Author: Kaluka wanjala

Ringier is restructuring its international market set-up for the beginning of the new year. On the first of January, Ringier Africa and Asia have implemented various changes further supporting the strong growth of its international markets, with additional personnel and international support. After a successful 2015 with strong growth across all core businesses and countries on both continents, the accomplishment of important milestones, including the new market entry in Myanmar, Ringier introduced a new international setup which will ensure further growth in quality and efficiency for future expansions. To facilitate this, Leonard Stiegeler, former General Manager Ringier Nigeria & Head…

For the longest time now, WhatsApp has always had a limit on the number of people who can be in one group. The most people who could be in one group was 100 and this was not perfect for some people who wanted bigger groups. If you were one of those people who want more that 100 people in one group, you may be in luck as WhatsApp has raised the limit to 256 people. The company did not make so much noise when it raised the limit. This may be because the limit is not available to all platforms…

If you spend most of your time on the internet, you may have come across websites with fake “download” and “play” buttons. These can be very annoying to the user who may feel like his/her time was wasted by the whole process. Most of these websites use the fake buttons to deceive users to click on advertisements. Google has announced that it will be cracking down on websites that have fake “download” and “play” buttons that are used to deceive users. In a blog post, the company said, “In November, we announced that Safe Browsing would protect you from social…

Travelstart, the South African-based Online Travel Agency (OTA) with offices throughout Africa and subsidiaries in the Middle East and Turkey, today announced a US$40 million funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, the global technology investor. With the new funding comes a strategic partnership with Africa’s largest mobile telecommunications provider MTN which has a subscriber base of more than 230 million. The funding will be used for Travelstart’s expansion and to solidify the company’s position as the biggest OTA player on that continent. Africa is considered the last frontier in online travel. In most developed countries Internet and mobile travel purchases now…

Al Jazeera Media Network has launched a new audio web app that will give users in low-bandwidth regions access to a live audio stream of the Al Jazeera TV broadcast on their devices. The service will help Al Jazeera reach new audiences where low Internet speeds limit access to video. The primary markets being targeted are Africa, the Middle East, and South-East Asia. Ibrahim Hamid, director of Enterprise and Digital Platforms at Al Jazeera Media Network, says, “The launch of our Al Jazeera audio streaming service will give new audiences the ability to listen to the live broadcast of our…

Back in December, we told you about Mozilla’s decision to kill Firefox OS two and a half years after the company tried its luck in the smartphone OS market. The company announced that it was not putting in more effort in the smartphone OS but promised to support the existing devices powered by Firefox OS. The company revealed that it was investing more on Internet Of Things (IoT) going forward. Read More: Mozilla kills off Firefox OS for Smartphones After Two and A Half Years of Existence For those who have Firefox OS devices, Mozilla has said that it will…

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…