Author: Kaluka wanjala

If you always have two monitors on when working, having a laptop that can offer you the same experience sound appealing. This is one of the groups ASUS is targeting with the ZenBook Duo series that is made up of laptops that come with two displays. I already reviewed one such laptop last year and this was the ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo and now we have another variant to review. The ZenBook Pro Duo is the higher end model and now I am interested to see what this affordable model has to offer and how it matches up to the…

With social distancing and not that many people out and about, finding ways to capture this crowd is something most businesses are trying to do. We have seen businesses come up with new products and services to sell to those not moving around as much. For some other businesses, all they are doing is sensitize the public about its products if they already have them on the market. For media houses in Kenya, they have partnered with Safaricom to get their digital newspapers to more smartphone users. Through this partnership, Safaricom customers will be able to get the newspapers for…

Facebook has released yet another app that this time will rival one of the popular platforms right now, TikTok. This latest app is called Collab and is a music creation application that lets people create, watch, mix and match original videos. This is similar to what TikTok is to some extent. Through this app, users will be able to create 3 independent videos that will play in sync and end up creating a new musical recording. To do this, users can add their own recording or by scrolling through the app to find an arrangement to complete their own composition.…

OPPO’s latest smartphone, the OPPO A92, is now available on pre-order in Kenya. Those interested in this phone can get one for Ksh 29,999 through e-commerce platform, Jumia. The pre-order period runs till the 4th of June with the first sale expected the following day. The OPPO A92 will be a direct competitor to the Huawei Nova 7i. Both of these are new releases to the Kenyan market and it will be interesting to see how they perform. Those who pre-order the OPPO A92 through Jumia will get a backpack for free. Not necessarily the best free accessory but it…

Opera Mini is one of the popular mobile browsers in Kenya and most developing countries. The browser gained popularity because of its data saving capabilities and a number of other features. Today, Opera has announced the availability of Opera Mini 50, its latest version of the mobile browser that is available to download. The updated app comes with features including data compression technology, a download manager with offline file sharing capabilities, and a built-in ad-blocker. Besides these features, the updated app has introduced Opera’s new user interface. The company says the updated design will allow users to interact with the…

Sanda Ojiambo, Safaricom’s Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact has been appointed as the Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. The announcement was made by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. Sanda who will assume the role from June 17th will take over from Denmark’s Lise Kingo who has been with the UN Global Compact since 2015. “Sanda has been instrumental in leading our Sustainable Business team that focuses on Sustainability, Shared Value, Corporate Social Investment and Technology for Development. She has also played a major role in the integration of the Sustainable…

Netflix wants to get rid of inactive members from its platform. The company will be targeting those who are paying for a membership plan without using it. The video streaming platform will be asking inactive subscribers to confirm if they would like to keep their membership or not. Netflix will be targeting those who have not used the service for a year of have stopped watching for more than two years. These are the people the company will be sending emails or in-app notifications as from this week. Those who do not confirm that they want to keep their subscriptions…

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SWVL has been having a rough time after facing off with the NTSA regarding its operations in the country. The Shuttle hailing platform was accused of operating in the country without the right license and this forced it to stop operating in certain routes in the city. SWVL has just announced that it has resolved the issues it has had with the NTSA and that the service is now 100% compliant. You will not see SWVL rides on the road just yet as the company has suspended services due to the current pandemic. Operations will resume once the lockdown is…

The Nokia 5.1 Plus is the latest smartphone from HMD Global to get Android 10. The update has just started trolling out and with this, the number of Nokia smartphones to get the update has risen to 15. This is impressive considering that there are phone manufacturers who are yet to roll out the update to any of their devices. The Nokia 5.1 Plus was launched towards the end of 2018 and the company has promised two years of OS updates and true to that, the company is sticking to its word. When it was launched, the Nokia 5.1 Plus…