Author: Kaluka wanjala

WhatsApp has rolled out an update that will make it easier for users to share their WhatsApp Status to Facebook Stories. The Facebook-owned company has been testing this feature for a few months and is ready to roll it out to all users. The inclusion of this feature is part of Facebook’s strategy to unite all its key apps; Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. WhatsApp was clear that in using this feature, users will not link their WhatsApp IDs with their Facebook data. The company reiterated that it will be using standard Android and iOS data sharing APIs to complete the…

We all knew they were coming and Huawei has today officially unveiled its latest flagship smartphones, the Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro. The company unveiled this duo about an hour ago at an event in Germany. In addition to the two standard devices, Huawei also unveiled the premium Porsche Design Mate 30 RS. The one device we did not see is the Huawei Mate 30 Lite but we should be seeing it in the wild in the coming weeks. None of the devices unveiled came as a surprise as we pretty much knew about them from the leaks…

A few weeks back, CamScanner, the popular document scanning application, was removed from the Play Store after researchers at Kaspersky Lab said they found a malicious component within the application. According to Kaspersky, the module has been identified as a Trojan-Dropper that extracts and runs another malicious module from an encrypted file included in the app’s resources. With the revelation by Kaspersky Lab, CamScanner was immediately removed from the Play Store but it is back now and hopefully the company has solved the problem. CamScanner has confirmed that the app is back on the Play Store and says that users…

If you have ever wanted to download the Pocket Casts app, then you can now do so without spending a penny. Pocket Casts is a popular podcast app with over 1 million downloads on the Play Store and before the latest changes, you had to pay $3.99 before you could download it. Even though charging people outright was a good business, Pocket Casts has decided to make changes by moving to a free model making the app available to anyone using Android or iOS. At $3.99, Pocket Casts may have been affordable for some people but it definitely turned away…

The amazing thing about competition is that it forces companies to think outside the box and come up with products that fit into the lives of their customers. This is the case in the cab hailing industry, we see players come up with different solutions that fit into the lives of their users. This has been happening over the years on a global scale and even locally some changes are taking place. Just recently, Little, announced a long-distance shuttle service to cater for those who travel between Nairobi and Nakuru on a regular basis. This may not seem like a…

Instagram was a mobile-first platform and up until now, it has some features that you can only use on its mobile platform and can’t access them when using the desktop version. Uploading a photo is one feature that is available through the official Instagram apps but not on the desktop version. In this post, I will show you how you can upload photos to your Instagram Account even when using the desktop app. You cannot fault Instagram for not having an option to upload photos for desktop users as what is there already works really well for many people. Even…

Google Chrome Version 77 is out and has improved on a number of things on the browser but the key one is letting you share tabs between devices. This feature is available n the stable version of Chrome right now but has been available for some users on the desktop version for the past few weeks. With Chrome 77, the ability to share links between devices is now an option every user will have. The feature is available on Chrome for Android, Windows, Linux, Mac and iOS. I have it on both my Chrome on desktop and on my phone.…

It seems like these days we get to hear about an app getting a dark mode feature almost every other week. This has been the trend and it will continue being so with the roll out of Android 10 which has a system-wide dark theme support. Just last week, we told you that Google Drive was getting a dark theme and it looks like Google wasn’t stopping there and is expanding that to its other applications. Gmail is next on the list to get a dark theme and Google has started rolling out this feature just a week after Android…

Internet Solutions (IS), the Corporate IT and related service provider, plans to venture into Kenya’s home internet market this year. The company provides a number of connectivity solutions to SMEs in the country and is looking to tap into the home internet market that has seen demand go up recently. Internet Solutions is yet to officially make this announcement but that should happen anytime soon. According to Sylvester Mboya, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Internet Solutions, when the service is rolled out, the company will focus on the Key markets of Mombasa and Nairobi before expansion to other regions. The…

Apple has just unveiled three new smartphones for 2019. These three phones are the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. Out of the three, the iPhone 11 is the cheapest at $699 (approximately Ksh 72,500). This is not cheap but compared to the other two and with Apple products in general, it definitely is. The iPhone 11 is the successor to the iPhone XR and it comes with two cameras at the back. As for the display, it does have a 6.11-inch Retina screen with Apple throwing in words like “Liquid Retina” and Advanced LCD. For…