Author: Kaluka wanjala

LG Electronics is set to revolutionize home entertainment with the first-ever QNED Mini LED TV featuring superior brightness and contrast giving consumers unprecedented viewing experience. The QNED Mini TV LED TV combines some of the latest innovative technology by LG, namely, quantum dot and NanoCell, producing incredibly accurate colors with advanced LED backlight offering better contrast and deeper blacks for images, while rendering motion more smoothly and naturally. Thanks to a new panel structure enhanced by LG’s advanced Mini LED backlighting, these TVs give the television images a life-like feel thus delivering a truly immersive viewing experience in the LCD…

LG Electronics has today launched its second e-Showroom in the Kenyan market extending the boundless convenience for consumers to browse and purchase smart home electronics and appliances. The e-Showroom, located at the Cedar Mall in Nanyuki Town, was inaugurated in the presence of the Laikipia County Governor H.E. Ndiritu Muriithi and the County Executive for Trade, Tourism and Cooperatives Hon. Biwott Tirop. LG Electronics East Africa Managing Director Mr. Sa Nyoung Kim said that LG is always releasing new products and advanced technologies in the market thus the need to ensure all the consumers have quick access to the products…

We had already told you that the Huawei Watch Fit was to be unveiled in Kenya this month. This smart fitness band has been on pre-order in Kenya for about a week and it is finally available in stores across the country. The Huawei Watch Fit falls between the company’s basic fitness bands and its GT smartwatches. It has some elements of both and is the perfect accessory for those who do not want or are not willing to spend money on a smartwatch or those who feel that fitness bands are just too basic to their liking. The Huawei…

HMD Global has announced its latest entry level smartphone, the Nokia C1 Plus. The Nokia C1 Plus will join the Nokia C1 that the company unveiled last year and the Nokia C2 that we saw earlier this year. The C-series is the company’s entry level series which is perfect for a market such as Kenya. The Nokia C1 Plus is a slightly improved version of the C1 and comes with the same 5.45 inch display we had on the C1. This is slightly smaller than the 5.7 inch display we had on the C2. The Nokia C1 plus runs on…

Vivo has confirmed that it will be launching one of its premium smartphones, the vivo V20, in Kenya this month. This is the successor to the V19 that we reviewed back in August. We loved the V19 and were happy with what it had to offer. Just like previous devices in vivo’s V series, the V20 will be all about premium photography and videography. The vivo V20 will feature a signature 44MP Eye Autofocus selfie which can shoot up to 4K selfie video with additional unique features such as the—Slo-Mo Selfie video, steadiface selfie video, Dual-view video for back and…

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber-security solutions globally, has today released the findings of a new survey, which shows organizations’ key cyber-security priorities and challenges through to 2023, and highlights the changes to their security strategies forced by the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020.  Over half of respondents said their organizations are seeing more attacks and threats now than at the start of 2020.  The majority believe their approach to security will not return to its pre-pandemic state, with just one in five saying that their security operations have returned to what they were.  Key findings from the…

Xiaomi Kenya has announced the start of its Christmas sale promotion that will run from today (11th December) all the way to 18th December 2020. As Part of the sale, Xiaomi will be offering a range of items from smartphones to other smart products at a discount and some will be bundled up together. These deals will be available exclusively through the following Mi Stores in Nairobi. Mi Store – Finetech (Bihi Towers – 5th Floor) – 0705411054 Mi Store – Gadget Point (Beaver House, Mezanine – Tom Mboya Street) – 0739800081 Mi Store – Giwa House, Moi Avenue -…

Safaricom has pushed out a major update to the new mySafaricom app. The update adds biometric fingerprint protection to the app for devices that support it. This is a long overdue addition but the good thing is that we are finally getting it. For those who are not aware, Safaricom is giving 500MB free to those who download and activate this new app. You can get the app here. The update is available on version 1.2 of the new mySafaricom app. Keep in mind that this is the new app that you can download from the Google Play Store here.…

The gaming industry’s evolution has been among the most rapid shifts in any form of entertainment and is one of the most profitable in the entertainment industry globally with a profit margin of over $159 billion in 2020 only projected to get to over $200 billion in 2023. The industry owes its success to the advancement in mobile technology. With the recent boom in the sector, a whole new door for a generation of modern gamers was opened. In fact, according to App Annie’s – the global provider of mobile data and analytics – 2020 annual state of the mobile report, mobile…

After unveiling the vivo Y20 recently, the global smartphone brand, vivo, has introduced a new budget smartphone, the vivo Y12s as an addition to the successful Y- series in Kenya. The vivo Y12s packs a slew of new features including a 5000mAh battery supporting 10W fast charging and 5W reverse charging, a 6.51-Inch Large Display and a Side-Mounted Fingerprint Scanner that was spotted in the vivo Y20 all aiming to strengthen the company’s leadership position in the industry as well as among young people in the country. The device that was recently launched in other markets will have a vertical AI Dual camera module offering a 13MP…