Author: Kaluka wanjala

Last week, Google Assistant started rolling out to all Android smartphones. We first got to see Google Assistant back in 2016 when the first Google Pixel smartphones were unveiled. The assistant has been available exclusively on the Pixel smartphones until earlier this year when Google announced that it will be available to non-pixel phones. Google Assistant is still rolling out to more Android smartphones globally and it will take time before all users have it. If you do not have Google Assistant on your phone, just be patient, you will get it soon unless you are using an Android tablet.…

Towards the end of February, WhatsApp introduced the Stories feature that made it possible for users to share photos and videos of what they were up to during the day with their contacts. With the unveiling of Stories for WhatsApp, the company removed the text status from its platform. This did not go well with most people as the statuses were a vital part of the app and most people used them as sort of Facebook status updates to communicate with their contacts. Even though some people use them passive aggressively, the text status acted as part of WhatsApp and…

Earlier today, we told you that Uber Kenya is adjusting its rates upwards giving in to the demands of its partner drivers. Uber reduced its rates last year to remain competitive and not lose customers to Safaricom-backed, Little. Uber and Little have been in competition ever since Little got into Kenya with each one trying to convince us that it is the best. Little has been branding itself as a different option that is not just affordable but offers additional features you do not find on the other taxi hailing apps. Some of these include free Wi-Fi on board,  no…

We all know that Twitter is full of bots. Some make the app interesting and useful while other are just annoying. We have never known how many bots are on Twitter till this report by the University Southern California and Indiana University. The report reveals that there are up to 48 million bots on Twitter out of 319 million Twitter accounts. This is a big number and is about 15% of all accounts on the platform. 48 million is almost double the number of bots Twitter reported back in 2014 back when the number of bots on the platform was…

If you have used Uber in Kenya within the last month, you may have heard from the partner drivers that some of them have been on strike. The partner drivers raised a number of issues and one of them was for Uber to raise its rates as the current rates meant that they had to work for longer hours just to make enough money to survive. Uber was quiet about the strike but had indicated that it will look at the demands of the drivers. Well, Uber has considered what the drivers brought forward and will adjust its rates upwards…

Jumia has today unveiled the ‘Jumia Local’ program that will allow Kenyan manufacturers to showcase their ‘Made in Kenya’  products on its website to thousands of customers across the country thus encourage consumption and scalability. This collaboration between local manufacturers and Jumia will see products under this arrangement featured more prominently on the main Jumia platform and promoted through the e-tailer’s marketing channels. Vendors joining the program will enjoy reduced commissions and receive round-the-clock training and support from Jumia’s vendor management team. Sellers can either store their products in Jumia warehouse or drop-ship once an order is made. Speaking today…

Nokia unveiled its first true Android smartphone, the Nokia 6, in January at CES 2017. A month later, the company released two other smartphones, the Nokia 3 and the Nokia 5. The Nokia 3,5 and 6 are mid-range devices from the company but are not the only ones the company plans to release this year. The three smartphones released by Nokia are reasonably priced and are the devices the company is using to get people interested in the brand again. With the three smartphones out of the way, Nokia is believed to be focusing its efforts on two more smartphones.…

If you know anything about Nokia, then you know that the company had some of the best cameras back when most manufacturers were not that crazy about smartphone cameras. This was especially so for its flagship smartphones. Nokia re-entered the smartphone market last month at Mobile World Congress where it announced the global availability of the Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 smartphones. None of these phones had Zeiss optics and this led to many people speculating that the company had another device under production with Zeiss optics. This is the camera technology Nokia had on some of its…

The Huawei Watch was one of the first decent smartwatches to hit the market. This smartwatch came with Android Wear 1.0 as its operating system but will soon get updated with Android 2.0. You may or may not know that Google released Android Wear 2.0 last month. After the release of Android Wear 2.0, Huawei came out with new smartwatches, the Huawei Watch 2 and Watch 2 Classic at Mobile World Congress. With the release of these smartwatches, we were not sure Huawei had any plans to push out Android Wear 2.0 update to the original Huawei Watch. We were…

The Tecno Camon series is about to get a new device dubbed the Tecno Camon CX. The Camon CX will be unveiled in Kenya on March 23 to take over from the Camon C9 that was unveiled in 2016. The Camon C9 was a great device that we really loved and you can read all about that in our review using the link below. Read: Tecno Camon C9 Review Now back to the Camon CX, the phone hasn’t been launched officially in Kenya but it is already up for pre-order. If you want to, you can pre-order the phone from…