Author: Kaluka wanjala

A few days ago, Google released its first ever smartphones, the Pixel and Pixel XL. Since these are the first ever smartphone that Google will be highly involved in, how many units they sell will determine the future of the lineup and determine if Google will continue making them. The Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones are not available on the open market just yet as the company is still taking pre-order. The Phone will be available to buy as from October 20 in select markets. Well, it looks like Google will not struggle with the Pixel and Pixel XL…

Samsung Kenya has today launched its first Tizen-powered smartphones in Kenya. This new phone, the Samsung Z2, is targeting the low end consumers who may not have the money or may not be willing to invest money in an expensive device. The Samsung Z2 is the first Tizen smartphone from Samsung to support 4G LTE and will be available through Safaricom shops and its dealer channels. The recommended retail price of the Samsung Z2 is Ksh 6,000 which is quite competitive but the real question is, what does the phone offer? We never see 4G support on smartphones within this…

The Future of BlackBerry 10 Operating system is unknown right and has been that way for quite some time. We are just not sure if BlackBerry will ditch the OS and embrace Android wholeheartedly. BlackBerry already has two Android smartphones on the market. The first one was the BlackBerry Priv that was launched back in 2015. The second Android phone from the company was the DTEK50 that was released in July this year. With the release of these Android phones, the question many people asked was, what is the future of BlackBerry 10 Operating system? Will the company continue supporting…

A few months ago, Facebook started rolling out end to end encryption to its Messenger platform. With this feature, it means that no one except the intended recipient will be able to read the messages you send. The feature has been available to a few select users but is currently rolling out to all users. Facebook has been testing this feature for the past few months and now it is ready to roll it out to other users. This is the same feature that was rolled out to WhatsApp early this year. Facebook owns WhatsApp and you can see why…

Succeeding in a market such as Kenya requires the use of localized solutions or services as those are the ones locals understand and will be more than willing to use. In the video on demand and streaming business, providing localized solutions isn’t easy and most companies are not willing to go this way. ShowMax wants to differentiate itself from other service providers such as Netflix and is introducing localized solutions to attract users. The company has officially launched in Kenya today about 5 months since its soft launch in the country. One way ShowMax is localizing solutions with its service…

After weeks and weeks of waiting, Samsung is finally ready to launch the Tizen-powered Z2 smartphone in Kenya. The company was to launch the phone back in September but that did not happen. It looks like Samsung finally got around to launching this phone as the company has just sent out invites for an event taking place tomorrow where the Samsung Z2 will be the star of the show. Below is the invite sent out by the company. The Samsung Z2 will be the first Tizen-powered smartphone that the company will be launching in Kenya. It is also the first…

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,…