Author: Alvin Wanjala

After announcing its partnership with Intel to bring 5G to laptops, MediaTek has announced a new line of 5G integrated chipsets. The new series is dubbed Dimensity and the company even announced the first chip in line – Dimensity 1000 5G – yesterday. Dimensity 1000 5G is crafted from the 7nm manufacturing process. The chip is integrated with 5G which gives it more advantages in terms of power-saving, unlike processors that need a separate 5G modem. More so, the chipset also occupies less real estate inside devices unlike chipsets with separate 5G modems. Being the first chipset in MediaTek’s Dimensity…

Xiaomi has been one of the most talked-about companies this year. This has been significantly driven by the company’s consistent product releases in the Chinese market as well as globally. Its dominant markets, like India and it’s home market China, are even seeing more product launches that are unavailable in other markets. Xiaomi’s next product to be announced is the Redmi K30. This is according to Redmi’s VP and General Manager Lu Weibing, who took it on the Chinese microblogging platform, Weibo. As teased before, Redmi K30 will support dual-mode 5G. Still, from the last tidbits, Redmi K30 will feature…

Despite how long it has taken for the company to realize the changing times, they finally have acknowledged the new trend. MultiChoice Africa, the proprietary owner of DSTV, has hinted that they will be launching DSTV Now as a standalone service. The company has been offering DStv Now bundled with its DStv Premium subscription, but that is about to change. Some might argue about the need for this service, but with the rising popularity of streaming services, the company needs to adapt and fit in the market to survive. Despite the company having its own streaming service Showmax, offering DStv…

During the launch event in China today where the company unveiled the Huawei MatePad Pro, Huawei’s CEO, Richard Yu, revealed sales statistics of its latest flagship devices. Yu says that the company has managed to sell over 7 million Mate 30 devices in two months. The stats include sales of the following Huawei Mate 30 series devices; Huawei Mate 30, Huawei Mate 30 Pro, Huawei Mate 30 5G, Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G, and the Huawei Mate 30 RS Porsche Design. This represents a 75% increase in sales as compared to the Mate 20 series sales in a similar period.…

The Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek has today announced a major partnership with US chipmaker Intel. This comes several months after the company sold its 5G smartphone business to Apple for $1 billion. The company seems to have found a solution that will help them bring 5G support in PCs. Announced today by the two companies, the partnership will bring the next-generation wireless network – 5G, to Intel-powered laptops. Announcing the partnership, MediaTek’s President Joe Chen stated, “5G will usher in the next era of PC experiences, and working with Intel, an industry leader in computing, highlights MediaTek’s expertise in designing 5G…

As the company had planned before, Huawei has unveiled its answer to Apple’s 11-inch iPad Pro. Some notable differences here include slimmer bezels and an 8-megapixel hole-punch front camera. From a distant, the 10.8-inch MatePad Pro is inspired by the iPad Pro. The tablet features a 10.8-inch display with a higher-resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels. The screen is very bright, going as far as 540 nits and supports the DCI-P3 colour gamut. On the hardware side, Huawei MatePad Pro runs on Huawei’s in-house processor (Kirin 990 processor) and still runs on the latest version of Android splashed on top…

Google has announced that they are shutting down their cloud-based printing solution, Cloud Print. Cloud Print has been around for almost a decade and has been a go-to choice for printing pages directly from the web using Google Chrome. This has been a handy feature since it even enabled older printers to be able to print pages even with no support for internet connection. Cloud Print was useful since you could print pages directly from any device. You could print from Chrome, your smartphone, and even remotely via the internet. The service was launched in 2010 and has been in…

Twitter has in the past admitted that they have used phone numbers meant for two-factor authentications in advertising. 2FA is good, but not SMS-based two-factor authentication. Using mobile phone numbers to secure accounts is not safe at all especially in the age where sim swap attacks have become rampant. Even Twitter’s own CEO, Jack Dorsey was seemingly hacked by way of SIM swap. Safaricom knows this, and that is why they have stepped up their game to make the public aware of their AI-powered solution aimed at combatting SIM swap attacks. You should turn it on by the way if…

Showmax has announced a mobile-only plan that will give mobile users access to all of its contents for less. The company’s mobile-only plan targets users who love consuming content using their mobile devices like smartphones and tablets instead of large TV screens. The plan is priced half of the regular price and will still give users access to the whole of Showmax’s catalog. Showmax hopes that the new mobile plan will help the company gain more customers. The company also claims that the new plan will also consume less data due to the compression algorithms put in place. “On 1GB,…

Yesterday, Oppo finally announced its newest iteration of their Android skin – Color OS 7. The latest iteration brings necessary improvements not only to the user interface but also features some upgrades under the hood. The newest version, which is based on Android 10, draws much inspiration from it as expected. The first noticeable thing is the revamped UI, all in a quest to offer better user experience over its predecessor. The visual design has been stripped down to reduce the colorfulness of the UI whose aim is to reduce visual fatigue.  Through Oppo’s partnership with Episound, Color OS 7…