Author: Kaluka wanjala

The X-tigi X8 is a lovely phone, with quite the decent experience. The price and unique features too that it comes with are quite the deal breaker for many who would be considering it over other phones. It has a great built, with amazing looks and very appealing. When you unpack it, a 5 Inches Screen with a Large, high resolution dazzles you. We are talking about a highly responsive Touch Screen which most phones in its line struggle with, with a size that feels like it was built for your hand, it fits on your palm with such ease…

Orange presented the “2015 Orange AMEA Developers Challenge” prize to FarmConnecta yesterday evening during the Cairo ICT event. FarmConnecta, a Botswana-based start-up that has developed an information sharing and billing system designed for the agricultural community, received a prize valued at 10,000 euros. The 2015 Orange AMEA Developers Challenge was launched in August in France and 11 other countries in Africa and the Middle East: Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Guinea Conakry, Jordan, Kenya, Mali, Niger and Senegal. The purpose of the challenge is to help stimulate innovation in Africa by offering start-ups the…

Back in October, Microsoft announced the first three devices to come with Windows 10 Mobile. These three devices are the Lumia 550, Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL. With these devices out of the way, Microsoft went back to work on the next Lumia devices. We have already heard about the mid-range one, the Lumia 850 and the Lumia 650 but we did not have any concrete evidence that any of these two devices will see the light of day. Read More: The Microsoft Lumia 650 Will Be Company’s Fourth Windows 10 Device This Year Fast forward two months later and…

Airtel Kenya and Standard Chartered Bank today reiterated their commitment to offer free access to mobile banking to their customers through Airtel Money. The partnership which was first launched in 2009 when Airtel began mobile money services has seen Airtel customers who bank with Standard Chartered Bank enjoy seamless access to their bank accounts. In a meeting held at the Standard Chartered Bank headquarters in Nairobi, the two organizations’  management teams discussed  the existing partnership that allows Airtel Money customers who are also Standard Chartered Bank Account holders to access mobile banking services as well as other areas of partnership…

Android 6.0 Marshmallow has been available for some time now and not all manufacturers have updated their devices to this new firmware. Very few manufacturers have actually updated their devices and all we have are roadmaps as to when some of the top manufacturers plan to roll out this update to their devices. For those who own Lenovo devices, we have information about Android Marshmallow that you may like. We have a roadmap of when you should expect to see Android Marshmallow update for some Lenovo smartphones. This roadmap has been leaked online and does not come from the company…

As the court battle between BitPesa and Safaricom goes on, the Central Bank of Kenya has come forward and commented on the use of bitcoins and other digital currencies in the country. The CBK has said such digital currencies are unregulated and have been linked to money laundering and even terrorism. In a statement, the CBK said, “Domestic and international money transfer services in Kenya are regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya Act and other legislation. In this regard, no entity is currently licensed to offer money remittance services and products in Kenya using virtual currency such as Bitcoin.”…

Have you heard of Obi Worldphone? It is one of the latest manufacturers to join the smartphone race and is unique in its own way. Obi Worldphone devices are designed in the US and are mainly targeting users in emerging markets in Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia. Obi Worldphone has been available in Kenya where it started operations officially sometime this year when its co-founder, John Sculley unveiled the first 8 devices the company was to get into the market with. Obi went on aggressive offline marketing campaigns in the country as it tried to win over some customers.…

New Photos of what is believed to be the HTC One X9 have surfaced online giving us a clear look of what the phone is all about.  We have heard of this phone before and most people had indicated that this will be the company’s first flagship device of 2016. Well, it looks like this is all wrong as the HTC One X9 will be more of amid range device.  This is still OK with me but can be slightly disappointing for those who were expecting a true flagship. HTC has not been very successful with its One lineup even…

Yesterday, Facebook confirmed that it is working on a feature that will allow you to see the friends who are writing comments. This is the same feature as you currently have on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger or Google Chat where you see when someone is typing. Facebook wants to bring it to the comment section of posts on its site. Before Facebook officially confirmed this feature, some users had spotted the “A friend is writing a comment” on their news feeds last month. It seems that Facebook was actively testing this feature and the company might be ready to roll it…

Facebook is preparing to launch a professional version of its social networking site in the next few months. The company confirmed this a few days ago through Julien Codorniou, director of global platform partnerships. Facebook has been testing this service for almost a year now and is ready to roll it out to the public. The product is currently in beta version and can only be accessed by those invited to do so. It is already being used by over 300 companies according to Facebook and will be open to all companies when it is officially launched in the next…