Author: Kaluka wanjala

For the handful of you that are using Google Duo, you may be happy to know that an update is coming your way very soon. The update will allow users to make audio-only calls to their contacts through the app. Google announced last week that this feature was coming to the app anytime soon and it is good to finally see it’s here. Google Duo is a voice calling app by the tech giant that has not been around for long. The app is meant to compete with services such as Skype that have dominated this space for years. The…

A couple of days ago, Google Maps was updated to include a live location sharing option. this means that you could share your location in real-time with your contacts. Even though this feature is available to select users, Facebook is also rolling out a similar feature to its Messenger platform. Facebook Messenger’s Live location sharing option works exactly the same way as Google’s. It allows you to share your live location with your contacts. When you share this, the contacts you select will see your exact location on a map for up to an hour. You can use this in…

Cortana is one of the few useful voice-based assistants available to Android users. With that said, Microsoft wants to ensure Cortana stays relevant and useful. Earlier this month, Microsoft released an update that made it possible to get Cortana on the lock screen on Android smartphones. This was a neat feature that allowed users to swipe and see what their day was looking like directly from the lock screen. This is not the only thing Microsoft will be adding to Cortana, the company says users can now interact with cortana from the lock screen. Microsoft says this is one of…

Who needs words when communicating online anymore? We have seen people using GIFs, memes and emojis at the expense of actual words. Even though some people may disagree, these simplify communication online. Since we decided not to use words when communicating, Facebook wants to make that much easier for us. The social networking giant plans to test a new feature that will let users use GIFs in comments. This feature is not officially available on Facebook but since it is being tested, you may see it from time to time on your end. When available to you, you will see…

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…