Author: Kaluka wanjala

Late last year, Google officially unveiled its latest digital assistant, Google Assistant, when it launched the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones. At that time, the assistant was exclusively available for the two devices till a couple of months ago when it was made available for all Android devices running Marshmallow and Nougat. A few days ago at Google I/O, the company made a number of announcements in regards to Google Assistant. One of them was that the assistant is now available for the iPhone, we have already told you about this. On the iPhone, the assistant still has limited functionality…

Today Microsoft revealed plans to deliver the complete, intelligent Microsoft Cloud for the first time from datacentres located in Africa. This new investment is a major milestone in the company’s mission to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more, and a recognition of the enormous opportunity for digital transformation in Africa. Expanding on existing investments, Microsoft will deliver cloud services, including Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and Dynamics 365, from datacentres located in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa with initial availability anticipated in 2018. The new cloud regions will offer enterprise-grade reliability and performance combined…

Are into video messages? If so, the updated Telegram app is for you. Telegram Version 4.0 is out on the Play Store and brings a number of changes including video messages and the ability for bots to accept payments. Telegram already supports voice messages and this update makes it even better by allowing users to send video messages. Not everyone will be a big fan of video messages but those that do will definitely love this update. To send video messages through Telegram, open a chat and tap on the mic icon to switch to the camera mode. When you…

Two days ago, Google announced that Gmail for Android and iOS will be getting Smart Replies in the coming days. Google first introduced this feature back in 2015 when it included it on the Inbox by Gmail app but we never saw it on the official Gmail app until now. This feature offers users three suggested replies based on the contents of the email. As mentioned above, Smart Replies will be available on Gmail for Android and iOS. This feature is meant to save you a few seconds that you would have spent typing the actual reply. Instead of typing…

Sometime back, Google released Android One which was meant to be the Nexus Program for emerging markets. Android One had so much potential but never really took off and Google never explained what happened so we are still in the dark on what happened. Even with Android One out of the way, Google isn’t ditching the low end market segment. At Google I/O 2017 yesterday, Sameer Samat took to the stage and unveiled Android Go, an ultra-light version of Android. This was an unexpected announcement as there have been no indication that the search giant had any plans of announcing…

A few days ago, we told you that Google had plans to take its latest digital assistant, Google Assistant, to iOS. The assistant has been available in a few Android devices, specifically those running Android Marshmallow and Android Nougat. At Google I/O yesterday, the company announced that iPhone users are now able to use Google Assistant. Google Assistant for the iPhone comes as a standalone app and does not come as an update to Google Search as some people had expected. How to Get Google Assistant on Your iPhone To get Google Assistant on your iPhone, you will have to…

At Google I/O yesterday, the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that right now there are 2 billion Android devices globally. He said that this milestone was reached in the past week almost 9 years since Android was unveiled. With 2 billion global users, Android is the dominant mobile operating system, a confirmation of what we have known all along.  Android has always been the dominant operating system in the mobile space for years but hearing that over 2 billion devices are powered by the OS just puts everything into perspective and shows you how mature and widespread it has become.…

If you have been following what Instagram and Snapchat have been doing, then you already know that Instagram has been copying some of Snapchat’s core features for the last. This started with the complete rip off of what Snapchat is with the introduction of Instagram Stories. You can say that Facebook (which owns Instagram) decided to take this route as the company had offered to buy out Snapchat but the latter refused. The company saw that the only thing it could do was to clone Snapchat through Instagram. Well, think what you may about Facebook and Instagram but the company…

Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, seems to be doing well if the latest sales figures are anything to go by. From the figures released by the company, over 5 million units have been sold so far. The company did not give the exact number of units sold but said that over 5 million units have been sold globally up until now. These figures are from the countries the Galaxy S8 is available in retail stores. The phone has been on the market for about a month and selling these many units is not so bad considering the disaster…

Most people in Kenya and Africa have never heard of Transsion Holdings but I am sure over 80% of those reading this have heard of some of its smartphones that include Infinix, Tecno and iTel. Transsion Holdings is a Chinese company that was founded in 2006 and has some of the well known smartphones in Africa. In 2016, Transsion produced over 79 Million smartphones. This is 80 times the volume the company produced 10 years ago. Most of these smartphones were sold in Africa where the company’s brands have seen a rise in market share. Keep in mind that 79…