Author: Kaluka wanjala

Editor at TechArena. I cover all things technology and review new gadgets as I get them. You can reach me on email: [email protected]

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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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Do you own the Asus Zenwatch 3? If so, you will be happy to know that it is finally getting the Android Wear 2.0 update. The update was released early this year and has been slowly making its way to the existing smartwatches on the market. It got to the original Huawei watch back in May and is finally rolling out to the Zenwatch 3. Android Wear 2.0 update for the Asus Zenwatch 3 started rolling out yesterday and a few users have already confirmed this. Even though it is getting to the smartwatch five months late, I am sure…

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Mdundo is one of the few reliable music streaming and distribution platforms where you can get some of the latest Kenyan and African music. The platform was launched back in 2013 and has seen tremendous growth and now has 1.5 Million monthly users. This is quite impressive for a service that is catered for the African market. Mdundo has also revealed that over 8 million registered users and that within the last 6 months, it has served 18 Million downloads. This is remarkable for Mdundo and the artists it works with. The company has also revealed that it currently has…

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Twitter has made it easier for people to communicate with their friends and even strangers alike. With that said, Twitter can be too noisy with all manner of notifications, some good and some not so good. Twitter recently rolled out advanced filter settings and the company says these are to help people control the kind of notifications they get. From here, the company says that users can choose to disable notifications from accounts they don’t follow, from accounts that do not follow them, from accounts that have never changed the default Twitter profile photo or accounts that have not confirmed…

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Infinix is about to expand its smartphone line up with the introduction of the Smart series later this month. The company has confirmed that the first device in this family will be available on July 17 on Jumia. At launch, the device will be available exclusively on Jumia but we may get it offline too soon after that. The first device in this series will be available for Ksh 7,899 and the company says it is more for the youth and it looks like music will be its key selling point. It will have front dual speakers and Dirac stereo…

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