Author: Kaluka wanjala

Android 10 is slowly making its way to more smartphones from different manufacturers. This latest version of Android was released late last year but its market share its still low as we have come to expect from Android. The adoption of the latest Android variants is usually very low as there are so many manufacturers involved with devices in different price segments. Compare this to iOS that is owned by Apple and is only available on its devices. LG is one of the many manufacturers with not the best reputation when it comes to firmware updates. The company does try…

The wearables market has been growing so fast the last couple of years. Some of the top players including Samsung, Huawei and Apple have a number of wearable devices on the market. With the future looking promising for wearables, OPPO is the next brand to dive deep into this sector. OPPO will be taking a lot of inspiration from Apple and this will not be the first time, the company does the same with some of its smartphones and more so in the software and its custom UI that borrows a lot from iOS. According to a leak posted on…

Twitter has been adding new features to its mobile apps and even on the desktop version. The company is trying to find ways for people to spend more time on the platform and adding new features is one. We have seen features such as ability to hide replies and topics that users can follow. The latest addition to the micro-blogging platform is the introduction of emoji reaction to Direct Messages (DM). It makes sense to be able to react to Direct Messages using emojis. That is how people communicate these days and Twitter wants to make that easy. Users will…

The Huawei Nova 5T is the latest smartphone from the company to launch in Kenya. The Nova 5T was unveiled to a global audience late last year and has been available in other markets and has just made it way to Kenya. The phone is currently available on pre-order in Kenya till January 31. Those who pre-order the Nova 5T will get a free pair of the Huawei Band 4, the company’s smart band. The recommended retail price is set at Ksh 42,000, not cheap but Huawei says with this you are getting good value for money. The Huawei Nova…

The Huawei Nova 5T has finally been unveiled in Kenya. Huawei introduced this phone to the market today announcing that it will be available in retail stores for Ksh 42,000. The phone is now available on pre-order up until January 31. Those who pre-order this phone will get a free pair of the Huawei Band 4, the company’s smart band. The Huawei Nova 5T is not a new phone though, it has been available in other markets since late last year and only now is it launching in Kenya. This is the first Nova series phone by Huawei to launch…

Netflix saw its subscriber base grow by 8.8 million during the last quarter of 2019 (Q4). This is better than what the company expected as it had projected a growth of 7.6 million during this period. This was revealed in the company’s latest earning report. Netflix also revealed that it currently has over 167 million paying subscribers with more that 100 million of them outside the United States. This is not strange as Netflix is one of the few platforms with a presence in almost all countries, most of its competitors tend to focus on the key markets in developed…

About a week ago, we shared a few things about Dark Mode on WhatsApp. Back then, this was not the official way of going about things but that is changing today. WhatsApp is adding a dark mode to its Android app with the latest update. Keep in mind that dark mode is currently available in the beta version of the app and I have managed to activate it so it does work. If you have signed up to be in the WhatsApp beta program, you can grab the latest update through the Google Play Store as an update. You can…

The Pocophone F1 smartphone by Xiaomi is finally getting a taste of Android 10. This was one of the popular smartphones the company launched back in 2018 and it’s good to finally see it get the update. With Android 10 update, the Pocophone F1 will be getting MIUI version 11.0.4 that is bundled with the January 1 Android security patch. The update is available to all users who are running MIUI 10 and even those who installed MIUI 11 stable beta. If you have the Pocophone F1 and have the MIUI version mentioned above, you should get a notification of…

Huawei has partnered with TomTom, a deal that will see the Chinese smartphone giant replace Google Maps with TomTom maps in its smartphones. Huawei is in a tight corner at the moment thanks to the US-China trade war. Huawei was blacklisted by the US government and this meant that the company was not free to trade with American companies. One of those companies was Google with its products and services including Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps etc. The trade war has not been resolved and Huawei has decided to look for alternatives going forward. The company has partnered with TomTom to…

2019 was a very tough year for Huawei. The US-China trade war slowed the company down and this affected sales to some extent. This was the same year the company unveiled the P30 Pro and the Mate 30 Pro, one of its best flagship smartphones to date. Even with the troubles it has with the US government, Huawei had a good 2019 as the company managed to ship over 240 million smartphones globally. This is a growth of 34 million smartphones compared to 2018 when its shipment numbers rose just a tiny bit above 200 million at 206 million units.…