Author: Kaluka wanjala

By now, you probably already know that Nokia is getting ready to get back to the smartphone and devices market. The company has been away ever since it sold its mobile division to Microsoft. The agreement between the two companies stipulated that Nokia could get back to the market only after the end of this year (2016). With 2016 coming to an end, Nokia is hard at work preparing its comeback. We have already heard that the company has a number of smartphones that it plans to release when it officially re-enters the market. Before we get to the smartphones,…

Tizen OS is not a very popular OS yet and to be honest, not many people care about it. Even with that said, the OS is really growing thanks to Samsung strategy of taking it to other markets including Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. If you are in Kenya, you can experience Tizen OS through the Samsung Z2 smartphone that was launched in the country last week. The biggest challenge Tizen faces is the lack of enough apps on the platform. We have seen Microsoft experience this same issue with its Windows Mobile platform. Customers want to access apps that…

BlackBerry is currently working on yet another smartphone that might be unveiled before the end of the month. This smartphone was codenamed Argon but its final name will be BlackBerry DTEK60. We have been hearing about this phone a lot the last couple of weeks and now we are getting more information including its specs and price. A leak shared on the pre-order page of the BlackBerry DTEK60 reveals that it will retail for $499.99 (approximately Ksh 51,000). BlackBerry hasn’t officially confirmed this price but since it was on the pre-order page, we are inclined to believe it. Besides the…

Microsoft today announced a campaign with Intel, Lenovo and Dell, to expand business solutions available to small, medium business in Kenya.  Under the theme – Accelerate Your Business (AYB), Microsoft together with the devices partners aims to drive awareness of the innovative technologies that bring new solutions to existing problems, helping customers work smarter and faster. AYB campaign will run for three months from October 2016 and will expose customers in SME sector about the Windows 10 Pro devices that offer enhanced security, manageability, productivity tools and most importantly new ways of collaborating with teams, how to protect a company…

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is undoubtedly one of the worst devices from the South Korean company. Some of the units shipped to customers had faulty batteries that led to overheating and even catch fire when being charged. With this, Samsung has decided to halt the production and shipment of the Note 7 as it tries to take charge of the situation. Even though Samsung is trying as hard as it can, things are not looking good for the company right now. In a post on Reddit, a user by the name Bahaman23 said, “Earlier today I used my Gear…

If you do follow tech news closely, you may have heard about the disaster that is the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. Galaxy Note devices have always had positive reception and they have always performed quite well on the market. Galaxy Note devices have always had their own target market and customers who always looked forward to a new gadget every year. I have low-key had a soft spot for Galaxy Note devices over the years. I tend to prefer them over the Galaxy S series. The devices have that appealing factor that just makes them unique to me. They are…

Yahoo has had a difficult time the last few years. The company was once a leader in the email service business but that is not the case right now. Very few people are signing up to use Yahoo mail and some of its other services are struggling getting users as competition gets tougher. A few weeks ago, Yahoo came out to reveal that over 500 million accounts had been breached by hackers back in 2014. Even though this happened two years ago, it still is bad news for Yahoo, the company looks like it doesn’t have things under control and…

Update: Apple has come out and revealed that 54% of its active device are running iOS 10. Original story: The one area where iOS clearly beats Android is in the adoption of new OS versions by its users. The platform has always had higher adoption numbers within the first few weeks and months compared to Android. A few weeks ago, Apple released iOS 10 which is now installed in 66.7% of devices according to Fiksu. This is quite impressive since the platform has been around for about a month. Getting to 66% in about a month is the fastest adoption…

Back in September, Huawei released a new line of smartphones at IFA 2016. The new devices were called ‘Nova’ and came in two variants, the standard Nova and the Nova Plus. The devices came with some decent specs with both having 3GB of RAM. This was seen as a standard thing as these days, most flagships come with the same RAM capacity. Fast forward a month later, Huawei has come out with a 4GB variant of the Nova smartphone.  This new variant has model number CAZ-AL10 and will most likely be available in China and a few select markets in…

Snapchat is one of the most popular social networking platforms out there. The app is particularly appealing to millennials who use it to share with their friends what they are up to as the day goes by. The app is known for its self-distracting updates that disappear from the platform after 24 hours and was one of the features that helped it grow very fast. Snapchat is also known for its stories feature that highlight what people share with their friends. This feature makes it easier for people to see what their friends share throughout the day in a mini…