Author: Kaluka wanjala

If you use WhatsApp on Android, you may soon be forced to pay for Google cloud storage if you want to keep your chat histories backed up. Some changes in the WhatsApp code have been spotted by WABetaInfo. The changes have been spotted in an in-development version of WhatsApp. With these changes, users will have the option of deciding the data from their WhatsApp chat histories that they would like to back up. These changes should help users not hit their Google Drive storage limits. With WhatsApp chat backup, users are able to store updated copies of their chats and…

Huawei had confirmed that it planned to launch the new Huawei nova 9 in Kenya sometime this month. The company did not have an exact date but we now know that will be happening in a couple of weeks. For those who want to be the first ones to own this phone, it is currently available in pre-order through Amaya, Huawei’s official distributor in Kenya. The phone is retailing at Ksh 66,000. I am not sure if you can pre-order it offline but I am sure that can be facilitated through Huawei retail stores across the country. Huawei Mobile Kenya…

TLcom has today announced a first close of $70mn for its $150mn Africa focused tech fund, firmly positioning the investor to become the largest independent VC firm fully dedicated to the continent. With a first close in line with the total size of its TIDE Africa Fund closed in 2020, TLcom’s second fund sees participation from Allianz, the world’s largest insurance company, through AfricaGrow, its joint venture with DEG Impact (German Investment Corporation), as well as a host of new and returning investors including Bertelsmann, King Philanthropies, the TLcom team and FBNQuest from the private sector, and major DFIs such as…

Crime and Justice, Njoro wa Uba, This Love and three more Kenyan shows were among the ten most-watched titles overall on Showmax in 2021 in Kenya, according to the latest viewing statistics from Showmax, showing that Kenyans’ appetite for local content grew immensely in 2021. It comes as no surprise that the Showmax Original Crime and Justice made it to the overall list of most-watched in 2021, seeing as it claimed the top spot for nine weeks straight after launching in February last year. The police procedural and legal drama follows ripped-from-the-headlines investigations by the fictional Nairobi Metropol Police, led…

Xiaomi yesterday unveiled the global version of the Redmi Note 11 series. This phone was first launched in China but the company has now unveiled it for the global audience. In total, Xiaomi launched 4 new devices that include the Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G, the 4G variant, the Redmi Note 11S, and the Note 11. As expected, the phones have quite some similarities including OLED displays, 5,000 mAh batteries, dual speakers, side-mounted fingerprint scanners among others. The note 11 series will be the successor to the note 10 series that we saw in Kenya last year. Redmi Note 11…

5G implementation has a long way to go in Kenya but this has not stopped manufacturers from launching 5G capable devices in the market. We have seen a number of them and Infinix is joining this bandwagon soon. Infinix has not officially confirmed the existence of this phone but it has surfaced online thanks to XDA developers. The site has shared real photos of the device showing us what to expect.  The photos show the back of the phone, camera placement and the glossy finish. They also show the display with the punch hole notch. Infinix has two main flagship…

WhatsApp is rolling out some key updates for iOS users. The Facebook-owned company normally rolls out updates to both Android and iOS but this time it is doing things differently as the update is rolling out to iPhone and iPad users. The update has just been rolled out to iOS users and should be available to other platforms in the coming weeks. The first change is the option to pause and resume when recording voice messages. You will be able to use this by swiping up to lock a voice recording and then tap ‘Pause’ and ‘resume’ buttons. This is…

Even though the Galaxy S21 FE was recently launched, Samsung is working on yet another flagship smartphone that will be unveiled in a few weeks. This new phone will be the Samsung Galaxy S22 series. We have been expecting this launch as this is around the same time when previous S series devices were launched. The S22 series will be the company’s flagship for 2022 and I am excited to see what it has to offer. Samsung may have not officially announced the launch date but Techinsider has unearthed the information from Samsung’s own website. https://twitter.com/TechInsiderBlog/status/1485024227057188870 When is the Samsung…

Pantone LLC today announced Samsung as the newest Pantone Validated partner for both Pantone Matching System (PMS) Colors and Pantone SkinTones. Samsung is the first HDR display manufacturer in the world to participate in Pantone Validated and Pantone SkinTone Validated, a new patent-pending technology program that allows display, TV, mobile device and printer manufacturers to have their devices tested and validated for authentically reproducing Pantone PMS and SkinTone colors. Samsung’s all-new 2022 QLED models will be the world’s first HDR Displays with ‘Pantone Validated’ approval from Pantone. The models receiving this recognition from Pantone include all 20 newly released models…

Samsung Electronics East Africa has announced some changes in its leadership that will see appointed Mr.Tae Sun Lee take over as its new Managing Director. He takes over from Mr. Seok Min Hong who has been at the helm of the company since September 2017. The appointment of Mr. Lee is, effective January 2022. Before this appointment, he was the Strategic Director Integrated Mobility Division at Samsung Electronics South Africa. Mr. Lee has been with Samsung since August 2003 where he supported mobile operations for key Middle East markets a position he held for five years. He is known for…