Author: Kaluka wanjala

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…

Opera has always tried new things with its browser and was among the first browser developers to include a data saving feature. This helped the browser gain popularity in most developing countries (Kenya included) and at the moment, the most popular browser among people who visit this site (TechArena) is Opera browser. With that said, Opera is introducing a new feature with its updated desktop and mobile browsers. The feature being added is a native ad-blocker that the company users have been waiting for. This of course is good news for those who consume content but no so good news…

The Huawei GR3 is one of the latest mid-range smartphones from the company to be launched in Kenya. It was launched in March this year together with the Huawei Y6Pro and GR5 smartphones. I have been using the GR3 for a few weeks now and I thought to out up this review to tell you what it is all about. The Huawei GR3 is available in the country for Ksh 20,999 which is a fair price considering what it offers compared to what devices from other manufactures within the same price range can offer. By the end of this review,…

Google Keyboard app for Android is getting updated to include some needed UI changes that some users have requested. The changes with the updated app are more to do with the UI and am particularly interested in these as I never use the Google keyboard since I don’t find it appealing to my eyes. I always download SwiftKey Keyboard with every new Android phone I get and I rarely use Google keyboard. The new updated Google keyboard does not include the Holo themes and now you are only left light and dark Material Design themes. You also have the option…