Author: Kaluka wanjala

Telegram has just pushed out a major update that introduces a number of features to its platform. This update brings Telegram version 3.15 for Android that sees the introduction of pinned chats, IFTTT integration, updated photo editor just to name a few. Pinning conversations is quite easy and all you have to do is long press the conversation and you will be presented with three options, ‘Pin to top’, Clear history’ and a ‘Delete’ option.  The conversation will be pinned at the top and will have a slightly different colour to make it easier for you to tell the difference.…

Customers reviews are viewed as unbiased and truthful, therefore forming the initial stop-by for buyers. Traders across different spheres of the global economy confess to a love-hate relationship with online reviews, but according to Invesp, a marketing retail and analytics firm, 90% of consumers read online reviews before placing an order or making a purchase. The survey, carried out to establish shopping trends and habits of customers online also indicates that  88% of these buyers trust online reviews as much as they do personal recommendations. When it comes to trust, the spenders tend to put their faith in institutions and…

Qualcomm and Microsoft have just made the most exciting announcement that will get Windows 10 fans excited. The announcement has to do with the next generation Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. The two companies said they are working together and are planning to bring Win32 emulation to upcoming processors from Qualcomm. If these two companies end up Woking together, future Windows 10 devices will be able run games such as World of Tank and Crysis 2. These games have not been available to Windows 10 mobile users but things might change next year if all goes as planned. If you know a…

A few days ago, we told you that Huawei has plans to update some of its existing devices with Android Nougat in 2017. The company had plans to update the Huawei Mate 8 and the P9 first before updating some of its other recent devices. With Android Nougat, Huawei is not waiting for 2017 as it has started updating the Huawei P9 and Mate 8 units. The update has started rolling out to the device in China yesterday and this means those in other markets should be getting it very soon, probably before the end of the year. This update…

A few weeks ago, we told you that Samsung is planning to launch the Galaxy A7 (2017) anytime soon, probably before the end of 2016. We told you this as we have seen almost every relevant authority certify the device and the only thing that is remaining is for Samsung to launch it. Well, Samsung is yet to officially launch the device but we have the first images of the device thanks to the product training materials that have leaked online. The training materials show two variants of the phone, a black one and a gold one. The design of…

Dropbox is one useful app but can be frustrating to use if you do not have an active internet connection. This is all changing today as long as you have a premium account. The company has just announced that those with such accounts are getting offline folder support that will allow them to work on the go. In a statement, the company said, “This feature has been a top request from users, so we’re excited to bring it…With mobile offline folders, you can tag an entire folder to have its contents automatically synced to your phone or tablet—no need to…

Taking a look into the future, Ericsson Consumer Lab presents the sixth edition of its annual trend report The 10 Hot Consumer Trends for 2017 and beyond. Artificial Intelligence is an important theme this year and consumers see it playing a much more prominent role than before – both in society and at work. In fact, 35 percent of advanced internet users want an AI advisor at work, and one in four would like an AI as their manager. These are the 10 trends for 2017 and beyond: AI Everywhere: 35 percent of advanced internet users want an AI advisor at work, and…

If you own the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier or the S3 Classic, sit tight as you may be getting an update soon. The company has just started rolling out the first OTA firmware update to the two devices. Given that it is an OTA update, all you have to do is sit and wait for the notification of the same on your device. The update is quite small, about 14MB in size, and has already rolled out to some users in Europe and the United States. Since it has already rolled out to some users, it won’t take long before…

A new month has just started and with that Google has released the latest Android distribution numbers that are meant to show us which Android versions are popular and which ones aren’t. The latest numbers released by Google show that Android 5.0 and 5.1 Lollipop are the most popular variants at the moment. They have a combined market share of 34%, this is a drop of 0.1% from the same period last month but is still quite a huge percentage for an OS that was first released in November 2014. Android 6.0 Marshmallow comes in second with a 26.3% market…

BlackBerry isn’t done with smartphones just yet. The company has released a couple of smartphones running on Android and thus ditched its own platform, BB10 OS, that doesn’t seem to gain any traction on the market. Even with Android, BlackBerry hasn’t had a smooth ride as its Android powered devices are not selling as many units as we expected. The next device we expect from the company is the BlackBerry ‘Mercury’ that will be powered by Android. We have been hearing about this device since October and since the company has said that it had plans to release 3 Android…