Author: Kaluka wanjala

If you live in Kenya, you have probably heard about Jamii Telecommunications’ new product, Faiba 4G. The service went live over a month ago and even though it is not available countrywide, it has sparked interest among users mainly because of its affordable data packages. For example, there is a 25GB bundle that can be used within 30 dayse for only Ksh 1,000. This is very cheap when you compare it to products offered by the other players in the market. With Faiba 4G in Kenya, the one area the company has failed is providing users with the information they…

If you still use Skype, you should be happy to know that it is the latest messaging platform to use end-to-end encryption. Skype has partnered with Signal to enable this functionality to its users and be at par with most of the popular messaging services out there. By default, end-to-end encryption will be disabled and those users who want it will have to enable it on their own. Users will be able to enjoy end-to-end encryption for individual chats that Skype is calling Private Conversations. At this point, the option isn’t available for groups and there is no news as…

Samsung will unveil its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S9 next month at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This was revealed by the company’s mobile business president DJ Koh. He said this at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) currently ongoing in Las Vegas. This announcement does not come as a surprise as the company unveiled the Galaxy S8 and S8+ last year in March. The company is changing things a bit by unveiling the phone at MWC as it should have been from the beginning. With its unveiling at MWC, the phone will go on sale at a later date…

Android Oreo started rolling out to supported Nexus and Pixel devices about 4 months ago. After that, we saw some manufacturers announce that they had plans to push out the update to their existing devices and some even went ahead to release new devices that came with Android Oreo pre-installed. Given that Android Oreo has been around for at least 4 months, you would expect its market share to be significant but unfortunately it is not. At the moment, Android Oreo is installed in about 0.7% of all Android devices. This is not a small number but is not big…

Tecno is planning to launch its next camera-centric device, the Tecno Camon CM, very soon. The phone is expected to launch as early as this week in Nigeria but in Kenya we will have to wait a little longer. Even with that said, I expect to see this phone over here before the end of this month (January). Tecno hasn’t shared much about this smartphone so far and the company is only teasing the 18:9 aspect ratio that the phone will have. This will be the first smartphone from the company with a Full View display. We saw this trend…

in 2017, we saw a rise in the number of smartphones with thin bezels and 18:9 aspect ratio. For those who do not know about 18:9 aspect ratio, well it refers to the width and height of the phone. Most smartphones we have been using have the 16:9 aspect ratio. With an 18:9 aspect ratio, the width of the phone (the side from the top to bottom) is twice the height (the length from the left edge of the display to the right edge of the display) when you are holding the phone is landscape mode and not in portrait…

1. What is the Cisco Networking Academy Community? When your institution becomes an academy, you join a global network of diverse educational institutions dedicated to the values and mission of Networking Academy and student success. The global ecosystem of partners provides support, training, and value-added products and services. 2. What is an academy? An academy is an institution that teaches students IT skills and career building using the Cisco Networking Academy curriculum and tools. Learning institutions may be secondary schools, community colleges, universities as well as organizations such as community centers, correctional facilities, orphanages, and rehabilitation centers. 3. How does…

I have been using the Infinix Zero 5 Pro for sometime now. This is the fifth smartphone in the Infinix Zero series, a line up made of camera-centric devices from the company. This was the main goal but given that consumers want high quality cameras in all price-points, that line has been blurred. The Infinix Zero 5 Pro is available in Kenya through Jumia for Ksh 30,000. You can also get the phone offline for the same price or a bit lower. At this price, this is the most expensive device from the company to date. We are used to…

If you know about the history of Nokia smartphones, then you know that the company did not go with Android from the get go. As other manufacturers embraced Android, Nokia chose to go with Windows Phone but that was not that good of a decision. The company had a good run with the Lumia phones but low sales forced it to abandon the ship and almost get out of the smartphone market. This is when HMD Global decided to bring back the Nokia smartphones but with a twist. The company decided to bring back this iconic smartphone brand but instead…

Google Assistant has been available to select Android users ever since it was first released. In the beginning, it was available exclusively to those with the original Google Pixel phones before expanding to other devices. After the initial run on the Pixel phones, Google Assistant was rolled out to every device running Android Marshmallow and above. This has been the case since then but things are changing going forward. Google has announced that its digital Assistant is expanding to even more devices. Google is bringing the Assistant to even older Android phones, devices running Android Lollipop to be exact. The…