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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.
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Opera GX, Opera’s dedicated gaming browser has hit the 4 million monthly active users(MAUs) milestone. The browser was launched slightly over a year ago, at the E3 gaming convention, as a way to provide the PC gaming community with a dedicated solution for their browsing needs – contrary to the one-size-fits-all browsers. Opera GX’s main pitch is the built-in RAM and CPU limiters as well as the gamer look, with sound effects and RGB lighting. July was the best month for the browser ever, with 4 million active users, representing nearly a 150 per cent growth year-to-date. Opera says, the…
Some Samsung Galaxy A series phones, Galaxy Z foldable phones and Galaxy S series tablets will also receive three years of major android updates
Yesterday, we reported about the expiry of the temporary general license(TGL) that allowed Google to ship updates to old Huawei phones with Google apps. The TGL, which had already been restored several times, won’t be renewed this time around. Instead, the US government is further restricting Huawei’s access to US technology. May restrictions put Huawei at limbo which has forced the company to shut down production of high-end Kirin chips in September. However, the previous restrictions had some loophole. It required chipmakers that used U.S. technology first to seek permission to design custom chips for the Chinese company. The loophole…
Buckle up Huawei phone owners, you may never see Google updates in the future
Facebook’s Founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has in the past opened up about the company’s plans to merge its portfolio of messaging apps. In a recent update — on both iOS and Android devices — rolled out on Instagram, a new way to chat has been added which integrates Facebook and Instagram. According to the update’s feature highlights; Instagram users can now “chat with friends who use Facebook” – a critical milestone in the company’s mission to integrate its services. There are some nifty incremental updates as well. Instagram has added a new colorful outlook inside the DM section, emoji…
Telegram is celebrating seven years since its launch in 2013. The secure messaging app now boasts over 400 million users after hitting the 400 million mark in April. While announcing its 7th anniversary, the platform has introduced one-on-one video calls, a feature that has been brought about due to the current situation around the world, according to the company. Video calls are here to satisfy the “need for face-to-face communication,” the company wrote in a blog post. Aside from that, video calls are just necessary for any messaging platform these days. Look at Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and others. Currently, the…
Becuase using your own payment system never sits well with the two
Twitter is used by many around the world from different regions with different languages. As such, the platform usually lets users chose their preferred language, so they know which kind of tweets to display on their timeline. But still, normally, you may bump into a tweet in a foreign language on several occasions. But to see what the tweet is talking about, you can click the available translation option to know what the tweet is talking about in your tweet preferred language. Twitter wants to save you from that extra step by leveraging a machine-based translation option. According to Twitter…