Author: Alvin Wanjala

Xiaomi acquired Meitu phones last year, and since the acquisition, the company had not taken advantage of their new hardware. Yesterday Xiaomi revealed full details on their plans with their Meitu acquisition. In the same line, Xiaomi has announced their new range of devices dubbed Mi CC series. Mi-CC Series is in celebration with Xiaomi’s eighth Anniversary. Xiaomi CC series was introduced by Lei Jun, Xiaomi CEO who explained that CC has a range of meanings including Colorful and Creative, camera+camera and even Chic and Cool. The Mi CC Series will feature a Dual Camera setup according to Xiaomi. The…

A few months ago Facebook-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp started cracking down on users with GB WhatsApp and WhatsApp Plus mods. This comes a few weeks after the company announced its plans to take legal action against spammers on the platform. WhatsApp Mods offer increased functionality over the official app, which is the major attraction point that many users opt for mods over the original app. GB WhatsApp and WhatsApp Plus are the two most popular WhatsApp mods. Back in April WhatsApp started threatening users by temporarily banning them citing a violation of their Terms of Service so that they…

Google did announce its first tablet, Pixel Slate last year when they launched their Pixel 3 and 3XL devices. Recent reports suggest that Pixel Slate won’t be getting any successor devices in the future. This is due to Google’s suspension of the tablet sector projects. The company has been reported to shift its focus entirely on laptops. Google had been working on two tablet-like devices in the Pixel Slate lineage, but the company has abandoned the project shifting its workers to their new laptop project. However, for Pixel Slate owners, there’s no need to worry since the devices will be…

Dark mode for Chrome has finally rolled out but as an experimental feature. Dark mode has become a mainstream feature that has been so much anticipated lately. Look at Apple’s next iOS version 13 and Google’s upcoming Android 10 Q; both have planned to bring a system-wide dark mode in devices. Due to the scheduled system-wide dark theme in Android Q, Google is preparing by rolling out some dark themes in it’s Android apps. So far, Contacts, Messages, Calculator, Discover Feed, Google Phone among other apps, and even lately, Gmail has also been rumored to have a dark theme. Chrome…

With the Mobile World Congress Shanghai event 2019 a few weeks away, you should be excited about the news that accompanies the exhibition. The MWC Shanghai event showcases the modern technologies in the smartphone world that we will likely see in the recent future. Since the event is just a week away, Vivo didn’t keep a secret of its planned 120W SuperFlash Fast Charger. Announced early today, Vivo has come up with the world’s first 120W Charger that takes fast charging to the next level. Imagine charging a 4000mAh battery in just 13 minutes! In terms of Fast Charging technology…

Genius.com recently accused Google of copying lyrics from their site and placing it in their Search engine feature, OneBox. The company Genius Media Inc. went ahead to even copyright their lyrics in 2016 using a watermarking software that inserted alternating apostrophes between straight and curly single-quote marks in a particular sequence on lyrics which read ‘Red Handed’ when viewed via Morse Code. The issue as reported publicly by Genius last week was said to have been running for quite some time now even before the official report came into light. Google had washed their hands clean on the matter, stating…

TrueCaller the antispam phone management app has announced that they will be adding a new feature on the platform. From today, the TrueCaller app will now support free VoIP-powered voice calls. The feature will only need an internet connection to give its users a new opportunity to communicate at a low cost. Users will be able to “make free, high quality, low latency, and quick to connect audio calls” via the app. As per now the feature only supports two users but hopingly in the near feature group calls will also be introduced. “We are looking forward to effectively provide…

The going has not been well since Washington banned the Chinese Tech Giant Huawei in terms of trade. Since then many US-based companies had cut business with Huawei altogether. The most significant loss has been losing Android’s OS license from Google, which would mean that Huawei phones won’t be able to receive any software updates from Google Services. Among the many companies that cut ties with Huawei, Microsoft was among them. Microsoft went ahead to remove all the Huawei laptops that were listed in their Online store. Nothing has cooled down till date. Surprisingly, Microsoft has listed Huawei Laptops in…

We have already come across renders tipping on how the 2019 iPhone models will probably look like. But for a recap, the iPhone models of 2019 will still come in three models, just like their predecessors iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max. Throughout the sequel, the XR is the low-end model while the XS Max is the top-notch device in the lineage. From design leaks that have been making rounds online, the significant change exteriorly has been the triple main camera setup. It doesn’t matter what our thoughts are on the square-shaped camera bump for now. It’s a similar case…

Genius.com is a popular lyric to go platform that offers lyrics to almost any type of music online. The platform is part of Genius Media born in 2009, which describes itself as a “platform for annotating clever rap lyrics.” If you search any lyrics to a song, you often come across Google Onebox which simplifies your search query by display lyrics directly instead of digging further to a website. Sure the feature is, but Genius.com is the biggest loser to Onebox because the company highly depends on Google Search to land visitors on its website. Since the company has been…