Author: Kaluka wanjala

WhatsApp is the most popular instant messaging app out there and the company hopes to get more people to spend more time using its services. The company launched WhatsApp for Web last year but was not done with those who wanted to use its services on PCs. The company is believed to be working on native Windows and Mac apps. This is according to a Twitter account, WABetaInfo, which shared some screenshots of WhatsApp translation website where the reference to the download links for Windows and Mac applications can be found. Read: WhatsApp Introduces End-To-End Encryption to Everyone Using Its…

Most of the big name manufacturers have neglected the entry level smartphone market as they focus more on the mid and high end market segments. These manufacturers still have devices in the entry level segment but they are not as aggressive as they used to be a few years ago. One such company is Samsung; the company has a few entry level smartphones right now compared to what the company had a few years ago. The entry level series from Samsung consists of devices in the Galaxy J series including the Galaxy J1, J2 and J3. For the Galaxy J2,…

A smartphone is worth more than the sum value of its parts and no one understands this better than Wiley Fox. The Kenyan smartphone market has a good number of players. Most of these brands offering similar products; with only the branding differentiating what’s what, consumers are liable to be confused. WileyFox, who will be launching two of its smartphones into the Kenyan Market, are interested in solving this problem. What Wileyfox is all about? Wileyfox belongs in a park of its own and for that reason, it’s entry into the Kenyan market will not be marked with the usual  strategy…

The biggest problem Microsoft has faced with its mobile platform, Windows 10 Mobile, is the lack of apps when you compare it to Android and iOS. This app gap may have shrunk but it is still a big problem for Microsoft as most users don’t care so much about the number of apps on the store but rather the existence of the specific ones that they need. When Microsoft released Windows 10 for PCs and Windows 10 Mobile, the company hoped that they will help with the app gap situation especially with the universal Windows platform that allows developers to…

BlackBerry has announced a new update for BBM for Android that brings video chat support to the platform. The updated app is already on the Play Store and you can go ahead and get it right now. BlackBerry says that video calling has been the most requested feature by BBM users and that is why the company is adding it now. The video chat feature for BBM is still in beta available for Android only at the moment. BlackBerry says that it will be bringing it to iPhone and iPad users very soon. The company did not give a specific…

Its seems like every smartphone manufacture will release a smartwatch sometime in the future. We have seen smartwatches from some big name manufacturers from Samsung, Huawei, Motorola and even Apple. One company that has not yet embraced smartwatches is Xiaomi. The company already has fitness bands but had never said that it would venture into smartwatches. Rumors about Xiaomi’s smartwatch surfaced about a year ago but nothing came out of that and we all forgot about that. All we saw on the market were fitness bands from the company that are more affordable when compared to what other top manufactures…

Google has just updated its mobile apps to give them a modern, simple and clean format. The company announced this two days ago through its official blog post saying that this new design will help people using its apps discover and enjoy more. The update has been rolled out to YouTube apps for both Android and iOS. This new update also brings a newer and better recommendation system. The company said, “This isn’t just a new coat of paint on the same old Home—we’ve coupled a fresh design with more relevant personalized recommendations that make it easier to discover videos…

Today at Hannover Messe, the world’s leading trade fair for industrial technology, Ericsson announced the IoT Accelerator. IoT Accelerator combines horizontal, feature-rich IoT platforms with Ericsson’s services and a marketplace where customers from sectors such as public safety, utilities, transport and smart cities can connect with partners and monetize their solutions. IoT Accelerator will be offered as a service to enable customers to overcome the barriers of cost and complexity and rapidly develop and deploy new IoT solutions. The IoT platforms’ capabilities include data management, billing, device management, connectivity services and analytics. Planned expansion modules include a self-service portal, developer…

The Xiaomi Mi band is one of the affordable fitness bands you can find on the market. With that said, Xiaomi is about to give its customers a much better choice as the company is working on the next generation Mi Band that it will be unveiling soon. We know that Xiaomi has confirmed that it will be releasing MIUI 8 update on May 10 alongside new hardware but the company did not go into the specifics about that. Rumors are suggesting the Xiaomi will be unveiling its new phablet the Mi Max and the Mi Band 2. The company…

With the growth in mobile devices, decreasing bandwidth costs and more international vendors and local service providers offering a variety of new services, Africa is cloud computing’s next great frontier. In 2013, 48% of SMEs in Kenya were using cloud, and new analysis from Frost & Sullivan reveals that the overall cloud computing market in South Africa and Kenya will reach revenues of US$288 million in 2018. SME’s, which are estimated to contribute 45% to Kenya’s economy, are well positioned to benefit from the cloud because of its low cost, but many have been slow to implement this new technology. So…