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Back in May 2015, Microsoft launched the Surface 3 tablet as an affordable option to the premium Surface Pro 3. This tablet was received very well by consumers especially the budget conscious ones. The tablet was seen as a much better alternative to the flagship Surface Pro 3 that was out of reach for most people. After more than a year on the market, Microsoft is now ready to stop producing the Surface 3 tablet. This was expected as the last couple of months have seen a limit in stock levels and configuration options which showed us that the company…

Ever since Google officially unveiled its latest Android iteration, Android Marshmallow, Samsung seems to be the only company that seems to be working hard to update as many of its devices as possible. We have seen a good number of Galaxy devices get the Marshmallow treatment from the high end ones to even devices such as the Galaxy J5. The update started seeding to the J5 a few days ago and we are now getting information that some devices in the Galaxy A family are getting it too. The two devices in the Galaxy A family that are getting the…

Earlier today, Tecno officially launched the Camon C9 in Kenya. Besides the phone, the company also unveiled its first wearable, the Tecno T-Band. After Tecno, the next smart band to be launched in Kenya will be from Infinix. Infinix and Tecno are owned by the same company going by the name Transsion Holdings incase you didn’t know. Back to the XBand, I have information that it will be launched soon and its retail price will be Ksh 9,000 ($89). This is not cheap and is even more than the Infinix Hot 3 smartphone. The price may change between now and…

Tecno has today officially launched the Camon C9 smartphone in Kenya. The Camon C9 takes over from the Camon C8 and C5 smartphones that were launched in the country last year. The Camon C9 comes into the market about three months after the company unveiled The Boom J8, a smartphone for music lovers. The Tecno Camon C9 is available for Ksh 17,999 in most retail stores in Kenya. To put things in perspective, we will be looking at a few things about this smartphone that you may want to know. Price…? As mentioned above, the Tecno Camon C9 is available…

WhatsApp is no doubt one of the most popular apps out there. The app is well known as the go to instant messaging platform but it also has a voice calling feature that it rolled a while back. When WhatsApp rolled out this feature, we weren’t sure people would use it but it seems like we were wrong according to the latest stats from the company. WhatsApp is reporting that over 100 million voice calls are made though its platform every single day. This can be translated to 1,100 voice calls every second. 100 million voice calls every day is…

If you are a regular here at TechArena, you may have seen our coverage of the Huawei Honor 8. We told you that the company has plans to officially unveil this device before the second half of the year. If you have never heard of the Honor device, they are part of the Huawei family but operate independently as a different brand. They fall under Huawei but unlike the other devices, they come with some decent specs and tend to cost way less compared to other devices with the same specs. Huawei usually sells these devices in select markets. Back…

Have you ever been on Instagram and see a post that a ton of people have liked or are interacting with but you don’t understand what it says because it is written in a foreign language? Well, if you find yourself in this situation often, help is on the way. Instagram is planning to help you out with this as the company is working on a translation button to be included in all its platforms. The company said that the translation button will be available to all users in the “coming months” but did not give the exact date when…

Huawei is one of the biggest smartphone manufacturers in terms of market share. The company has a huge market share in its home country of china and most other international markets. The company’s market presence can only be rivalled by manufacturers such as Samsung, Apple and Xiaomi. Last year, the company sold over 108 million devices globally. This is not a small figure and it expects even better figures this year. The company expects to sell over 120 million units by the end of the year which is an increase of 12 million from 2015 figures. Initially, the company had…

Dropbox is updating its mobile apps with new productivity tools. One of the main additions this update is bringing is the ability to scan documents by using the mobile app and save it directly within Dropbox. With this update, the company is positioning its app as the go to productivity solution out there. In a video posted online, the company is teasing improved productivity features for its platform. The ability to scan documents is the biggest and best addition so far. To be able to use the mobile app to scan documents, just open the app and take a picture…

For most people, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome are the two most reliable browsers out there. Even though most Windows PCs and laptops come with Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer preinstalled, most people prefer to download Chrome, Firefox or Opera instead. Microsoft on the other hand thinks that you should not be using any of the other browsers and instead use Edge browser. According to the company, browsing the web using Edge instead of the other browsers gives you more battery life. Edge browser is available on Windows 10 so this means that you will get the extra battery life…