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Apps
Mozilla Firefox Version 72 Released, Here Is What’s New
Mozilla has released a new version of its Firefox browser, Mozilla Firefox Version 72. According to the norm, the company…
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Gadgets
Oppo Find X2 will not feature under-display camera, says Oppo VP
Ever since Oppo confirmed the existence of a successor to the Find X, the Oppo Find X2 many have anticipated…
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Gadgets
#CES2020: AMD Unveils 7nm Ryzen 4000 Laptop CPUs, Competitors To Intel’s 10nm Ice Lake Chips
At the on-going CES 2020 show, AMD’s keynote has been filled with goodies, almost entirely. Part of the goodies includes…
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Gadgets
ASUS Debuts Latest VivoBook And ZenBook Series Lineup At CES 2020
At the CES 2020 show, Asus has introduced new laptops in its lineup of VivoBook and ZenBook laptops. Under its…
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Gadgets
CES 2020: 14-inch Dual-Screen Asus ZenBook Duo Laptop Unveiled At CES 2020
At CES 2020, Asus has introduced a variant to its dual-screen laptop, the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo. This year’s model…
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Gadgets
Oppo Just Patented A Smartphone With A Side Pop-up Selfie Camera
After almost three years of working to achieve full-screen displays on smartphones, which we already have – to some extent…
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Blockchain
Telegram Refuses To Tell Market Regulator How It Spent The $1.7B ICO Cash
Telegram ’s fight with the market regulator United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has taken another turn. SEC has…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Is Now The Largest Fiber Internet Provider In Kenya
Safaricom has now beaten Zuku to claim the number one spot in the fixed broadband market. The Wananchi Group-owned ISP…
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Gadgets
Samsung Secures Top Spot In The Middle East And African Market, Thanks To Its Galaxy A Series Phones
Samsung Electronics has been ranked as the number one smartphone vendor in the Middle East and African market in Q3…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi, Vivo And Oppo’s Airdrop-Like File Sharing Platform Is Coming In February
Last year, the three Chinese smartphone makers – Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo – teamed up to work on a standard…
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BUSINESS
Samsung Shipped More Than 6.7 Million Galaxy 5G Devices In 2019
Samsung Electronics has announced that it shipped over 6.7 million 5G capable Galaxy Phones in 2019. The company, being among…
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BUSINESS
Huawei To Focus On ‘Survival’ In 2020
In a New Year’s message to employees, Huawei’s Chairman, Eric Xu, said that the company’s top priority for 2020 would…
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BUSINESS
Huawei’s 2019 Revenue Increased By 18%, Expects Difficult Times Ahead
Even though Huawei was faced with rough times throughout the second half of 2019, the company has still been able…
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Gadgets
Here are the Best-Selling Phones Globally in Q3 2019
The year is coming to an end, and so is the fourth quarter. But Counterpoint Research has some exciting analytics…
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CYBER SECURITY
Phone Numbers Of 267 Million Facebook Users Exposed Online In A Data Breach
Millions of Facebook users have had their data being exposed online. This follows a discovery by security researchers who found…
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Apps
Avoid These 100 Malicious Apps Listed On Google Play
New Android malware has been spotted online and has infected over 100 apps available on the Google Play Store. This…
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CYBER SECURITY
Delete ToTok From Your Device, Its Reportedly An Emirati Spy Tool
Popular Chat app ToTok is reportedly a spy tool deployed by the United Arab Emirates government. The chat app, according to…
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Social Media
U.S. Navy Bans TikTok On Mobile Devices, Terms It A Cybersecurity Threat
As popular as it is, TikTok has also had a fair share of ugly bumps like other social media giants.…
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Social Media
Facebook Wants To Build Its Own Operating System To Cut Reliance On Android
Being the social media giant of this era, Facebook also wants to reduce dependence on other companies and competitors as…
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BUSINESS
Uber’s Ride-Hailing Service Banned In Germany And Colombia
Uber’s ride-hailing business has been banned after a regional court in Frankfurt, Germany decided that the US company has no…
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Gadgets
Nokia 2.3 Price, Specifications And Availability In Kenya
HMD Global announced the Nokia 2.3 in Kenya on 11th December along with an entry-level device – Nokia C1. Nokia…
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CYBER SECURITY
Here Is Why You Should Update Your Twitter Android App Immediately
Twitter recently stated that it’s Android app had a vulnerability that could allow malicious actors to view private user information.…
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Gadgets
Apple, Google And Amazon Team Up To Bring Compatibility To Smart Home Devices
In a rare and unexpected move, Apple, Google and Amazon have announced pooling their resources together to bring compatibility between…
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CYBER SECURITY
Google Removes Avast And AVG Extensions From Chrome Web Store
Google has kicked Avast and AVG browser extensions out of the Chrome Web store. The two were found guilty of…
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Social Media
Facebook Can Still Track You Even with Location Settings Off
Facebook can still track you even with your location settings off, the company admitted in a letter to US senators.…
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News
Dark Mode Scheduling Might Be Available On Android Soon
With Android 10, one of the most anticipated features has been dark mode. Dark mode has been vouched for by…
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Social Media
Facebook Might be Blocked From Integrating WhatsApp, Instagram, And Messenger
Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that the company plans to unify all of its three platforms – WhatsApp, Instagram, and…
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Gadgets
Oppo Reno 2F Price and Specifications in Kenya
Oppo Reno 2F is the company’s latest device that was launched in Kenya towards the end of November. In Kenya,…
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Apps
Google Halts Chrome 79 Rollout On Android, Here Is Why
Chrome 79 rollout has been paused by Google after it was discovered that the update deleted data from other apps…
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BUSINESS
Huawei To Narrow The Gap With Samsung In The Smartphone Market
Huawei has been ambitious to become the number one smartphone seller by the end of the year. But that changed…
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Apps
Google Play Merchant Account Now Available In 13 more African Countries
Google has now opened its developer and merchant registration on the Play Console for 13 more African countries. Developers in…
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News
Huawei Kenya Announces Christmas Offers To Treat Its Customers
Huawei Kenya has announced that it will treat its customers this Christmas with goodies to commemorate its achievements in the…
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Gadgets
Samsung Has sold 1 Million Galaxy Fold Smartphones Globally
Being among the most futuristic phones of the year, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold comes at a price. A serious price. But…
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CYBER SECURITY
Chrome Now Alerts You When Your Password is Stolen
Google’s latest Chrome version now alerts you when your password is stolen in a data breach. The new feature is…
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Gadgets
Oppo Find X2 Coming In Q1, 2020 To Run On Snapdragon 865 Chipset
Oppo’s last flagship device in the Find Series was last year’s Oppo Find X. The company didn’t provide a successor…
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News
From How To Hack WIFI To BirdBox; Here Is What Kenyans Searched For The Most in 2019
Google’s year in search report for this year is out. Since most people use Google to search for answers they…
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Gadgets
Apple Dominates The Wearable Market, As Apple Watch, AirPods, and Beat Headphones Gain Popularity
Apple still is the leader of the wearable market in 2019. According to data from IDC, Apple’s Q3 Shipments surged…
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Gadgets
HMD Global Introduces Nokia 2.3 and Nokia C1 in Kenya
HMD Global has announced two devices in Kenya today. The two are all budget-oriented smartphones but the Nokia C1 is…
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Gadgets
Huawei to Deploy Harmony OS in more of its products in 2020
Chinese tech giant Huawei plans to roll out more products powered by its in-house Operating System, Harmony. The plan was…
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News
SWVL Now Offers Long Distance Rides, Starting With Nairobi-Nakuru Route
Egyptian ride-hailing company, SWVL, is looking into more ways to cement its operations in the country. Although the company has…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Kenya Revamps Amazing Data Bundles With More Data
Airtel Kenya has also launched new offers on its amazing data bundles plans. Furthermore, Airtel has also revamped its offerings…
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News
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865; Here Is The Most Powerful Chipset Yet
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 series and 7 series chipsets, which will be featured in most flagship and mid-range devices…
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BUSINESS
Amazon Sent Random Items To Nintendo Switch Buyers On Black Friday, Including Condoms
Amazon users getting a Nintendo Switch were in for a shock this Black Friday. Amazon reportedly sent random and in…
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Apps
New Cool WhatsApp Features That You Should Know About
Being one of the most popular instant chatting platforms out there, WhatsApp tries to be ahead in terms of functionality.…
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Apps
Google’s RCS Messaging is Good, but there’s a dark side too
RCS messaging is the future of messaging on Android. Well, maybe not the future since you can use RCS messaging…
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Gadgets
Nokia 2.3 with a 6.2-inch Notched Display Officially Launched
HMD Global has officially launched the Nokia 2.3. Nokia 2.3 is yet another budget-oriented smartphone aimed at those who have…
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Startups
Kenyan Media Production Firm Portable Voices Signs Partnership Deal with Afripods
Kenyan based media production and podcast start-up Portable Voices has announced a partnership deal with Afripods, an African focused platform…
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News
Safaricom M-PESA Users Can Now Invest and Earn Interest Through Mali
Mali is a new product by Safaricom that is targeted at M-PESA customers. Through Mali – Swahili name for Wealth,…
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Gadgets
Pablo Escobar’s Brother Launches A Foldable Smartphone
After Samsung introduced us to the world of folding phones, more people want to cash in on this opportunity. The…
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Apps
Mozilla Firefox Unveils Picture-in-Picture Mode Feature On Windows
While browsing, it is often a common thing that we want to get the most out of every minute through…
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Gadgets
Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 865 and 765 Mobile Platforms
At the on-going annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm announced two mobile platform chipsets that will power most of 2020’s…
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Apps
Unpatched Android Bug Exploited To Steal Bank Logins
When it comes to security, the Android ecosystem is not safe. Android is the most vulnerable platform out there. New…
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Gadgets
Apple Now Owns Intel’s Smartphone Modem Business
Despite investing billions in its smartphone modem business over the years, Intel was forced out of the market by Qualcomm.…
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Blockchain
$4.4 Billion has been lost this year to cryptocurrency crimes, Report
2019 seems to be a good year for cryptocurrency criminals. According to a report from CipherTrace, victims have lost $4.4…
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News
TECNO Announces Christmas Goodies For Customers Who Purchase Any of Camon 12 Series Phones
In a move to celebrate its customers this holiday season, TECNO Mobile Kenya has announced that it will offer fantastic…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Partners with Posta Kenya to Bring Digital P. O. Boxes tied to your Phone Number
Safaricom has today announced a partnership with Posta Kenya in a move to roll out digital post office boxes through…
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Gadgets
Huawei feels optimistic about the future even without Google
Recent months have not been kind to Huawei. But at least the company has been recording sales growth in its…
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News
Safaricom M-PESA Black Friday Deal: Get 5% Back For Using Lipa Na M-Pesa
Tomorrow (November 29th) is Friday and since it is the last Friday in November, it is Black Friday. Many brands…
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Apps
WhatsApp is working on multi-device support
Multi-device support could be coming on WhatsApp soon. This is according to one of the beta versions of WhatsApp for…
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Social Media
Twitter Plans to Delete Inactive Accounts From December
Twitter has announced plans to delete inactive accounts from December 11th. The company says any account that has been inactive…
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Gadgets
Huawei Y9s Preorders Go Live in Kenya
Huawei Y9S was announced in Kenya mid this month, and the company had promised to open the pre-order window on…
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Gadgets
Make use of your phone while charging via this new Google Assistant feature
After first teasing about the feature in September, Google has provided new and more details on the new Assistant ambient…
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Gadgets
Oppo Reno 2F Officially Launched in Kenya
Oppo has today officially announced a new device in the Kenyan market. Oppo Reno 2F is an addition to the…
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Gadgets
iPhones May Be Banned From Russia Next Year, Here is Why
Russia has passed a law that bars the sale of certain devices in the country without Russian made software pre-installed.…
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Gadgets
Nokia Plans To Announce A New Device On December 5th
Nokia has out of the blue stated they are announcing a new device on December 5th. The company hinted that…
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Gadgets
Apple reveals plans to reduce software bugs in future major OS updates
Apple has run into problems in both initial window releases of iOS 12 and iOS 13. With the latest version,…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi Redmi 8A Goes on Sale in Kenya For Ksh 9,999
Xiaomi’s Redmi series is, for no doubt, the most popular smartphone series of the company this year. Xiaomi announced the…
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Gadgets
Samsung’s Pricey Galaxy Fold Officially Announced in Kenya For Ksh 237,999
After teasing about an imminent launch of the Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s flexible display smartphone has been finally announced. The Fold…
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Gadgets
Infinix S5 To Be Launched in Kenya At The End Of The Month
Infinix S5 is almost launching in the country, according to their local offices. The phone was launched in some markets…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Launching in Kenya on November 25th
Xiaomi’s Redmi sub-brand is one of the most popular smartphones of the company. Last month the company reported selling a…
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BUSINESS
Some US Companies Are Being Licensed To Resume Trading With Huawei
Recently, the US Commerce Department gave Huawei another 90-day temporary license to continue supporting its telco customers in rural America.…
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Gadgets
Samsung updates first generation watch models with Galaxy Watch Active 2 features
Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 featured upgrades over its predecessors. As a result, it was worth it to go back…
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BUSINESS
SWVL issues an update on its operation in Kenya
SWVL, the bus hailing app, has been operational in Kenya since early 2019. The company had to halt its operation…
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Gadgets
Nokia 6.2 Officially Available in Kenya Starting at Ksh 26,500
The long-lost Nokia 6.2 is now available in Kenya. The phone was announced together with Nokia 7.2 in 2019’s IFA…
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Apps
TikTok Surpasses 1.5 Billion Downloads
TikTok, the popular short video app, has surpassed 1.5 Billion downloads. These figures are not for the Play Store alone…
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News
Safaricom Introduces New Internet Plans For Businesses
Apart from the popularly known home fiber plans, which are considerably cheaper, Safaricom also offers internet solutions for businesses. These…
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BUSINESS
Huawei Granted Another 90-Day Reprieve From The US Ban
For the third time, the US Commerce Department has granted Huawei a 90-day reprieve from the ban. The company received…
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CYBER SECURITY
WhatsApp bug could allow hackers exploit devices using MP4 files
A unique bug on WhatsApp revealed by the company could let attackers exploit your device using MP4 files. The bug,…
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Gadgets
Huawei’s Foldable Phone ‘Mate X’ Officially Goes on Sale in China
Huawei officially launched its foldable device – Mate X, in China. This came just several weeks after its close competitor…
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CYBER SECURITY
Pre-installed Android Apps in Phones Can Ship With Security Loopholes – Report
Nobody likes most apps that come pre-installed in Android devices. These apps are not only as good as nothing but…
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Gadgets
Amazon beats Google in Q3 smart speaker market
Although smartphone sales have been dipping quarter after quarter, except in Q3, the smart speaker market has been in the…
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Gadgets
Huawei Y9s Price, Specifications and Availability in Kenya
Huawei’s latest Y series device is the Y9s. Huawei Y9S takes over the Y9 Prime 2019 that has been in…
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Gadgets
Huawei Band 4 and Band 4e launched in Kenya – Here is what you need to know
Today, Huawei launched a refresh to its Y lineup dubbed Huawei Y9s. In addition to that, there were also some…
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Apps
NordVPN Officially Launches NordLocker, Its File Encryption Tool
NordVPN, one of the world’s most popular VPN providers, has launched its file encryption tool – NordLocker. The tool can…
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Gadgets
Huawei Y9s officially launched in Kenya for Ksh 31,999
Huawei launched its Y9 Prime 2019 locally in July, and now the company wants to refresh the Y series lineup…
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Gadgets
Vivo V17 Pro Price, Specifications and Availability in Kenya
Vivo Kenya announced its solid launch in Kenya, setting up its first regional office in the country’s capital. The launch…
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Gadgets
OPPO Reno 2F To Be Launched in Kenya This November
Oppo Kenya plans to launch a new iteration of its Reno Series this November. The company says the new phone…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi Announces The Mi Watch, An Apple Watch Look-Alike Smart Watch
Xiaomi is trying to be the Apple of China. There are several products that the company has been criticized for…
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News
Africa 24 Media Launches YEBO, An African-Focused VoD Platform
Africa 24 Media has launched YEBO, the first African factual storytelling Video on Demand (VoD) platform. The main event happened…
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Gadgets
Vivo Opens Regional Offices in Kenya Marked By The Launch of Industry’s First Dual Pop Up Camera Phone
Vivo Kenya has been in the Kenyan market for the past few months. But the company’s presence has only been…
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Social Media
Quoted Replies Bot Creator Offered A Job At Twitter
Twitter’s CEO and Founder Jack Dorsey paid a visit to Nigeria on Thursday 7th. As a CEO and founder of…
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News
Augmented Reality Art Show Launched to Champion Africa’s Tech Leaders
African augmented reality art experience “Nyota” has been unveiled by Co-creation Hub (CcHUB). The Augmented Reality Art Show was unveiled…
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Gadgets
Huawei Wins Two TechRadar Mobile Choice Consumer Awards
This year’s TechRadar Mobile Choice Consumer Awards (MCCA) had good news for Huawei as the company glitched two awards. The…
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Gadgets
Huawei Has Sold 37 Million Units of The P30 And Mate 20 Devices
There is a reason why Huawei has been so much vocal about its business performance. Whatever it is, it must…
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CYBER SECURITY
Google is partnering with security companies to crack down on malicious apps before they hit the Play Store
Android is messed up, not entirely, but there is a never-ending threat to malicious apps being harbored in the official…
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News
Airtel Kenya now has a Data Management feature
Years after Safaricom launched a data manager; Airtel has also done it in their most convenient way possible. The company…
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BUSINESS
Truecaller is launching its Developer Program in Kenya
Truecaller is launching its developer program in Kenya which will enable 3rd party app developers, digital businesses, and startups in…
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Gadgets
Uber and Little have banned their drivers from using these smartphones
Uber and Little, pretty common ride-sharing apps in the country are banning a number of smartphones from being used by…
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Gadgets
Get a new Camon 12 Device for Ksh.4,316 by swapping it with your old Tecno Camon Phone
If you have been waiting for a chance to get a new Tecno CAMON 12 device, you might be lucky…
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Gadgets
Samsung is Closing its Custom CPU Department
Samsung is reportedly shutting down its custom CPU department for good. The company’s representatives say the move is meant to…
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News
Facebook rebrands its parent company with a new logo
Facebook is just Facebook, but that is not true. The parent company, Facebook Inc., owns three different social media platforms,…
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