Author: Kaluka wanjala

Huawei Devices Kenya has today partnered with Tricom Technologies to open a new customer service center in Nairobi. This is the second customer service center opened by Huawei in Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) area. If you have any issues with your Huawei phone, you can take it to this new service center located at Cambrian House (1st floor) along Moi Avenue. Tricom is one of the biggest smartphone retailers in Nairobi right now and this partnership with Huawei makes perfect sense for the two companies. Having the service center right in the middle of the city will allow Huawei…

Back in February this year, Samsung officially unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7. This was the standard version and as usual, we expected other variants of this phone to be launched to cater for specific customers. One variant that we have been expecting is the Galaxy S7 Active. We have seen the benchmark results of the Galaxy S7 Active that give us a look at some of its specs. With those out of the way, there are now leaked images of this phone that show us what the phone will be all about. The latest leaked images show…

Sony has today unveiled its best smartphone yet, the Xperia XA Ultra. This phone comes a day after we told you that the company has plans to kill off the Xperia C, M, E and Z devices as it tries to focus on the Xperia X lineup. One of the first devices to be launched under this new series is the Xperia XA Ultra. The phone has already been launched and it is an impressive one. It comes packing some high end specs that any Android enthusiasts will appreciate. To start with the display, it has a 6 inch Full…

The 140-character limit is one of the main things that has differentiated Twitter from all the other social networking sites. Going beyond this limit may not be that huge of a problem to many people but is a pain for some people like us (TechArena) who regularly share links and photos on the social networking site. If you are like us, you may be happy to know that Twitter may be planning to exempt photos and links from the 140-character limit. This according to a report by Bloomberg saying that the microblogging site is playing around with the idea to…

Last Saturday, Bloggers Association of Kenya held the 2016 edition of the Kenyan Blog Awards (BAKE Awards). The BAKE Awards 2016 journey started on January 8th 2016 with the launch of the awards plus the opening of the submission where Kenyan blogs could be submitted into the competition. The submission phase closed on 10th February 2016 which saw 4,899 blogs being submitted into the competition. The judges took over and trimmed the submissions to just 5 blogs per category.  The judges this year were Ahmed Salim, TerryAnne Chebet, Mikul Shah & Muthoni Maingi. The voting phase of the Kenyan Blog…

Back in July 29 2015, Microsoft officially announced Windows 10 which showed what the company has planned for the future of its popular desktop OS. This update was referred to as ‘Threshold’ as it shows a change in strategy for the company. Microsoft confirmed that it will start rolling out regular updates instead of releasing a new OS every year. As we get close to July 29, we should start preparing ourselves for the next Windows 10 update. This update is titled ‘Anniversary’ and will bring come changes to the platform. This is a huge update for Microsoft and it…

Back in February this year, Sony officially announced the Xperia X family, the Xperia X, XA and X performance smartphones. This new series is supposed to replace the Xperia Z series that was one of Sony’s best smartphone lineups to date. Back to the Xperia X, Sony is planning to use this as its main lineup going all the way to 2018. By focusing on the Xperia X, Sony plans to kill off the Xperia C, M, E and even the Xperia Z lineups. Focusing on a single lineup is quite a bold and commendable move for Sony especially if…

Messaging platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram make it easier for us to communicate with anyone, no matter where they are. With the ability to communicate instantly, there is also the chance that you may end up sending the wrong message with typos. If you are a victim of typos and bad spellings in general, you may want to switch to Telegram as the app has just got a major update that allows you to edit sent messages. You will have 48 hours to edit messages after you have sent them and this is enough time if you ask me.…

WhatsApp is currently testing a new video calling feature for its Android app. We have been hearing about this feature ever since it was included in Facebook Messenger in May last year. Since Facebook owns WhatsApp, this looks like a natural fit for the popular instant messaging platform to have it. WhatsApp video calling feature is still being tested and is not available to all users at the moment. We are also not sure when it will be available to the public but you should expect it anytime from today given that it is currently in open testing. This feature…

As almost every Android manufacturer tries to include a fingerprint sensor on its devices, folks using Microsoft’s Windows platform are yet to enjoy this feature. Microsoft has not included support for this just yet. Fingerprint sensors can be used to do different things but the biggest one has to do with improved security. With the launch of Windows 10 Mobile and the Lumia 950/950 XL, Microsoft introduced the Iris scanner feature (Windows Hello) which is sort of the fingerprint scanner but for your eyes. The company did not show any interest in going the fingerprint sensor way and the Iris…