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If you own the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 you may be happy to know that you will be getting the Android Marshmallow update very soon. The Update has started seeding to the Exynos version of the Galaxy Note 4 in some countries. Some users in the US, India and Poland are reporting having gotten the updates for their devices. This is believed to be a controlled roll out and we expect a full OTA update to start rolling out in the next few weeks or months. Samsung has been very active in getting some of its recent devices to Android…

Facebook rolled out Messenger app as a standalone messaging app a while back and its growth has been tremendous so far. The messaging app now has over 900 million active monthly users which makes it one of the biggest messaging apps out there in terms of Active user base. This was revealed yesterday and shows that the user base has grown by over 100 million the past three months. Even through Messenger is a standalone app, it is still linked to the official Facebook app which has a user base of over 1 billion. All About Business As it announced…

Reddit finally has its own Android App. This was one of the things most users have been requesting and it is finally here. There have been other apps of the Play Store but none of them were officially made by Reddit. They were all from fans who wanted a better smartphone experience when using Reddit. Since these were third party apps, they do not offer the best experience and functionality that users wanted. Reddit is one of the most popular websites out there and for it not to have an official app is very strange and considering that most people…

Huawei Officially unveiled the P9 and P9 Plus smartphones as its flagship devices for 2016. These were the only two smartphones the company introduced to us unlike last year where there was a smaller version of the flagship, the Huawei P8 Lite. The rumors that were there before the company officially announced the P9 and P9 Plus had indicated that there was to be a smaller and affordable version of the P9 to be called the Huawei P9 Lite. This never happened but it looks like it will be happening very soon. We are getting information that Huawei is planning…

Huawei officially unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphone, the Huawei P9 yesterday at an event in London. The first wave of the global launch of this phone will be later this month on April 29 and Kenya is not on the list for this. The good news is that the Huawei P9 will be launched in Kenya sometime next month (May). Huawei has not revealed the exact date when the P9 will be launched in the country but it’s a good thing to see the company bring its flagship device in the country within a month after its global launch. Of…

Oracle is gearing up on hosting a one-of-a-kind Oracle Cloud Day event next week, to showcase the firm’s fully integrated stack of cloud applications, platform services, and engineered systems. Set to be held on April 14, 2016, the Oracle Cloud Day will be implemented by connecting more than 30 countries from the East to the West of Africa, live across 4 time zones. This event will be rolled-out by using Oracle’s superior Cloud technology, reaching over more than 30 locations and using webinar technology to engage regions simultaneously. The event will bring together over 1100 people including Oracle employees and…

Huawei has finally unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphones that we have been hearing about for the past few months. These smartphones that include the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus were unveiled yesterday in London. The new ‘Plus’ branding represents a name change from the ‘Max’ branding we have seen on devices such as the Huawei P8 Max. The Huawei P9 The main flagship from the company this year is the Huawei P9. This device has a 5.2 inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. This display may seem small by the current market standards but…

From today, you will be able to share live videos directly through Facebook to a global audience. Facebook announced this today and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, “Today we’re launching Facebook Live for everyone — to make it easier to create, share and discover live videos.” We first heard about this feature coming to the masses last year but when rolled out, it was limited to a few people. Most of those who have been able to use this feature are mainly celebrities or influential figures and the ordinary user was left out as the feature was still being tested.…

WhatsApp has announced that it will be rolling out end-to-end encryption across its platform to ensure messages sent are fully protected. This feature has been available for Android since 2014 but from today will be able to work on all platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, S60, S40, and BlackBerry OS. This new update brings end-to-end encryption to all aspects of WhatsApp from one-on-one chats, group chats, voice calls, voice notes, attachments. We first reported that this update was coming to WhatsApp a few weeks ago and it is finally here. Read: WhatsApp Will Reportedly Add End-To-End Encryption to Voice Calls…

If you have used the taxi hailing app, Uber, then you know that you are presented the opportunity to rate your driver at the end of each trip. As you do this, the driver is also presented with the same opportunity. More emphasis has always been given to what rating the driver gives but what rating you are given by the driver also matters. So how do you check your rating? Uber has made it easier for you as a passenger to see what ratings drivers give you. You will see the average rating and not the rating each driver…