Author: Kaluka wanjala

Nokia will officially re-enter the smartphone market later this month at Mobile World Congress. We already saw the Nokia 6 smartphone that was unveiled a few weeks ago as the company’s first true Android smartphone. Even though this was the case, the phone was and still is available in China only. This is why most people are excited to see what the company will release at MWC 2017 as these will be the devices that will be available to international consumers. HMD Global has not shared any information about the devices we should expect to see at MWC but recent…

A few weeks ago, we told you that Sony plans to unveil 5 new smartphones at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2017). The event is scheduled for later this month and as we told you before, we will learn more about the smartphones Sony plans to release as we get closer to MWC 2017. One device we expect from Sony at MWC 2017 will be the flagship that will succeed the Xperia XZ. Even though the company is yet to say anything about this phone, we have the first photos that shows us what to expect at MWC. The photos are…

Late last year, we told you about WhatsApp’s two step verification that was available to those who had WhatsApp Beta for Android only. This feature allowed users to create a six-digit pass code they will need when verifying their phone numbers. You will be required to remember this pass code when you get a new smartphone and are setting up WhatsApp for the first time. WhatsApp’s two step verification has been limited to the beta version of the app but the company is finally rolling it out to all other users. This feature has started rolling out to WhatsApp for…

Facebook Lite is the company’s app that is designed for those who live in areas with slow or unreliable internet connections. The app was launched back in 2015 to select markets in Africa and Asia before expanding to users in other regions. A little over a year later, the company released Messenger Lite for those who want to have a good chatting experience even though their internet connection is not stable. Ever since its launch, Facebook Lite seems to have grown so much. When it was launched, not many people expected much from it and to be honest, I thought…

If you live in an area with slow internet or one where the internet connection is unstable, the new YouTube Go app is something you should consider downloading. This is especially so if you spend a significant amount of your time streaming videos on YouTube. The new YouTube Go app for Android has just been announced by Google and will be available to users living in areas with slow internet. At the moment, YouTube Go is available to users in India. If you are in India, you can find the app from the play store and if you are not…

The mid-range market segment in Kenya is still wide open with no one manufacturer dominating it. There are so many players in this segment but no one has truly dominated it. Huawei is one company keen to flood this segment as is planning to release a new smartphone to help with this later in the month. The phone, the Huawei GR5 2017, will be launched later in the month and the company hopes this device will help increase its local market share and sales. This phone will join other mid-range devices from the company including the Huawei P9 Lite, GR5…

Cisco has released the 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report (ACR) during the Cisco Connect East Africa 2017. According to the Cisco 2017 ACR, over one-third of organizations that experienced a breach in 2016 reported substantial customer, opportunity and revenue loss of more than 20 percent. 90 percent of these organizations are improving threat defense technologies and processes after attacks by separating IT and security functions (38 percent), increasing security awareness training for employees (38 percent), and implementing risk mitigation techniques (37 percent). The report surveyed nearly 3,000 chief security officers (CSOs) and security operations leaders from 13 countries in the Security…

If you use Twitter, then you know that some people on the platform can be abusive. There are those who are just annoying but some take that further and may end up harassing you for one reason or the other. This has been the case for years and Twitter has been trying to change that but that has not had an easy time. Even with that said, Twitter is still committed to getting rid of such individuals from its platform. The company has announced three changes that it says will help it crack down on harassment and abuse. We have…

By now, you probably know that Samsung is working on its 2017 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8. The company is planning to launch this phone in the next couple of months and hopes that this is the device that will help it out from the fiasco that was the Galaxy Note 7. With the launch expected soon, you should expect to see leaks and rumours about this phone. With that said, you should also expect to see photos of this device surface somewhere online. The first alleged photo of the Galaxy S8 has just been leaked online and gives us…

If you live a busy life or if you just want your life to be organized, you may want to check out any of the many list and task managing apps out there. I have used many such apps and Todoist and Wunderlist top the list. In this post, I will be focusing on Todoist as I find it to be easy to use. What is Todoist? Well, as I have mentioned above, this is a to-do-list and task managing application that is available on all the major platforms. This app allows you to list down the tasks you want…