Author: Kaluka wanjala

Last month, we saw Nokia re-enter the smartphone market with the launch of the Nokia 3, Nokia 5, Nokia 6 and the Legendary Nokia 3310. At the launch event, HMD Global, the company that owns the Nokia brand, was not specific as to when these devices will be available in retail stores. We all knew that the devices will be available soon but we weren’t sure the countries they will be available in and when. We now have some information as to when these new devices may be available in retail stores. HMD Global plans to launch the new Nokia…

Google is making it easier for you to find free apps by adding a “Free App of the Week’ section on the Play Store. From here, users will be able to find a new app every week that they can download for free. Keep in mind these will be apps that you would usually have to pay for not the free apps you can get from the Play Store right now. You can access this new section by scrolling down the ‘Apps’ page on Google Play Sore. At the moment, this section has the gaming app, Card Wars. This is…

Huawei’s 2016 flagship smartphone seems to be doing quite well going by the latest figures from the company.  According to the company, over 12 Million Huawei P9 and P9 Plus units have been shipped globally. This was revealed last week by the company’s CEO of the Consumer Business Group, Yu ChengDong. He said this when launching the Huawei P10 in China. The Huawei P9 is one of the best devices from the company and was one of my best devices of 2016. It was reasonably priced and came with specifications and hardware build you expect to find on a flagship…

Twitter has not had a smooth ride when it comes to attracting advertisers to its platform and making money. This is the case since the company is having a hard time attracting users to its platforms. Most millennials prefer to go with Instagram, Facebook and even Snapchat and thus ditch Twitter. To help it make some money, Twitter is believed to be considering an option to introduce a paid membership option to its platform. With this paid membership, users will be able to access an enhanced version of Tweetdeck. Tweetdeck already offers much more features than what you can get…

Last year, Samsung released the Galaxy Note 7 that was later pulled off the market since some of them caught fire when charging. This was a big issue for Samsung as this was the company’s flagship phablet that was to compete with the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. Samsung did not just stop producing the Galaxy Note 7, the company asked users to stop using it as the device was not considered safe. Even with this, some people still continued using the device. To counter this, Samsung pushed out an update that stopped some Note 7 units from connecting to…

Out of the many messaging applications out there, there are a couple that have managed to attract millions of users with the remaining ones attracting a certain group of people only. Google Hangouts is one applications that has just not cracked the mainstream market. Hangouts is not the only messaging application from Google, the company has a few of them but not a single one has rivalled platforms such as WhatsApp. Google Hangouts is a handy application as it supports chat, video, voice and SMS. With SMS support, Google wanted users to ditch the SMS applications they were using on…

Mara Social Media, an African multi-channel platform of online and mobile tech innovations that are designed to connect people across emerging markets, has announced this week that it has acquired global platform Nimbuzz Assets. Nimbuzz, initially released in May 2008 is a powerful cross-platform mobile calling and messaging app. The app can be installed on computers, mobile phones, smartphones, and tablets. Nimbuzz offers its users the ability to make voice and video calls, enable chat and file sharing worldwide. The app has over 200 million users and is available for Android, iPhone, and Symbian, MIDP, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and PC…

Instagram is about to implement some changes to its platform that will make sure sensitive content does not make it to your newsfeed. The company has just announced this saying this is meant to make its platform a ‘safe environment’ for those who may not want to see offensive and disturbing content on their newsfeeds. According to Instagram, the blurring effect will not be applied immediately, users will have to flag the photo for this to happen. This means that the filters blur photos that have been reported by the community and confirmed by a member of Instagram’s review team.…

Safaricom Introduces A New Dynamic Bundle Dubbed ‘FLEX’ Yesterday, Safaricom officially introduced the FLEX bundle that will allow users freedom to choose how they allocate airtime for calls, SMS or data services. Safaricom says this product is flexible and is meant to be in line with customer feedback. As we have mentioned above, FLEX is a dynamic bundle so it works differently from what we have right now. Currently, Safaricom customers purchase bundles or airtime in fixed amounts, which are mostly pre-determined. What is Safaricom FLEX According to Safaricom, with FLEX, users will be able to convert their regular Safaricom…

Tecno’s latest camera-centric smartphone, the Camon CX, has finally been launched in Kenya. The Camon CX was launched earlier today together with the Camon CX Air. The main selling point of the Tecno Camon CX is its 16MP front facing camera with dual LED flash. The Camon CX takes over from the Camon C9 that was launched last year. The launch event was held at the Safari Park Hotel where Tecno spent a significant amount of time talking about the front facing camera and how its stands out from that of many smartphones on the market. With this, the company…