Author: Kaluka wanjala

Sometime last year, Adele’s “Hello” Video was posted on YouTube and as expected the fans flocked in numbers to watch it. Fast forward 87 days later and the video has crossed the 1 billion views mark on the video sharing site. According to YouTube, this makes it the fastest video to reach one billion views on the site. The first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views was Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ that took over 158 days to surpass the 1 billion mark. Currently, ‘Gangnam Style’ has over 2.5 billion views which is about twice what Adele’s “Hello” currently has a…

Technology has had a tremendous impact on our daily lives especially in the work place. We are now able to store and access information and various programs over the internet instead of going through a computer hard drive. Educators as well are now turning to cloud technology to enhance children’s learning and prepare them for a highly advanced global economy that relies heavily on rapid technological advancement and innovation. This has been boosted further by the explosion of cheaper smart mobile devices and easy to use free applications. With technology evolving at breakneck speed, students need constant access to information depending…

When you think of HTC, most people imagine of some premium smartphones whose prices are not that cheap. To be fair, HTC makes some good and pricey phones but the company also has a few devices at reasonable prices. Below are fives of the cheapest and decent HTC devices you can get in Kenya at the moment. This list is compiled from the HTC phones you can get from most e-commerce websites in Kenya including Jumia and Kilimall. The HTC Desire 310 The HTC Desire 310 is one of the cheapest HTC phones you can get in Kenya. It is…

The Samsung Z1 will be getting Tizen 2.4 update in a few days from now, probably on January 22. This will be the first update the Samsung device has received this year and it is a good thing to see Samsung supporting this device with the latest updates. Information about this update was revealed by Samsung’s Managing Director of the South Korean company’s R&D Institute in India, Mr. Jason Dongwon Kwak. Kwak was also quoted saying this update “will support SHAREit , WhatsApp voice call and many other features.” Some of the features that this update will bring with it…

Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella announced a new three-part initiative to ensure that Microsoft’s cloud computing resources serve the public good. As part of this initiative the recently formed Microsoft Philanthropies will donate $1 billion of Microsoft Cloud Services, measured at fair market value, to serve non-profits and university researchers over the next three years. Microsoft’s three-part commitment focuses on ensuring the cloud can serve the public good in the broadest sense by providing additional cloud resources to nonprofits, increasing access for university researchers and helping solve last-mile Internet access challenges. “Microsoft is empowering mission-driven organizations around the planet with…

The Huawei’s flagship for 2016, the Huawei P9, will reportedly comes in four different variants. These will be the Huawei affordable Huawei P9 Lite, the standard P9, THE P9 Max and an unknown other variant which will be the most premium of the four. According to the report, the most premium P9 will have a bigger display and RAM compared to the standard version. It will also come with a 12MP camera at the back with a dual-lens. We have already seen rumors online that have suggested that the p9 will have a dual camera at the back so this…

The latest Lumia smartphones, the Lumia 950 and 950XL, will be launched in Kenya anytime from next month (February). This information comes from a well-placed source who informed me that these are just the two main devices that Microsoft may focus on during the launch. The low end Lumia 550 may also be announced at the same event. These three are the most recent Lumia devices launched late last year and have been available in most international markets but we haven’t seen them in Kenya yet. The Lumia 950XL is the premium of them all and comes with a 5.7…

As the demand for cloud services catches up in the African continent, Oracle has announced a massive recruitment drive to hire 1,400 new cloud sales professionals. The recruitment drive across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business region seeks to get professionals who will play a vital role in fuelling the growth of the company’s cloud business throughout the region. The new roles will be based in six locations: Amsterdam (The Netherlands); Cairo and Dubai (Middle East and Africa); Dublin (Ireland); Malaga (Spain) and Prague (Czech Republic). In addition to hiring the very best talent from the above locations,…

Infinix officially launched its flagship device, the Infinix Zero 3, last Friday at the Infinix Fan Festival held at the Hilton Hotel. This is the first Infinix smartphone to be launched in Kenya in 2016 and if this is what the company has for us in 2016, then it will be a very good year. Back to the topic of discussion, the Zero 3 has just received its first system update that is aimed at enhancing stability and patching some bugs. This update is also meant to upgrade XUI to 1.Z.2.0, optimize power consumption for longer standby time. Add Infinix…

If you have used WhatsApp for more than a year, you may have probably paid its 99 cents annual subscription fee at some point. For a while, WhatsApp had this fee as its main revenue source since it did not want to include ads on its service. This way of monetization does not seem to work that well as WhatsApp has announced that it will be dropping its annual subscription fee going forward. Speaking in Berlin, WhatsApp founder Jan Koum was quoted saying that this system, “Really doesn’t work that well.” He went ahead to point out that the fee…