Author: Kaluka wanjala

For the past few weeks, Instagram has been making some changes to its platform that threaten the very existence of Snapchat. These changes may not necessarily affect Snapchat right now but will surely affect it going forward. This is why Snapchat has to keep innovating going forward. Snapchat has just announced new features that it expects will help it stay ahead of competition. Custom Stories are just some of the new changes the company has implemented on its platform. Users will be able to create Custom Stories with any of their friends as these stories allow groups of people to…

Instagram has made some changes to its platform but very few people noticed. Last week, the company reduced the options to cross post content to other social media platforms with no warning or heads up. Right now, you can only share content to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. If you are like many people, you probably don’t know which other platforms have been removed. Before you get confused, Foursquare Swarm and Flickr are the two platforms that have been trimmed from the sharing options. I bet you never noticed they were there did you?. Foursquare Swarm allows users to earn points…

Huawei’s 2017 flagship smartphone, the P10, is finally available in Kenya. We have been waiting for this smartphone for ages and we finally have it in the country for Ksh 65,000. The phone was unveiled back in February at MWC 2017 and took ages to get here, even Samsung launched the S8 and S8+ in the country before the P10. The Huawei P10 has been on pre-order since April, the pre-order window was to close on April 30. The phone did not get the usual treatment we expect for a flagship smartphone, it was quietly introduced to the market with…

A couple of days ago, Google unveiled Android Go, an ultra-light version of Android for entry level devices. With this announcement, most people thought that Android Go was here to replace Android One since they are both meant for those using low end devices, mostly in emerging markets. Given that Google wasn’t generous with information as to what Android Go was all about, we were certain that it was the new Android One and this meant that Android One was dead. Well, Android One will not be replaced with Android Go. In an interview with NDTV, Google VP of Product…

System updates are very important no matter what Smartphone you have. If you own a smartphone from a well-known brand, you most probably are used to getting new updates every so often. These updates bring new features and security patches that we all need to stay safe online. The unfortunate thing about system updates is that they tend to be so big and therefore you need a reliable internet connection to download them. This means that you will need time and a reliable connection if you are to successfully download a system update. With that said, you have to prepare…

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…