Author: Kaluka wanjala

Twitter is making some design changes through its different platforms. The company has been rolling out these changes the last couple of days but most users started noticing the changes yesterday. This is a huge redesign but you will still be able to recognize and use Twitter as you have done before. Twitter is rolling out these features and tweaks to the Android and iOS apps as well as Twitter Lite and TweetDeck. This updated design has just started rolling out to the public so you may not see it right away, the company is pushing out the update gradually.…

About 8 months ago, Google unveiled its first in-house smartphones, the Pixel and Pixel XL. These phones were manufactured by HTC for Google and were sort of released to replace the Nexus line of devices. Being the first in-house devices by Google, we are all keen to see how they will perform as they compete directly with all the other Android smartphones. Google has not officially disclosed how many Pixel smartphones have been sold so far and we do not expect that to happen anytime soon. The company is very secretive with the figures but that is not a big…

Last year, Google introduced its new smartphone family, the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, to the world. Even though the two phones had Google’s branding, they were manufactured by HTC. Google had partnered with HTC back when the Nexus program was active and we expected the successors to the Pixel and Pixel XL to be made by HTC too. Well, it looks like we will not be getting what we expected as HTC will not be making both phones this year. HTC will still be in the mix as the company will be making the successor to the original Pixel…

After months of negotiations, Verizon has finally acquired Yahoo. The internet giant has been struggling the last several years as competition got tougher. Verizon has paid $4.48 billion and with this is has acquired all of Yahoo’s core internet assets. With this deal, Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer will resign from the company and receive a $23-million severance package according to CNN. Marissa Mayer was seen as the person to revive the company but this proved hard to do. She implemented new changes but there was no turnaround as most people had expected. The Future Of Yahoo Right now, most people…

Last year, Samsung’s flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 7, was a complete disaster. Some units caught fire when being charged and the company had to discontinue the device. This year, the company launched the Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones whose reception was quite good. These are its flagships smartphones for the year but we are still waiting for its flagship phablet later in the year. All eyes will be on the Galaxy Note 8 just because the Note 7 was a complete disaster. According to the South Korean website, The Bell, we could see the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 in…

WorldRemit has added Android Pay to its service, offering a new way for WorldRemit’s Android Pay users to send money internationally and reach millions using mobile money accounts. Pioneering a mobile-first approach to the $600bn a year remittance industry, the move sees WorldRemit bringing together the leading players in mobile payments from Silicon Valley and Sub-Saharan Africa. Launching the global rollout of the service at MoneyConf 2017, WorldRemit will enable Android Pay users to safely and securely send money to +112 million mobile money accounts accessible via its network. The integration will make WorldRemit the only remittance provider offering international…

If you look at the premium devices Huawei released last year, then you know that the company is a serious player in this market and tends to appeal to those who want flagship devices but are not willing to spend the amount of money companies such as Samsung, Apple, HTC etc are selling their devices for. The Huawei P10 for instance was available in Kenya for Ksh 45,000 when it was first launched. At the same time, devices such as the Galaxy S7 were available for over Ksh 70,000. With this, you can see that Huawei will find it easy…

Camera performance is one of the features people look at when buying smartphones these days. These are the people Infinix is targeting with its S line of devices with the latest one being the Infinix S2 Pro. The first device in this series was the Infinix Hot S that was released last year. The S2 Pro is available in Kenya right now for Ksh 15,600. With the Infinix S2 Pro, the company is targeting those who want a better selfie experience from their smartphones. There are not so many selfie centric smartphones within this price range  so the S2 Pro…

Skype has just released version 8.0 of its app for Android. The updated app is available on the Google Play Store and brings some US changes and a few Snapchat-like features. You can say that this is a completely redesigned app as it comes with new animations, colours and shapes that were not there in the old app. From the main screen, you get three tabs with the centre one having all your chats. The left one is a new one and Skype is calling it Highlights. This is where you can share all your activities during the day the…

The third preview version of Android O has finally been released. This update was released yesterday afternoon to the public for those who want to play around with it and see what Google is working on before the official version is released later this year. The latest developer preview is part of the Public Beta program and is relatively stable than the previous version. Even with that said, keep in mind that this software, like any preview software released before its public release, may have some bugs. The latest version has hints of some of the key themes that Google…