Author: Kaluka wanjala

Microsoft Office is the most popular productivity suite you can find on the market. Almost everyone has at some point in their lives tried any one of the many different applications under the Microsoft Office family. According to Microsoft, there are now over 1.2 billion people using Office around the world. The company announced this yesterday at its annual Build Conference. 1.2 billion is a very huge number and this means that almost 2 out of every 7 people use Microsoft Office. Microsoft went ahead to reveal that the 1.2 billion Office users spend on average 3-4 hours every day…

Samsung has today launched the Galaxy J3 in India. The Galaxy J series consists of entry and mid-range smartphones from Samsung targeting developing and emerging markets. The Galaxy J3 joins some of Samsung’s existing entry level devices such as the Galaxy J1, J1 ace, J1 Mini and the Galaxy J2. The Galaxy j3 was initially launched last year in China and was available in very few markets then. The Galaxy J3 comes into the market just over two months after the company launched the Galaxy J1 (2016) in Dubai and 3 weeks after it unveiled another cheap variant, the Galaxy…

When Microsoft introduced Windows 10 to the world, the company also introduced a new web browser, Microsoft Edge. Microsoft Edge was meant to support Internet Explorer which was one of the worst browsers on the market. Microsoft has announced that its Edge Web browser will be getting a native ad-blocking support with the next update. The company announced this at this year’s Build 2016 conference. This is a bold move for Microsoft and it’s something I never expected from the company which has been a bit too slow in introducing new features that consumers want. Including native ad-blocking support will…

We have been hearing about the HTC 10 smartphone for over a month now and if you are waiting for this phone you probably know that it will be unveiled on April 12. This will be the company’s 2016 flagship smartphone and you expect it to be amazing. The latest leak comes from a GFXBench listing that reveals the key specs of this phone. The HTC 10 specifications revealed through the GFXBench database include a 5.1 inch AMOLED display with a QHD resolution. It will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor paired with 4GB of RAM and 32GB…

After weeks of leaks and rumors, Samsung has finally unveiled the Galaxy A9 Pro to the world. We first started hearing about this smartphone at the beginning of the year. We then saw numerous leaks suggesting some of the features it was to come with and the last one was at the beginning of this month when it was certified by Tenaa. Read: The Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro has been certified by Tenaa, expect its unveiling anytime soon The Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro has just been announced in China and there is still no info if it will be available…

Mobile-based financial services company Branch has raised a Series A equity funding round of $9.6 million, as it positions itself for further growth and expansion into new markets. The funding will allow for the scaling of its operations, hiring talent in Kenya as well as expansion across East Africa in 2016. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) , a prestigious US-based VC firm that has previously backed top international technology companies such as Facebook and Airbnb.  Alex Rampell, the partner who invested on behalf of the fund, commented on the deal: “The combination of smartphones, digital money, and…

WhatsApp is currently the most popular messaging application out there but the app is still lagging behind when it comes to customization features. Even though there a few things you can do on WhatsApp to customize your experience, there is still more to be done for an even better experience. This is probably what the company currently had planned when it started working on its latest update that will bring a ton of customization features to the app. The company is working on the next WhatsApp version, which is still in beta, which will bring features such as the ability…

Instagram has been busy rolling out new features in a move aimed at keeping users engaged and strategically positing itself to attract advertisers. The latest update that Instagram has rolled out is the introduction of 60 second videos. From today, you will be able to upload/create 60 second videos on the social networking site. Previously, Instagram videos could only be 15 seconds long. Instagram says that extending acceptable video length to 60 seconds is informed by the trend the company has been observing on the site. The company says that over the past 6 months, the time spent watching videos…

Back in January, Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi 3 smartphone which came with some decent specifications at an affordable price. This phone got positive reviews from those who used it. Xiaomi was not done with the Redmi 3 as the company went back to the drawing board and has released an updated version of the Redmi 3. The updated device, the Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro, was unveiled yesterday. The phone is similar to its predecessor with only a few new features such as the fingerprint sensor, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage space. The Redmi 3 Pro also has…

If you have spent time on Instagram the last few days, you may have seen people putting up posts asking you to turn off post notifications so that you do not miss any of their posts. When you turn on notifications, you will get instant notifications every time someone you follow posts something on the photo and video sharing app. The reason why your friends may be putting up these posts is because Instagram announced that it will be introducing a new algorithm that will do away with the current chronological feed for a new “feed based on the likelihood…