Author: Kaluka wanjala

Instagram has been evolving with the addition of new features every so often. If you are an active user of the image and video sharing platform, you may have noticed these changes the last year or so. For Instagram, it wants to be the go to social networking platform for new and existing users. The latest feature that Instagram introduced allows users to invite their friends to join their livestreams. This feature was introduced last month but has some changes as of yesterday. With the latest change, Instagram added an interesting update for users who can now request to join…

Autodesk is looking to reinforce its presence in Kenya, targeting a diverse number of industries such as construction, architecture, engineering, infrastructure and much more. Today’s emerging technologies like robotics, drones, augmented reality, virtual reality and the convergence of design and production, to name a few, are disrupting the world we know. These technologies that dominated single industries are being integrated into completely new industries and are set to redefine them. With the population growth that is to reach close to 10 billion people by 2050, of which the biggest growth will be from emerging territories such as Africa, there are…

Last week, the OnePlus 5T was officially announced. This is the latest flagship from the company that is not much of an upgrade when compared to its predecessor, the OnePlus 5. This is not the first time the company is releasing a device with minor upgrades, the company did that last year with the OnePlus 3 and the OnePlus 3T. Unlike most smartphone companies, OnePlus prefers to keep its production lines and inventories lean. This is a small company that tends to concentrate on one device on the market at all times. What this means is that the company discontinues…

Earlier today, Huawei officially unveiled its latest flagship phablet, the Huawei Mate 10, in Kenya. The company did this in partnership with E-commerce platform, Jumia. The phone is available for Ksh 80,000 through the platform but may be higher or lower if you get it from other sources. At the moment, the phone is exclusively available on Jumia and this will be the case for the next two weeks before you can get it on other retail stores. The Huawei Mate 10’s main selling point is the Artificial Intelligence processor that the company says is the first in the world.…

OnePlus has announced that it is currently pushing out the new Android Oreo update to a some OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T users. The company made the announcement through is official forums saying that it has pushed out OxygenOS 5.0 to a small number of users. This update comes less than a week after the company unveiled its latest smartphone, the OnePlus 5T. The interesting thing is, the OnePlus 5T comes with Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box and not Android Oreo. There is still no confirmation as to when this device will be getting the Oreo update but…

OPPO has finally introduced its latest smartphone, the OPPO F5, to the Kenyan market. The company made the announcement today saying that pre-orders will be accepted as from tomorrow, November 21, and the device will officially be available in retail stores as from November 28 as the pro-order period comes to an end. You can pre-order the OPPO F5 in Kenya from any of the OPPO branded shops you see around. The OPPO F5 is yet another camera phone from the company but its says that it comes with a twist. The selfie camera is a 20MP unit with A.I…

The latest smartphone to be launched in Kenya is the Tecno Phantom 8. Officially, this phone was unveiled in Dubai about three weeks ago and we just got the official Kenyan launch a couple of days ago. With its launch in the country, I got my hands on this new flagship from Tecno and this is my initial post on it. The Tecno Phantom 8 takes over from the Phantom 6 and 6 Plus from 2016. Its recommended retail price is Ksh 37,000, not cheap I have to say. This is the company’s latest flagship and comes with some premium…

In the smartphone world, we have been accustomed to using displays with 16:9 aspect ratio. This has been the norm and just recently we saw manufacturers moving to 18:9 aspect ratio for Samsung and the likes and 18.5:9 for the iPhone X and the Nokia 8. With such displays you have to live with black bars at the very top and bottom when watching videos. Up until this point, the solution has been to take advantage of a feature that makes it easier to change the aspect ration of the app to get rid of the black bars. This was…

HTC is finally updating the U11 smartphones with Android Oreo. This update comes after we saw the release of the HTC U11 Life and U11+ both of which come with Android Oreo out of the box. The HTC U11 will be the first smartphone from the company that will be getting the Oreo update and at this point there is no information if the other devices by the company will be getting it anytime soon. Android Oreo for the HTC U11 has been spotted in Taiwan and is expected to get to users in other countries very soon. The update…

Google’s latest digital assistant, Google Assistant, has been around for a little over a year. The company introduced it in May 2016 at its developer conference in May 2016. When it first came to the market, Google Assistant was available exclusively for those using the new Pixel smartphones from Google. Google Assistant has been available on Android phones for awhile but not tablets. You could not use the assistant on your tablet if you have one and this made no sense whatsoever. If you have a tablet and this bothered you, the good news is that Google Assistant will be…