Author: Kaluka wanjala

Yesterday, Opera launched its first free and unlimited VPN targeting iPhone and iPad users. The company says that it is the first major tech company to launch a free VPN app for iOS. This is good news for those who experience restricted access to social media, video streaming sites or any other websites. This is especially so for those is campuses or in workplaces that restrict access to some sites. “Every day, millions of people, from students to working people, find that social-media sites like Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook are blocked when they surf on their campus or workplace Wi-Fi.…

M-Pesa is one of the most successful product Safaricom has ever had. Many other telcos have tried to adapt M-Pesa into their countries but so far the success has not been replicated. In South Africa, Vodacom did this back in 2010 but it was not successful and the company has decided that it will be shutting down M-Pesa as from 30 June. Vodacom SA, as I have mentioned above, introduced M-Pesa in South Africa back in 2010 but has not been successful so far. Vodafone UK has stakes in both Safaricom and Vodacom SA and most people had thought that…

Samsung has today announced the availability of the Galaxy Tab 7.0 in Kenya. This tablet was unveiled to a global audience in March this year and has finally made it way into the country. The interesting thing about the global launch of the Galaxy Tab A is that Samsung did not make much noise about it and it was just listed on the company’s website. What Samsung did or didn’t not do when it announced this tablet is neither here as the tablet is finally here in Kenya. Samsung says that this tablet is targeting those looking for their first…

Asus will on May 30 officially announce the Zenfone 3 series to the world. This new lineup is meant to take over from the very successful Zenfone 2 series that was launched a while back. Just like the Zenfone 2, we expect to see many different models of the Zenfone 3 on the launch date or as the year goes by. Asus has usually unveiled new devices at the Computex, a yearly expo held in Taiwan. This year’s edition of the expo will be held as from May 31 to June 4 so Asus will be unveiling the Zenfone series…

Last Friday, we shared with you the first photos of Samsung soon to be released mid-range smartphone, the Galaxy C5. The Samsung Galaxy C5 is the first of two devices under the Galaxy C Series that Samsung plans to release this year targeting the mid-range market segment. From the photos we saw last week, we learnt that the Galaxy C5 will come with a metal body which is pretty awesome given that this is a mid-range device. Samsung has still not said anything about these devices but given that we have started seeing them in photos, we know that they…

A few weeks ago, Xiaomi confirmed that it updated version of its Custom UI for its Android phones, MIUI 8, will be released on May 10.  The company also announced that it will be releasing new hardware during this day but did not go into the details about that. People are speculating that the two gadgets the company will be releasing on this day are the Xiaomi Mi Max Phablet and Mi Band 2. To further ‘confirm’ that the Xiaomi Mi Max is coming on May 10, the Chinese Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center (TENAA) has just certified the device and…

Sometime last year, Microsoft released the current version of its popular desktop OS, Windows 10. Windows 10 brings with it a shift in strategy for Microsoft and that is why the company made so much noise about it.  Even though Windows 10 brings with it a lot of changes, one of them that got many people interested in it has to do with the regular release of updates and not the three-year release cycle of new OS versions. Back to Windows 10, the company is reporting that it is installed in over 300 Million devices at the moment. Windows 10…

Samsung is currently working on a new smartphone lineup, the Galaxy C Series. We have been hearing about this new lineup for a while now and we know that it will comprise of mid-range devices that the company will be unveiling later this year. We have even heard that the first two devices under this new series are the Galaxy C5 and the Galaxy C7. Read More: Samsung Galaxy C7 Will Have 4GB RAM and an 8MP Front Camera As the information about this new lineup rolled in, we never got to see any of the phones in actual photos…

Instagram has been working on a number of changes on its photo/video sharing platform as it tries to attract new users and advertisers. The company has already implemented some changes and has promised more will come this year. Changes to user profile is what the company is currently working on if the images shared on Later are to be believed. The new profile features will transform the profiles to make the bio look a lot like a Facebook page. This is not strange since Facebook owns Instagram and the company is probably borrowing what works on Facebook to see if…

For a while now, we have known that Samsung has plans to release a new fitness band but we just didn’t know when. We were even distracted last week when we got information that the company’s next smartwatch was still in production and the company has plans to release it later in the year. As we wait for the Gear S3, Samsung has given us an idea as to what we should expect from its next fitness band that it will hopefully unveil soon. The company has ‘accidentally’ posted the its next fitness band, the Gear Fit 2 and a…