Author: Alvin Wanjala

Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO, has announced a significant change on the platform regarding political advertising. Jack says, “all political advertising on Twitter globally” will be stopped because they believe “political message reach should be earned, not bought.” In a round-up of follow up tweets, he explains that they believe political message outreach could grow even without advertising. “… we have witnessed many social movements reach massive scale without any political advertising.” “I trust this will only grow,” he added. Dorsey says the power of internet advertising is massive and very powerful. As a result, this “power brings significant risks to…

2020 is already here – perfectly two months away, but the tech industry is all geared up for the goodies to come shortly. Apple’s 2020 iPhones have been rumored to be the industry’s first to ship with a 5nm processor, probably A14 Bionic SoC. With 5G adoption already underway in various countries across the world, Apple’s upcoming iPhones will also support 5G. For 5G connectivity, reports suggest that Apple will bet on Qualcomm’s X55 5G modem for that. This is the case even though the company has its 5G section that came after acquiring Intel’s 5G modem business for $1 billion in July.…

Samsung can’t get enough of foldable phones. The smartphone industry has been experiencing a slowdown in sales, and most companies want to bet on foldable phones as the key to more sales. But, to be honest, no one is betting on foldable smartphones more than Samsung. The South Korean tech giant even went ahead to patent a new foldable design concept for the Galaxy Fold 2 with the original fold still under works after the unfortunate problems that occurred before its public launch. Yesterday, Samsung revealed a new foldable phone concept at its developer conference. From the video, the new…

Instagram is making some changes to its platform that may not settle well with those of you who have been stalking accounts without signing up for an account. Instagram has a new change that you won’t like. The platform now requires you to sign in to your Instagram account before you can view a public account. The latest changes now give signed-out users no chance at viewing public accounts. Whenever you go to Instagram while not signed in, you will now be prompted to sign in or create an account before you can be able to. This change has been…

It sounds unusual that Xiaomi is adding another variant to the Redmi Note series in addition to the regular Redmi Note 8 and Note 8 Pro. But that is the case this time around. Xiaomi’s Redmi NOTE 8 Pro, to be honest, did not resonate well with everyone. And that was because of the MediaTek Helio Chipset under the helm. NFC sensitive peeps also tabled their cries over lack of support in the Redmi Note 8. Xiaomi wants to make up for the two issues with the new variant, however. You get Qualcomm Snapdragon 665, a 4000mAh battery with 18W…

Since most browsers are nowadays built based on Chromium, many functionalities included in one browser could move to other browsers, as well. In the near future, browsers will even be bolstered with tones of features that will be available across the board. Yeah, a better web is coming. Soon, browsers could achieve a different level of collaboration we haven’t seen before. The first step that has been taken to achieve this is the ability to share tabs between browsers. A flag in Chrome Canary has revealed you will soon be able to drag and drop Chrome tabs to and from…

Apple has issued a short notice to users of older iPhones and iPads that were launched in 2012 or earlier. The company warned, via a blog post, that several iPhone models would stop functioning correctly come 3rd November. According to the warning, the company says users of the affected iPhones and iPads should update to the newest version of iOS available. The devices in question include the iPad 4s, iPad mini (1st generation), iPad 2, iPad (3rd generation), iPhone 5 and iPad (4th generation). The said updates will ensure that the mentioned devices maintain an accurate GPS location. For the…

Facebook has officially launched its new feature today. After taking over your event planning, and most importantly, social life, the company wants to be your source of news, as well. Its news feature will receive a dedicated tab inside the app. Facebook’s news tab will be categorized into five categories – today’s stories, personalization, and paid news subscriptions. Furthermore, there is a topic section that dives deeper into business, entertainment, health, science & tech, and sports. The company will be featuring top stories in various industries and will show Facebook News users articles based on their interests. But still, Facebook…

Twitter has come clean stating they have been showing more ads to users with fewer followers. Which, by the way, worked as intended in order to give popular users a better user experience on the platform. The problem is not recent but it dates back to the platform’s inception. That has since changed due to a policy change. In the past few weeks, Twitter now treats all of its users equally and some have already complained about seeing more ads. Users with high follower count now experience the hard times of putting up with a high density of Ads on…

Smartphone addiction is one of the biggest threats that face the current generation of beings. This has been one main reason why Google released Digital wellbeing tools to help you monitor how often you use your phone. Although the app does not force you to cut down your smartphone usage patterns, it shows you how long you’ve been using particular apps, the number of unlocks you have performed in a day, and the number of notifications received in a day. Google hopes these stats could scare you to cut down your phone usage, but it seems that it is not…