Author: Kaluka wanjala

Samsung is currently working on its 2017 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, that it will be unveiling in the next couple of months. We have heard that the company is planning to unveil this phone sometime in March or April this year. As we get closer to March, expect to see and learn more about the specs on the Galaxy S8. The latest information about the Galaxy S8 comes from Korea and points out that the S8 will be perfect for selfie enthusiasts. Of late, we have seen Samsung take its selfie game to new heights and this is why…

Samsung is adding a new device to its ever-growing portfolio. We have been hearing about this new device, the Galaxy C7 Pro, and now the company has decided to officially unveil it. The Galaxy C7 Pro comes with a 5.7 inch AMOLED display with a Full HD resolution. This is exactly what the rumours had hinted at. Powering this phone is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 processor that is paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage space. This space can be expanded to 256GB using a microSD card. For the OS, the phone comes with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow…

Huawei has today unveiled its latest smartphone, the P8 Lite (2017). This new device joins the P9 Lite that was unveiled last year when the company launched its 2016 flagship, the Huawei P9. The phone also joins the P8 Lite that has been on the market for close to two years. The Huawei P8 Lite (2017) improves on the original P8 Lite and presents owners with a new device to get if they want to upgrade and may not be willing to wait for the P10 Lite. We never heard any rumours about this phone as we were all waiting…

Snapchat has just updated its official app for Android that sees the addition of a new search bar that will make it easier for users to find their friends, Stories, groups and basically navigate to specific parts of the app much easier. The universal search feature has just rolled out to the Android app, those on iOS will be getting it very soon. The search bar will be on the top of every page allowing you to search for what you want and then go back to snapping. For Snapchat, this is important as it means that users do not…

A few days ago, the Nokia 6 smartphone was released by HMD Global, the company that owns the exclusive Nokia brand licensing rights for mobile phones. Well, the Nokia 6 is not the only smartphone the company plans to unveil this year. The company is making a comeback and let’s just face it, it cannot penetrate the market with one device. It needs a couple more targeting different market segments just to get started. HMD Global knows this all too well and that is why the company is working on another phone that we will be seeing at Mobile World…

We have been waiting for Android Wear 2.0 for quite a while now and Google has disappointed us every time we thought the company was going to release the update. Some manufacturers are also waiting for this update before they can release their updated wearables. Since manufacturers are not willing to release wearables until Android Wear 2.0 is released, we are stuck with old wearables and most of the new ones that are released do not come with Android Wear. For the true Android fans, Android Wear 2.0 is coming soon. According to The Verge, Google plans to release this…

Back in August 2016, Instagram introduces Stories, a feature that allowed users to share photos and videos that are grouped together like a movie that their followers can follow as the day progresses. This was a clear Snapchat rip off and the stories also disappeared after 24 hours just like they do on Snapchat. Instagram was not shaken with this and the company says that more and more people are using the Stories feature every day. Instagram Says that Stories now has 150 million daily users. This is quite a huge number given that Instagram has about 600 million registered…

Both LG and Samsung are currently working on their next flagship smartphones to be released in the next couple of months. The two South Korean companies have always tried to outdo each other when it comes to their flagship devices. In 2017, LG will be first on the market with the G6 according to Korean media. The company is scheduled to launch the device in the first week of March. The earliest Samsung is expected to launch the S8 is later that month or even in April. Both LG and Samsung have always launched their flagships during the second quarter…

Microsoft miHow can we build technology that best supports African creators? How can enterprises get the most out of current and future infrastructure? What does it mean for technology to be innately African? These are some of the questions that Microsoft will be exploring at NexTech Africa, the organisation’s new flagship Africa technology event taking place on 2 and 3 February 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya. The event will connect global technology & business leaders and Microsoft engineers with local developers and entrepreneurs, in an effort to listen, engage and collaborate on developing more locally relevant technology. External speakers at the…

In an announcement from Patrick Kenealy, Managing Director of IDG Ventures USA, OPPO was recognized as both a 2016-2017 Global Top Smart Phones Brand and a 2016-2017 Global Top Smart Connected Devices Brand. Kenealy’s remarks acknowledged the growing success and technological leadership of a group of rising Smartphone brands, including OPPO that made great strides in their global expansions during 2016. He credited these brands with “constantly accelerating transformation and upgrading and striving for innovation” and noted that the award ceremony’s honorees were chosen through a process that evaluated brands in terms of technology, design, interaction and user experience. It is…