Author: Kaluka wanjala

A few days ago, we told you that Asus has plans to unveil its next smartphone, the ZenFone 3, later this month (May 30). The company has an event that day and we were expecting the ZenFone 3 to be one of the devices that the company was to unveil. For those who have been waiting for the ZenFone 3, you may wait a bit longer as Asus will not be unveiling it on May 30. The company’s CEO, Jerry Shen, has been quoted by the DigiTimes saying that the ZenFone 3 series will be unveiled sometime in June and…

If you have used Windows 10, you may have noticed or even used the Wi-Fi sense feature which allows you to share password-protected WiFi networks with your contacts. When this feature was introduced, there are those who liked it and those who absolutely hated it saying it posed serious security risks. If you are one of those who hated it, you will be happy to know that Microsoft is finally killing it off. Microsoft has already removed it with the launch of the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14342. Commenting on this, Microsoft VP of Engineering Gabe Aul said, “We…

WeFarm, a peer-to-peer network for small-scale farmers around the world without internet, has been nominated by Chivas and is a finalist of the Venture Competition. Through WeFarm, Farmers can share information regarding crops, animal husbandry, climate change, and entrepreneurship on the social network. You have the power to decide how $250k of the $1,000,000 (over £700,000) Venture prize fund is distributed amongst global finalists from over 25 countries. $50k will be available every week for 5 consecutive weeks of voting. At the end of each week, $50k will be split amongst the finalists according to the percentage of votes received.…

Instagram has been making changes to its app this year with the latest one introducing new monochrome buttons and a new icon which features a full sunset gradient look. In a statement, Instagram said, “Today we’re introducing a new look. You’ll see an updated icon and app design for Instagram. Inspired by the previous app icon, the new one represents a simpler camera and the rainbow lives on in gradient form.” Instagram says that this new design does not change the way users navigate through the app but rather puts more focus on the photos and videos shared. All the…

Back in March this year, Samsung unveiled one of its smallest tablets of the year, the 7-inch Galaxy Tab A (2016). With the 7 inch variant out of the way, Samsung has gone ahead to unveil the 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab A (2016). Both the 7 and 10-inch Galaxy Tab A variants for 2016 are slight upgrades from the 2015 models. We first heard about this device yesterday but never knew what to make of it so we decided not to run the story. We actually thought it would be a totally different tablet and not a 2016 Galaxy Tab A…

In Kenya, 4G penetration is still very low and at the moment you can only get it if you are on Safaricom. Airtel Kenya has expressed interest in rolling out 4G LTE but the company has never come around to do so. This leaves Safaricom to enjoy this monopoly even as we see more and more manufacturers bringing their 4G enabled devices into the country. As we wait and see when the other telcos will embrace 4G, Safaricom is reporting that there are currently 700,000 4G enabled devices on its network. The company announced this as it announced its Full…

A few weeks ago, we told you that WhatsApp was planning to release native desktop apps for Windows and Mac users. This is in addition to the Web client the company announced a while back. The web client is not a standalone platform and that is why the native apps for Windows and Mac users make sense for the company. If you have been waiting for these app, you may be happy to know that they are finally here. WhatsApp has announced this through its official blog saying, “Today we’re introducing a desktop app so you have a new way…

Samsung has done a pretty good job with updating some of its devices to the latest Android iteration, Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The company is continuously adding more devices to the list and latest devices Samsung has added here are the Galaxy S6 Plus and the Galaxy Note 4. The Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus was launched back in 2014 and was a variant of the flagship of that year (the Galaxy S5) and to see Samsung still support it is impressive. The Galaxy S5 has already been updated to Android Marshmallow and it is time for some of its variants to…

Periscope has just updated its platform to introduce new features that will make the app competitive in the video broadcasting market. The main update the company has introduced has to do with how long the broadcasts are stored on its platform. The company has announced that broadcasts will now be available for more than 24 hours. Before this update, all Periscope broadcasts were automatically deleted after 24 hours and this made sense as the platform is positioned for sharing live broadcasts. Some people liked this and others did not and the company is finally allowing users to choose which one…

Xiaomi has today unveiled its biggest smartphone yet, the Mi Max. This smartphone comes with a 6.4 inch Full HD display making it one of the biggest phablets on the market. It is almost as big as most tablets such as the Samsung Tab A 7.0 and the Tecno DroiPad 8II. We have been waiting for this device ever since we heard about it a few weeks ago as Xiaomi had never shown anY interest in making such a massive device and we wanted to see how that turns out. We also wanted to see if making such a huge…