Author: Kaluka wanjala

Last year, Google officially released Android Nougat to the public. What this meant was that we should expect to see the OS on newer devices and even some older Android devices that get updated. Even though Android Nougat has been around for over 6 months, its market share is still in the single digit range thanks to Android fragmentation. Since this post isn’t specifically about how fragmented Android is, let us talk about the recent Android distribution numbers that show us how popular each Android iteration is. The latest figures released by Google show that Android Nougat (the latest public…

YouTube desktop site has had its current design for as long as I can remember. If you were getting sick of the current look, worry no more as YouTube is introducing a new design for its desktop site. With the changes, YouTube’s desktop site is getting upgraded with Material Design that gives off a clean look that adds more white spaces to the site by getting rid of the grey areas that are currently there. With this, the site appears more flat and easy to navigate compared to what we have been used to. With the new design, the titles…

Microsoft has been testing the waters of the laptop market the last couple of years. We have seen the Microsoft Surface books before and now the company is back again with the all new Surface laptop. The Microsoft Surface laptop was unveiled yesterday and one of its unique features is that it comes with Windows 10 S. According to Microsoft, the Surface laptop is supposed to refresh the classic laptop form factor while at the same time showcasing the advantages of Windows 10 S. Windows 10 S is sort of supposed to be Microsoft’s answer to Chrome OS. The laptop…

WhatsApp can get very noisy when chatting with many people or if you are a member of many different active groups. With this, you may find it difficult to keep the conversation going with just one person, most of the time you are forced to keep scrolling down the chat feed to find that one conversation you are interested. Some of the times you even end up tapping on the wrong conversation and sending a message to the wrong person or group, remember Bro Ocholla’s story? To make it easier to find certain conversations, WhatsApp is testing a new feature…

Digital technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) will add US$14 trillion to the world’s 20 largest economies by 2030. That’s one fifth of the current world GDP. There is no doubt we face a digital future. But in Kenya and East Africa many businesses are held back from fully realising digital transformation because of a lack of a robust and agile IT security policy. The question on many CEOs minds is: How do I bridge the gap between innovation and security? Don’t be alarmed by headlines Headline grabbing cyber-attacks are on the rise. This is deterring some businesses from…

Last October, Facebook unveiled the Messenger Lite app for Android that was available in select markets. Messenger Lite is a lighter version of Facebook Messenger and is made for those who want to chat with their friends without spending so much on data.  The app also runs on older devices or those with low-end hardware. Facebook Messenger Lite need less processing power and memory to operate and as mentioned above, it uses less data. This is why when it was unveiled it was available in select markets, mostly in developing economies where data costs are high. If you have been…

The latest Windows 10 Creators Update is rolling out but Microsoft wants you to know a few things before you update your device. With previous updates, Microsoft was quick to get as many people as possible to update their devices. With the Creators Update, Microsoft is taking a different route, the company is taking things slowly. The update was first available to those who were in the Windows Insiders Program and when it rolled out to the public, I expected it to be available to all users at the same time but this was not the case. Given that the…

Google Chrome for Android is changing for the better with the latest update. Google has been testing Chrome 58 through its beta channel and is finally ready to push out the stable version to all users. Chrome 58 on the Play Store is just a minor update and does not bring with it mind blowing features to mobile users. The main aim of Chrome 58 is to fix some stability and performance issues the previous version had. With this update, users will be able to view and manage in-progress downloads. You will be able to do this from the Downloads…

The latest smartphone from Infinix is the S2 Pro. I have been using this phone for about a week and it is a very good device overall. That said, the Infinix S2 Pro comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallow preinstalled. This can be a deal breaker for some people and if you are one of them, you should be happy as the phone is getting updated with Android 7.0 Nougat. This update also brings XOS version 2.1.0 to the S2 Pro. I got the notification to update my device yesterday and since I am not part of any beta program run…

There is no doubt that Instagram is one of the fastest growing social networking platforms. The photo and video sharing platform is very attractive to millennials who prefer it over Twitter. Instagram is also owned by Facebook and this has helped it grow a bit as the two platforms are independent but are linked in some way. That aside, Instagram is doing well on its own and now as 700 Million users. This means that it has attracted over 100 million users since last December when its user base stood at 600 million. Adding 100 million users in just 4…