Rovio spin-off brings 5G gaming to Samsung devices in South Korea

HELSINKI: Hatch Entertainment, a spin-off from Angry Birds game maker Rovio, has struck a deal to offer 5G gaming on Samsung devices in South Korea, Rovio said.

Hatch is a 5G gaming platform that allows users to stream KUALA PILAH: The Malaysian Digital Economic Corporation (MDEC) has allocated RM100,000 for the development of the Digital Maker Hub in all schools nationwide, said Deputy CommunicationsandMultimedia Minister Eddin Syazlee Shith. He said 24 schools were currently involved in the programme, including Sekolah Menengah Sains Tunku Jaafar (SMSTJ).

“The Digital Hub is managed by MDEC and enables collaborative networking in the field of Digital Maker between SMSTJ and other schools around Kuala Pilah. “These schools will be involved in the programmes to be implemented at SMSTJ, especially those involving robotic innovation and various other programmes,” he told reporters after officiating the Champion School Digital Maker Hub Room and the Digital Maker Collaboration Network as well as Google Classroom Hub eRPH (Daily Teaching Record via online) Appointment here during the weekend.

Eddin Syazlee said this could be a new leap in the country’s education system, where it would give students a chance to be directly involved in digitalrelated matters.

“We are now in a new digital era, involving the education and economic system in digital form.

“This is the first stage. We will see what is the result from the digital learning we introduced as we are confident it will be expanded,” he said.

Meanwhile, he said that SMSTJ was also chosen to be the nationwide Google Classroom eRPH Hub in Malaysia for 2019.

“Some 60 schools under the guidance of SMSTJ throughout Malaysia have used the Google Classroom application. — Bernama games on their mobile phones in the way Netflix does for movies or Spotify for music.

Operators around the world are beginning to convert older 3G and 4G networks to faster 5G technology and games are likely to be among the first ways for consumers to experience the new faster connections.

Hatch’s cloud gaming service will be included in Samsung’s new 5G capable Galaxy S10 devices, with a three-month trial subscription to stream games at 5G speeds, Rovio said.

“It’s the world’s leading smart phone manufacturer and it’s their flagship product so obviously this is important for us,” Hatch spokesman Joseph Knowles told Reuters. — Reuters

MDEC sets aside RM100,000 for development of hub digital maker