Author: Kaluka wanjala

Over the last few months, we have seen a number of photo editing apps but the one that stood out for us is Prisma. The photo editing app changed the way we edit and share edited photos online. With the success of Prisma, we are getting information that Facebook wants a share of the pie but the company will be doing so with video. During an interview at the WSJD Live conference, Facebook’s Chief Product Officer Chris Cox has shown off a prototype of what looks like the same filter technology Prisma currently uses. Unlike Prisma, this feature is made…

After weeks of waiting, BlackBerry has finally unveiled its third Android smartphone, the DTEK60. We have seen so many leaks about this phone that it feels like we knew everything about it before it was officially launched. BlackBerry has been focusing on security with its Android devices including the DTEK50 that is being replaced by the DTEK60. The DTEK60 is also a security oriented device and what differentiates it from the DTEK50 and the Priv is the fingerprint sensor. The fingerprint sensor can be used to unlock the phone as well as make purchases with Android Pay. The phone will…

Back in 2015, WhatsApp rolled out Voice calling to its app on all platforms from Android, iOS, BlackBerry and even Windows Phone. The company did not just stop there as it has now come out with a video calling feature for its Android app. The feature has been spotted by Android Police and is currently rolling out to the beta version of WhatsApp for Android. I have the beta version of the app but I did not get the feature even after updating it today. This means that this feature is not available to all beta testers just yet. For…

Twitter has been struggling a lot the last couple of years. The company has had  difficult time attractive new users to its platform and also it is not that successful in monetizing the same platform since it doesn’t have that many ways to do this, advertisers do not see it as attractive compared to platforms such as Facebook and Instagram Given what I have said above, I was not surprised with the report by the Bloomberg revealing that Twitter is about to lay off about 300 employees. 300 represents about 8% of the company’s work force and this is not…

Back in August, Xiaomi unveiled its first virtual reality headset, the Mi VR Play. We never heard about this virtual reality headset since then and it was clear that Xiaomi wasn’t ready to push it aggressively as it has done with its other devices. Fast forward to October and Xiaomi is back at it again with a new virtual reality headset, the Mi VR. This new VR headset will be compatible with select devices from the company including the Mi 5, Mi 5s Plus and Mi Note 2. The new VR headset looks much better than the first one if…

About a month after releasing iOS 10 to the public, Apple is back again and this time the company is updating the OS to introduce iOS 10.1. This is the first major update the company is rolling out since the release of the iPhone 7. As expected, this update is released mainly to fix some bugs users have been experiencing. Some of these include issues connecting to some Bluetooth accessories and crashing when turning on the iCloud Photo library. Besides these, the update also introduces the ability to replay special effects in the Messages app, performance improvements and ability to…

By now, you probably already know that Huawei is working on its next flagship phablet, the Mate 9, that is to be unveiled next month. We have been talking about this phablet for more than a month and now we are just a few days to its launch. The Huawei Mate 9 will be launched on November 3 in Germany but we are also meant to understand that there will be another event in China. Huawei has shared the first teaser of the Mate 9 on its official Weibo page. With the teaser image, Huawei gave some clues that were…

A few weeks ago, WhatsApp for Android got another snapchat-like feature that makes it possible for people to draw on photos and videos they wish to send to their friends. Back then, the feature was only available on the Android app and we were never sure when iOS users will be getting it. For those who have been patiently waiting, WhatsApp is rolling out an updated version for iOS. The updated WhatsApp for iOS app allows users to draw on the videos and photos they share just like it does on Android. Besides this, users will also be able to…

If you are using Windows 10, you will be happy to know that Facebook is finally updating its Messenger app to support voice and video calling. The updated app is available to some users and besides voice and video calling, it also has support for group voice calls and support for call notifications. Windows 10 is playing catch up as the calling feature is already available to both the iOS and Android versions of the app. We saw these features roll out back in April this year but we were never sure if Windows 10 users were to get it…

The Kenyan smartphone market is not easy to crack. We have seen many manufacturers try to get into this market with some of them succeeding and some failing miserably. Even with this, there are some brands that are betting on the Kenyan market. One such company is Fero Mobiles, the company officially launched its devices in the country in September this year. Fero Mobiles has a number of devices, both smartphones and feature phones. This company is run by the same people behind MidCom, one of the biggest smartphone distributors in the country. I have had the Fero Royale X1, the…