Author: John Nyabuto

Instagram on the web has long been sluggishly moving as compared to the other apps on the web. A perfect example is how long it took Instagram to get notification of the web. This took a while before it was incorporated as is with most other features. Instagram is adding another feature to the web. The company is rolling out direct messages on the web to a “small percentage” of users worldwide as part of a public test following internal experiments in 2019. The direct messaging experience will be essentially the same through the browser as it is on mobile. You can create…

A number of Android users have even been able to get an early glimpse of what Whatsapp dark mode will look like by exploiting a small bug in the current beta release. So what is it, why does it matter, and when will it roll out? Here is what we know so far. WhatsApp dark mode is a new design which will replace/swap its current palette of light grey and green for shades of black, teal and midnight blue. Whatsapp dark mode does not totally replace the current look but will be available to choose if you one wishes to.…

If you spend a lot of time on Youtube, then you might know of MrBeast who started the #TeamTrees campaign. He raised $21million enough for 21.5 million trees to plant across the world. With the help of other top Youtubers like Techtuber Marquees Keith Brownlee, famously known as MKBHD and YouTuber Mark Rober to name just but a few, the campaign aims to plant the trees in Kenya’s Kijabe forest, India, United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Haiti, Indonesia, Ireland, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nepal, and the United Kingdom. Mr Beast in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation plans the first…

Samsung used CES 2020 to show off an 8K bezel-less screen. Samsung always set the bar too high for other TV companies by exhibiting bleeding-edge TV Tech. The TV in question is the Q950TS QLED 8K TV with Samsung calling its bezel-less screen an infinity screen as it has a 99% screen-to-body ratio — the highest in the world. Phones in the recent past have been working on minimizing their bezels and it looks like it has spilled over to televisions as we can see from Samsung and other TV brands. Samsung has also built an AI and machine-learning powered…

As technology progresses so fast, TV tech is similarly asserting how difficult it is to keep up with it. TV buyers nowadays easily get confused understanding what OLED and QLED displays are, what is Organic or Quantum or the difference between 4K screens and 8K screens. OLED is a successor to Plasma TV and it has grown in prominence in recent years with support from top TV brands like Panasonic, Sony, LG and Hisense while QLED TV makes up a large portion of Samsung TVs. So what is QLED and OLED and how do you differentiate the two, and TV…

Many people use fitness trackers nowadays to guide them as they workout for example when swimming, jogging or even cycling. Fitness trackers can also help you understand your health situations, for example, detecting irregular heart rhythms. Apart from that, we also get weather updates, message notifications, calendar and so on and so forth from our fitness trackers. I have only used Huami Amazfit GTS Smartwatch and so far, so good. It looks identical to Apple Watch Series 5 Aand works almost perfectly except for footstep count, which in most cases it loses count or you can wake up and it…

Today, @OnLeaks and CashKaro have unleashed a barrage of renders for the Samsung Galaxy S11+, along with a video. Speculated to be announced soon, the Samsung Galaxy S11 series is anticipated to feature some amazing specifications that will stand out from its previous generation phones in the Galaxy series. Almost a decade since the appearance of the Galaxy series, speculations about the Galaxy S11 series are doing rounds on the internet. While there is no clear air around the launch of the Galaxy S11 series, it is being anticipated that the 3 smartphones from this series will arrive in the markets at the beginning…

When is it just right for you to upgrade your phone to a new cell phone? It’s not always easy to tell. When a new phone comes from any of the major phone makers, people want to know if they should upgrade from their current devices. For example, I am an ardent Huawei user currently using Huawei Mate 10 Pro. With the release of Mate 20 Pro and 30 Pro, I have that strong urge to upgrade soon to catch up with the latest flagships. While the average lifespan of most smartphones on the market today is a little over…

Huawei was forced to ditch Google apps on new phone models after the US trade ban on them and so was the brand’s computer sector which was also badly affected. The ban meant that Huawei couldn’t pre-load windows and other Microsoft software on its Matebook laptops and hybrid devices. Microsoft has confirmed that the US Department of Commerce has approved its application to export “mass-market software” to Huawei which means that Huawei can once again use Microsoft software. “On November 20, the U.S. Department of Commerce granted Microsoft’s request for a license to export mass-market software to Huawei. We appreciate…

Through your voice, you can easily buy a ticket to go watch your favourite movie through Google Assistant. Google has finally made the feature official and announcing the partners it will partner with. You can ask Google assistant something like “Hey Google, Maleficent movie this weekend” and it will get to work. Through voice commands and touch input in the Chrome browser, you can find a theatre, choose your seats, and complete your purchase with Assistant doing most of the work. This movie feature is possible through Google Duplex, the same system that allows you to make restaurant reservations over…