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Gadgets
HMD To Announce New Nokia Phones On March 19th
Since the coronavirus outbreak started to tour more countries around the globe, tech companies have to figure out other ways…
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News
Safaricom Plans To Launch Device Financing Models For PostPay Customers
After unveiling their new PostPay plans yesterday, Safaricom announced that they plan to bring financing models for smartphones. Through this,…
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News
Safaricom Introduces New PostPay Plans With No Expiry Data And Minutes – How To Enroll
Safaricom has introduced new offerings for its postpaid customers. The new packages have been harmonized to offer more value for…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos acquired for $3.9 billion in cash
Cybersecurity company Sophos has announced earlier today that it has been acquired. The firm was acquired by Thoma Bravo, a…
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BUSINESS
Samsung Plans To Sell 8 Million QLED TVs In 2020
South Korean tech giant, Samsung, has not only been the biggest smartphone vendor but is also one of the industry-leading…
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BUSINESS
Nokia Appoints New CEO After Missing Out On 5G
Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri is stepping down after over six years as the face of the company, Nokia said on…
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Gadgets
Huawei P40 Lite Specifications, Price And Availability In Kenya
Huawei announced the P40 Lite ahead of schedule in select markets in Europe. As usual to Huawei, their P series…
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Gadgets
Report: Smartphone Shipments To Fall By 10.6 Percent In H1 2020
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to conquer more countries around the globe, the tech industry, among other sectors, is already…
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News
US Senate passes bill to “rip and replace” old Huawei and ZTE equipment from networks
The US Senate has passed new policies under the Secure and Trusted Telecommunications Networks Act as they aim to clamp…
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News
Facebook Cancels Its 2020 F8 Developer Conference Due To Coronavirus Outbreak
The Novel Coronavirus outbreak has put the world to a standstill. Conferences have been cancelled, and some companies have closed…
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CLOUD
Safaricom Becomes Amazon Web Services Reseller In Kenya and EA
Safaricom has today announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services, which will see the telco resell AWS services in Kenya…
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Social Media
Facebook To Ban Misleading Ads On Corona Virus
Facebook will ban all ads that mislead people about the on-going novel coronavirus outbreak. The company says they will ban…
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Gadgets
Here Are The Top-10 Best-Selling Smartphones Of 2019
2019 was seemingly a good year for Apple, as a report revealed. Despite being displaced as the second-best-selling smartphone company…
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Gadgets
Oppo Find X2 Will Be Announced Next Week On Friday
Oppo’s next-gen Find series device, Oppo Find X2, will be announced next week. The company announced the new launch date…
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News
Japan Just Rolled Out 10Gbps Internet Speeds Priced At About Ksh 5500 A Month
The state of fixed broadband in Kenya is still wanting – penetration is little and in areas served, outages and…
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CYBER SECURITY
PayPal Accounts Used By Hackers For Unauthorized Payments
PayPal has fixed a bug that could let attackers perform unauthorized mass payments. The bug, according to ZDNet, lied in…
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News
Shopify Joins Facebook-led Libra Association, Months After High Profile Members Exit
Facebook Libra has received the first new member, ever since the exit trend kicked off in the wake of regulatory…
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Gadgets
Tecno Camon 15 and 15 Pro Announced, Introducing New Design Trends From Tecno
Tecno has been quiet for some time now – we haven’t seen any new smartphone launch from them in 2020.…
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Gadgets
Google Warns Against Sideloading Its Apps On “Uncertified” Huawei Phones
Since Huawei was listed on the so-called entity list in the US, which barred the company from trading with its…
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News
Safaricom Hits Back Accusing Petitioner Of Stealing Customer Data In The Ksh115 Trillion Lawsuit
Last year July Safaricom was sued in a class-action suit with one Benedict Kabugi Ngungu, for mishandling customer data. According…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Will Consider Huawei To Build Its 5G Infrastructure
By now it’s presumed that you are aware of 5G, the next generation of wireless technology that takes over 4G.…
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Apps
Apple Weighs Letting Users Set Their Default Apps On iPhone, Report
Almost all tech companies are currently or have previously faced scrutiny around the world for their anti-competitive practices. Apple is…
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Gadgets
Huawei Y6S Launching In Kenya Soon
Huawei fans in Kenya will soon have a new device that adds to the already wide-catalog of smartphones the company…
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Apps
Google Removes Nearly 600 Apps from the Play Store over Annoying Ads
Google has removed nearly 600 apps from the Play Store for breaking what it calls the disruptive ads policy and disallowed interstitial policy.…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s 200 Percent Storo Bonus Promotion is Back
Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, is back with its Stori Ibambe promotion, which offered its subscribers a 200 percent airtime bonus…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy A71 Price And Specifications In Kenya
Towards the end of 2019, Samsung released new devices in its Galaxy A-series. One of them was the Galaxy A51…
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Blockchain
Coinbase becomes the first cryptocurrency company to receive Visa membership
“Today we’re announcing that Coinbase has become the first pure-play crypto company to be approved as a Visa principal member,”…
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BUSINESS
NTSA Escalates Legal Fights With Egyptian Ride-Hailing Company, SWVL
Last year, the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), stepped up legal fights with the Egyptian shuttle-hailing company, SWVL. The…
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Social Media
This Twitter Plugin Help Keep Your DM Safe From Unsolicited Nudes
Social media has brought with it the good and the bad. Sharing nudes without consent is part of an increasingly…
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BUSINESS
Apple Warns Revenue Miss Due To Effects Of Coronavirus
Apple has on Monday warned that they expect to miss their revenue targets for the second quarter due to the…
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News
Airtel Uganda Launches VOD And Live TV Service
Airtel Uganda has launched its live TV and Video on Demand (VOD) service called Airtel TV. Through the platform, the…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip UTG Screen Terribly Fails Durability Test
Samsung’s second-generation folding phone was a much-anticipated one. When the Galaxy Z Flip was announced with its flexible glass material…
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CYBER SECURITY
Google Deletes Hundreds Of Chrome Extensions Involved In Malvertising
Google has axed a slew of Chrome browser extensions that were part of a malicious advertising network. The malicious extensions…
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News
Huawei Given A 45-day Reprieve To Continue Supporting Its Telco Customers In Rural America
The Huawei troubles with the U.S. government are far from over. Lately, heat is building up, but the U.S. Commerce…
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News
MWC 2020 Is No More: The Aftermath?
The Mobile World Congress 2020 (MWC 2020) show is no more. The show has been around since 2006 and still…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy Flip And Galaxy Fold Comparison – Here’s What’s New
Samsung’s first-generation Galaxy Fold was the most troubled phone throughout 2019. The new form factor brought its challenges on the…
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News
Windows 10X To Run Most Win32 Programs, Take “Less than 90 Seconds” To Update
Time has passed since Microsoft first announced its new Windows 10 OS variant (Windows 10X) that will be running on…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy S20 Vs S20 Plus Vs S20 Ultra: Price And Specifications
Samsung’s recently announced Galaxy S20 Series comes in three models – Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, and S20 Ultra. But what…
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News
GSMA Cancels MWC 2020 Over Coronavirus Fears
The world’s biggest mobile phone show (MWC 2020) has officially been canceled. The event organizer, GSMA, has decided to call…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, S20 Ultra And Z Flip Price In Kenya Revealed
Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 Series has an official reveal date in Kenya. The local office says the phones will be…
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News
Microsoft Reverts Plans To Force Bing On Office 365 Users
Microsoft has come openly yesterday stating that they won’t force their search engine on Chrome users who pay for the…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy S20 Series Smartphones Launched – More Powerful And Expensive Than Ever
Yesterday Samsung announced its new Galaxy S Series flagship devices as planned – Samsung Galaxy S20. This time, the company…
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Apps
Google Chrome To Start Blocking Insecure Downloads Soon
At times, we assume the small but very critical warnings shown by browsers. Warnings about visiting sites with no secure…
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CYBER SECURITY
Bluetooth Security Flaw Paves Way For Hackers To Deliver Malware To Millions Of Android Smartphones
Android smartphones have allegedly a Bluetooth security flaw that can be exploited to deliver malicious files. Security researchers at ERNW,…
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News
Sony Pulls Out Of the MWC 2020, To Announce Its Products Remotely On YouTube
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) is scheduled to happen this month from 24th to 27th, but this year the event…
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CYBER SECURITY
Facebook Promises To Improve User Data Security After Several Breaches
Facebook has promised that they will improve their security protocol to ensure user data is safe, after several breaches. The…
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Gadgets
French Watchdog Fines Apple $27 Million For Slowing Down Old iPhones Without Users Consent
The Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention (DGCCRF), a competition and fraud watchdog has fined Apple €25…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite Launched In Kenya – Price, Specifications And Availability
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite is one of Samsung’s unusual launches hinted last year. The company took it far to…
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BUSINESS
Twitter Nets $1 Billion In Quarterly Revenue For The First Time
Twitter just released its Q4 earnings report today. From the report, the California based social media company was happy to…
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CYBER SECURITY
Strangers Might Have Downloaded Your Private Videos On Google Photos, Google Warns
Cloud storage services are a must have service in this time and age. Many people rely on these services to…
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Apps
Windows 10 Search Feature Broken By Bing
If you are like me and still uses Windows – you might have been experiencing problems with the Windows 10…
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Apps
Google Chrome Will Start Blocking Intrusive Video Ads In August
Google Chrome will start cracking down on intrusive video ads starting August as they try to become compliant with the…
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BUSINESS
Posta Kenya’s M-Post Service Hits 150,000 Subscribers
Towards the end of November last year, Posta Kenya, in partnership with Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom announced a new service…
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Social Media
Twitter Opens Warfare On Manipulated Media On The Platform With New Rules
Deep fake technology is still a new thing. Yet, its use in the real world has already raised alarms to…
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Gadgets
LG And ZTE Cancel Their MWC Press Conferences Amid Corona Virus Threat
Since the outbreak of coronavirus in China, the death toll is substantially increasing, with new cases of infections being reported…
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News
Here Is How Much Revenue Google Makes From YouTube
For the first time since Google acquired YouTube in 2006, we have the real figures that the company makes from…
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Gadgets
Huawei Surpasses Apple To Become The Second-Best Selling Smartphone Brand Globally In 2019
Huawei had a rough time in 2019. From the US blacklist that barred the company from trading with its partners…
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Gadgets
Nokia C1 Specifications, Price And Availability In Kenya
Nokia C1 is the cheapest Nokia smartphone unveiled in Kenya end of last year. Nokia C1 is the current cheapest…
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BUSINESS
LG’s Home Appliance Business Soared In 2019, As Mobile Unit Stayed In Red
On January 30th, LG released its fourth-quarter financial results for 2019 indicating a struggling mobile business despite restructuring efforts to…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy A51 Price And Specifications In Kenya
Samsung Galaxy A51 is part of Samsung’s continued efforts to recapture the market as it competes with Chinese brands. The…
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BUSINESS
Apple Fined $837 Million For Infringing Wi-Fi Patents From The California Institute Of Technology
Apple, together with its close partner Broadcom have to pay a total of $1.1 Billion in fines for infringing three…
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BUSINESS
Samsung Annual Revenue Dropped In 2019 Despite Strong Flagship Smartphone Sales
Samsung Electronics yesterday announced its quarterly financial results of the period ended December 31, 2019. Revenue in the final quarter…
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Gadgets
Vivo Y19 Specifications, Price And Availability In Kenya
Vivo Y19 was announced in Kenya mid this month and has even hit the shelves on vivo-branded stores. Like other…
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Gadgets
Huawei Nova 5T Specifications, Price And Availability In Kenya
Huawei Nova 5T is the latest device from the Chinese tech company Huawei. Huawei introduced the Nova 5T on January…
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Gadgets
Apple Says It Has 1.5 Billion Active Devices Globally
In a report released by the trillion-dollar valuated American tech giant, Apple now says that it has over 1.5 Billion…
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BUSINESS
UK Allows Huawei To Take Part In The Country’s 5G Network Despite US Pressure
Contrary to what their close allies from the West wanted, Britain has given Huawei permission to take part in the…
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News
Huawei to open its 1st Experience Store at Sarit Center on Saturday
Huawei Mobile Kenya is set to open its first experience store at Sarit Center in Nairobi. When opened, Huawei customers…
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Social Media
Google Will Now Charge Law Enforcement Agencies For User Data Requests
User data requests by government agencies have increased immensely in the past. Google now believes it is time that the…
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Gadgets
Vivo Surpasses Samsung To Become The Second-Best Selling Smartphone Brand In India
It is no secret that Chinese smartphone brands have gained traction in the past decade. Huawei is number two in…
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News
US Government Plans To Tighten The Ban On Huawei
In a new report from Bloomberg, the U.S. Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross told the publication that the government plans to…
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CYBER SECURITY
250 Million Microsoft Customer Service And Support Records Exposed Online
Microsoft was involved in a data breach with millions of customer service and support records exposed. The report was revealed…
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Gadgets
Huawei Nova 5T Officially Launched In Kenya, Going For Ksh 41,999
Yesterday Huawei’s local office officially unveiled Huawei Nova 5T, a not-so-new device since the parent company introduced it first in…
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Gadgets
Kenya’s Drones Draft Rules Finalized, Headed To The House Soon For Approval
Initial drone regulations in Kenya were a mess. Fortunately, they were rejected. A time like this, 2020, and we still…
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Blockchain
Vodafone Quits Facebook Libra Association, To Focus On M-Pesa Expansion To More Countries
Facebook’s Libra project has been heavily criticized over the parent’s company issues with how it handled customer data in the…
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CLOUD
Apple Drops Plans To Encrypt iCloud Backups After FBI Complained – Report
Apple has put itself in a unique spot in the industry, continuously selling its brand as privacy-focused. In most cases,…
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BUSINESS
Uber Sells Its Food Delivery Business, UberEats, To Local Rival In India
Uber has officially sold its food delivery arm to Zomato, a local rival in India. As part of the deal,…
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News
Safaricom Reportedly Plans To Launch 5G In Nairobi This Week
Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom is reportedly planning to roll out 5G in some parts of the country. This is according…
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BUSINESS
MTN Uganda Begins 5G Trials In Partnership With China’s ZTE
Last week on Friday, China’s ZTE, together with MTN Uganda, officially began trials of the Standalone 5G network in the…
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Gadgets
Qualcomm Announces Three New 4G Powered Mobile Processors For Non-5G folks
Towards the end of 2019, Qualcomm unveiled its next-gen chips that will power most of 2020s premium and high mid-range…
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Gadgets
iPhone 11 Pro Users Finally Granted The Power Over Location Tracking
Apple’s 2019 iPhone 11 series phones were great. However, it was unfortunate that users who bought the iPhone 11 Pro…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Partners With Ria Money To Enable International Money Transfers With M-PESA
Safaricom has today announced a new partnership with Ria Money Transfer that will allow MPESA users to receive money from…
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Apps
[Updated: OKash Compliance] Opera’s Predatory Loan Apps With Crazy Interest Rates Still Exist On Google Play Store
Opera’s main browser business has not been doing well. Since it went public, the company’s browser market share has immensely…
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Gadgets
Huawei To Use TomTom’s Maps And Navigation System
Huawei has signed a deal with Dutch navigation and digital mapping company, TomTom that will see the former install their…
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News
Microsoft Now Nagging Windows 7 Users To Upgrade
Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 7 on Tuesday. Unless you haven’t been keen enough to catch the news, then…
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Apps
Remove These 17 Apps From Your Android Phone ASAP!
You might be used to this kind of news already if you frequent our space. Last year no tangible progress…
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Apps
TikTok was the Second Most Downloaded App in 2019, Surpassing Facebook and Messenger
TikTok has been, with no doubt, one of the most popular apps in 2019. This has been advantageous to the…
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Gadgets
Huawei Sold 6.9 Million 5G Devices In 2019
Huawei has announced its 5G smartphone sales for 2019. The Chinese tech giant said it managed to sell 6.9 million…
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CYBER SECURITY
Your iPhone Can Now Be Used As A 2FA Security Key For Google Accounts
Google has announced that it now supports iPhones to be used as a security key for securing Google accounts. Which…
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News
U.S. Government Officials Visit The U.K. To Push For Huawei 5G Ban
Every day brings with it a new Huawei story. Well, for today, the U.S. officials are mobilizing the U.K. to…
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Gadgets
TECNO Camon 12 Pro Variant With Google Assistant Button Showcased At CES 2020
TECNO was also at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2O20, which was held last week. The company, for the…
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Gadgets
Microsoft Ends Support For Windows 7 Today – How To Upgrade For Free
Windows 7 lovers and users, I’m hoping this information finds you well. Loving the old Windows 7 OS for all…
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BUSINESS
Global PC Shipments Rose By 2.3% In Q4 2019, Lenovo Still Ranks Number One Seller
Since the outbreak of portable alternatives, PC shipments have been slowing down slowly by slowly. This scenario however changed in…
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News
Kenya Has Been Ranked Among Countries With The Lowest Internet Costs in Africa
Internet costs in Africa are increasingly getting lower as time passes by. Kenya, as of now, is at a good…
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Apps
Google Urged To Kill Android Bloatware Over Privacy And Security Concerns
Google has been urged in an open letter signed by several dozens of privacy activists – including those from DuckDuckGo…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Denies It Plans To Start Monetizing User Location Data – Here Is What Was Happening
Early this week, I am sure you were bombarded with several articles alleging that Kenya’s biggest telco Safaricom was planning…
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Social Media
India Plans To Tackle Fake News By Holding Social Media Companies Responsible For Content Posted On Their Platforms
India has been a haven for tech companies to thrive. Not only considering the large numbers available, but also the…
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News
Telkom Kenya Revamps Data Bundle Offerings – Now Offers Upto Double Data For The Same Price
Data in Kenya is getting cheaper as time goes by. Telkom Kenya’s rebranding brought some cheap 4G data on the…
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CYBER SECURITY
Hackers Could Take Over Your TikTok Account Using SMS
CounterPoint Research has detailed a bug buried inside popular Chinese-based short video message platform TikTok, which could let bad actors…
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Blockchain
North Korean hacker Group Reportedly Using Telegram To Steal Cryptocurrency
North Korean linked hacker group dubbed Lazarus has reportedly been using instant messaging platform Telegram to steal cryptocurrency from victims.…
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Gadgets
#CES2020: HP Elite Dragonfly G2 Laptop Unveiled, Another 5G Powered Machine With Intel’s 10th Gen CPU
HP has unveiled the Elite Dragonfly G2, a business convertible laptop that succeeds last year’s Elite Dragonfly laptop. It is…
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Apps
Like Firefox, Chrome will also help you dodge irritating website notifications
Recently, Mozilla announced a new version of its browser – version 72. Firefox brought new features, including a way to…
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