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If you are a regular here at TechArena, you may have seen our coverage of Tecno’s upcoming tablet, the DroiPad 8II. This is the fourth tablet from Tecno to be launched in Kenya in two consecutive years. The other three are the DroiPad 7Cs, DroiPad 8H, WinPad10. The Tecno DroiPad 8II is finally available in retail stores in Kenya as of today. Its retail price is Ksh 17,499 and is available through Tecno partner shops around the country. This tablet comes into the market less than a week after Samsung launched the 2016 Galaxy Tab A 7.0 in the country.…

Evernote is one of the most popular productivity apps out there. I have been using Evernote for a while now on both my laptop and phone and to be honest it is one of the best, if not the best, productivity platforms in the world. If you have used it, you will be happy to know that it is getting an important update that will see it integrate with Google Drive. With this update, you will be able to access your Google Drive files directly from Evernote. Before this, the only way to do this was to link up to…

YouTube is about to get more addictive as the company is building a native messaging feature on its platform. This will be in addition to the already existing comments system that has not been the friendliest place on YouTube. Including a native messaging feature might help out a bit with this as you will choose the conversations to have with the people you want to have them with. Introducing a native messaging feature on YouTube app is a good way to get people to spend more time on the site. For YouTube, the more time you spend on the site,…

A few days ago, we told you that Asus has plans to unveil its next smartphone, the ZenFone 3, later this month (May 30). The company has an event that day and we were expecting the ZenFone 3 to be one of the devices that the company was to unveil. For those who have been waiting for the ZenFone 3, you may wait a bit longer as Asus will not be unveiling it on May 30. The company’s CEO, Jerry Shen, has been quoted by the DigiTimes saying that the ZenFone 3 series will be unveiled sometime in June and…

If you have used Windows 10, you may have noticed or even used the Wi-Fi sense feature which allows you to share password-protected WiFi networks with your contacts. When this feature was introduced, there are those who liked it and those who absolutely hated it saying it posed serious security risks. If you are one of those who hated it, you will be happy to know that Microsoft is finally killing it off. Microsoft has already removed it with the launch of the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14342. Commenting on this, Microsoft VP of Engineering Gabe Aul said, “We…

WeFarm, a peer-to-peer network for small-scale farmers around the world without internet, has been nominated by Chivas and is a finalist of the Venture Competition. Through WeFarm, Farmers can share information regarding crops, animal husbandry, climate change, and entrepreneurship on the social network. You have the power to decide how $250k of the $1,000,000 (over £700,000) Venture prize fund is distributed amongst global finalists from over 25 countries. $50k will be available every week for 5 consecutive weeks of voting. At the end of each week, $50k will be split amongst the finalists according to the percentage of votes received.…

Instagram has been making changes to its app this year with the latest one introducing new monochrome buttons and a new icon which features a full sunset gradient look. In a statement, Instagram said, “Today we’re introducing a new look. You’ll see an updated icon and app design for Instagram. Inspired by the previous app icon, the new one represents a simpler camera and the rainbow lives on in gradient form.” Instagram says that this new design does not change the way users navigate through the app but rather puts more focus on the photos and videos shared. All the…

Back in March this year, Samsung unveiled one of its smallest tablets of the year, the 7-inch Galaxy Tab A (2016). With the 7 inch variant out of the way, Samsung has gone ahead to unveil the 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab A (2016). Both the 7 and 10-inch Galaxy Tab A variants for 2016 are slight upgrades from the 2015 models. We first heard about this device yesterday but never knew what to make of it so we decided not to run the story. We actually thought it would be a totally different tablet and not a 2016 Galaxy Tab A…

In Kenya, 4G penetration is still very low and at the moment you can only get it if you are on Safaricom. Airtel Kenya has expressed interest in rolling out 4G LTE but the company has never come around to do so. This leaves Safaricom to enjoy this monopoly even as we see more and more manufacturers bringing their 4G enabled devices into the country. As we wait and see when the other telcos will embrace 4G, Safaricom is reporting that there are currently 700,000 4G enabled devices on its network. The company announced this as it announced its Full…

A few weeks ago, we told you that WhatsApp was planning to release native desktop apps for Windows and Mac users. This is in addition to the Web client the company announced a while back. The web client is not a standalone platform and that is why the native apps for Windows and Mac users make sense for the company. If you have been waiting for these app, you may be happy to know that they are finally here. WhatsApp has announced this through its official blog saying, “Today we’re introducing a desktop app so you have a new way…