A few days ago, the Infinix Note 4 was officially launched in Kenya through online retailer, Jumia. The phone is available for ksh 13,999 which is a reasonable price considering its specs. The Infinix Note 4 isn’t the only device the company has been working on, there is also the Infinix Note 4 Pro whose main addition will be the stylus pen, the X-Pen. The Infinix Note 4 Pro will be available in the Kenyan market in August but before that happens, we have the first images thanks to TechWeez. TechWeez also reports that the phone will have a metallic…
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Kaluka wanjala
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If you own a smartphone from Xiaomi, then you know that you are not always among the first people to get the latest Android updates. The company uses Mi UI and given that this is a custom user interface, you always have to wait sometime before getting updates that Google has released. Given that most people who own Xiaomi devices are never sure of when the latest updates will be available for their devices, most of the time we don’t really notify you guys when the updates start rolling out. If you own a smartphone from Xiaomi, you need to…
Depending on how well you follow the latest tech news, you may or may not know about the OnePlus 5. This smartphone was launched late last month and is the latest flagship device from the company and its 6th smartphone ever. Yes, OnePlus has only released 6 smartphones so far and its latest one, the OnePlus 5, is available in Kenya. The OnePlus 5 is available on online retailer, Avechi for Ksh 59,000 for the 6GB RAM/64GB ROM model and Ksh 70,000 for the 8GB RAM/128GB ROM model. So far, I have only seen these devices on Avechi so I…
It’s a new month and as usual, there are new movies that will be coming to the online video streaming service, ShowMax. The Movies will be coming to ShowMax as from today till the end of the month so you have enough time to watch each one as you wait for the others to be available. Given that ShowMax is a Video on Demand service, you will be able to watch all these movies at any time and there is even an option to download movies to watch when not connected to the internet. Below is list of movies that…
The ability to create groups makes messaging apps way more useful for most people. You can bring together employees or just a group of people and make it easier for them to chat with each other. Telegram has always pushed the group chatting limits as it tries to make sure each group can accommodate more people that its competitor, WhatsApp. With the latest update, Telegram is raising the bar even higher and says that its supergroups can now accommodate up to 10,000 users. Do you really need 10,000 people is one Telegram group? Well, that is up to you but…
The one entry level phablet we have been eagerly waiting for this year is the Infinix Note 4. This phablet is here to replace the Note 3 but what makes it exciting is its new design. The company has redesigned the Note series as we know it and the new design borrows a lot from Samsung and even has the fingerprint sensor embedded on the home button. This is the design I was excited to see and now it is finally here. Even though Infinix hasn’t officially confirmed the availability of the Note 4 in the country, the phone is…
Safaricom will over the next three weeks conduct a major upgrade of the M-PESA platform. This becomes the third major upgrade since M-PESA’s launch ten years ago, and the first such upgrade since Safaricom migrated the platform to Kenya in 2015. As a result of the upgrade process, all M-PESA services will be unavailable for a period of two hours on 30th June 2017, from 1.00 A.M. to 3.00 AM. International Money Transfer (IMT), KCB M-PESA, M-Shwari and M-Kesho services will be unavailable on 5th July 2017 for a period of two hours, from 1.00 A.M. to 3.00 AM. In…
By now, you probably have heard about the new ransomware tool called PetrWrap. News about this ransomware tool surfaced yesterday and it was reported that it had affected key government assets in Ukraine. We have seen an increase in ransomware attacks the last 12 months and this is just the latest one. Essentially, a ransomware is a malicious software that encrypts some of your files and asks you to pay a certain amount of money to have them decrypted. The malware holds your files at ransom and only those who developed it can give you the key and in most…
African Media Agency (AMA) The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with Robert Bosch Stiftung, today announced the launch of NEF Africa Science Week in Nairobi, Kenya. Sylvia Mukasa, NEF Ambassador, ICT & Telecommunications Consultant and entrepreneur with a special focus on emerging enterprise technologies and Cloud Computing, together with local academic, science and technology champions, will lead the event. The event aims to recalibrate innovation in Kenya with the right investments and incubator environment can lead to real economic dividends. The goal is to raise public awareness on…
Facebook is by far the most popular social networking site, almost everyone knows this as Facebook is the widely used social site that most people sign up for when they are ready to get into the social networking world. Facebook has revealed that it has reached a new milestone and now has 2 billion monthly users. This was revealed yesterday by the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg who used Facebook (obviously) to share the information. He wrote, “As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially 2 billion people!. We’re making progress connecting the world, and now let’s bring the…