Author: Kaluka wanjala

Vivo has officially unveiled its Y Series of smartphones in Kenya. The vivo Y series include the Y12, Y15 and Y17. The three smartphones have decent technical profiles that include impressive performance features, Halo FullView Display, AI powered cameras and powerful battery profiles. These are some of the attributes that vivo is confident they will appeal to youth smartphone shoppers in Kenya. “The Y Series is made for the youth. We are bringing our latest photography innovations to many younger consumers through our three fashionable Y Series smartphones,” said Mr. Hosea Liu, General Manager, vivo Kenya. “With ‘Powered by Youth’…

Another week has just come to an end and it is time to recap some of the stories we covered this week. Android 10 For Pixels This week, it was revealed that Android 10 will start rolling out to Pixel devices as early as next week. These will obviously be the first devices to get the update and hopefully this means that we should be seeing the next Pixel devices very soon. September 3rd is the date thrown around for this update but Google has not said which Pixel phones will be getting the update first. We may see it…

Towards the end of last month, we told you that Microsoft was planning to add a Dark Mode feature to the Outlook app for Android and iOS. This is not necessarily a ground breaking achievement but it is some form of achievement nonetheless. Microsoft is done with the beta testing and has rolled out an update for Android and iOS with proper Dark Mode. The Company is not only rolling out this feature to the apps but to Outlook.com too. The roll out was announced on Wednesday this week so you should notice the changes anytime from now. When announcing…

If you have ever shopped around for a gaming laptop or PC, then you know they can be very expensive. This is not even considering how hard it is to get one in Kenya, in most cases, those looking for gaming laptops of PCs had to buy overpriced ones or import them directly from other countries or just build their own rig, this can be very expensive too. With gaming laptops, you have the portability factor and this means that you can use it on the go unlike a desktop computer. One company that has been consistent in the gaming…

SWVL, the shuttle-hailing company, seems optimistic with the Kenyan market as the company has announced that it will be pumping Ksh 1.5 billion into its Kenyan operations. With this cash injection, the company will be able to expand operation to other towns and routes as well as improving current operations. SWVL is one of the two well known shuttle-hailing services in Nairobi with the other one being Little Shuttle. Little was the first service to launch a long distance option, the company did so a few weeks back with rides between Nairobi and Nakuru. This is a very busy route…

If you have ever had a need to scan a document using your phone, you may have come across the CamScanner app. It is one of the popular document scanning applications that I have used a few times. Cam Scanner has always worked as you expect it to but this all changed recently and researchers from Kaspersky Lab said that 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. “This ‘dropped’ malware, in turn,…

Truecaller, the caller identification app, has today announced that it has over 1 million paying subscribers using its services. Truecaller Premium was introduced to the market not so long ago and has managed to get 1 million paying subscribers already. With Truecaller Premium, users get an ad-free experience, call recording (not available on Android 9), contact request, a notification when their account is viewed and a premium badge next to their profile. In addition to the existing features, the company has announced a set of new features that paying subscribers can enjoy. These include a new spam-blocking feature that includes…

On Friday, the Tecno Phantom 9 was officially announced for the Kenya market. This is the latest flagship from Tecno to launch in the country and the first one in two years. Given that this is a new phone, there is so much about it that potential buyers should know. That can be overwhelming for anyone who is looking for a new phone. With that in mind, I will highlight the top 5 things that you should know about this phone. In-Display Fingerprint Scanner The Tecno Phantom 9 is the first smartphone from the company to have an in-display fingerprint…

Tecno has finally announced that its latest flagship smartphone, the Tecno Phantom 9, is available in retail stores in Kenya. The phone was to be launched in the country over a month ago but due to unforeseen circumstances, that was not the case. If you have been waiting for this phone, the wait is finally over as you can get it in the country for Ksh 25,000. The phone is available through Tecno branded shops, Safaricom outlets and online through Jumia. The is the first phantom smartphone in two years as the company did not release one last year. At…

HMD Global has unveiled a list of 17 Nokia smartphones that are scheduled to receive Android 10 by Q2 of 2020. This does not come as a surprise as HMD is one of the few manufacturers that has committed to rolling out the latest Android updates for most of its smartphones. After Google announced that the next version of Android will be dropping the dessert name and go by Android 10, HMD Global announced that it will be updating 17 smartphones with this new variant within a span of nine months. At this point, HMD Global is the only manufacturer…