Author: Kaluka wanjala

Editor at TechArena. I cover all things technology and review new gadgets as I get them. You can reach me on email: [email protected]

DStv Kenya has today announced that it will be adding the Barclays Premier League (EPL) and La Liga to its Compact package. Subscribers will be able to access all the live games in HD quality at no extra cost. This is the latest move by DStv as competition gets tougher in the Pay TV market. The company knows that sports is one of its main selling point and getting more of its subscribers under it goes a long way. “One of MultiChoice’s key priorities is to put our subscribers’ needs at the heart of everything we do and since these…

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Samsung officially unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge two days ago at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The company had announced that the phone will be available to the end users as from March 11 but did not give any details on this. The Galaxy S7 roll out on March 11 will be the first wave of its global launch. During this day, the Galaxy S7 will be available in just 60 countries with the others following soon. Samsung did not reveal which these countries are and at this point am not sure…

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ZTE officially unveiled two smartphones yesterday at Mobile World Congress (NWC) 2016 in Barcelona. These two are the ZTE Blade V7 and ZTE Blade V7 Lite which mainly target the youth and will be available in select markets later this year. These are the two phones from the Chinese manufacturer to be launched this year (2016). If you have seen any ZTE phone, then you know these two are worth looking at. They both come with Android 6.0 Marshmallow and support smart gesture controls.  The ZTE Blade V7 The ZTE Blade V7 is the premium of the two and is…

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Alcatel started MWC 2016 with a bang as it unveiled three new affordable smartphones, the Alcatel POP 4, POP 4+ and POP 4S. These devices are targeting the lower end market segments from the entry level segments to the lower mid-range segments. These devices also come into the market at a time when Alcatel has dropped the ‘OneTouch’ on its devices. These devices are meant for the youth who take a lot of photos and spend most of their time on social media. They come with some specs you expect on any entry level or mid-range smartphone. Alcatel POP 4…

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Nokia sold its mobile division to Microsoft sometime back and the agreement stipulated that Nokia was not to re-enter the smartphone market until late 2016. Well, 2016 has already started and we expect to see Nokia back on the smartphone space anytime soon. We have been hearing about this for a while now and we know that the company will be back with Android powered smartphones within the next year or so. Nokia has been preparing for the re-launch of its smartphones with the sale of Here Maps and subsequent acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent. The company had previously said that when…

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Samsung unveiled its latest flagship devices, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones. These were not the only two devices Samsung unveiled yesterday as the company also introduced the Samsung Gear 360 which is a camera that can record everything around you at once. The Samsung Gear comes with dual fisheye lenses both of which have 15MP sensors. This camera makes use of Samsung’s technology that allows users to create their own virtual reality to enjoy the content on their Gear VR sets. With the Samsung Gear 360, users will be able to shoot 360-degres videos with a resolution…

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We have told you about LG’s plans to unveil its latest smartphone before the end of the year. This smartphone, the LG G5, was unveiled yesterday ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. This is not the first smartphone from LG this year but it is the most interesting one. It is the most anticipated smartphone this year and LG did not disappoint. The LG G5 has a modular design that will definitely be turning heads this year. As for its specs, it has everything we have seen in the leaks prior to this. The first thing you may like…

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After months of speculations, Samsung has finally unveiled its flagship smartphones for 2016. These smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, were unveiled yesterday ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. These are sort of the next generation smartphones from Samsung. The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge look a lot like its predecessors, the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge with a few notable differences underneath. Since the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge were received very well on the market and are still turning heads, Samsung decided to introduce slight bumps in terms of specs and did not do…

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AITEC has confirmed that they are 95% ready for their annual ICT summit being held on the 24th – 25th February 2016 at Oshwal Centre whose theme will be inspire and innovate. Confirming the event, AITEC CEO Mike Otieno stated “We are undeniably ready and on standby to revolutionize the way IT is perceived in the region. Today ICT is no longer the back office department but rather a strategic component of any business life line.” Speaking on the event, Sean Moroney,AITEC chairman further stated; “Our main concern has always been growing the transformative integrity and power that ICT has…

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Samsung is undoubtedly the king of the smartphone market. We have known that for a while now and the latest data from Gartner confirms this. The research firm has just released its data for 2015 showing that Samsung had a market share of 20.7% for the last quarter of the year. This is a slight growth from 19.9% that the company recorded during Q4 of 2014. Following Samsung closely is Apple with a market share of 17.7%. this is a drop of close to 3% from the figures the company record during Q4 of 2014. It is not clear how…

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