Chromebooks have officially turned 10 since the first models from Acer and Samsung came out in 2011. Google launched Chrome OS on a premise to solve some of the common computing problems at the time – which sadly still exist to date – from slow boot times to clunky hardware and intrusive updates. Chrome OS was the answer by enabling users to experience a laptop with an easy-to-use interface, snappy performance, easier to update and secure. In celebrating 10 years of the Chromebook, Google announced a slew of new features coming to their computer-faced OS. Phone Hub is one of…
Author: Alvin Wanjala
Alvin Wanjala
Alvin Wanjala has been writing about technology for over 2 years(and counting). He writes about different topics in the consumer tech space. He loves streaming music, programming, and gaming during downtimes.
After unveiling its Galaxy S21 flagship series earlier than usual, on January 14, Samsung has another “Awesome” Unpacked Event coming later this month. The South Korean technology giant sent a media invitation recently to yet another virtual Unpacked Event held on Wednesday, March 17. The event will kick off at 6:00 PM Kenyan time(GMT+3). Samsung will live stream the event on YouTube as has been the norm via its official YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0654Hm8Z6I Samsung is yet to provide any solid details on what we should expect at the upcoming event. A common media rumour point to the unveiling of new…
Content creators who make a living off YouTube will see their revenue shocked to some extend as the platform starts enforcing new tax laws later this year. In an email sent to creators living outside the U.S, YouTube said it would start deducting U.S taxes from their revenue as early as June 2021. “We’re reaching out because Google will be required to deduct U.S. taxes from payments to creators outside of the U.S. later this year (as early as June 2021),” YouTube said in an email. “Over the next few weeks, we’ll be asking you to submit your tax info…
WhatsApp chats are secured using popular end-to-end encryption technology, a ubiquitous feature in instant messaging applications – and even video conferencing software. The only downside is that WhatsApp does not encrypt user and group chats backed up in cloud storage platforms like Google Drive and iCloud. WhatsApp was first spotted working to allow users to encrypt these chat backups in 2020, but we’ve heard nothing of the feature development till now. WaBetaInfo, the usual app sleuths who dig into the app’s code to uncover work-in-progress features, reveals how the new feature will look on Android and iOS. Once a password…
Facebook-owned photo-sharing app Instagram is testing a way for creators to share their short-video clips on Facebook.com. The new test will be first live in India, Facebook’s biggest market in the world. It’s not surprising that Instagram chose India as its testbed, as this has been the case for most of the company’s new social features – and even payment features. With a massive user base, the company uses its acclaim to push new services copied from competitors. Via the test, select Instagram creators will be able to share their short clips to Facebook’s newsfeed. Instagram Reels will also be…
Popular short video sharing platform TikTok is rolling out a new feature to creators (users with Creator Accounts) to help them easily engage with their fans. The new Q&A feature, rolling out to all creators, will be available on both pre-recorded and live videos. The new feature makes it easy for creators and their fans to engage quickly in two ways. One, for creators to promptly identify questions from other comments in the comment section. Secondly, give fans a chance to label their comments as questions so a creator can quickly identify them and respond in a video’s comment section.…
Apple seems to be doing away with the iMac Pro as the company has only one configuration available on its website, and there’s a “while supplies last” sign. Spotted by 9to5Mac, Apple had removed all the configuration options of the iMac Pro by Friday. That leaves late-to-the-party budding iMac Pro owners with one base configuration – one with 3.0GHz 10-core Intel Xeon W processor, 32GB ECC memory, 1TB SSD storage and AMD Radeon Pro graphics. Launched in 2017, the iMac Pro has been a niche all-in-one PC powerful than the standard iMac. As much as the iMac Pro had an…
WhatsApp launched ephemeral messages last year that disappear after a specified period. The feature grants users a little bit of control over confidential messages. Messages would disappear after seven days even if the recipient viewed the text the first day, minutes, or even hours after receiving. Such is a long period of time. The chat app is reportedly extending support to images. Unlike disappearing messages, WhatsApp will handle self-destructing images differently; they will instantly disappear after the recipient leaves the chat. This way, they cannot have time to navigate their file manager to copy the file to a different location.…
WhatsApp has been testing voice and video call support for its desktop app on Mac and Windows since late last year, but the chapter has finally been closed. As a result, the feature is now rolling out to all of its users on the desktop. Video calls on WhatsApp desktop will work in both portrait and landscape mode. However, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app has some reservations about the new voice and video call feature on the desktop — for a start. For now, users can only place on-on-one voice and audio calls. WhatsApp says it will add support for…
Xiaomi has officially unveiled its new phones under the Redmi Sub-brand. The Redmi Note 10 series comes in three models, a standard Redmi Note 10, a Pro version and a Pro Max version. The series is led by the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max, as you’d expect. Being the series’ highlights, Redmi Note 10 Pro Max features a 6.67-inch super AMOLED display with a 120 Hz refresh rate. The panel maxes out at 1200 nits and supports HDR 10. You get a 108MP main camera, an 8 MP Ultra-wide angle lens, a 5MP Super Macro lens and a 2 MP…