Author: Alvin Wanjala

Apple is reportedly working on a foldable iPhone. Bloomberg’s report suggests the company is already prototyping folding iPhone screens but only for internal testing purposes. But it seems like we should not expect a folding iPhone anytime soon. The report notes that the American tech company has only begun working on a folding display and is yet to prototype a complete iPhone with the display. Additionally, according to an unidentified source familiar with the matter, there are no concrete launch plans for a folding iPhone for now. Apple’s Folding iPhone will be similar to previous devices we’ve seen from Samsung,…

Apple’s groundbreaking switch to its in-house silicon based on the ARM architecture opened a whole new world of possibilities for Mac owners. In addition to the massive performance improvement, Apple Silicon macs have access to thousands of iOS apps that weren’t natively supported. With M1 macs, users could install some iOS apps without any troubles from the Mac App Store. While many iOS apps are available on the Mac App Store, Apple only allowed a few apps with developer approval to run on macOS be installed. There was a way to circumvent the restriction, by using a third-party app, which…

The Facebook-owned instant messaging app, WhatsApp, is now giving users more time to accept it’s latest privacy policy changes that were to go into effect on February 8th. WhatsApp’s new policy changes will be permanent from May 15th, 2021, the same date the platform will give business users a chance to use cloud-hosting services from its parent company Facebook. The extension is to give its users more time to review and understand the upcoming Terms of Service. “We will make sure users have plenty of time to review and understand the terms,” WhatsApp says. The platform adds that it will…

Samsung has unveiled its first Galaxy S series smartphone with support for its stylus pen, Galaxy S21 Ultra. The Galaxy S21 Ultra was launched alongside a standard S21 and vanilla S21 Plus. The trio features a refreshed design to last year’s S20 series and will be going for a starting price of Ksh 100,000. Samsung Galaxy S21 and S21 Plus maintain the same display size as 2020’s predecessors. The S21 has a 6.2-inch display while the S21 Plus has a bigger 6.7-inch panel both with 1080 resolution and 120Hz dynamic refresh rate. However, Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra has a slightly…

Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S21 series later today, and so much has already leaked about the trio. But the company recently announced its latest high-end in-house processor, Exynos 2100, which will be at the helm of the upcoming flagship S series phones. Samsung’s Exynos 2100 chip is the company’s first processor built on the 5nm extreme ultra-violet (EUV) process node and among other highlights includes support for the fifth generation of wireless technology, 5G. “Today, we are delighted to introduce the Exynos 2100, our most advanced mobile processor yet. Armed with powerful processing technologies and an advanced 5G modem…

Barely two days after Telegram announced reaching the 500 million active user mark, Signal, another acclaimed WhatsApp alternative is also having a great week. From the over 10 million-plus play store downloads, Signal has skyrocketed past the 50 million. Estimates from Apptopia, an analytics firm, reveal that Signal averaged 50,000 downloads a day in 2020, but it added over 1.2 million users on Monday. Signal revealed on Wednesday that it was the number app in 70 countries on iOS and 45 countries on Android. In Kenya, Signal currently tops the list under “Top charts” and number 12 under “Trending.” Signal…

Google has launched Guest Mode on Google Assistant, its smart AI-powered assistant to boost privacy. Guest Mode will allow owners of smart devices from the company that uses Google Assistant to use the voice recognition platform without recording their activity on signed-in accounts. The concerns around smart assistant devices intruding on people’s privacy at home lead to substantial privacy changes from providers like Amazon, Google, and Apple in the recent past. Guest Mode is a critical feature in this space, especially after past evidence of human reviewing recordings from voice recognition platforms. And most importantly, past reports that accidental activations…

Samsung is slated to unveil its new S series flagship phones later today. As promised in press invites sent last week, the event will kick off from 6:00 PM and be an all-virtual event at the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show(CES). This year’s first Galaxy Unpacked launch event will be held on more platforms than before. You can watch the event on Samsung’s website, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, Reddit and even TikTok. Here’s a trailer of the upcoming devices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwmw_o6_3LQ Samsung Galaxy S21 Expectations Samsung is yet to unveil the trio, but much has been leaked about the devices already. There…

Luna, Amazon’s Cloud gaming service, is now available on Android. Since its launch in October, Luna has only been playable across Mac, PC, Fire TV, iPhone, and iPad. Even on Android, Luna is available via Google’s Chrome browser, just like on iOS. The launch of Luna marked Amazon’s foray into cloud gaming. To date, the service is still available in beta, and only users in the US can try it out. In a similar fashion, Luna is also available on select mid-range and flagship Android smartphones. Among the selected lucky few include devices from Google, OnePlus, and Samsung. The company…

Google released Android 11 in September, and since then, not-so-many smartphone makers have been able to seed the update to their devices. Xiaomi is among the few who have taken an initiative to update eligible devices to Android 11. Several Xiaomi phones have received as Android 11 at the time of writing including Mi 10, Mi 10 Pro, Redmi K30 Pro, and Redmi K30 Pro 5G. All of these devices were released in 2020. Xiaomi gave priority to flagship Mi 10 series phones. But the company has not yet forgotten some of its previous devices launched in 2019 and has plans…