Author: Alvin Wanjala

Apple’s latest iPhone 11 series of devices has been officially unveiled in the country. The company launched the new devices marked by the new triple camera system back in September. According to the Official distributor, Redington Kenya, this is the largest market for iPhone products in East Africa. The company said they had seen more than 1,000 pre-orders of the new devices just in 15 days. This is a figure according to them but is hard to prove and belive to be honest. Even cheaper smartphones struggle to record such numbers. “We have seen many pre-orders in excess of 1,000,…

After successful delivery of their promise, Google is finally pulling out on the Google Pixel and Pixel XL software update cycle. This is no surprise since these devices have already been covered under the promised timeline. Google Pixel and Pixel XL were the first devices launched by the company in 2016 so they have been on the market for three years. It has been a nice ride for owners of these devices with two years of guaranteed Android version updates and three years of security updates. Google even delivered some other updates out of goodwill. The Google Pixel and Pixel…

It is now official; Xiaomi has announced the new smartphone touted for its large mega-pixel camera. A 108MP sensor in a smartphone. Other specs about this phone are not unique, the pitch lies in the camera hardware. The MI CC9 Pro sports five camera lenses and four LED flashes. At the front is the 108MP Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor, a 12MP 2x telephoto lens for portrait shots, a 20MP ultra-wide camera with a 117-degree field of view, a 5MP 5x zoom lens and a Macro sensor. There is no special real estate about the selfie camera other than being…

Yesterday was a big day for creatives with popular software maker Adobe making several announcements regarding its product line. Some significant announcements made yesterday include; Adobe Photoshop app for the iPadAdobe XD brings support for collaborative editingAdobe Aero ability to turn Photoshop layers into interactive AR elementsAdobe’s Fresco lands on WindowsPhotoshop now added with a new time-saving AI select tool Back to the AI-powered Photoshop camera app, this app is currently under testing for limited users. The app will make photo editing a breeze with Sensei, Adobe’s AI framework gracing the platform. Adobe Photoshop will be able to recognize objects…

It seems smartphone making is becoming cheaper since everyone is doing it these days. First, TCL, the popular Chinese Smart TV brand, made its new smartphone going by the name PLEX. TCL Plex came in two different colorful models (Obsidian Black and Opal White). TCL Plex was praised for its “next-level display and AI triple camera with TCL’s NXTVISION visual technology.” That phone looked good on paper; you couldn’t tell it was the first time TCL is making a smartphone. The new player in the smartphone industry is TikTok’s parent company Bytedance. This comes months after Bytedance acquired Smartisan, a…

Now that most browsers have pulled together for a Chromium base, Microsoft has seen it a good move to refresh its logo. Microsoft Edge now has a new logo over four years since the current logo was modified. Unlike what we are used, the new logo does not look anything close to Internet Explorer’s logo. The design, however, still depicts a modular designed “e.” The logo has not been released yet, but the Verge reported it was uncovered in a new surfing mini-game buried inside the latest versions of Edge in its Canary update channel. If you look at the…

Apple’s streaming service, Apple TV+, has officially been launched as promised. The service went live as of November 1st. The cheapest Apple TV+ subscription bundle costs less than your regular Netflix subscription – at only $4.99.  At a glance, the price is a big save, yes, but you will miss out on too many TV shows. Cheap has turned out to be expensive for this case. As per now, only a handful of shows are available – nine to be specific.  Out of the nine are eight TV shows and one documentary. Titles available on Apple TV+ currently include; The…

It has been a week of financial reports, and the latest company to release its results is Sony. The company released its quarterly earnings report on Friday, 1st November detailing how it has performed in its several business categories, of course, including the hardware business. As of the latest report, Sony sold a total of 2.8 million PS4 units this quarter. An additional 2.8 million units now make the total PS4 console sales stand at 102.8 million. Sony had achieved the 100 million sales mark for P24 consoles by July. This number is enormous, but still, the PS4 doesn’t make…

Months after launching fingerprint unlock support on iOS, WhatsApp has finally delivered the same for the Android community. For iOS, the company supported both Touch ID and Face ID for security, but for Android, there is only fingerprint support for now – no face unlock, just yet. As of the latest update, you will now be able to lock down your WhatsApp chats using your phone’ fingerprint unlock feature. With the latest update, you don’t have to worry about nosy friends on your WhatsApp chats. As you’d expect, the fingerprint lock support will only work for phones with biometric unlock…

Apple’s Netflix competitor Apple TV Plus is officially launching tomorrow (November 1st). The company already announced plans to offers one year of free access to any iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and iPod Touch purchase, starting September 10th. In addition to that, the company wants to sweeten the deal for students even more. For subscribers of the Apple Music streaming service, Apple will giveaway Apple TV+ subscription at no additional cost. The news has been revealed by Hailee Steinfeld, the US pop star who stars on one of the company’s upcoming original movie – Dickinson. It is excellent news for…