Author: Kaluka wanjala

If you are into call recording, you will soon be able to do that using the official Google Phone App. A teardown of the Google Phone app shows that the new APK has a built-in call recording feature. This feature was found on the latest version of the Phone app that is available for the Pixel 4. From the teardown it is also clear that Google has added a new icon, layout and other resources alongside a new in-call button to initiate a call recording. This is not the first time we will be seeing call recording on the official…

If you are one of the people still using Windows 7, you should know that Microsoft is ending support for this version of its popular operating system. The company is officially ending support for Windows 7 today (January 14 2020). Microsoft announced this a long time ago so it does not come as a surprise to most people. What this means now is that you will still be able to use devices powered by Windows 7 but the devices will no longer receive critical security patches and official software updates. Microsoft will also stop providing technical support to Windows 7…

Samsung officially launched its first foldable smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Fold sometime last year in select markets. The phone has a $2,000 price tag which is not cheap in any way and given that the foldable phone concept was still new, we weren’t sure how the market was going to receive it. The Galaxy Fold did quite well and better than expected to be honest as it sold out is most markets it was available in. Samsung never revealed the actual numbers and there was no easy way to figure that out independently. Last month there was a report from…

Twitter can be a wild jungle for some people with the high number of toxic replies and abuse. Twitter has always said it is against abuse but this has not stopped abusive people from getting to the site. Twitter can ban and suspend users but they will just come back as setting up a new account is very easy. Twitter is still committed to reducing abuse on the site and the company has plans to release a new feature that will make it easier for users to reduce the number of abusive and toxic replies to their tweets. The company…

Little has suspended its Shuttle services in Kenya as from today. The company launched the Shuttle services last year to cater to travellers on the Nairobi to Nakuru route. The Nairobi to Nakuru is a high demand route and it made sense for Little to launch its services on top of the Shuttle services on some routes in Nairobi. As the year begins, Little has announced that it has temporarily suspended its Shuttle services starting today. “We deeply regret to announce that the Little Shuttle service has been temporarily suspended effective today 8th January 2020.This is to allow us to…

Google is working on a new notifications permission interface that will be integrated into its browser, Chrome. This will help crack down on some of the annoying website notification permission requests. In a blog post, Google said, “Immediately after the Chrome 80 release, users will be able to opt-in to the new UI manually in Settings.” Users will be able to enable the new prompts manually or disable the feature completely through the Settings menu. To access and enable this feature, users will have to navigate to “Sites can ask to send notifications” through Settings > Site Settings > Notifications…

Vivo is one of the latest smartphone brands to officially start operations in Kenya. Vivo is Oppo’s sister company but the two brands operate individually with the latter having had a presence locally for a few years now. When Vivo started operations in Kenya, it had a handful of devices including the Vivo V17 Pro that I loved when I reviewed it towards the end of 2019. Some of the other devices the company has in the country include the Y12, Y15, Y90 and Y17 available for Ksh 14,999, Ksh 19,999, Ksh 10,999 and Ksh 24,999 respectively. The Vivo Y19…

The Vivo Y90 is the cheapest smartphone from the company available in Kenya. Vivo is one of the latest smartphone brands to launch in Kenya and the Y90 is the cheapest device it has in stock. The Vivo Y90 in Kenya is available for Ksh 10,999, not the cheapest smartphone in the country but the cheapest one by the company. The phone is available countrywide together with other devices from the company including the Vivo Y12, Vivo Y15, Vivo Y17 and the Vivo Y17 Pro that I reviewed towards the end of 2019. The Y17 Pro is available for Ksh…

Late last year, Tecno announced the “Take Me Home” campaign whose main aim was to reward its customers with Airtime, bus ride coupons, motorbikes and the grand prize of a car worth $ 10,000 (approximately Ksh 1,000,000). The campaign came to an end and saw over 50 customers walk away with a wide range of gifts from the company. According to Tecno, this campaign saw over 27 million social media impressions and over 2 Million+ engagements across the different social media channels. Throughout the campaign, over 30 customers walked away with brand new motorcycles each. 500 other customers received complimentary…

Microsoft has today announced the appointment of Kendi Nderitu to be its Country Manager for Kenya. She joins Microsoft from Check point Software where she was the General Manager of the East, West and Central Africa Cluster. She has over 15 years of experience in the industry and is an IT business leader in the region. Besides Check Point, Kendi has worked for some of the top companies in the region including Oracle, HP and Intel. She has worked on leading and implementing business strategies across the sub-Saharan region. Kendi has received recognition as an Emerging Leader in Innovation and…