Author: Kaluka wanjala

If you are on Instagram, you have probably used its story feature and if that is true, you may have looked at the statistics to see who has seen what you have posted. These stats are important as you want to know if people are actually viewing your Stories and in some cases you need to actually know who these people are. Instagram has let people see who has viewed their Stories but the Facebook-owned company is making some big changes. Even though you can still see who has viewed your Stories, you will not longer see the viewer list…

If you use Google Duo and have pictured a world where you can use the service not only through the app but through a web browser, you may be in luck as this option is now available. Google Duo has been around since August 2016 and the search giant has been trying to push it to more users as it competes with Apple FaceTime among other services. Since its release, Google Duo was limited to its mobile app but the company has introduced ability to use it on a web browser. Google did not make a big deal out of…

As appetite for data keeps rising, players in the industry have to try all they can to stay ahead of competition and give their customers what they can’t get from other players. For Safaricom, staying ahead of competition was to deploy a 400G network link and that is what the company has just done. The company has announced this deployment making it one of the first companies to do so globally. With the 400G link, Safaricom will be able to support heavy data usage brought about by increased video consumption as well as demand for higher video quality for its…

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Huawei unveiled the world’s first 5G foldable smartphone. Yes, I know 5G is still not mainstream and we may not really need foldable smartphones at this time but the launch of this phone is all about competition as different manufacturers want to outshine each other. Samsung already unveiled its foldable smartphone last week and now Huawei has joined the party with the Huawei Mate X. The company says this is the fastest 5G foldable smartphone. We have to take their word for this as we have not conducted any tests and we will not…

The Infinix Zero 6 Pro is finally coming to Kenya and will be available for Ksh 31,999. The phone is available on pre-order through Jumia and Kilimall from today all the way to the 28th of this month. The phone has not been listed on Kilimall but will be there very soon so keep checking back for that. This is a very short pre-order period and to ensure you take part, the company promises 12 months’ glass protector replacement, a goody bag and stand of winning another Zero 6 Pro to anyone who pre-orders the phone. In Kenya, we are…

At a pre-MWC event, HMD Global took to the stage to unveil five new phones for 2019. The company introduced phones for all price ranges from a feature phone to an entry level smartphone all the way to a flagship smartphone. The company still promises two major updates for the Android powered smartphones on this list and timely monthly security updates for the next three years. The five phones HMD unveiled to the world are the Nokia 210, Nokia 1 Plus, Nokia 3.2, Nokia 4.2 and the flagship, the Nokia 9 PureView. Florian Seiche, Chief Executive Officer, HMD Global said:…

Infinix is set to launch its next camera-centric smartphone in a day or two. The company has been teasing this smartphone in its social media pages revealing some of its specifications. The Infinix Zero 6 was to be unveiled late last year but that did not happen for reasons unknown to us. The company pushed the launch date to January but that also was pushed to a later date. Given that the Infinix Zero 6 is launching soon, I have compiled a list of what I know about this smartphone so far. The company has not been very generous with…

Internet service provider SEACOM, Kenya Association of Manufactures (KAM) and British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya, say that cutting-edge digital tools will play a key role in the advancement of the manufacturing sector, creation of jobs and economic development of the country, which are fundamental to the government delivering on its promise to enhance the sector and increase GDP contribution from the current 9.2% to 20% by 2022, as part of its “Big Four” agenda. Speaking during a recent SEACOM Chat, Patrick Ndegwa, SEACOM Business Sales Lead noted that SEACOM has embarked on strategic initiatives to support growth of the manufacturing…

Samsung’s latest flagship series, the Galaxy S10, was officially unveiled this week and is coming to Kenya very soon. The range includes the Samsung Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10 and the Galaxy S10+. You can pre-order these phones through Samsung brand shops around the country and now Masoko is taking pre-order for those who want to be among the first to get any of the mentioned phones. You can also pre-order these phones through Safaricom shops countrywide. The new Galaxy S10 range will be available on March 8 and the pre-order period runs from now till then. This new range redefines…

When it comes to timely updates on Android, we are used to seeing the mid and high-end devices getting updated first before the entry level phones. Some manufacturers don’t even push the latest updates to their entry level devices at all. When HMD brought back the Nokia smartphones, the company was clear that it would support all the devices with at least 2 major OS updates, something you get from all other manufacturers. So far, HMD has rolled out the latest major release of Android, Android Pie, to the Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 and now the company is pushing…