Author: Kaluka wanjala

If you use Twitter, then you know that it can be a good and a terrible place at the same time. Spam and bots can make your experience really bad and this has been very clear recently with the rise of fake news and cyber bullying. Twitter has always tried to do something to address this but the problems on its platform still exist. Even with this, Twitter has always been active in implementing changes that help to some extent even though some people feel that the company isn’t doing enough. The company has shared some details about the innervations…

Google is making some changes that will affect Android Pay and Google Wallet users. The company has finally introduced its latest payment solution, Google Pay. We were expecting this to happen as the company revealed this last month saying that it would combine its different payment services into one. These payment services include Android Pay and Google Wallet that some of you using Android may have interacted with at some point in your lives. The Google Pay app will be the default payment service and you will start seeing it in apps, websites among other places. This new payment service…

In 2017, we saw a handful of manufacturers come out with devices with the modern 18:9 aspect ratio. With this, you get devices that are twice as tall as they are wide. In the end, you get devices that have slightly bigger displays but they do not look and feel that big. Tecno wasn’t one of these manufacturers and that is why the company decided to start 2018 with the unveiling of the Camon CM. The Tecno Camon CM was unveiled in the country towards the end of January and I have been using it since then. You can get…

OPPO has been very active in this market the last couple of months. The company has been releasing new smartphones under the F5 family and its latest one is the OPPO A83 also known as the OPPO F5 Lite. This is the first smartphone by the company to be launched in 2018 and is a stripped-down version of the company’s current flagship, the OPPO F5 that we reviewed last year. Check that one out here. We have been expecting this smartphone in the country this month as it has been launched in a few other markets in Asia. The phone…

Last week, Algocent unveiled Chargifi wireless charging solution in Kenya. The company decided to bring the product to Kenya first but will make it available in other countries in Sub-Sahara. Algocent is the authorized distributor for Chargifi products and it will be targeting businesses and public facilities including restaurants, boardrooms, hospitals, airports just to name a few. So, right now I know you are wondering what Chargifi is and how the charging solution works. Well, if you have seen any wireless charging solution in a public place, it works pretty much the same way but with a twist. If you…

It’s yet another weekend and if you are planning to be indoors, there are a couple of movies and Tv shows you can check out. If you are a Showmax subscriber, this post is specifically for you, if you are not, then it may be time to subscribe to Showmax here. Before you start paying, you get a 14-day free trial to see if this is something you want in your life. With that said, below are some of the shows and movies you can watch on Showmax this weekend. The Cleaner S1 – S2 An award-winning series about an…

20 East African entrepreneurs have graduated from the Insiders4Good programme after completing a six-month training programme. The Fellowship, which was launched by Microsoft in partnership with a network of local experts, including the Kijiji – a hub for social business, aimed to identify high-potential entrepreneurs and help them turn their outstanding social business ideas into reality. Bambo Sofola, Microsoft Director of Software Engineering at Microsoft, reflected that after an insightful and rewarding experience supporting entrepreneurs from Nigeria in 2016, it only made sense to open the programme up to East African entrepreneurs with promise. “It has been an absolute pleasure…

Back in 2017, Google introduced a couple of apps that targeted users with low end smartphones. These apps include Google Assistant Go, YouTube Go and Files Go just to name a few. The apps have been available in most developing markets including Kenya since them as most users in such markets cannot afford high performing devices. Google isn’t done with this as the company has just introduced Gmail Go for users with low end devices. Low end smartphones here refer to devices with 1GB of RAM or less. Gmail Go is available from the Play Store but not all users…

HMD Global started the year on a high note with the unveiling of the Nokia 6, the 2018 edition. This is an upgrade to the 2017 model and is not the only device the company plans to unveil this quarter. We are also expecting to see the Nokia 1 and even the Nokia 7+. We had the Nokia 7 on the market for some time and now we also know that the Nokia 1 and the Nokia 7+ are in production. The Nokia 1 will be a budget-friendly device that will join the Nokia 2 that was unveiled towards the…

A couple of days back, Safaricom introduced its latest product, SONGA. This is a music streaming application that the company hopes will be the top music streaming application in Africa. Given that this is a new product, I was excited to see what it has to offer and if it is worth the hype. Below are some of the things I found out about this app. Available on Android Only (at least for Now) At the moment, SONGA is available on Android only. The company says that an iOS version is on the way but no exact date had been…