Author: Kaluka wanjala

Jumia Market is changing its business model from an online Marketplace to an online social shopping site. This is a peer to peer model where users will be able to interact to buy and sell products. The model is a fusion of the social networking site Instagram and e-commerce. Similar to Instagram, the platform will allow users to comment, like, tag and even follow sellers they like, making it easy to shop from their news feed. Though still available on desktop, the platform will be predominantly used through the app.  “The main objective is to make online shopping simple, straight…

If you are on Twitter, then you may at some point received Direct Messages (DMs) that you weren’t interested in. If this has been a big issue for you, the latest changes by Twitter may interest you. Twitter is adding more filters to ensure DMs are not that annoying. With the changes, if you have chosen to receive messages from anyone, messages from people you do not follow will be segmented to a section called Requests in the Messages tab. This means that you will not see the messages till you access this section. With this, your DMs will be…

Intel is undoubtedly the leader when it comes to desktop processors. The latest addition to the company’s portfolio is the new Core X-series that the company has just announced. With the release of this new series, the company has introduced the Core i9 series of processors. The Core X-series is based on the new X299/LGA2066 “Basin Falls” platform. The Core X-series has 9 different products, five of these products have been announced today and the remaining 4 will be unveiled at a later date. With this new series, consumers will have the option of choosing from 4, 6, 8, 10,…

By Kunle Awosika In the past year we have witnessed not just the growth of cybercrime, but a proliferation in cyberattacks that is both new and disconcerting. We need to continue to do more to protect and defend our customers around the world. At Microsoft we’re focused on doing precisely that. In addition, we need to call on the world’s governments to implement international rules to protect the civilian use of the internet. Simultaneously, governments need the active assistance of technology companies. A growing problem in need of new solutions 74 percent of the world’s businesses expect to be hacked each…

OnePlus is currently working on its next smartphone, the OnePlus 5 that it will be unveiling very soon. The company has already confirmed the existence of this smartphone and even its CEO has revealed that it will be powered by the Snapdragon 835 processor. OnePlus has always had a different strategy of focusing on just one device every year and putting all it got on that. With the OnePlus 5, the company will be doing exactly that. The company has plans to retire the OnePlus 3T as the OnePlus 5 comes into the market. The company says that there are…

MallforAfrica has opened an office in Nairobi, this follows a growing demand by Kenyans to buy from leading retailers in the UK and US. MallforAfrica is the only e-commerce platform in Africa that provides access to US and UK stores directly. MallforAfrica has over 8.5 billion items for sale from over 150 US and UK stores. Some of the retailers include Amazon, Carters, Fashion Fair Cosmetics, Topshop UK, Barneys, Footlocker, Sports Direct, M&S, Bloomingdale’s, J. Crew, among others. ‘’A growing number of Kenyan consumers  have been ordering goods through our platform and it makes sense for us to set up…

Xiaomi has just shown the world that big smartphones are still worth buying. The company has unveiled the Mi Max 2 that takes over from the Xiaomi Mi Max that was launched in 2016. Just like the first Mi Max, the Mi Max 2 is quite massive with almost every aspect being big, bigger that what you get on a conventional smartphone. The Xiaomi Mi Max 2 has a 6.44 inch display that is quite big by any standard. Besides this size, the phone looks more like an iPhone 7 Plus, a stretched out one. Xiaomi has long been known…

Most people know about Tecno’s smartphones but very few know that the company has a few tablets in its portfolio. The latest one from the company is the Tecno DroiPad 7D that was announced a few days ago and is one of the cheapest tablets in the country available for less than Ksh 10,000. I have had this tablet for a couple of days and here is what I think about it so far. This is the first impressions post that basically looks at the things you should expect from it the first few days of using it. We do…

Not so long ago, Sony introduced a new smartphone category that it called the “Premium standard”. This category was to consist of devices in the $500 price range that the company hoped would attract new customers and help its brand gain some market share. Given that the “premium standard” category hasn’t been that successful, the company is axing it from its line up. The company announced this yesterday at its Investor relations Day saying that it will no longer be making devices in the $500 price range. With this announcement, the company will now focus on the midrange and flagship…

Safaricom has announced Kenya’s first ever telecommunications lab. The first phase of the lab has been put up at the cost of Sh. 200 million and replicates Safaricom’s entire networking including the billing platform, application servers such as M-PESA, Safaricom’s cloud, microwave, 2G, 3G and 4G networks in a single room. Safaricom has collaborated with a number of industry players including Cisco, Huawei, Nokia and others who have donated equipment and expertise to the lab, which is located at the firm’s headquarters in Nairobi. Safaricom’s more than 27 million customers will benefit from this investment, which will see fast tracking…