Author: Kaluka wanjala

Sometime last year, we told you that Sony had plans to update a number of its devices to the latest Android iteration (at that time it was Android 5.1 Lollipop). One of those devices that was to get the update was the Xperia M4 Aqua. This did not happen then and will not be happening anytime in the future as Sony plans to update the Xperia M4 Aqua directly to Android Marshmallow. The company revealed this through Twitter as it answered a user who had concerns that his device still didn’t have the update. https://twitter.com/sonyxperia/status/694594646605979652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The Sony Xperia M4 Aqua…

Kenya’s ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has lauded Airtel for its commitment to support e-learning in Schools by providing free internet connection to schools in Kenya through the company’s Free Internet for Schools Program. The Information Cabinet Secretary was speaking yesterday at Machakos Boys High School in Machakos County, Kenya where he launched the program to connect 23 schools to the free internet under the program. The launch event was also attended by Principal Secretaries Eng. Victor Kyalo (ICT & Innovation) and Sammy Itemere (Broadcasting & Telecommunications), Machakos County ICT Minister Hellen Kiilu among other top government and education officials from…

Yesterday, we saw the first official photos of Microsoft’s soon to be launched mid-range smartphone, the Lumia 850. It seems that this is not the only smartphone that Microsoft is working on the Lumia 650 which is supposed to be unveiled anytime this month. Some publications have suggested that this will be the last Lumia smartphones from Microsoft as the company will be shifting to use the ‘Surface’ branding on its smartphones. This is just a rumor and nothing has been confirmed as of yet. Back to the Lumia 650, its first press shot has just leaked online giving us…

LG will be unveiling its latest smartphone, the LG G5, later this month at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. LG has already sent out invitations for an event it has on February 21st. This will be the same day that Samsung has set to unveil its latest flagship, the Galaxy S7. Read More: Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S7 on February 21 LG has confirmed that the G5 will be at the event and right now it looks like it will be the first flagship smartphone from a major manufacturer this year. This is if Samsung doesn’t jump ahead of…

Microsoft has shown interest in both Android and iOS but not with devices but rather with apps. Most of the company’s popular and unpopular apps have been making their way into these different platforms and the company has been offering them free to users. The company’s latest move in the apps market is its acquisition of SwiftKey, the popular Android and iOS keyboard. Microsoft has paid $250 million for the company behind this popular third party keyboard that has been downloaded over 300 million times from the Apple App store and Google Play store combined. As I have mentioned above,…

The future of Microsoft Lumia devices is unknown at this point. We have heard the Microsoft was planning to introduce new ‘Surface smartphones’ and that the soon to be launched Lumia 650 will be the last Lumia smartphone. This may or may not be true but we are getting even more confused as new images of what is believed to be the Lumia 850 have just surfaced online. We have heard of the Lumia 850 before but never saw its actual photos before. Since the photos do not come with any Lumia 850 branding, this phone may just turn out…

Alcatel is set to announce two new smartphones later this month at the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2016). These two smartphones are the Alcatel OneTouch Idol 4 and 4S. Alcatel has of course not said anything about these smartphones but their specs have already leaked online raising our expectations. From the leaked specs, these two smartphones really look attractive and worth looking into. The Alcatel Idol 4S Starting with the Alcatel Idol 4S, it has a 5.5 inch QHD AMOLED display. Underneath, it is powered by a 1.8GHz + 1.4GHz octa-core CPU with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal…

Uber is not new to controversy, almost everything the company has done has always been met with obstruction. This was the case yesterday when the Taxi hailing app changed its logo and decided to share the good news with its fans. You would have thought that people will be excited with this new logo but this was not the case. The Dailydot said this logo is Ugly while the DailyMail said it is bizarre. Of course there were other publications that had some nice words for this new logo. Check out the logo below. The above shared Logo is what…

Android’s latest iteration, Android Marshmallow is installed in just 1.2% of all Android devices on the market. This is according to the most recent Android distribution numbers that Google has released. This is a slight jump from a market share of 0.7% that Marshmallow had last month. Android Marshmallow has been around for months and it is strange to see reach a market share of 1.2%. You can blame the OEMs for not rolling out this update to their devices, this is one of the few ways for this number to go up very fast. The other way is for…

Yesterday, I told you about WhatsApp reaching a new milestone of over 1 billion active monthly users. Well, it looks like WhatsApp is not the only company that has reached this milestone. When announcing its earnings call, Alphabet (the company that owns Google) said that Gmail currently has over 1 billion monthly active users. It has taken Gmail over a decade to cross the 1 billion mark but either way this is impressive. Gmail launched back in 2004 and has revolutionized the market and is the most popular email client out there. https://twitter.com/gmail/status/694290964559429632 Back in 2013, Gmail became the most…