Author: Kaluka wanjala

Snapchat is one social app that has attracted a good number of millennials but it looks like the party is over. Even though Snapchat started well, it is having a hard time attracting new users given the fact that Facebook (and its products) have stolen most of Snapchat’s features. This was evident yesterday when Snap, the company behind Snapchat announced its third quarter results. When announcing its third fiscal quarter results, Snap announced that Snapchat will be getting a big redesign soon. Over the years, Snapchat was criticized as being hard to use and I tend to agree. If you…

Not so long ago, Twitter started testing its new 280 character limit for tweets with a select group of users. Not many users were pleased with this move but Twitter used the opportunity to study how people tweet to determine if it was worth it. Well, whether you like it or not, Twitter has raised the character limit for all users to 280 characters. The company has announced this revealing that it collected some interesting data for the 6 weeks it tested this feature. Twitter says that this study showed positive results, only 5% of the tweets sent were over…

Last month, OPPO announced its latest smartphone, the OPPO F5. This is the latest addition to the company’s growing camera-centric devices and is supposed to replace the OPPO F3 that has been on the market for a while. The OPPO F5 is already available in other markets and is coming to Kenya later this month. OPPO has confirmed that we will be seeing the device in the country on the 20th of November. The company is yet to reveal its official retail price but we will know that very soon. The OPPO F5 is the first smartphone from the company…

For a while now, Pixel 2 smartphone owners have been able to use the Google Assistant app to identify songs being played around them. This feature is similar to what Shazam offers and has been limited to those who own the new Pixel phone from Google. Google will not limit availability of this feature to the Pixel smartphones only, the company has confirmed that it will start rolling out the feature to non-Google Pixel devices too. Some reports are confirming the availability of the feature on devices from other manufacturers including Nextbit and OnePlus but not on devices from other…

This year, Samsung introduced some amazing flagship devices that include the Galaxy S8, S8+ and the Note 8. With the launch of these devices, we also saw the company introduce the Bixby AI assistant. To make it easier for users to interact with this assistant, the company included a dedicated Bixby button that activates it even when the screen is locked. As expected, not all users were happy with this because the company made it difficult to disable the button or even remap it for those not planning to use Bixby. If you are among the users who are not…

Telkom has completed the first phase of its KSh 600 million upgrade project on its national backbone and metropolitan transmission networks. This upgrade is part of Telkom’s modernization programme, which has already seen the Telco invest KSh5 Billion towards network modernisation, leading to the launch of its 4G network; currently available in 32 towns and urban centres across the country and also the doubling of capacity and coverage on its 3G network. The upgrade to Telkom’s national backbone and metropolitan transmission networks will deliver triple backup features, enriched service experience and extended reach to its customers in the East African…

A few days back, I did a post listing the 5 things I love about the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Since nothing is perfect in this world, I decided to do another posting listing the five things I do not like about the phone. The Battery With the Galaxy Note 8, Samsung decided to go with a 3300 mAh battery which is bigger than the one on the Galaxy S8 but slightly small compared to the 3500 mAh battery on the Galaxy S8+ (plus). I do get that Samsung wanted to be conservative with the battery given the debacle that…

If you own the Samsung Galaxy S8, you may want to check out the new Galaxy S8 Oreo beta program. Just as the name suggests, this is a program for those who own the Galaxy S8 and want to test out the beta build of Android Oreo. You will essentially be among the first users of the Samsung device to test out the OS before it is rolled out to all users. The company announced this saying that this program brings Samsung Experience 9.0 Beta. “Following Samsung Experience version 8.5, which was released with the Galaxy Note8, Samsung Experience 9.0…

Xiaomi has just announced that MIUI 9 has started rolling out to users globally. The company announce this today saying that a select number of devices will be getting it first before its is available to all users. This is the stable build of MIUI 9, we saw the beta version a couple of months ago and not much has changed from what we saw back then. According to Xiaomi, the devices that will be getting the UI in early November include the Redmi Note 4, Mi Mix 2, Mi Max 2 and the Redmi Y1 series. The Xiaomi Redmi…

Cisco and Google Cloud today announced a partnership to deliver a hybrid cloud solution that helps customers maximize their investments across cloud and on-premises environments. The companies will provide a unique and open hybrid cloud offering that enables applications and services to be deployed, managed and secured across on-premises environments and Google Cloud Platform. The solution delivers cloud speed and scale, with enterprise-class security.  The offering provides enterprises with a way to run, secure and monitor workloads, thus enabling them to optimize their existing investments, plan their cloud migration at their own pace and avoid vendor lock in. Companies can…