Author: Kaluka wanjala

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Windows Phone 8.1 has pretty much been dead for ever since Microsoft decided to release Windows 10 Mobile. We haven’t heard much about Windows Phone 8.1 ever since and we may not hear anything about it anymore. Mainstream support for Windows Phone 8.1 will end on the 11th of July (today). What this means is that you should not expect to get any updates if you are using a device with this OS. This sort of means that the OS is pretty much dead unless Microsoft changes its mind. At this point, it looks like you won’t even be receiving…

Besides the flagship P series, Huawei has the Mate series that is its premium phablet line that gets a new device every year. We normally see a new Mate device from the company towards the end of every year and this year will not be different. We are getting information that the Huawei Mate 10 will be unveiled sometime in October and will have a taller display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. This will be a Full Active display from JDI. Samsung included a display with the 18:9 aspect ratio on the Galaxy S8 and it looked really good. This…

The Infinix Note 4 is the latest smartphone from the company to be launched in Kenya. The phone went on sale on Monday last week and we finally have a review unit. This is the company’s phablet for 2017 and takes over from the Infinix Note 3 that was released back in 2016. Infinix Note devices are known for their big batteries and the Note 4 is not any different, it has a 4300 mAh unit which is its key selling point. For those who are interested in the price, the Infinix Note 4 price is Ksh 13,999, quite reasonable…