building my photography business up, changing, adapting and adopting since the global pandemic COVID-19 impacted the whole world in 2020. For my sole proprietor photography business, the situation is still not ideal yet. I am working on a few more fronts, some rebranding, changes and expansion on the cards, coming soon.

Photography by Ryan Cheng

April 2021 – Celebrating 15 years milestone for TGH Photography and Travel Portal/Blog

A milestone moment for me, for my TGH Photography and Travel Portal/Blog in April 2021. My website would be celebrating a 15 years milestone, looking back in time over all those 15 years, this journey had been an amazing, enriching and learning photography and visual storytelling journey of many ups and downs.

In the month of April 2021, I would be making announcements of my upcoming partnerships and collaborations, zine/book projects, doing some rebranding and expansion on my photography business side of things. Do keep a lookout for my announcements as well as my regular photography, travel and food articles.

I am on Clubhouse

I heard a lot about Clubhouse, the new social network platform and its hype. I am now on Clubhouse too! However, I am still getting used to this social audio platform, how to use and leverage to expand on my visual storytelling, technology writing and travel adventures.

If you are on Clubhouse, let’s network! Here’s my link – https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@tangenghui

En-route to becoming a Digital Artist and Mixed Media Production Collaboration

I have mentioned in my earlier articles that I am entered onto the digital arts platform, looking at how I can grow and expand in this digital artists network with CryptoIKI. Once I have settled down on the CryptoIKI platform, I would share more in detail of my experiences.

Another sector that I am embarking on, is collaboration and partnership with creative artists from other disciplines. Over the years, I was keen to start yet I couldn’t find a creative artist to work with me. A few months ago, I found another creative digital artist, after some discussions, we are embarking on a mixed media production collaboration.

More information and details would be announced soon in due course on my TGH Photography and Travel Portal/Blog in the month of April 2021!

Ongoing situation, Trends and Changes in the next few quarters of 2021

The global pandemic COVID-19 situation is still ongoing, the world is not out of the woods yet. While vaccination is taking place around the world, the pace, rate and total number of vaccinations that took place varied between countries. We are all keeping a close watch on this situation.

As for the economic situation, we are still on the route to recovery, some industries/sectors would recover faster than the rest and it would be uneven. Keeping my fingers crossed that business would pick up as we push on in this difficult route ahead.

Work from home (WFH), hybrid future of work and returning back to office. How would it turn out for the economy in the coming months? I reckon most organisations would continue their new hybrid future of work operations with some fine-tuning along the way.

I have been reading about travel bubbles arrangements from different parts of the world, would that mean international leisure travel can reopen soon? Keeping my fingers crossed and not having any expectations (while secretly inside me, I am wishing for travel to be reopened soon)

Photography by Ryan Cheng

Looking and Moving Forward in 2021

Come with me, follow me as I reach my 15 years milestone in the month of April 2021 on another new explorer and artistic series adventures of my photography, visual storytelling and short videos/films.

The post Reflection and Updates Q1 2021, April 2021 – Milestone Moment appeared first on TGH Technology and Business Portal/Blog.

“Through both hardware and software innovations, our new 980 SSD brings greater value to our customers without compromising on high-end NVMe performance,” said Jacus Long, Director & Head, Display and Brand Memory Business, Samsung Electronics Singapore. “The 980 offers an excellent blend of speed, power efficiency and reliability, making it suitable for everyday PC users and gamers as well as content creators who are also cost-sensitive in current market conditions.”

Previous DRAM-less designs have a disadvantage in speed without the short-term memory at hand for fast access to data. Samsung’s 980 utilises Host Memory Buffer (HMB) technology, linking the drive directly to the host processor’s DRAM to overcome any performance drawbacks. This technology, combined with the company’s the 6th Generation V-NAND as well as optimised controller and firmware, enables the 980 to provide NVMe performance with 6X the speed of SATA SSDs. Sequential read and write speeds come in at up to 3,500 and 3,000 MB/s, while random read and write performances are rated as high as 500K IOPS and 480K IOPS, respectively

The newly upgraded Intelligent TurboWrite 2.0 also offers significantly enhanced sustained performance over the previous iteration4 by allocating a much larger buffer storage area inside the drive.

For users working with extremely large files or running graphics-heavy games, the new ‘Full Power Mode’ added to Samsung’s Magician 6.3 software allows the drive to continuously run at peak performance for uninterrupted work and play.

Thanks to Samsung’s advanced thermal designs, consumers will no longer have to worry about their drive overheating. With Dynamic Thermal Guard Technology, nickel-coated controller and heat spreader label solutions available in Samsung’s high-end 980 series, users can enjoy stable and reliable performance even during prolonged use. The SSD further features improved power efficiency of up to 56% when compared to the previous 970 EVO, allowing laptop users to better manage power usage.

For more information on Samsung 980 NVMe SSD, please visit this link.

Local Pricing and Availability

All models of the Samsung 980 NVMe SSD will be available for purchase at Samsung Online Store, online and retail stores of Best Denki, Challenger, Courts, Gain City and Harvey Norman, and major consumer electronics and IT stores, as well as Popular and Sim Lim retail outlets, and Samsung Official Store in Lazada and Shopee.

Key Technical Specifications 

* Information and pictures courtesy of Samsung Electronics and IN.FOM *

The post Samsung 980 NVMe SSD appeared first on TGH Technology and Business Portal/Blog.