SINGAPORE, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Southeast Asia’s digital media and tech sectors, underpinned by young consumers and one of the fastest growing internet markets, had drawn U.S.investment bank Raine Group to expand in the region, senior executives said.

Now on sale with a saving of 60 per cent, the voice-controlled smart speaker with Alexa can be added to any room in your home, and with a simple command, you can ask for music, news, weather updates and more.

Sept 29 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Thursday it would wind down its consumer gaming service, Stadia, as it failed to attract enough interest from gamers after nearly three years of being launched.

«A few years ago, we also launched a consumer gaming service, Stadia,» he said in the blog post. «And while Stadia’s approach to streaming games for consumers was built on a strong technology foundation, it hasn’t gained the traction with users that we expected so we’ve made the difficult decision to begin winding down our Stadia streaming service.»

«While Stadia’s approach to streaming games for consumers was built on a strong technology foundation, it hasn’t gained the traction with users that we expected,» Phil Harrison, vice president and general manager of Stadia, said in a blog post.

Acer had one of the best Chromebooks available in 2021 with , and now it’s repeated that success with the Chromebook Spin 714. The premium two-in-one doesn’t stray far from its predecessor in terms of what it offers, but Acer did make some changes to keep it competitive, like including a USI pen that stores and charges in the 714’s body. There are less expensive options, but if you want a Chromebook that’ll last for years, this is it. Keep an eye out for a sale on this one: Its normal price is $729, but can be regularly found for $579. .

Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale might just be days away but if you can’t resist a bargain or worried you won’t get what you want on the day then the mega-site has you covered with huge discounts already on the site.

Mei said the trend of Chinese entrepreneurs setting up base in Singapore as a beachhead for Southeast Asia, was likely to bring capital and new business opportunities in sectors such as digital media and gaming.

Cloud gaming service Google Stadia will shut down on Jan. 18, the search giant said in blog post Thursday. Google will refund all Stadia hardware purchased through its Google Store, along with all games and add-on content purchased from its Stadia store.

world. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has recommended raising the console’s retail price in Europe, the United Kingdom, Japan, China, Australia, Mexico and Canada, the company’s top official Jim

While the sale is exclusively for Prime members (), there are already plenty of items on sale now with savings of up to 70 per cent off on Alexa-enabled smart devices, home, tech and more – and you don’t need a Prime membership.

website Stadia was launched in 2019 along with an internal game development unit that was expected to make titles for the platform. (Reporting by Tiyashi Datta and Savyata Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)

People using Stadia will still to be able to access to their game libraries, including Pro games if you had an active Pro subscription as of Thursday. In an email sent to players, Google warned that publisher support for games may vary, and it’s possible that your gameplay experience may be affected during the shut-down period (suggesting that some games could vanish or lose features early). 

Ravitch, a former Goldman Sachs banker for 16 years, before he co-founded Raine in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, expects increased cross-border deals in the region, home to about 650 million people.

«The scarcity of capital in an era of volatility, rising interest rates and inflation, will create investment opportunities and require companies to be more strategic,» Ravitch told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the Forbes Global CEO Conference.

oment. «In order to offer unique entertainment to a wide range of customers, we want to avoid pricing people out,» President Shuntaro Furukawa told the Nikkei business daily in an article published earlier t

That tech will also be made available to Google’s industry partners. Sony gave its own streaming service a headstart in 2015 by buying the patents of OnLive — an early game streaming service — shortly before the once-promising startup shut down.

For the money, Beauval.Co.Uk though, you’re getting great hardware top to bottom, inside and out. Apple recently moved to using its own processors, which resulted in  compared to older Intel-based models. But, the company’s most powerful laptop, the 16-inch MacBook Pro, still hasn’t been updated to Apple silicon. 

If you’re going to be working on a laptop and don’t need more mobility than moving it from room to room, consider a 15.6-inch laptop or larger. In general, a bigger screen makes life easier for work and is more enjoyable for entertainment, and also is better if you’re using it as an extended display with an external monitor. It typically means you’re getting more ports, too, so connecting an external display or storage or a keyboard and mouse are easier without requiring a hub or dock.