Author: Kaluka wanjala

In today’s world, working from 8 to 5 is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and as our work habits change, so do the devices we use to get the job done. To prepare for this new era of mobility, Microsoft and its hardware partners have developed several new security features to help keep your data safe. Using Windows 10 devices in combination with the sixth-generation Intel Core vPro processor, you can work wherever you are while ensuring your information is kept secure and private. So how exactly do the new Windows 10 devices protect your information? Here are four features that…

Yesterday, Direxions kenya limited, released the XtraValue app for Android and iOS. People were talking about this app since the company had used a few influencers on Twitter to hype it using the tag #findX and many people wanted to see what that was all about. A few hours after we found out what the app was all about, the guys over at TechWeez came out and revealed that this app may not be so innocent as it wants to access your contact information.  There are quite a number of apps including WhatsAPP, Facebook and Twitter that need to access…

Back in August, Sony gave us a list of the Xperia devices that will be updated with Android Nougat. The list included devices launched in early 2015 through to the latest Xperia devices launched in 2016. What the company did not tell us is when this update will be rolled out. For all we knew is the company could decide to push out the updates at the beginning of 2017 or later. Sony has finally come out and gave us an idea as to when we should expect Android Nougat on its Xperia devices. According to the company, the Xperia…

Lenovo has today announced that it is indeed laying off about 1100 staff members working under Motorola. Lenovo bought Motorola from Google a while back with the aim of transforming the company and also use it to improve both its brand (Lenovo) reach and that of Motorola. This has proved difficult to do as Motorola has not been very successful ever since that acquisition. The company makes some decent devices but people are not just buying them. Rumors of the layoff were first reported by Droid Life and now Lenovo has come out and confirmed that it is indeed letting some…

Just a few days ago, we told you about Samsung’s new smartphone, the Galaxy On7 (2016). Even before the dust of the On7 (2016) settles, Samsung has unveiled yet another smartphone, the Galaxy On8. The Galaxy On series from Samsung is a new lineup that was officially launched last year. The two devices are not the only ones in this lineup, we are also expecting the Galaxy On5 (2016) that Samsung teased when it announced the On7 a few days ago. The Galaxy On8 comes with a 5.5 inch Super AMOLED display with a full HD resolution of 1920 x1080…

Microsoft officially released Windows 10 last year and said that it targets to have it installed in over one billion devices by 2018. This may seem like a huge target but the OS was downloaded over 14 million times within the first 24 hours showing that people were clearly interested to see what it offers. By May this year, Microsoft reported that Windows 10 had been installed in 300 million devices showing how fast it had grown in just one year. This represents the number of active devices that Microsoft refers to as devices that have been active in the…

More small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) are following the mobile trend, understanding that an effective mobile strategy involves more than just a mobile-friendly website. SMB’s that have developed their own dedicated mobile applications are leaps and bounds ahead of their competitors when it comes to taking their businesses to the next level. For example, MMindz,developer of the world’s first mobile money accounting solution MyAccounts uses Microsoft Azure to help African SMEs be more competitive.  MyAccounts is built and hosted in the cloud, and has a lower cost of infrastructure, providing an affordable service for customers. The app has catapulted the company…

Last week, Google officially launched its latest messaging app, Allo. The app was one of the most talked about last week because it comes from Google and has some amazing features including intelligent predictions and the new Google assistant. At this point, we can’t say if Google Allo will pose any serious threats to established messaging apps including WhatsApp and Telegram. With that said, Google Allo has reached a major milestone with 1 million downloads in less than a week. The app was launched in select markets last week on Wednesday but rapidly expanded to other part of the world…

Last week, we told you that Google is planning to launch its first pixel smartphones early next month on October 4th. These will be the first smartphones to be made by Google and will probably mark an end to the Nexus program as we have known it. Google isn’t sharing much about these smartphones but we will learn more about them as we get close to their launch date. We already know that these phones will be made by HTC which has made a couple on nexus devices in the past. Probably Google comes up with the design and everything…

We have already told you that Samsung is getting ready to unveil the Galaxy C9 smartphone that will be unveiled either in October or November this year.  When rumors about the launch date surfaced, we were still left in the dark when it came to the phone’s specifications. The specifications are the most important things we want to know about this smartphone and it looks like that information is hard to find. If you have been waiting to know more about the specifications of the Galaxy C9, you will be happy you know that we have got the first glimpse…