Author: Kaluka wanjala

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…

A few days ago, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared some usage stats for the different platforms the company owns. These were Facebook itself, Messenger app, WhatsApp and Instagram. Back then, he revealed that WhatsApp has 900 million monthly users but it looks like the real figure is well over 1 billion. Read More: Mark Zuckerberg Shows How Big Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Are in The Social Media Space In a statement, the company said, “WhatsApp began as a simple idea: ensuring that anyone could stay in touch with family and friends anywhere on the planet, without costs or gimmicks standing…

For a while now, Apple has been the world’s most valuable company. The company has just been dethroned from this post with Alphabet, an Umbrella company that Google falls under. This company has been around for about 6 months and owns a bunch of other companies out there. Read More: Why Google Is Restructuring Under a New Umbrella Company Called Alphabet Alphabet released its Q4 2015 earnings yesterday which were positive and these helped the company’s stock price to shoot up. The stock price rose so much and the overall value of the company surpassed Apple’s value. Apple seems to…

Yesterday, we told you that the Samsung Galaxy S7 will be unveiled later this month on February 21 a day before MWC 2016 officially begins. This will be the company’s flagship device for 2016 and comes into the market before any other big manufacturer. Read More: Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S7 on February 21 As we get closer to the launch date, expect to see leaks that give us a clue as to what to expect from this smartphone. The latest information we have comes from @evleaks (on Twitter) and shows us the official design of both the Samsung…

The Samsung Galaxy J7 was unveiled sometime last year and stood out as being one of the most desirable Android smartphones within it price range. This smartphone has a particularly good camera that together with the Galaxy J5 appealed to consumers looking for smartphone cameras that they can rely on. Read More: Introducing the Samsung Galaxy J7 and J5 With the original Galaxy J7 on the market already, Samsung is working on a 2016 version that will be unveiled anytime from today. Samsung has of course not said anything about this smartphone but the rumors and leaks that have surfaced…

Late last year, Samsung officially announced the three new smartphones in the Galaxy A family. These are the Galaxy A3, A5 and A7 for 2016 that are slightly upgraded versions of the existing Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5 and the Galaxy A7 smartphones that have been available on the market for a while. If you have been waiting for these smartphone, they are finally available in kenya. The Galaxy A3 is available for Ksh 31,999, the Galaxy A5 for Ksh 43,999 and the Galaxy A7 for Ksh 49,999. You can get these phones from Samsung Authorized dealer shops and you get…

Samsung’s next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7 will be unveiled later this month on February 21. Rumors had been suggesting that the Korean company was going to unveil this smartphone at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 but nothing concrete came out of that until now. February 21 will be a day before MWC 2016 officially starts and Samsung wants everyone to talk about its new device as the event goes on. If you are interested in the live launch event, it will be at 19:00 CET (21:00 Kenyan time). To prove that it has something planned on this day, Samsung…

Global tablet sales have not been very impressive the last couple of years as most people prefer to get phablets rather than getting tablets. Even though tablet sales have been going Samsung seems to be one of the few companies that is seeing positive sales figures in this market. The company released its fourth quarter results a few day ago which showed that its tablet sales went up while smartphone sales declined. The Galaxy Tab A and the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 are the two main ones that saw their sales go up significantly. These two helped the total tablet…

If you spend some time on TechArena, you may have seen some stories about Oukitel smartphones. These are not very popular smartphones in Kenya but what makes them more appealing to me is that they come with attractive specs compared to other devices within the same price range. They are especially known for their massive battery units that blow their competitors out of the water. Getting Oukitel smartphones in Kenya is not that easy as most retailers still prefer to stock popular brand names such as Samsung, Tecno and the likes.  If you are looking for these smartphones in Kenya,…

During the last quarter of 2015 (Q4 2015), Microsoft managed to sell only 4.5 Million Lumia smartphones. During this same period, the company saw its revenue drop by 49% from the same period the previous year. Back in Q4 2014, over 10.5 Million Lumia smartphones were sold and so the 4.5 million figure is a big drop. From the figures above, you can clearly see that the sale of Lumia smartphones dropped by over 50% which is huge for any company. The market has not been very good for Windows phone for a while and this low sales number does…