Author: Kaluka wanjala

Xiaomi has been breaking records in the smartphone market ever since the company launched its first devices. The company has been reaching new heights most smartphone manufacturers would hope for.  For those who think that Xiaomi is just successful with its smartphones, you are wrong as the company has a very successful wearables division. According to a report by the IDC, Xiaomi had a very successful 2015 if its wearable business is anything to go by. The research firm report that Xiaomi saw its wearable business grow by over 951% for the whole year. This is quite impressive no matter…

Facebook launched its own video streaming feature late last year in a move meant to compete with YouTube and therefore attract more ads. This new feature allows users to live stream events directly to their fans. In a statement, the company said, “Whether you have an established fan base or want to build up your audience, Live is a new way for you to connect authentically with your fans in the moment. When you start a Live video, it will appear in News Feed for your fans to comment, like and share with their friends. People who have recently interacted…

Huawei has announced a new partnership with Leica to transform the camera experience of those who buy its smartphones. Leica is a high-class camera manufacturer from Germany that has been around for over 100 years. This partnership gives Huawei an upper hand compared to other smartphone manufacturers. A press statement from the company reads, “a co-operation with shared premium ambitions and spirit, which will see both technology and photography brands combining their shared ethos in a long-term commitment to the art of craftsmanship, meticulous engineering and the spirit of winning collaboration, to create a powerhouse in the reinvention of smartphone…

Apple has released its latest iOS adoption numbers that give us a clue as to which iOS versions are popular and which aren’t. From the figures, iOS 9 which is the company’s latest OS version is the most popular one with 77% adoption. Late last month, iOS 9 adoption stood at 75% and rose to 77% earlier this month and it seems to have stagnated there ever since. Adoption of new iOS versions has always been high and has been known to reach 90% sometimes and iOS 9 may not be rising a fast as I expected. Following iOS 9…

Today at Mobile World Congress, HomeSend, the international payment and money transfer hub, announced the expansion of its global framework agreement with Vodafone Group for M-Pesa, including the launch of remittance services into five new markets during 2016. The two companies will work together to enable the real-time, mobile receipt of remittances by M-Pesa users in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique and Albania.  In addition to Kenya, HomeSend has already launched connections for inbound remittances with M-Pesa in both Tanzania and Romania. HomeSend continues to rapidly expand the reach of their network, with coverage expected to reach…

Earlier today, Samsung opened its largest consumer experience in the region. This store is also the largest Samsung Dedicated Mobile Phone shop in Africa. As Samsung was opening this store, the company revealed that it will be bringing its latest flagship Smartphone, the Galaxy S7, into the country on March 18. The first wave of the Galaxy S7 global launch will be on March 11 as we had told you a few days ago. This means that Kenya will be missing the first wave but at least we will be getting it 7 days later. Samsung also announced that pre-orders…

Infinix is currently working on another entry level Smartphone, the Infinix Hot 3, that will be launched in the country on March 8. This Smartphone will replace the Infinix Hot 2 which was part of the Android One program. The Infinix Hot 3 will not be in the Android One program so those who had a bad experience with the Hot 2 have a reason to upgrade. I finally got my hands on some of the specifications of the Infinix Hot 3 and from these you can see that it will be an upgrade to the Hot 2. Without wasting…

Samsung Electronics has today opened its largest consumer experience store in Nairobi. This is the largest Samsung Dedicated Mobile Phone shop in Africa with a new concept of improving customer experience through the offering of device convergence. The Samsung Delite store is located right in the middle of the city along Kenyatta Avenue and will incorporate a convergence center with focus on Samsung Business Solutions. “Nothing is more dynamic in this market than the customer preferences. We have to keep on ensuring that our customer centres are not just stores that stock our products, but a place where we demonstrate…

Facebook has been testing its new like button for a while to give users more options to express themselves. This new button brings with it five new emoji reactions in addition to the existing thumbs up (like) icon. This feature has finally rolled out to all users globally on both mobile and the web. Facebook announced this yesterday through a blogpost saying the feature is now live but will take some time before every user can access it. I haven’t had a chance to test it yet as of writing this and it seems that it is not yet available…

Mobile World Congress 2016 has seen its fair share of excitement from the top smartphone manufacturers including Samsung, LG, Huawei and Xiaomi. These were just three of the many manufacturers who unveiled their new devices at this event as others such as Acer also took to the stage to show the world what they have been working on. Acer unveiled two smartphones, the Liquid Jade 2 and Liquid Zest, yesterday as it tries to mark its place on the smartphone market. The Acer Liquid Jade 2 The Acer Liquid Jade 2 is the premium of the two and comes with…