Author: Alvin Wanjala

Expect to start buying some Google Cloud storage in the future because the company is changing what counts towards the allocated 15GB free storage quota or additional storage across Gmail, Drive, and Photos. This is part of the new cloud storage policy set to affect all users with a Google account starting next year. Starting June 1, 2021, every photo or video uploaded in Google Photos in “High quality” will count towards your Account storage or any additional space purchased. This has been one of Google Photos’ most appealing features as it has previously let users upload thousands of photos…

Samsung has been focusing on the Galaxy S20 and Note 20 in its One UI 3 beta program. The beta program kicked off with the Galaxy S20 in October, followed by the Note 20 a few weeks later. For these two series of devices, Samsung will start seeding out the stable One UI 3 version, based on Android 11, before the end of the month in select regions. Now Samsung is expanding One UI 3 beta to cover more flagship devices, including those launched in 2019. The latest phones to receive the beta include the Galaxy S10, Note10, Z Flip…

Apple announced its first chip in the Apple Silicon family, dubbed M1, meant to power next-gen Macs. The American tech company announced three new Macs, a Mac Mini, a 13-inch MacBook Pro, and a 13-inch MacBook Air, all powered by the M1 chip. New details of macOS Big Sur were announced at the “One More Thing” event, including native support to run iPhone and iPad apps. Also, the company announced a new feature called universal apps. Universal apps include a native binary version built for Apple Silicon and Intel processors. Companies like Adobe and Omni Group are already working on…

Yesterday evening, Apple announced its first-ever in-house processor built for the Macs. The M1 chip, as Apple calls it, was built with “industry-leading performance and features” with a “relentless” focus on power efficiency. These are the building blocks of the M1 chip. It’s also the first System-on-chip for the Mac leveraging Apple’s unified memory architecture that combines the processor, I/0 controller, security, and memory chip. Combined in one single chip, the M1 promises to deliver high memory bandwidth with low latency. The M1 SoC is built using the 5nm architecture, just like Apple’s A14 Bionic chip that powers the iPhone…

Sony is planning to enter the drone market with a new brand called Airpeak. The company has picked up inspirations from the recent proliferation of drones. The company says the new drone project will be “in the field of AI robotics.” “Sony has assigned the “Airpeak” brand to reflect its aspiration to contribute to the further evolvement and the creation of the unprecedented value through its imaging and sensing technology as well as 3R technologies (Reality, Real-time and Remote) in the drone area,” the company says. Sony drones will be for meant for video creators and will be targeted at…

Apple will later today officially announce its first ARM-based Macbooks. The “One More Thing” event will be hosted live on YouTube starting at 9:00 PM Kenyan time. You can watch the event using the YouTube link below. https://youtu.be/5AwdkGKmZ0I The company initially revealed plans to switch the Mac from Intel chips at its WWDC 2020 event in June. The shift to Apple’s inhouse computer means the Mac will also be able to run native iPad and iPhone apps without a hassle since they will be sharing the same ARM-64 architecture. Also, the company is promising that the new chips will bring…

Sony’s next-gen console, the PS5, will ship with a custom 825 GB SSD out-of-the-box. Out of the 825GB, only 667GB is available for game storage, which should theoretically be enough for now. That’s because Sony will only allow PS5 owners to add more storage later in an upcoming software update. The company told the Verge SSD expansion is “reserved for a future update.” Sony’s custom 825GB SSD reads at 5.5 GB/s, and the company has not yet named which third-party SSDs are compatible with the console. Because not all M.2 SSDs will be fast enough to suit the hardware needs…

A new report suggests that Samsung may launch the Galaxy S21 series a month earlier – in January – to steal market share from Huawei. The report suggests Samsung is preparing to launch the upcoming Galaxy S21 series phones as early as late January. Although not precisely the same as last week’s report, which suggested the company may launch the new phones on January 14th, it still an additional confirmation that things may change next year. Samsung usually announces its flagship Galaxy S phones in February or March. This year, the company launched the Galaxy S20 in early March. Last…

Xiaomi has announced a new 8K capable streaming box dubbed Mi Box 4S Pro. The Mi Box 4S Pro with its attractive streaming quality only cost around $60. It includes 2GB of memory, 16GB of internal storage and runs on Xiaomi’s own MIUI skin for TV. The Mi Box 4S is the first in the MI Box series to include 8K support which when paired with its $60 price tag makes it an attractive package. Xiaomi has previously launched the Mi Box 4S and Mi TV Stick. The latest one also includes an HDM1 2.1 capable, which makes 8K streaming…

Vivo is about to replace its custom Funtouch OS Android skin with a new overhauled variant called Origin OS. Origin OS will be based on Android as well and will be formally introduced two weeks from now, on November 19th. The launch will be happening at the company’s proprietary developer conference named Vivo Developer Conference, VDC 2020. The Chinese company has in the past considered rebranding its custom UI to Jovi OS that was to launch with the X30 series in December 2019. The company later axed those plans in early December and went ahead to launch a new iteration…