Author: Kaluka wanjala

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…

Samsung is finally bringing support of the Gear S2 and S3 to iPhone owners. The company has already rolled out iOS apps for the Gear S2 and S3 and the Gear Fit 2 to the App Store. With this, iPhone users can now seamlessly pair their Gear S2, S3 and Fit 2’s with their iPhones. These apps were to be released awhile back but for some reason Samsung delayed them. Samsung wants to target iPhone owners who may not necessarily want to buy the Apple Watch that is considered to be expensive by many. The first app is the Samsung…

The LG G5 was not the most popular smartphone last year but it was still an amazing device. The phone is known to supports of modules and this means that you can change a specific component of the phone and upgrade it if you want. Modular phones allow you to replace components such as the battery or the camera if the one on the phone isn’t enough for you. LG seems to be moving away from modular phones and this will start with its upcoming flagship, the LG G6. This was revealed by the company’s Chief Technologist Skott Ahn, in…

Lenovo is set to bring back Motorola to the Kenyan smartphone market later this month with the launch of the Motorola Moto Z. If you don’t already know, Lenovo owns Motorola and even though the company sells devices from both brands internationally, in Kenya the company said that it wanted to focus on Lenovo devices first. This was back in 2015 and things have changed and it looks like the company is finally ready to officially bring Motorola smartphones into the country. A source with knowledge of the matter tells me the company plans to launch the Moto Z in…

With the Galaxy Note 7 out of the way, Samsung is busy working on its 2017 flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy S8. We are expecting Samsung to launch the S8 in the next couple of months so you should expect to see a ton or rumours and leaks about this device. We have already seen the first leaks of the Galaxy S8 in black but now there is a new photo that shows the device in gold. The photo was photo was posted on Weibo and shows us what to expect when the phone is launched. The photo shows us…

If you own either the Galaxy S7 or the S7 Edge, I have some good news for you. Samsung is finally updating those two devices with Android 7.0 Nougat. This comes a couple of months after the company announced that it was discontinuing the Note 7 because of the battery issues that made some units explode when charging. With the Note 7 out of the way, the only flagship from the company from 2016 remains the Galaxy S7 and the S7 Edge. This is why the company wants to ensure the two get updated as early as possible before other…

For over a year now, we have known that Nokia was coming back to the smartphone market in 2017. Nokia’s mobile division was bought by Microsoft a couple of years back and in the agreement, the two agreed that Nokia was not to release any smartphone till the end of 2016. Well, 2016 has passed and Nokia is finally back on the smartphone market. At the moment, HMD Global owns the exclusive Nokia brand licensing rights for mobile phones and its first device is the Nokia 6. The Nokia 6 has already been unveiled by HMD Global and will go…