Author: Alvin Wanjala

Nokia had planned to wrap up its Android 10 update roster by Q2, but that didn’t happen. In March, HMD Global pushed forward its Android 10 rollout timeline. The reason is obvious – 2020 has been the year of the pandemic. However, the company is now almost closing the roadmap by shipping Android 10 to one of the remaining two phones according to the original update timeline released last year. Recently HMD Global chief product officer Juho Sarvikas has announced on Twitter that the company has started rolling out the update to Nokia 3.1 users. Nokia 3.1 users will receive…

After dropping the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ from its monthly security update plans in May, Samsung has also removed the Galaxy Note 8. Instead of receiving monthly security updates, Samsung Galaxy Note 8 users will now be entitled to quarterly updates. The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 was officially launched in August 2017, running Android 7.1.1 Nougat. Since launch, the phone has made two major OS jumps from Nougat to Oreo then to Pie in early 2019. That means Samsung has already washed its hands clean on the two years of major Android updates promise, and the Note 8 won’t…

The new iPhones are just around the corner, as Apple has finally pinned down a launch date.  The event will take place on October 13th from Apple Park. However, you will be able to live stream the event from anywhere around the world to stay in the loop of the announcements. The event will kick off at 8:00 PM, East African Time. This year’s event is a bit delayed relative to the usual September launch window. However, it was anticipated after long-time Apple analyst, Kuo, had warned, at the beginning of the year, that this year’s iPhones would be delayed.…

Google has rebranded its productivity suite to Google Workspace. Formerly known as G-Suite, Google Workspace still includes Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and other Google apps. And G Suite wasn’t the name from the get-go, too. Google’s productivity suite was formerly known as Google Apps. Announcing the news in a blog post, the company says the rebrand is part of their plan to solve problems facing people working from home. “Whether you’re returning to the office, working from home, on the frontlines with your mobile device, or connecting with customers, Google Workspace is the best way to create,…

We have all experienced this at some point. You have this great line of a song that’s stuck in your head, and, for some reason, you don’t remember both the song title or the artist(s). But worry no more, because Spotify’s latest feature solves this issue altogether. Spotify, currently the top music streaming service globally, has added a new search by lyric functionality on both Android and iOS. It’s not entirely new functionality, though, at least in the music streaming world. Apple Music users have had it since 2018 in iOS 12, but expansion to the world’s largest music streaming…

Instagram, the Facebook-owned photo and video sharing platform, is officially ten years old today. The app was launched on October 6th, 2010, precisely a decade ago. As part of its celebration, the app has shipped a hidden trick letting you change its home screen icon to one of the classic icons that have been continuously changed since inception. Here’s how you can change the icon: https://twitter.com/kosmowskipat/status/1313331137692000262 In addition to that, Instagram has announced a couple of new features coming on the platform soon. The first is the addition of two new features on existing anti-bullying tools. As an additional way…

Netflix is bringing a couple of updates on its TV app that will make the discovery of new content to watch much more straightforward. The new functionality is part of a new tab available on the latest version of the Netflix TV app. Through the tab called New & Popular, users will find new and upcoming content available on the platform. The New & Popular tab features content rows divided into different categories. You’ll navigate between the New row, Coming Soon, and the Top 10 row. Netflix is also adding a new section on the tab called Worth The Wait.…

WhatsApp lets you bring order in your account by muting groups and chats for eight hours, a week, or a year. But that’s not enough because we are stuck with some noisy groups forever. Without an option to permanently mute a group or chat, WhatsApp currently allows us to give ourselves up to a one-year break from such noisy discussions. In the latest update to its beta channel, WhatsApp can now mute contacts or groups permanently – forever. The new addition replaces the current option that lets you mute a chat for a year. The update was spotted by now-mutual…

Brace yourselves, Instagramers. Facebook is bringing Messenger inside Instagram DMs. The recent announcements shouldn’t be surprising after Mark Zuckerberg’s earlier plans of unifying applications under the Facebook umbrella, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and Facebook. So now you can chat with a Messenger user from Instragam and very soon you will have an option to cross-post across Instagram and Facebook. Yes,  Facebook has begun testing a way to cross-post across Instagram and Facebook recently. Integrating Messenger and Instagram is part of Facebook’s bigger goal of unifying its apps. To Instagram users, the advantage provided by this integration will be the…

Telegram has been known for its great respect for privacy. For users, it’s a win situation, but for authoritarian governments, it doesn’t and has never sat well with them. Focused on making the platform even more secure to Group Admins, Telegram has added a new feature giving them an option to hide their identity. Flicking the toggle will hide an admin from the list of group members. And to conceal identity when messaging, texts from anonymized admins will be signed with the group name — similar to channel posts. Group admins can anonymize themselves by toggling Remain Anonymous in Admin…