Huawei announces the Winners of Huawei Developer Competition 2020 in Pakistan

Today Huawei has announced the Pakistan winners of its 2020 edition of Huawei Developer Competition in the Middle East and Africa region, during a virtual awards event. The yearly contest has been held from September to December 2020 across twelve countries in the Middle East and Africa.

 

In Pakistan, a total of 269 Applications registered for the HDC and 66 Applications have completed the Integration out of which twenty winners have been selected across all categories.

 

Two Apps Easy Urdu Keyboard and Golootlo have received the Gold Award with a cash prize worth PKR 840,000/- each.

 

Seven Apps Mjunoon.tv, Tez Financial Services, Bike Stunt Trick Master, Modern Car Drive Parking 3D Game, Scary Teacher 3D and Advance English Dictionary have received the Silver Award with a cash prize of PKR 500,000/- each.

 

Eleven Apps Konnect by HBL, Learn English Speaking in Urdu, Askari Mobile App, FPS Sniper 3D Assassin: Offline Gun Shooting Games, Universal TV Remote Control, Speak and Translate Voice Translator & Interpreter, HOLY QURAN, Live Satellite View GPS Map Travel Navigation, HBL Mobile, QR Code Generator Free Wifi and Speech To Text Converter- Voice Typing App have received the Bronze Award with a cash prize of PKR 250,000/- each.

 

Huawei Developer Competition this year has seen submissions from developers of a wide range of fields. The contest's success can inspire more partners to develop their apps within HUAWEI AppGallery. As an integral part of Huawei's talent ecosystem construction, Huawei Developer Competition actively explores innovative talent development modes and plays a critical role in promoting partners technologies within HUAWEI AppGallery.

 

"Huawei would like to congratulate winners in Pakistan of the Huawei Developer Competition 2020. The quality and innovation shown in these winning apps highlight how the Huawei Mobile Services ecosystem enables local developers and partners to utilize our open, flexible and agile platform to create and customize apps that meet the users' needs in Pakistan. It also aims to provide a better and smoother experience for them," said Scott Huang, Huawei Consumer Business Group Country Manager – Pakistan.

 

Following Huawei’s vision on supporting developers through diverse initiatives, the Huawei Developer Competition has been created to incentivize existing or new developers in the region by awarding high-quality mobile applications built on Huawei Mobile Services platform. It also puts developers at the heart of innovation by enabling them to use Huawei Mobile Services' open capabilities to create new and unique experiences to benefit end-users in the region.

 

With more than 4,900 registrations across all countries, the Huawei Developer competition winners have been selected based on a comprehensive set of considerations. The main criteria of selection were based on the app's popularity within the market, the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) Core integration of the app, and the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) Special Kit integration. Winners have been selected within three different categories: Gold, Silver, and Bronze, and rewards included various cash prizes and Huawei Cloud Services vouchers.

 

Moreover, Huawei has invested USD 1 billion in the “Shining-Star” program to continuously provide incentives for global developers, encourage developers to launch their apps to AppGallery and to integrate with Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) Core. Up to now, more than 10,000 developers and partners around the world have received incentives from the “Shining-Star” Program for their innovative App.

Infinix Hot 10 Play with MediaTek Helio G35 is now available on Pre-orders with amazing TWS earbuds gift

Pre-orders are starting from 15^th February till 19^th February only on XPark alongwith free gift of XE08 (Truly wireless Bluetooth earbuds). Hot 10 play will be available in offline market from February 20^th onwards at PKR 18,999/-.

Steering the younger generation in the Pakistani market, the premium smartphone brand Infinix Mobility launches Infinix Hot 10 Play with another powerful MediaTek Helio G35 octa core chipset answering the needs of young people in Pakistan to get a smartphone that can help them to be more productive. The latest version of Hot 10 Play comes in 4GB/64GB memory options, and it also has a microSD card slot for storage expansion by up to 512GB.

The phone is offering a waterdrop notch for the selfie camera, a rectangular camera module with two sensors and a physical rear-mounted fingerprint sensor for security. An 8MP selfie camera and a massive 6,000mAh battery with standard 10W charging support. Ultra Power Mode by Power Marathon Tech is claimed to add 19 hours of battery life when the battery is at 5 percent charge.

Infinix Hot 10 Play sports a 6.82-inch HD+ IPS LCD display with a waterdrop notch on the front for the selfie camera. It is powered by the MediaTek Helio G35 octa core chipset paired with up to 4GB RAM and 64GB storage that is further expandable via a microSD card option. It runs on Android 10 (Go Edition) with XOS 7 custom skin on top. Connectivity features include 4G VoLTE, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5, GPS, and micro-USB port. It has a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor for security.

This powerful phone is based on the XOS 7.0 version with Android 10 which is available in four appealing colour variants; AEGEAN BLUE , MORANDI GREEN , OBSIDIAN BLACK , 7° PURPLE at an amazing price point of PKR 18,999/- only.

 

Couples that work out together stay together! Here's how to stay on top of your fitness with Huawei

For all the fitness enthusiasts who want to get their partners to practice a healthier lifestyle? Valentine is the perfect time of the year to show your other half by improving their well-being, so if you are looking for a special gift this valentine? Look no more….Huawei’s fitness products and services will step up your game to help you achieve your fitness goals as a couple. Because couples that work out together, stay together!

 

As smartwatches and wearables became very trendy lately, what better way to help your loved ones care for themselves by gifting them a watch that can help them monitor their well-being? The HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro Moon Phase Collection is one of the flagship products in this category. This high-end smartwatch does not boast only a premium classic design but comes loaded with amazing features such as a long-lasting battery, upgraded health monitoring features, comprehensive sport and fitness tracking and it's also water-resistant. If your other half dislikes the hustle of carrying out chargers and cables, get assured that he or she will love this smartwatch as its battery can last up to two weeks and it supports wireless charging also. Moreover, the smart wearable offers a wide range of health monitoring such as oxygen saturation detection, sleep quality, stress level, and 24-Hour heart rate detection. With all these accurate monitoring features, can you think of a better way to live a healthier lifestyle?

 

The flagship smartwatch powered by Huawei supports also precise data tracking for more than 100 workout modes, such as climbing, outdoor running, rowing, surfing, tennis playing, and now skiing and golfing has been added too. The HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro Moon Phase Collection is the perfect gadget for swimmers or beach lovers as it is water-resistant for a capacity of up to 50 meters*. The best thing about this watch is that it can interconnect seamlessly with your smartphone. After pairing it with your Huawei smartphone via Bluetooth, you can easily make or take phone calls when jogging or perhaps mute or reject them if you need silence, all that right from your wrist.

 

Thanks to Huawei AI Seamless life strategy, which aims to interconnect all your smart gadgets seamlessly, you can find additional options available when interacting with the HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro with your Huawei smartphone. For example, you can listen to your favorite tracks stored on your phone, control your smartphone volume directly from the watch and also take pictures! Yes, the smartwatch works just like a remote shutter and allows you to remotely snap photos through the phone. Not sure if any other fitness gift can beat the HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro Moon Phase Collection this valentine?

*Leather Straps are not water-resistant

 

If your partner has already a smartwatch, don’t worry! Huawei offers a wide range of other products and services that interact seamlessly together to help you lead a healthier lifestyle. If you wish to stick to wearables you can also select various alternatives from the audio family. In this case, the HUAWEI Freebuds Pro earphones can be a good option as a valentine's gift and great accessory to listen to your favourite tunes while working out together or you can also use them to zone out  and focus on your yoga or meditation session with your partner! Apart from its stylish design and stunning audio quality, the HUAWEI Freebuds Pro can become your best friend when working out in crowded areas such as gyms or parks. The smart earphones feature an intelligent dynamic active noise cancellation that does not only cancel noise but also adapts to your surroundings. Moreover, you can connect these earphones seamlessly to your PC and tablet while watching fitness videos in case you don’t want to disturb your surroundings. If you get a call while listening to music from your tablet, you can answer the call and the music stops playing automatically on the tablet. After you hang up, the music continues to play!

 

Finally, while working out with your partner, you can enhance the ambiance by adding some music through HUAWEI Music. This music streaming service lets you enjoy a high-quality music experience by browsing songs including radio channels and playlists categorized by mood. The Huawei flagship mobile, HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro for example enables easy access to the all the cloud services such as HUAWEI Music or HUAWEI Health by simply creating a Huawei User ID and connect all your Huawei devices to its cloud.

 

Nowadays, fitness tracking technology and new innovative devices such as smartwatches and online applications on smartphones have become a necessity to live a healthy lifestyle. Huawei has understood the importance of it and is working continuously to enhance the user experience from a health and wellbeing perspective. This valentine, don’t struggle on finding the perfect gift to your loved ones, Huawei connected products and services are the best gifts that you can wish!

 

Here is how Huawei's products, features and services can help our moms to be even perfect than they already are

A good tech device with its features and services can help make life more convenient and entertaining, which is why tech gadgets have soared up to the top of gifts charts simply because they are great to gift to everyone, including mothers. Mothers and parents in general are known for their unconditional and tender love towards their household members and family; therefore, a tech-gift, which will easily help them to constantly be in touch with their families or one that, will help them monitor their health and fitness levels should certainly be up for grabs.

 

This article should help you make up your mind as we have rounded up some of Huawei’s hottest gadgets, which we think, will help mothers stay in touch, relax, and get things done so much easier than before. Read through this article and choose the perfect tech gift for your mother.

 

 

Getting things done while on the phone

Your mother does not have to be disconnected from the world if she is busy with her daily tasks. With the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro, Huawei’s smart, iconic and comfortable pair of earphones, she could easily be cooking while catching up with her friends, colleagues and family over the phone without having to stop one or the other. The earphones come with Intelligent Dynamic Active Noise cancellation, which ensures external noise, is filtered such as kids’ chatter, which might interrupt her hearing experience. Additionally the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro can be worn for long periods of use without feeling discomfort. Moreover, the quick and effortless pairing process between her smartphone and the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro ensures she can easily talk or listen to her favourite tunes on the HUAWEI Music app; a streaming service that is part of Huawei cloud services and can be accessed with a HUAWEI ID.

 

Staying fit and on top of her game

Staying fit and knowing some of your vitals has become essential to wellbeing and mothers are not an exception. The HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro Moon Phase Collection, the latest premium smartwatch from Huawei does not only come with a luxurious Moon phase feature and a premium classic design. It is also loaded with a battery that can last for two weeks^[1], upgraded health monitoring features including stress levels, Oxygen SpO_2, sleep and so much more which are all tracked and can be viewed on the HUAWEI Health app installed on her phone and smartwatch. In addition to comprehensive sport and fitness tracking with 5 ATM water resistance* and lots of cool Handy Assistant features that will let your mum be on top of her game. Additionally the HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro Moon Phase Collection can be used to displays notification is her phone is not on her making sure she catches everything else on time as well.

 

Staying in touch with her family

One of the most important thing for every mother making sure her family is safe and sound. The family’s wellbeing is always on our mothers and having the proper gadgets can help them rest assured. Huawei’s lineup of tablets the HUAWEI MatePad Series, which includes the HUAWEI MatePad Pro (available in a 5G variant) supports extraordinary features like Multi-Window^[2], Multi-screen Collaboration^[3] and HUAWEI APP Multiplier, which are prime features that elevate multi-tasking. She can be on a video call for work, while checking on her children on another texting app – at the same time!

 

All of Huawei’s products are smartly interconnected with one another and can be used simultaneously to enrich her experience. These products are complemented by Huawei’s Cloud services such as HUAWEI Health, HUAWEI Music, HUAWEI Video and HUAWEI Themes, which could be accessed with a universal HUAWEI ID to further enhance and enrich the overall experience.

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[1] HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro provides a long battery life of two weeks under typical user scenarios. Including heart rate monitoring enabled for 24 hours, scientific sleep monitoring switched on at nights, average weekly workout of 90 minutes (with location enabled), notifications on (receive 50 texts and set three alarms every day), screen wake up for 200 times every day, weekly music playback of 30 minutes.

[2] Requires the latest version of EMUI.

[3] Huawei Share enables Multi-screen Collaboration between a HUAWEI MatePad Pro and a Huawei (or Honor) smartphone. Please visit official website for details.

This Chinese New Year stay focused and determined on your fitness goals with Huawei's connected products to aid you

Chinese New Year 2021 is right around the corner and with the Year of the Ox upon us, it’s time to get more focused and determined on things that really matter, such as your health. With the theme of the Year of the Ox building heavily on diligence, persistence and honesty, it’s time to stick to a healthier lifestyle without breaking away from it and most importantly, be honest to yourself with goals and progress. But how can you do that? Well, Huawei is here to help and it’s brought a couple of friends along.

 

Being honest with yourself is the key factor of any fitness journey, which is then followed by the hard work towards it and tracking your progress along the way. Huawei makes all of this possible with great ease thanks to its cloud services, its range of smart products and an inter-connected ecosystem that brings it all together.

 

For instance, you can go for a run, hit the gym, go swimming or do any physical activity and rest assured, your HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro Moon Phase Collection resting on your wrist will keep track of it all. This way, you have a solid record of your progress and you can also keep an eye on how well you did overall. Once recorded, it automatically updates on Huawei Health on your smartphone, the HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro for instance, and now you are able to keep proper track of everything as you make your way towards your fitness goal.

 

Most of us even like to have a little music while we work out, which is where smart audio devices like the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro comes in for an immersive audio experience with dynamic active noise cancellation to ensure that you are in the zone at all times! Don’t worry if you are out for a run though, because the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro’s Awareness and Voice Modes ensure that you don’t miss out on surrounding sounds such as cars, alerts or even of people have to talk to you. On the other hand, if you want some music at home, the HUAWEI Sound X is your solution, where you can simply tap your Huawei smartphone to instantly play music at top-notch quality without any connectivity hassle.

 

But how does Huawei do all of this? It’s quite simple, by having every product and service connected under one ecosystem as a part of the HUAWEI Seamless AI Life. This allows for a more connected experience especially in everyday scenarios and changes how things are done with the help of shared data and more interactions. On top of this, all the devices from Huawei are connected under one Huawei ID. This allows access to all of the cloud services from multiple registered devices, making it easier to view data, have preferences shared and even allowing for customization through Huawei Themes. This basically means that all of your devices are connected and all your data is shared between them, making using multiple devices a whole lot easier.

 

This Chinese New Year make the decision to get healthier, which can be done with a change in lifestyle and an overall change in your fitness regime. Keeping the themes of diligence, persistence and honesty close at heart, commit yourself to a new and healthier life and you can do it all with Huawei’s range of connected devices and service at your disposal.

Fragile economic confidence early in 2021

South Asia showed a marked improvement in confidence and orders in Q4, after exceptionally weak Q3 survey results

 

Accountants and finance professional experts say economic confidence in Q4 2020 stalled and remains fragile heading into 2021, finds the latest ACCA and IMA Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS).

 

Tracking confidence and fear indices, the global survey of more than 3,000 senior professionals with 201 in South Asia - including Pakistan - reflects the outlook and experiences of the thousands of businesses they advise.

 

The results for South Asia show:

·       South Asia has been hit hard by the pandemic as economies reliant on services and tourism are prevalent in the region.

·       The Q4 survey shows signs of recovery with a rise in all the main activity indicators, including orders and employment.

·       But any growth revival will be fragile and subject to avoiding renewed COVID infections.

·       The ‘fear’ indices - concern about suppliers and customers going out of business – fell back in Q4: the former remains elevated but the latter is close to its long-run average. 

·       South Asia recorded the biggest jump in orders in Q4,,recovering after a big drop in the Q3 survey.52 per cent of respondents in South Asia expect a significant economic recovery  in the second half of this year or later – the highest among the major regions.

Sajjeed Aslam, head of ACCA Pakistan says: ‘The impact of COVID-19 on the global, South Asia and Pakistan economies has been significant. However, respondents across South Asia appear reasonably confident about the year ahead, looking to a recovery, perhaps spurred by policy responses and the news of vaccines being available. 2021 presents a long road to recovery ahead, and one in which accountants will be playing a key role.’

 

The global 2020 Q4 findings reveal the 'fear' indices - concern about customers and suppliers going out of business - edged lower in Q4 but remain elevated. This clearly underlines the extreme uncertainty in the global economic outlook at the start of 2021. The confidence measure fell back in North America, having surged in the previous Q3. By contrast there was a big improvement in Middle East confidence, buoyed probably by continued recovery in oil prices. Inflation concerns remain negligible with concern about costs staying close to an all-time low.

 

Outlook for 2021

Looking ahead, over 50% of respondents in Asia Pacific, North America and South Asia expect sustainable recovery in the second half of this year. The most optimistic in this respect is the Middle East, where 54% expect recovery during the first half of the year.

 

Michael Taylor, Chief Economist at ACCA says: ‘Last year was the worst for the global economy for several decades. 2021 will see recovery but precisely when and how strong it will be is very uncertain. We anticipate a weak start, followed by a recovery gathering momentum through the second half. Much depends on the evolution of the COVID virus and variants relative to the progress of vaccination programmes and there is great uncertainty surrounding these developments.

 

‘Since our polling in December, many countries have seen increased COVID-19 infection rates, prompting governments to re-impose restrictions including national lockdowns. This means that global economic prospects early in 2021 have deteriorated since the Q4 survey. At the same time there has been progress on the approval of vaccines, raising hopes of a permanent improvement in economic conditions later this year.’

 

However, ACCA and IMA highlight that, unemployment rates will be rising in many countries, potentially undermining consumer confidence and limiting the strength of a rebound.

 

Raef Lawson, Ph.D., CMA, CPA, IMA vice president of research and policy, said: ‘The pandemic has forced millions into extreme poverty as emerging markets suffered recession for the first time in decades last year. Policy responses to the pandemic have left the public finances of most economies in a perilous state with budget deficits in the range of 10% to 15% of GDP in many countries with debt to GDP ratios well over 100%.’

 

He added: ‘All this presents a big test for policy makers in terms of when to withdraw policy support and when policy should be tightened to rebuild public finances. Policy mistakes would risk derailing economic recovery.’

 

Fieldwork for the 2020 Q4 survey took place between 20 November and 8 December 2020 and attracted 3086 responses from ACCA and IMA members, including over  300 CFOs.

GECS can be found here:

https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/professional-insights/global-economics/2020-GECS-Q4.html

Top 3 free messaging apps alternatives that you can download from HUAWEI AppGallery right now!

 

Are you adept at social messaging and in search of the best alternative free apps to benefit from? Don't waste your time searching further… here are the top-performing messaging apps available on the HUAWEI AppGallery right now. Ranked by the highest number of downloads across the MEA region, Botim, Imo, and Moya have made their way to the top four most downloaded apps falling under the "Communication" category in HUAWEI AppGallery.

 

BOTIM

BOTIM - Unblocked Video Call and Voice Call is a free worldwide calling and messaging app for everyone. It can bring your family and friends closer than ever. The application supports both video and audio calling among BOTIM users. In addition, it lets you sent text messages, photos and short videos.

 

imo

imo is a global instant communication platform aiming to provide the most convenient, interactive and fun way for people to connect. Through accessible audio and video communication services, rich multi-media content and other features such as games, imo connects over 200 million users in 62 languages, across more than 150 countries around the world.

 

Moya

Moya App is a #datafree super-app for messaging, browsing, checking your SASSA grant, live scores and more. No airtime? No worries! The Moya App works in all countries and is #datafree.

 

With over 96,000 applications available across all categories, HUAWEI AppGallery, the third-largest global app distribution platform from Huawei, offers a wide range of diverse apps and enables the users to use these applications seamlessly with strict protection of their privacy and security. In fact, HUAWEI AppGallery deploys the highest level of verification to isolate and protect users’ sensitive data and privacy. Personally-sensitive information will never be processed outside the Huawei device, giving the user complete control over their personal data[1]. Moreover, thanks to Huawei EMUI services included on Huawei smartphones, users have complete control over apps user permission.

 

Popular messaging apps such as Botim, imo, and Moya are fully usable within the Huawei Mobile Service thereby enabling smooth and enhanced user experiences. This highlights Huawei’s commitment to continually develop its app portfolio to provide users with innovative and high-quality apps that meet their needs and enhance the overall user experience.

 

To discover more messaging apps on HUAWEI AppGallery, click here