Author: Kaluka wanjala

After weeks or leaks and rumors, Google has finally decided to unveil the all new Pixel smartphones. We have been talking about the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones for a few weeks and these devices got our attention as they are made by Google and we were keen to see what the company has been working on. When announcing the phones today, Google reiterated that it took full charge in “design” of the phones and did not just commission a third party firm to do that for them. Google Pixel phones are the first ones to come with the new…

Google is getting ready to launch its first Pixel smartphones that we have heard so much about the last couple of weeks. The event will start in about four hours but even before this, one retailer in the UK decided to share some of the specs of both the standard Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones. The retailer shared the photos yesterday probably due to excitement but took the pages down a few moments later. Even with this, screenshots had already been taken so it was a little too late for the retailer. The retailer did not just leak the specs…

WhatsApp has just added a new feature that will definitely raise eyebrows. The company has introduced a new feature that allows you to draw on photos or superimpose emojis on them just like what you can do on Snapchat. There are people that will say that WhatsApp has copied Snapchat directly while other will say they were inspired. Whatever you say, Snapchat was the first to introduce this feature and now WhatsApp has it. WhatsApp hopes that with this new feature, users will be willing to share more photos and videos and this spend more time on the app. Since…

Facebook has just launched the Messenger Lite for Android app that it says is made for users in emerging markets. The company already has the Facebook Lite application that it launched a while back. Facebook Lite has been downloaded over 100 million times from the Google play store showing that there are people who want these not so heavy apps for one reason or the other. With Facebook Lite doing great, the company has come back again with the Messenger Lite app. in a statement, the company said, “Messenger Lite is initially launching in five countries: Kenya, Malaysia, Sri Lanka,…

With increased number of device manufacturers in Kenya, many consumers have access to an array of various devices to fit their lifestyles and how they consume data. Pressure to innovate has become a key element for operation equipment manufacturers to maintain a long term relationship with customers and hook them to their various brands. Customer service has proved to be the key solution to Huawei Mobile Kenya especially as the mobile device company continues to define personal relationship with customers as an important aspect of its business strategy. The company launched its fourth customer care center in Nakuru to take…

We all know that Nokia will be making a comeback into the smartphone market very soon. The company left the market after its mobile division was acquired by Microsoft a few years back. In the acquisition agreement, Nokia agreed that it will stay away from the mobile phone market until the end of 2016. We have already heard that the first device from Nokia when it comes back will be the Nokia C1. Besides this model, we are also expecting two other smartphones from the company that will be released later this year or early 2017. If they will be…

The one thing BlackBerry is known for is the physical QWERTY keyboard that it has embraced even as other manufacturers have gone with onscreen keyboards on their smartphones. This QWERTY keyboard has become a signature look for the company and this has made it hard for BlackBerry to ditch it. Going forward, BlackBerry has announced that it will stop manufacturing its smartphones in house and outsource the operations to its partners. The company announced this a few days ago saying that this will help it reduce expenses and might help the company survive in the smartphone jungle. With this change,…

Microsoft has been positioning itself as a software company the last couple of years. The company has been releasing apps for Android and iOS as it tries to expand its business beyond what we have known it for. The company has just expanded its portfolio with the release on the News Pro app for Android. The app has over 1 million topics that users can choose from depending on their interests. Users will be able to sign in to the app from LinkedIn and Facebook and they will receive news that revolve around their work interests. Quite a neat feature…

If you were expecting to see Android Wear 2.0 out in the wild this year, you will be disappointed as the OS will not be rolling out until 2017. This is because Google has just made the third Android wear 2.0 developer preview available and went ahead to reveal that this preview will be around till early 2017. This means that the final release will not happen until Google is happy with the developer preview and that will not happen until 2017. In a statement, Google said, “We’ve decided to continue the preview program into early 2017, at which point…

We have been talking about the Huawei Mate 9 for about two months now. This is the next phablet from the company that we told you will be unveiled sometime in November. We were sure about the month but not the exact date of its unveiling until now. Huawei has sent out media invites to an event scheduled for November 3 in Munich Germany and that is where we expect to see this phone. The press invite says Huawei will share its “latest innovations and exciting advances” but does not categorically say it’s the Mate 9 only. We are only…