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…
Author: John Nyabuto
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…
An experimental option has been added to Chrome for Android by Google. This option helps make alerts about site notifications less intrusive and more unobtrusive The browser already has some options for customizing how these alerts appear, but the new setting aims (called ‘Quieter notification permission prompts’) is new for anyone using Chrome Canary on their phone or tablet. This setting is added to the existing ‘Enabled’, ‘Enabled (force heads-up notifications)’ and ‘Enabled (force mini-info bars)’ options. You can choose the setting you would like to use by visiting chrome://flags in Chrome, and then searching for ‘Quieter notification permission prompts’. The new option can…
Trump administration has extended the temporary license which allows US firms to do business with Huawei. The current license expired today and the Trump administration has decided to extend it by another 90 days which means that the new reprieve will end on February 16, 2020. On Friday 15th November 2019, Reuters had reported that the exemptions in the Huawei trade ban could only be extended for a period of two weeks. However, the Trump administration is said to have changed its decision over the weekend to allow for a longer extension. It seems like the US-Huawei stalemate will continue for now. This is the third…
Xbox One is always striving to improve your gaming experience. Its latest update has new features that many have been waiting for. First off is the roll-out of Google Assistant voice controls. If you’ve got a Google Assistant Home-enabled device, you’ll be able to turn your console on and off, launch games and apps and control videos using your voice, and the usual “Hey, Google…” followed by the command. Also in the update, Xbox has introduced customizable text filters, so you get to decide what’s acceptable and what isn’t in the text-based messages you receive. There are four filter levels,…
Many social apps have been pushing for e-commerce features on their platforms and Facebook has not been left behind. The company is finalizing on a new feature for Whatsapp Business called ‘catalogues’. This catalogues will help businessmen and women on Whatsapp Business to share inventories of their products with fellow Whatsapp users. Whatsapp is simply making it easier to learn about the products and services businesses offer with the introduction of catalogues to their app. The company explained that the new catalogues feature will give small businesses a chance to look more professional. Catalogues will act as mobile storefronts for…
The latest version of Chrome OS brings tools for organizing your workspace, copying phone numbers and sharing them to smartphones and printing documents even quickly. You can now send phone numbers directly from the internet to your smartphone with Chromebook. With the new Chrome OS Click-to-Call feature, users can now right-click a phone number when browsing the web on their Chromebook and send it to their mobile phone. This feature is an effort and time saver for Chromebook users who won’t have to manually copy phone numbers to their phones. Setting up the Chrome OS Click-to-Call feature is easy. You…