Author: Kaluka wanjala

As they always say, competition is a good thing especially for the end users. This is clearly the case if you look at what Uber has just done. The company has announced that UberX prices in Nairobi have been reduced by 35%. This comes three weeks after Little Cab, which is backed by Safaricom and Craft Silicon, started operations in the city. Since Little Cab is backed by Safaricom and Craft Silicon, Uber knows that the company is a serious competitor that has the resources to be the go to taxi hailing app in Kenya. This is the main reason…

It’s no secret that Facebook is the king of social media, the company has seen its user base grow even as some of the other sites have been slowing down. Yesterday, Facebook reported its financial results for the quarter that ended 30 June 2016 and took the opportunity to brag about its user base. The company revealed that over 1.71 billion people use its platform every single month. This is a big milestone for the company and dwarfs all the other social networking sites out there. These are the stats that both Facebook and its advertisers want to see and…

Xiaomi has always been accused of copying Apple but the company doesn’t seem to care about the allegations. The company’s smartphones come with a customized version of Android, MIUI, which looks a lot like iOS and even its marketing strategies borrow a lot from what Apple does. Even with this, the company has seen its market share grow year over year and it now is a force to reckon with in the smartphone market. The latest device from Xiaomi is the Mi Notebook Air that is clearly inspired by Apple’s MacBook Air. We first told you about this laptop 10…

Infinix has plans to launch its next smartphone, the Note 3, in Kenya before the end of August. This will be the first smartphone from the company in Kenya to come with its new customized UI, XOS. We had expected the Hot S to be the first smartphone from the company to come with XOS but it looks like that will not be the case for Kenya. The Infinix Hot S, which comes with XOS has been launched in Nigeria and there is still no news as to when we will get it in Kenya. With previous launches, Infinix has…

More than half a billion people across Africa are now subscribed to mobile services as the continent continues to migrate rapidly to mobile broadband networks, reveals a new GSMA study. ‘The Mobile Economy: Africa 2016’ was published today at the GSMA Mobile 360 – Africa event being held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 26 – 28 July. The report also highlights the increasing contribution of Africa’s mobile industry to the regional economy, including employment and public funding, and mobile’s role a platform for digital and financial inclusion. “More than half a billion people across Africa are now subscribed to a…

The Infinix Hot S has finally been launched in Nigeria, this is the latest series from the company that features a solid metallic build. The Hot S comes with some decent specifications and stands out as being the first smartphone from the Infinix to come with the company’s new customized OS, XOS. Read More: Exclusive: XOS will be Infinix’s Customized User Interface similar to Tecno’s HiOS The Infinix Hot S is currently available on Jumia Nigeria for 45,500 Naira, this translates to about Ksh 15,000 with the current exchange rates. This is the price for the 2GB variant and is…

Twitter has finally added the Night Mode feature to its official Android app. Having signed up to be part of Twitter’s beta program, I have used the feature for close to a month now and it is a very useful thing to have. This feature makes it easier for you to use Twitter in the dark as it doesn’t hurt your eyes so much and does light up the room like the standard UI you get on the app. The Night mode feature is currently available on Twitter’s app for Android and it is still not clear when iOS users…

A few weeks ago, BlackBerry said that it has plans to unveil three Android powered smartphones between now and early 2017. The company said that it will unveil a new smartphone every quarter and these devices will be mid-range and high end ones. The first of the three was codenamed, Neon and BlackBerry had indicated that it will launch it between July and August. Images and specs of the BlackBerry DTEK50 (Neon) surfaced online yesterday and we knew that its official launch was to happen very soon. While we were speculating when BlackBerry was going to launch this smartphone, the…

Xiaomi has had plans to launch its devices in Kenya for close to a year now. The company through its official distributor, Mobile in Africa, announced sometime last year that it was going to launch its devices in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Mobile in Africa (MIA) went ahead and launched the devices in Nigeria and South Africa and promised it would do the same in Kenya soon. The delay in Kenya was because of the lawsuit by Mi Fone against Xiaomi and Mobile in Africa using the ‘Mi’ branding on some of its smartphones. as far as I know,…

BlackBerry has promised us that it will release three Android smartphones by early 2017. The company has plans to release one Android smartphone every quarter within the next 9 months. The first of these devices will be called the BlackBerry Neon and will be launched sometime next month even though the company is yet to confirm the exact date. Even before BlackBerry officially unveils the Neon, someone inside the company got excited and published its images and specs on the company’s official website. The images and specs were taken down meaning that they were not supposed to go up in…