Author: Kaluka wanjala

Facebook is one of the most popular applications out there. Its official app for Android has been downloaded over 1 billion times from the Google Play Store. This is one of the handful of the apps that has crossed the 1 billion mark. Besides Facebook, some of the other popular apps are Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. These are some of the most downloaded and used applications out there and they are all owned by Facebook. The company has dominated the social media space but it is far from done. It has been revealed that Facebook has plans to integrate the…

If you are into Android customization, you may have come across some icon packs at some point. There are free ones, which are really good by the way, and paid ones which you can all get on the Google Play Store. If you have been eyeing some premium Android Icon packs but have not yet pulled the trigger to buying them, you may be happy to know that there are five of them that are currently available for free for a limited time. These Icon packs are usually listed to $1 (Ksh 100 or thereabouts) but you can now get…

Safaricom’s M-PESA Global has been shortlisted for the Global Mobile Awards 2019 (GLOMO Awards). The service which was launched in November last year has been nominated under the Best Mobile Innovation for Commerce. M-PESA global allows all M-PESA customers to send money to any individual across the world through a variety of channels including directly into their bank accounts, and for pick up at more than 500,000 Western Union agent locations. “We launched M-PESA Global as part of our strategy to open up M-PESA to the world. The fact that it has been recognised at a global event that is…

Huawei’s flagship smartphone from 2017, the Huawei P10, is finally getting Android Pie. When the phone was first released, it came with Android 7.0 Nougat and back them we were not sure if it was scheduled to get any major update as Huawei isn’t very keen with this. Almost two years later, the company is updating this smartphone with EMUI 9.0.1 that is based on Android Pie. Late last year, Huawei pushed out Android Pie to some of its recent smartphones but the P10 was not one of them. We were not sure if this phone was going to get…

HMD Global has always been clear that most of the Nokia smartphones it brings to the market will get at least one major Android update. Since these new Nokia smartphones come with stock Android, it is easier to push out the latest updates in time compared to other manufacturers. For Android Pie, HMD Global is yet to push out the update to most of its existing devices but the company has plans to do that in the next couple of months. So far, only five phones have received Android Pie which was officially announced by Google back in August 2018.…

Last year, Twitter started testing out a new interface for the web. This new interface was to bring some new features including Explore and Bookmarks to the web. At the time, the company was still testing it out and months later it is giving more users access to this new design. I got the notification to opt-in for access to this new design a couple of weeks back and I thought it was available to all users. Well, I finally learnt that this new web interface was available to select users and only now is Twitter is rolling it out…

WhatsApp is one of the biggest platforms used to spread fake news. Most people tend to forward messages without thinking twice. If you are forwarding memes or funny videos, this does no harm but the same cannot be said when comes to sensitive stories that have not been confirmed or just fake news in general. WhatsApp knows that allowing people to forward messages helps the spread of fake news to some extent. This is why the company is planning to limit the number of times users can forward any single message. With these changes, the limit will be set at…

Earlier today, Huawei introduced its latest flagship phablets, the Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro in Kenya. These two phones were unveiled to a global audience late last year and they have finally made their way to Kenya. The Mate 20 Pro is the one that stands out for me and will be available in Kenya for Ksh 99,999. The standard Mate 20 will be available for Ksh 75,000. I don’t know about you but these prices are reasonable compared to what is available on the market. The Mate 20 pro for starters is available at the same price…

Samsung has cracked the premium smartphone segment but the company is still struggling with the entry level sector. The company has some good high-end phones but the same cannot be said about its entry level phones. Some of them are just bad and even a device such as the Galaxy Grand Prime Pro 2018 that I reviewed last year is good but does not compete with some of the other phones offered by some of the popular Chinese manufacturers we have in the country. Samsung hopes things might change a bit and it will gain significant market share this year.…

The Infinix Hot 6X just had its price reduced on the company’s own ecommerce platform, Infinixmall. The phone is now available through the ecommerce platform for Ksh 14,799. This is for the 3GB version, there is a 2GB version that is available for Ksh 12,699. Infinix says that it has reduced the price from Ksh 21,999 but that is a bit of a stretch as the highest price I have seen this phone sell for is Ksh 16,300 on Jumia. Either way, the price reduction might be appealing for those who have been eyeing this phone as they are able…