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World Cup Predictions - Switzerland vs Sweden

17 September 2019

FIFA World Cup

The Fifa World Cup is organized by Federation International Football Association (FIFA) which oversees the football games in the different continents and regions of the world.  It has 6 Federations and 211 National Associations.  The 6 Federations are

Asian Football Confederation (AFC)

ConfederationAfrican  Football (CAF)

The Oceania Football Confederation(OFC)

Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

Confederation of North,Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)

Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol (CONMEBOL)

The 211 Associations come from various National Football Associations in various countries.

World Cup 2022

The next Fifa World Cup will be held in Qatar in 2022  between 21 November to 18 December.     The qualification matches have already started from 6 June 2019.  211 teams  from various Fifa member countries will compete to qualify for the final match.   The qualification matches will be divided into 6 zones.  It will  end on March 2022 after which the World Cup competition will begin.  The rough schedule  for the qualification matches is as follows

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So far,  only Qatar is qualified as it is the host country.  The AFC  qualifying matches are played  by 40 countries divided into 8 groups (Group A to Group H) with their present standing as shown  in the following webpage

Asian Qualifiers

The next qualifying matches will be played on 10 October 2019 in AFC.  The details are as follows:  

10 October 2019

Matching Group	Match Between	SG Time	Venue
Group A	Syria vs. Maldives	22:00	Maktoum Bin Rashid Stadium (Dubai)
	China PR vs. Guam	20:00	Tianhe Stadium (Guangzhou)
Group B	Jordan vs. Kuwait	00:00	International Stadium (Amman)
	Australia vs. Nepal	16:30	GIO Stadium Canberra (Canberra)
Group C	IR Iran  vs. Cambodia	21:30	Azadi Stadium (Tehran)
	Iraq vs. Hong Kong	00:00	Basrah Sports City Stadium (Basrah)
Group D	Saudi Arabia vs. Singapore	23:25	King Abdullah Sports City Stadium (Buraydah)
	Uzbekistan vs. Yemen	22:30	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium (Tashkent)
Group E	Oman Afghanistan	22:30	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex (Muscat)
	Bangladesh vs. Qatar	21:00	Bangabandhu National Stadium (Dhaka)
Group F	Japan vs. Mongolia	18:35	Saitama Stadium 2002 (Saitama)
	Kyrgyz Republic vs. Myanmar	22:30	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium (Bishkek)
Group G	Vietnam vs. Malaysia	19:00	My Dinh National Stadium (Hanoi)
	United Arab Emirates vs. Indonesia	00:00	Indonesia Al Maktoum Stadium (Dubai)
Group H	Lebanon vs. Turkmenistan	00:00	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium (Beirut)
	Korea Republic vs. Sri Lanka	19:00	Hwaseong Stadium (Hwaseong)

What is Cloud TV?

24 June 2018

What is Cloud TV ?

Cloud TV is  simply a cloud based live television streaming program or app where one can watch HD TV channels or movies or TV shows.  It is available in 8 different languages;  namely,  Mandarin,Indian,Arabic,French,English,Cantonese and Japanese.  It is a free to use program that can be used in mobile phones,  TV etc

How Many Channels?

There are more than 800 over TV channels from all over the World.  One can watch all these channels without the needs of having TV box or aerial as long as one has a stable internet connection.  Some are restricted due to geographical location or sluggish due to poor connectivity but most are free to watch.  For Singapore  viewers,  there is a Toggle APK that  one can download and install to watch live TV channels – Channel 5, 8, U, Suria, Vasantham, okto and Channel NewsAsia (Does not work for Xiaomi as it requires Google Services).

What needed ?

1.  An apk for Cloud TV that can be downloaded free from here (For Xiaomi TV)

2.  An android device,  such as handphone and smart TV  with Android OS version 2.2 and above

3.  A good and steady Internet connection that can support speed up to 2 Mbps.

Is the Streaming Free?

There are many free TV channels but some are premium channels that will have a fee to watch them.  New users can try the premium channels free for about 3 days and thereafter,  they will need to pay fees based on 3 months to 1 year period. The longer the subscription, the more the discount.

The premium service provider accepts Alipay,  PayPal or credit card payment.

Can Record?

Users can record streaming videos in the premium or paid channels using special built-in players.  However,  most TVs or TV boxes do not have this built-in player.  Free streaming videos or TV channels are not record-able.

Are the TV Streaming Stable?

Not all TV channels are viewable but the local channels like Channel 5, 8, Okto etc are good for viewing.  Usually,  the channels are sorted according to  viewing quality;  the better one are always located at the front.   There are “favourite” folder for viewers to store those frequently viewed channels.

It was said that the Premium or paid channels are usually better in play back quality.  Viewers can always test it out free before buying

Are there other Alternatives for Smart TV?

There is one equivalent to Cloud TV called Kodi which is also free.  It is formerly called XBMC and is open source software.  It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the Internet.

Not all smart TV can use Kodi which is basically designed for use in PC and not Android devices.  Nonetheless,  Kodi is playable in Xiaomi TV and there is an App downloadable from google play and other websites or here for xiaomi TV.

Other relevant articles about Xiaomi TV 

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What is Wukong Remote Control?

8 May 2018

What is Wukong Remote Control?

It is a TV projection and casting software designed by Sofa Net to allow one to remote control and/or  cast Movies or pictures onto smart TVs using one’s smart phone.  The software can perform the following functions

a)    Remote controlling the TV program selection

b)    Screen Casting  of movie programs,  telecast

c)    Voice assist control
d)  other functions such as install and delete TV apks

What kind of  Videos or Movies supported?

The software is able to screen project or cast most type of videos,   streaming HD videos, CCTV,  TV,  movies and other content. 

It also can play movies contents direct from  Tencent, Youku, Iqiyi Litchi TV, TV cats, magic video and other video resources as well as movies and pictures that are stored in Baidu cloud drives.

What type and brands of TV supported?

Wukong supports many different types and brands of TVs made in China as well as some foreign made TV such Amazon Fire.  The apk has been successfully tested for use in Xiaomi TV, Xiaomi Box, LeTV, Tmall Box, Hisense TV, TCL TV, Skyworth TV. , Haier TV, Konka TV, Changhong TV, Microwhale TV, Timmin, Meile, the United States, Haimi Di, Kaiboer

Where can I download?

The apk can be downloaded from here. 

It can also be downloaded from shafa.com

Note:  some virus scan software may pick up the apk  to be virus infected but it has been scanned by MacAfee to be free of virus.

How to Install?

Once apk is downloaded to the TV and fired up,  one would be greeted by the following page

Use the smart phone to scan the left hand QRcode which will download the required apk or app depending on whether you have iphone or andriod.  The alternative is to do Google or Iphone App search.
Once the software is downloaded and fired up in the smart phone,  the phone will perform a search  and connect to the TV automatically  provided the smart phone and the TV are sharing the same WiFi and/or  Ethernet network.   

On successful connection,  the following screen will appear indicating the network ip address and the name of the TV as shown in bracket edged red.

By pressing the TV address,  the following page should appear,  allowing one to test the working of the Wukong remote control to control the TV.

 

How to Select and View TV programs?

As an example,

1. Navigate to the following page.  One would be presented with various pre-loaded TV programs

Click and select the program,  one would be greeted by the following page in the smart phone

Now select the sources or the “Srcs” (1) if there are more than one source and then press the TV screening button (2), one should see the movie being projected onto the TV.

How to Watch Downloaded Movies?

One could download the various movies and pictures and store them in Baidu Cloud Drive for Wukong remote for projection and and casting onto the TV.

To start,  one must have a Baidu account  created using the following address

http://motu.baidu.com/register.html

Once this account is created and Baidu Pan is uploaded with various movies (in mp4 format),  one can click the Baidu Cloud button (edged red in the following picture) to select the movies to be projected onto the TV screen.

What is the Difference between Wukong Remote and the Xiaomi Assistant

They are all able to remote control the TV using the smart phone except the following main differences

1.  Xiaomi Assistant is residing inside the TV and there is no need to install separate apk for the TV;  but,  it works only in Xiaomi TVs or boxes;
2.  Xiaomi Assistant can do screenshots whereas Wukong cannot;
3.  Xiaomi Assistant cannot screen project movies from external cloud drives;
4.  Xiaomi Assistant cannot be used to download and install or delete various TV apks

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Other Reference
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Modifying Dell Monitor’s Stand for Non Vesa Monitor

5 May 2018

The new Dell SE2417HG LED Monitor is non Vesa;  meaning,  it does not have the usual 4 mounting holes at the back cover to fit Vesa wall mounting bracket or the Vesa stand.  The usual way is to purchase special non-VESA adaptor kit shown as follows

 

This article will describe one way to modify the existing stand  of SE2417HG to fit into the old Dell 2407 wfp stand.  The same method  can also be used to fit into wall mounting brackets

What's Needed?

1.  The usual tools such as flat end screw drivers,  Philips screw driver, electric drills and other necessary mounting screws etc

2.  2 pieces of metal extension bar 

How to Modify?

Carefully ply open the casing of the original stand using a flat end screw driver,  starting  from the bottom side of the stand as shown by the red arrow.  

  

When the casing's bottom end  opened up,  use a small screw driver to carefully ply open the bottom cover away from the top cover,  working around the edges, giving way to clear the fragile clips.   In the process,  making sure no force will be applied to the clips or they will break easily. 

Once the cover is opened,  remove the  6 screws that hold the metal plate to the  stand as shown

 
Now untighten the 2 side nuts  as shown  and take note how the washers etc were arranged.

 

Flip the metal plate over and install the  metal extension bars as indicated so that the mounting bracket will clear the back cover of the monitor when it is mounted.

Remove the rotating plate from the old  Dell 2407 stand.  Drill and tap 4 nos of M4 threaded hole to mount the assembly onto the old stand as shown

Lastly,  fit the whole assembly including the metal plate back to the old Dell 2407 wfp stand.

Xiaomi TV or Box Insufficient Memory Problem

14 Apr 2018

Xiaomi TV or box often gives out warnings about insufficient memory and causes TV or box to cease operation or having read/write errors etc. This article will explain why and how to avoid this.

What type of Memories?

ox Insufficient Memory Problem

Xiaomi TV or box has  2 type of memories.  For example,  Xiaomi TV4 has  2 GB Random Access Memory (RAM)and 8 GB storage of embedded Multi-Media Controller (eMMC) or flash memory.     The latter consists of  both a flash memory and a flash memory controller integrated in a memory chip.

Where they Use?

RAMs are mainly used for storage of Operating System (OS), current application programs and data so they can be quickly reached by the microprocessor. whereas eMMCs are used for storage of third-party apk files or its installation cache files.  It is also used to store the user data and cache and some applications that do not need instant access by the microprocessor.

Why Insufficient Memory?

When one downloads and installs too many third party apk files or the system generates too many cache files,  it will clog up the limited memories

How to Avoid?

1. Regularly use memory cleaners such as One Key Cleaner to constantly clear up the unnecessary data generated by the system while it is working; 

2. Flash and store only apks that use as little memory as possible;

3. Timely delete unnecessary apks 

What is the Official Xiaomi Cleaner?

The official cleaner is called “TV Manager”.   Unlike many other cleaners,  this cleaner has the following  functions

1. Optimise the memory space
2. Boosting Internal Memory
3. Gabbage Cleaning
4. Uninstall APKs
5. Deep cleaning
6. USB thumbdrive installation
7. Useful APKs
8. Internet Speed Test
9. Network Testing

The most commonly used functions are 1,2 and 5 for cleaning purposes

These function are explained as follows

 What are the Alternatives?

TV Manager is useful but it does not have automatic cleaning function that will clean the memory at regular intervals.   A 3rd party cleaner designed by  Shafa called “一键清理TV版”  or One Key Cleaner TV version can be viewed from here. .   It is a useful small program always running in the background.  It  will clean the memory in half hourly or other interval.