Microsoft And Huawei Unveil A New Smartphone For Africa
February 6, 2013
Yesterday, Microsoft and Huawei unveiled the Huawei 4Afrika which is essentially a customized version of the Huawei Ascend W1 that is made specifically for the African market. “By launching the Huawei 4Afrika, we will be…
Profile changes to Make Before using Facebook Graph Search Tool
February 5, 2013
Facebook recently unveiled their Graph Search tool that uses information shared on the social networking site and turns it into a searchable database. The feature is currently available to a limited number of people and…
Facebook Status Updates To Include Emoticons
February 4, 2013
Sometime last week, Facebook revealed that it was carrying out “a really small test” that would allow users to not only update their status but also express how they were really feeling at that moment…
Twitter is the fastest growing social networking site
January 31, 2013
A new research released by the Global Web Index indicates that Twitter is the fastest growing social networking platform growing at a faster rate than Facebook and Google+. Just last month, Twitter announced that it…
IBM Simon: The world’s first smartphone
January 29, 2013
What comes to mind when someone mentions the word smartphone? Probably you will start thinking of a phone with a 1080p or even a Phablet with a 5-inch screen, or a phone with 1GB of…
Last Week On Tech Arena
January 28, 2013
Last week was a very big week for the tech industry and below are some of the stories we covered here on Tech Arena. Safaricom Unveils The Intel Powered Smartphone- YOLO A few days…
Psy Earns $8m From Gangnam Style
January 24, 2013
It seems that there is nothing that can stop South Korean rapper Psy, about a month ago, his YouTube video, Gangnam Style, became the most viewed video on the video sharing site with over a…
Uganda To Enjoy LTE Technology Very Soon Says MTN
January 22, 2013
If the plans by MTN stay on track, Uganda may just be the first country in East Africa to enjoy the next generation wireless technology referred to as Long Term Evolution (LTE). In a press…
Safaricom To Launch A Smartphone With Intel Inside
January 22, 2013
Earlier this month, Intel revealed that they plan to have more of their chips in smartphones and that they had a new Atom processor code-named Lexington targeting the emerging markets of Africa, China, India, Latin…
