Author: Kaluka wanjala

Netflix seems to be having a very good year as the video streaming site is reporting that its user base just crossed the 104 million mark. This is quite impressive and is up from 99 million that the company reported last quarter. Adding about 5 million members in just a quarter (3 months) isn’t easy but Netflix has pretty much done it according to its latest shareholders letter. The company says that this was a good quarter that was propelled by its “strong slate of content.” I agree with this statement as we have seen the addition of pretty good…

Visa has announced a strategic partnership with JamboPay that will enable more than 3,000JamboPay merchants to accept mVisa payments, further enhancing mobile commerce in Kenya. Consumers will be able to use Visa’s convenient, secure and interoperable mobile payment solution at leading restaurants and supermarkets, and to pay for utilities such as water, power, as well as key services offered by county governments under JamboPay. mVisa is a mobile payment solution, backed by Visa’s global payment network, which enables consumers to pay merchants or send money to friends and family directly from their bank account via their mobile banking app. mVisa also offers…

A few days ago, we told you that Infinix was planning to introduce a new smartphone a new affordable series in Kenya, the Infinix Smart Series. Well, the device is now officially available in the country and you can get it through Jumia for Ksh 7,999. The Infinix Smart (X5010) is exclusively available through Jumia at the moment but we may see it being sold through offline retailers later on. The Ksh 7,999 is very reasonable for a market such as Kenya and for the target consumers (the youth).  This new series is the 5th for Infinix which already has…

Sometime last week, there were reports claiming that sales of Samsung’s latest flagships, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, have stalled. These new smartphones saw a positive reception back when Samsung officially unveiled them but the report claimed that sales had started slowing down. The report was by a security researcher who went further to say that Samsung sold more Galaxy S7 units compared to the S8 and S8 Plus units it has sold. This is what has prompted Samsung to come out and say that the S8 and S8 Plus sales are great. President of Samsung’s mobile business…

Sometime last year, Tecno signed a deal with Manchester City Football Club to be its official Tablet and Handset Partner. With this partnership, Tecno has decided to go ahead and unveil the Camon CX Manchester City Limited Edition. The Tecno Camon CX is the company’s current camera-centric smartphone and the Manchester City Edition is pretty much the same phone with the Manchester City branding and a few improved specifications. The Manchester City Edition of the Tecno Camon CX has a high price tag of Ksh 31,000 which is not very cheap and is within the Tecno Phantom series neighbourhood. Is…

Nokia is back in Kenya! For those who have been waiting for the new Nokia phones, they will finally be unveiled in Kenya next week. Earlier today, I told you that the company will be unveiling these new phones in Nigeria next week in Tuesday and I was worried that we (in Kenya) will be missing out on these new devices. I decided to reach out to their global communication team and they have confirmed that HMD Global has plans to introduce the new Nokia smartphones in Kenya on Thursday next week. Nokia was once one of the top smartphone…

When you upload a video to YouTube, your main aim is to get as many people as possible to watch it. One way to get people interested in your videos is to use the right thumbnail, this is the photo that people will see on your video when they are scrolling through YouTube. The main aim is to make sure the photo is interesting so that people are enticed to click and watch your video. For some people, YouTube thumbnails do not necessarily show what the video is all about but rather act as clickbait to trick people into clicking…

This article has been updated with new information, check it out at the very end. Early this year, Nokia officially re-entered the smartphone market thanks to HMD Global. For those who do not know, HMD Global owns the exclusive Nokia brand licensing rights for mobile phones. With that said, you should not be confused when you see HMD Global when we are talking about Nokia. Back to the new Nokia phones, they will be launched in Nigeria on July 25. The company has already sent out invites to the event it will be having in Lagos next week on Tuesday.…

Microsoft has just release an update for the Outlook app for both Android and iOS. The update was released a couple of days ago and brings a redesigned conversations and navigations pages to the official Outlook app for both platforms. Besides this redesign, there is a new intelligent search function that will be available soon. With this, Microsoft hopes you will find what you are looking for much faster and easier. Back to the redesign, the conversations page will show you more text for every email at a glance. There is also a clear separation between individual messages to avoid…

Android O will be released to the public in a couple of months and as usual, we are excited to know what it will offer and if we will be able to install it in our device. The one feature that Android O will bring is aptX Bluetooth streaming, a new proprietary streaming protocol that is aimed at providing better audio over Bluetooth. AptX is owned by Qualcomm and the company says that it offers CD-like quality wireless audio. If you own the Nexus 6P or the Nexus 5X, you won’t be able to enjoy this though. Google has confirmed…