Author: Kaluka wanjala

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…

Most people know about Motorola for its smartphones. The company makes some of the best Android smartphones that look good and the fact that they come with pure Android is a plus. Besides smartphones, Motorola has a few tablets in its portfolio including the Xoom and the Xyboard. These were the last Android tablets we saw from Motorola but we have information that this may change soon as the company is currently working on a new Android tablet that it will be unveiling this year. According to Android Police, Motorola will soon be adding a new Android tablet to its…

Back in April, we told you that Android Wear 2.0 was to roll to the older smartwatches between then and the end of May. This was revealed by Google and the update was already available for some of the older smartwatches but the Huawei Watch was not on the list. Well, if you own the Huawei Watch, we have some good news for you. The update is finally available for your smartwatch. This smartwatch was released back in 2015 and is finally getting the update we have been waiting for. The update started rolling out over the weekend, three months…

If you are in Kenya right now, you may have noticed that it has been chilly and rainy the last couple of weeks. This will be the trend for the next month or two and you should be prepared for this. Since it can rain anytime or can get really cold when you least expect it, always knowing what the weather is going to be for a specific day is important. To help you with this, I have provided a list of my top 5 weather applications for both Android that you should check out. AccuWeather AccuWeather is my absolute…

A couple of week ago, I wrote the review of the latest smartphone from Tecno, the Camon CX. Out of all devices from Tecno, those under the Camon series usually come with superior cameras and the CX was not any different. As I mentioned in the review, both the front and back cameras of the Tecno Camon CX can take very good shots. In the review, I did not dive deep into the camera and explain what it has to offer so this is why I came up with this post. For those who are interested the Tecno Camon CX…

A few weeks ago, OPPO launched the A57 smartphone in Kenya. This was just one of the two camera centric smartphones the company has been working on. The next smartphone from OPPO will be the F3 that it plans to launch later this month on May 15. The OPPO F3 has already been launched in India but here in Kenya we will have to wait a few more days. The phone’s unique selling point will be its dual selfie camera that the company says will enable users to snap both great selfie and group selfie shots with ease. At the…