Author: Kaluka wanjala

If you spend a significant amount of your time on YouTube, you may have seen a few 360-degree videos there. These videos introduce a whole new experience and VideoLAN, the maker of VLC media player wants to bring that experience directly to you. VideoLAN has released a technical preview of its Windows and Mac versions that allows users to play 360-degree videos. Given that this is a technical preview, you should expect bugs and other issues if you decide to download it. To bring support for 360-degree videos to the VLC app, VideoLAN has worked closely with Giroptic, a company…

The start-up scene in Africa is rapidly growing with so many start-ups coming up with great ideas that will change the continent. Most of the business ideas tend to be associated with our hobbies, passions, strengths or even the resources that are at our disposal. However, it’s easy to be carried away with that idea and proceed to set up a business without testing its viability. It’s not always smooth sailing in the startup world if you doesn’t invest in some form of research. Being the global pioneer in mobile messaging back in 2005, Mxit’s story was poised to be…

By now, you probably already know that Nokia is planning to re-enter the smartphone market very soon. The company sold its mobile division to Microsoft a few years ago and in the agreement, the company was not to re-enter this space until the end of 2016. Well, 2016 is over and we have known that Nokia will be coming back to this market as early as next year. The company is currently working on these devices that it will outsource production to a third party when it is ready. Even with that said, we will still see devices with the…

By Dawn Rowlands  ‎CEO Dentsu Aegis Network Sub Saharan Africa Upskilling in the art of the 4th Industrial Revolution – Previous industrial revolutions have driven development by introducing new forms of power generation, mass production and information processing, the 4th Industrial Revolution is categorised by the integration of technology, internet, global mobile connectivity, data analysis, Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, all altering and disrupting manufacturing and service industries in speed, scale and power. As previous industrial revolutions introduced noteworthy economic, political and social changes, the 4th Industrial Revolution also brings major impacts on governments, businesses, the economy and media. A key example…

The Infinix Zero 4 has just been launched in Kenya today and is currently available exclusively on Jumia. The phone’s main selling point is its 16MP camera at the back. Infinix Zero smartphones are the company’s flagship devices and they usually have impressive cameras like the one we saw on the Infinix Zero 3 last year. With that said, the latest device is the Infinix Zero 4 that users can get in Kenya from today. I have had this device for the past two days and these are my first impressions on what it has to offer. Before we even…

The Xiaomi Mi Mix is one of the best smartphones of 2016 from the design point of view. The phone is known for its almost zero bezels that give it a different look from what we are used to seeing on most smartphones. With that said, the Mi Mix is an appealing product to most Android enthusiasts but its huge size is not ideal for most of them. Most people hoped that Xiaomi comes out with the same smartphone in a small form factor. A few days ago, rumours surfaced online indicating that Xiaomi was actually working on a smaller…

When Samsung announced that its Android 7.0 Beta program for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge smartphones a couple of weeks ago, the company revealed that it was limiting registration to users in the UK, US, China, and its home country of South Korea. This was probably a way for the company to test the program before expanding it to other markets. If you have the S7 or the S7 edge and wanted to be part of the program, you may soon be able to join. This is because Samsung plans to open the beta program to more users in…

A few days ago, we showed you the first official image of the Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017). We Are expecting Samsung to launch this phone anytime from now so you should expect to see us talk about it a lot in the next few weeks. The latest information about the Galaxy J3 (2017) comes from GFXBench and reveals some of the key specs it will come with. The listing reveals that the phone will have model number SM-J327, the same one spotted on Geekbench last month. Powering the phone will be a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor but we do not know…

Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, today are the first to announce a successful demonstration of over-the-air Gigabit Class LTE in Africa with the use of licensed spectrum. Peak data speeds over 900Mbps were recorded using Ericsson Radio Access Network equipment and a Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X16 LTE modem mobile test device. To put that speed in perspective, Gigabit Class LTE means up to one billion bits of information delivered to a mobile device in a mere second. In technical terms, that’s LTE Category 16. The demonstration continues the long-term cooperation between Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies to support African…

Google is finally pushing out Android 7.1 Beta for the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9 and Pixel C. This is a beta version of Android 7.1 and is currently limited to those who have the devices listed above and are part of the beta program This is a minor update that brings some needed features to Android. One such feature is ‘Night Light’ mode that adds blue light filter to the display making it comfortable to use your phone at night or for longer hours. We have seen this feature on a number of smartphones with Custom Overlays including…