Author: Kaluka wanjala

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…

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…