Author: Kaluka wanjala

Google Assistant, the company’s latest digital assistant, has been around for less than a year and was first released last year when the company announced the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones. Up until recently, Google Assistant was available on the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones before Google released it for non-Pixel phones. Google isn’t going to stick with Android devices when it comes to this new assistant. According to Android Police, trusted sources have revealed that Google Assistant will be heading to iOS very soon. Taking Google Assistant to iOS will mean that it competes directly with Siri which is…

If you have rooted your Android smartphone, you will no longer be able to download the official Netflix App for Android. The latest Netflix app on the Play Store is version 5.0 and is the one those with rooted devices cannot download. If you have a rooted devices with the Netflix app installed, you will be able to use the app for the time being. For those who may have seen the app listed as ‘incompatible’ on the Play Store, you probably have a rooted device or you have unlocked bootloaders. In a statement sent to Android Police, Netflix said…

OPPO has finally announced that its latest selfie-smartphone, the F3, will be available in retail stores as from May 25. The company announced this today at the official unveiling of the device in Kenya. The retail price of the F3 will be Ksh 32,999 when it is available in retail stores across the country. OPPO tightly controls the importation of its devices into the country so do not expect a big price difference no matter where you buy it. Back to the OPPO F3, the device’s main selling point is the dual front facing camera. The cameras work independently with…

Two days ago, I went over to the Play Store to try and get the ShowMax app on my phone. To my surprise, the app was missing from the Play Store and when I tweeted about it, ShowMax got back to me stating that they had taken down the app temporarily but it will be back soon. https://twitter.com/ShowMaxOnline/status/862347566419251200 Get APK Extractor The first step is to get an APK extractor, there are a number of these apps on the Play Store for free so choose the one you like.  One you have the app installed, open it and it will…

Facebook is changing its News Feed once again and this time its aim is to reduce the links that send users to spammy websites or those filled with advertisements. With this, Facebook hopes user experience will be improved and the quality of content users see on their Feeds websites will be high. In the end, Facebook will be able to eliminate what it sees as ‘sensational,’ ‘misleading,’ or ‘spammy’ content. Removing these Spammy links will allow Facebook to showcase content it sees as more informative. The changes in The News Feed have been implemented and you may have already noticed…

When Microsoft released Windows 10 back in 2015 (almost 2 years ago) and its main target was to have it installed in over 1 billion devices in three years. This was an ambitious goal that many people were optimistic it will be achieved since the company was giving out Windows 10 for free for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. At Build 2017, Microsoft revealed that there are currently over 500 million Windows 10 devices out there. We are almost marking the second anniversary of Windows 10 and we are finally half way through the company’s target of getting the…

Safaricom has rolled out a new payment proposition, dubbed M-PESA 1 Tap following a successful pilot which started June last year. The M-PESA 1 Tap rollout will first be done in Nakuru County before spreading to the rest of the country. M-PESA 1 Tap will reduce the number of steps required by customers to make a Lipa Na M-PESA payment from eight steps to two steps- adding speed and convenience. Customers will have a choice to either use a Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled card, wristband or phone sticker. To make payments, customers will tap their cards, wristbands or stickers…

Earlier today, Safaricom announced its audited results for the year ended 31 March 2017. During the financial period for the year that ended 31st March 2017, the company saw its net income grow by 43% from 30.4 billion in 2016 to 43.5 billion in 2017. During this same period, Safaricom says that revenue from mobile data reached Ksh 29.3 billion, a 38.5% growth from the same period last year. This shows you that Safaricom’s data business is still growing. According to Safaricom, this growth was driven by 18.1% growth in 30-day active mobile data customers to 16.6m, increased bundle users…

As it faces stiff competition from Instagram Stories, Snapchat has been making changes to its platform to make it attractive to users.  The latest update rolled out by Snapchat focuses on improvements and features that are meant to improve usability of the application. The biggest change is the addition of the new Loop feature for snaps that lets users choose if their snaps play once or if the loop until their friends tap to go to the next snap. With this, your friends will not just be forced to go to the next snap unless they want to. In a…

By Kunle Awosika  The future of personal healthcare goes something like this. An asthma patient wakes up and looks at their smartphone. ‘Good morning,’ it says, ‘how is your breathing?’ The patient logs a few answers that are sent to their doctor and stored on a server, which then analyses trends and triggers an alert if something is abnormal. Doctors can provide more personalised service by being able to drill down into specific information to find root causes and triggers, and provide an accurate diagnosis. They also don’t need to physically wade through tons of research, test results and patient…