Author: Alvin Wanjala

Microsoft’s next-gen console, aka the Xbox Series X, or XSX, has finally been showcased in detail by the company. As revealed before, the Xbox Series X is Microsoft’s fastest, most powerful console yet and will be officially unveiled towards the end of the year. Showcased in detail yesterday, from the ins and outs and the real-world performance, the Microsoft’s XSX is very powerful. Even that feels like an understatement, in some way, since the hardware itself is far beyond any game, and handles the most graphical games as a piece of cake. In developing the XBOX, Microsoft paid attention to…

After releasing the first stable version of Windows 10 to the public in 2015, Microsoft has finally hit its 1 billion active devices goal. Announcing the news recently, Microsoft says its latest Operating system now powers over 1 billion devices around the world. These include PCs, laptops, Xbox One consoles, and HoloLens devices. The milestone achievement comes a few months after the company ended support for Windows 7, which paved the way for the latest OS iteration to shine. Microsoft had set a target to have 1 billion active devices running Windows two years earlier, but that didn’t happen. At…

The novel coronavirus outbreak has affected the global community in different ways. From work to personal lives, and even economically. Many businesses have shut down, seeking alternative means for employees to continue doing their daily tasks from home. As a result, worldwide downloads of teleconference apps like Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Slack have significantly been impacted. The global downloads for such apps have reportedly increased five-fold since the outset of 2020, according to Sensor Tower, an app analytics firm. The firm says these apps amassed a total of 1.4 million new users in the first week of January alone. In…

Popular Facebook-owned instant messaging app, WhatsApp, is working on a new exciting feature that has long been available on competitor apps. Self-destructing messages feature has been spotted on two beta versions of the app, according to WABetaInfo. The feature allows you to send a message then set a certain period, after which the message will ‘self-destruct.’ Self-destructing has been available on Telegram for some time now and is a handy feature, especially when sharing sensitive information. On WhatsApp, you will be able to set the expiry period of messages ranging from one hour, one day, one week, one month, or…

The productivity field is quite crowded with Microsoft and Google, two major tech giants, having a share in the market. Google’s suite of productivity apps, G -Suite, is one of the largest competitors in the markets. G Suite comprises of a variety of apps including Gmail, Calendar, Currents, Hangouts, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Keep, Forms, etc. In the latest update, G suite boss, Javier Soltero, reveals that G-suite has 2 billion monthly active users. The impressive mark was achieved towards the end of 2019, according to Javier Soltero who spoke to Axios. However, the numbers were not simplified to give…

Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi is quite reputable for its powerful devices that are cheaply priced. The newest addition to its Redmi Note series is the Redmi Note 9 and Redmi Note 9 Pro Max. Both phones have large 5020 mAh batteries with fast charge support, 6.67in FHD+ displays with Gorilla Glass 5 layered on top for protection. The two are also identical under the hood, both running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 720G chipset with Adreno 618 GPU. The Redmi Note 9 Pro Max is the face of the series now with a 64 MP wide lens, 8 MP ultrawide lens, 2 MP lens…

HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, was the first company to unveil its Android 10 update roadmap even before Google shipped the first stable update to legible devices. So far, so good, the company kept its word seeding out updates to all phones that were scheduled for an update before the end of 2019. However, the rest of the roadmap has been tweaked a little due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The company had initially planned to roll out Android 10 to the Nokia 2.2, 3.1 Plus, 3.2, and 4.2 in the middle of Q1. Based on the current…

Twitter list feature has often been a way to escape the chaotic timeline and curate your little small world on the platform. The new update rolled out on the platform; however, upgrades the lists feature to a whole new level where you can pin them as secondary timelines. Follow these steps to pin your lists on your Twitter home screen; Go to your main Twitter Menu on Android or iOSTap on Lists, and you will see a new “pin” tool added adjacent to each list.Tap on any pin to add the adjacent list to your Twitter home screen. Keep in…

YouTube’s premium membership was launched in 2014 and has been available in a few select countries. Today, the company has expanded to more, including Nigeria, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Venezuela. By entering these new four markets, YouTube Premium now covers 80 different nations around the globe. In Africa, YouTube Premium was only available in South Africa, one of the continent’s biggest internet markets. YouTube Premium pricing remains the same – at $12 – and subscribing members get a few perks as a result. Part of the benefits include Ad-free streaming, saving video offline and background play, even when the…

Music streaming giant, Spotify, has tweaked its home screen layout to make it more personalized based on the content you love. As a result, when you open your Spotify app, you will be greeted with an all-new section placed on top of the home screen that displays familiar content, just after the greetings. That may include a podcast one listens to every morning, a workout playlist, an artist or album played on repeat during the week, and so on. The section will also dynamically change depending on the time of the day, which gives routine lovers a perfect way to…