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The video streaming market is currently dominated by Netflix which is available in 130 countries. Netflix is not the only player in this industry as there are other key players such as ShowMax which is owned by Naspers, the same company that owns MultiChoice Africa. ShowMax has been around for less than a year and is reporting that it has surpassed the 10 million views mark. This is the cumulative number of TV shows and movies watched by its subscribers from when it started operations in August 2015. In a blog post, the company went ahead to reveal that, “more…

By now, you probably already know that the next Android iteration will be called Android Nougat, we told you about that early this month and that Google has plans to release the final build later this year. Right now, the only people who are using Android N are those who signed up for the developer preview. This version is meant for developers and is not very stable, gets regular updates to fix the issues and is meant for those who want to try out and give feedback before the final release. If you have Android N developer preview, there is…

Videos have become very important for most social media sites for the last year or so. More and more users are sharing videos with their friends and this means that they will use sites that make it easier for them to do so. Facebook did not start as a video sharing site but for the last one year the company has changed things to make it easier for people to share videos with their friends. This is probably why you have been seeing many Facebook videos on your newsfeed recently and be sure that you will continue seeing them. To…

Apple is expected to officially unveil its 2016 flagship smartphone, the iPhone 7 in September this year and this means that we have less than two months till its official launch. With this in mind, you should expect to see leaked photos and specs of this phone as we get close to its launch date. Last week we saw a seven-second video that did not reveal much about the phone. This week, we have yet another video showing us how it compares to the iPhone 6S that was launched in 2015. This latest video is about two and a half…

If you are a regular here at TechArena, you may have seen out coverage of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 pulled from the various leaks and rumors doing rounds online. We have pretty much shared everything about this phone but without official confirmation from the company, we can never be sure it is 100% correct, things can change between now and when the device is launched. We expect Xiaomi to officially launch the Redmi Note 4 on July 27 and this means that any leak we see between now and then is probably what we will see when the phone…

Xiaomi is one of the fastest growing smartphone manufacturers out there. The company is known for its affordable devices that come with specs you expect to find on premium devices. Xiaomi has always been compared to Apple as most of its smartphones borrow a lot from the American company and the company has even been accused of copying Apple’s marketing plans. With its smartphones doing very well, the company has plans to other sectors and one of them is the laptop market. The company already has smart bikes and smart rice cookers on the market so rumors about it planning…

Andela has today announced the appointment of Wambui Kinya as its Chief Strategy Officer. With over eighteen years’ experience in digital, mobile marketing and technology consulting, Kinya will spearhead Andela’s partnership strategy in Africa and ramp up the company’s efforts to recruit technical leadership across the continent. This follows Andela’s $24 million Series B funding, announced last month, led by Mark Zuckerberg’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative with participation from GV, formerly Google Ventures. “As Andela launches into the third quarter with incredible momentum, we are thrilled to welcome Wambui to the team,” says Christina Sass, co-founder and COO of Andela. “She…

Microsoft is currently working on a new intelligent camera app for iOS devices. This new app will be called Microsoft Pix and when you use it to take photos, it automatically picks the best version of the photo and enhances it to ensure your shots are the best they can be. When you tap the shutter button to take the photo, the app goes through a number of shots that were taken right before the shutter was tapped and those that were taken after you tapped on the shutter to determine the best image. This allows you to capture the…

The next device under the Galaxy Note series is currently in production. This device, the Galaxy Note 7, will take over from the Galaxy Note 5 which was unveiled last year. The Galaxy Note 7 will be launched on August 2 at an event in New York so you should expect to see more leaks and rumors about it as we get close to that date. So far, we have seen and heard pretty much everything about this phone and the most recent one suggested that Samsung has plans to make it slimmer compared to the Note 5. We even…

Apple is about to launch its next smartphone, the iPhone 7 so you should expect to see rumors and leaks about it from now till its officially launched. The latest leak comes inform of a video that gives us a look at what the phone is all about. We have seen photos of the phone but this is the first video so it’s most definitely not photoshopped. The video was initially posted on Chinese social site, Weibo, and was later uploaded to YouTube by TechTastic. The 6 second video is not in the best quality so you should not expect…