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Mobile operators fail to meet QoS standards
All mobile phone operators failed to meet the Quality of Service (QoS) targets set by the regulator, Communications Authority of…
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Facebook Messenger hits one billion+ downloads on Android
Facebook messenger has reached a whopping one billion downloads on Android. This announcement was made by David Marcus, vice president…
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COLUMNS
Hellofood: How mobile devices provide content for foodies
According to Mobile Marketer, “the average smartphone user consistently has only about 26 apps on their device at any given…
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Nokia partners with HP, Microsoft and Telefonica to create IT enterprise infrastructure
By Nixon Kanali, TechTrendsKE Nokia has entered into strategic partnerships with HP, Microsoft and Telefonica to create an exceptional IT…
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Startups
PIVOT East 2015 Semi-finalists Announced
PIVOT East, a startups competition geared towards nurturing the growing ICT talent in East Africa, has unveiled semifinalist for this…
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BUSINESS
SimbaPay launches world’s first international access to M-Pesa PayBill
SimbaPay has launched a service that will allow Kenyans living abroad to make M-Pesa PayBill payments, a new addition to the existing…
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Reviews
REVIEW: Hands on with the Asus EeeBook X205TA
Introduction: If the “EeeBook” name sounds familiar, you’re probably recalling Asus’ storied netbook lineup from years back. Let me take…
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COLUMNS
Guest Post: How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft
I would like to thank techtrendske.co.ke for allowing this guest post on their exceptional and well-designed blog. I’ve found many…
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yuMobile customers to win big in a new SMS trivia promotion
Bharti Airtel, has launched an exciting SMS trivia promotion for its yuMobile customers in Kenya. The promotion dubbed “yuHolidays season…
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Uber Kenya to begin taking cash, mobile money payments
Taxi hailing firm Uber has added cash and mobile money payment options to its service in Nairobi in a bid…
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CA signs MoU with the broadcasting sector to foster growth
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has signed working agreements with the Media Council of Kenya (MCK) and the Kenya…
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Facebook launches internet.org in Senegal
The Internet.org app is now available to Tigo Senegal subscribers! Customers will now have access to useful health, education,…
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Google celebrates the Kick-Off of the Women’s World Cup with a Doodle
The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicked off today, to mark the event Google is celebrating with soccer-themed Google Doodle.…
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Kenya’s Gov’t to make better decisions from products made out of big data, says Dr. Ndemo
As the number of Africans using technology grows, so does the influx of big data. With the global industry’s…
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VIDEO: The Samsung Galaxy J1 unboxing
The Galaxy J1 is the first device in the Galaxy J lineup. The Galaxy J1, from Samsung, was first…
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Airtel connects Kambui school for the deaf to Internet
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia has connected Kambui school…
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Microsoft working to provide Wi-Fi service for users everywhere
Microsoft is working on a new service called Microsoft WiFi, that will provide internet services to users everywhere. According to…
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Google will now count calories from your food pictures
Research scientist from one of Google’s experimental labs has spilled some beans about an intriguing artificial intelligence project. This new…
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Gadgets
Microsoft unveils the Nokia 105 and Nokia 105 Dual SIM
Microsoft has added two new devices to its family, the new Nokia 105 and Nokia 105 Dual SIM targeted at first-time mobile…
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News
e-Commerce: MOBOfree’s CEO Shares Top Security Tips with African Consumers
With Africa experiencing an e-Commerce revolution, more and more African consumers are looking for ways to protect themselves against scammers.…
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Internet Society CEO Kathy Brown: Africa Primed to Take Advantage of the Internet Opportunity
There has been robust growth in Internet access and usage over the past few years and Africa is now primed…
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Google launches cloud messaging service for iOS devices
Google has launched its cloud messaging service for iOS devices that will allow applications to communicate using push notifications. Earlier,…
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BUSINESS
HomeSend Wins ”Best Payment Product” in Africa Award
HomeSend, has received the 2015 “Best Payment Product in Africa” award at the Asian Banker Middle East and Africa Awards.…
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Reviews
Tecno Boom J7: Review and Unboxing Video
Tecno Boom J7 is yet another great product from Tecno Mobile and what makes it very different from previous devices…
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Egyptian Tech Firms Expand Footprint in Africa, to sign Business Deals Worth USD 7 Million
As a part of the country’s efforts to increase IT exports and achieve ambitious economic goals, Egypt’s Information Technology Industry…
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Easy Taxi is giving out vouchers this Madaraka weekend
Madaraka day is finally here and if you are planning to treat yourself then Easy Taxy has something for you.…
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BUSINESS
Hellofood on Managing the Customer Service Experience for food delivery
Any business or organization worth its salt knows that customer is king and will always work towards satisfying the customer’s…
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Periscope now available on Android
Android users will now be able to download twitter’s live-video app, Periscope app on Google play store, two months after…
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BUSINESS
Is GOTV illegally charging its subscribers for free to air channels?
GOtv has done away with its Free to Air bouquet, dubbed as GOtv open bouquet, replacing it with GOtv lite…
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BUSINESS
You can now pay your taxes via Airtel Money
Airtel Kenya has now made it possible for Kenyan citizens across the country to inquire for KRA services by using Airtel…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Money visa card driving financial inclusion
On year after Airtel Kenya launched the Airtel Money VISA card, the debit card continues to allow easy access funds…
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BUSINESS
Campus Discounts,a global web platform exits private beta
Have you ever thought of a platform where university students receive, view and share product discounts posted by businesses located…
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BUSINESS
Mobile Money: Ingenico Group wins ‘Financial Inclusion Platform of the Year award
Ingenico Group the global leader in seamless payment has won the ‘Financial Inclusion Platform of the Year’ Award at the…
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BUSINESS
SimbaPay launches free UK to Nigeria money transfers
SimbaPay has launched a money transfer service between the United Kingdom (UK) and Nigeria that will see Nigerians living in…
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Orange launches the 2015 Orange African Social Venture Prize
Orange has launched the 2015 Orange African Social Venture Prize. This initiative aims to encourage innovative start-up projects which help…
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Reports: Google set to Unveil New Web Photo Service
Google might just be launching an online picture sharing and storage service that will no longer be part of the Google+…
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Social Media
Google and Twitter team up to bring real-time tweets to google search
Google has teamed up with twitter to bring real-time tweets to Google Search. The two companies had a similar deal previously,…
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Hellofood rolling out an automated system to ensure faster food delivery.
According to a recent article carried out by Forbes, food delivery startups should really be called restaurants simply because the…
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BUSINESS
How Airtel CSR is supporting education in Kenya
Internet for Schools: Since the inception of Airtel’s internet for schools project, thousands of students across the country have continued…
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News
Microsoft unveils #AchieveMore campaign, five Chevrolet Cruze cars to be won
By Nixon Kanali, TechTrendsKE On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled a new range of their latest Lumia products into the Kenyan Market…
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News
African business leaders to focus on scientific progress in partnership with the World Bank
Dr Álvaro Sobrinho, the prominent African businessman and Chairman of the Planet Earth Institute NGO , led the first meeting…
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A new slide allegedly reveals the benefits of Windows as a service
As Microsoft rolls on with its plans to market Windows as a service, a new screenshot of alleged internal information…
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Reviews
VIDEO: The Safaricom Neon Smart Tab unboxing
If you love gadgets then the Safaricom Neon Smart Tab is something you should consider buying. It is one of…
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Gadgets
Microsoft Unveils new range of Lumia Smartphones into the Kenyan Market
By Nixon Kanali, TechTrendsKE Microsoft Mobile Devices has unveiled the new range of Lumia phones comprising Lumia 640, Lumia 640XL and…
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BUSINESS
Ericsson signs deal with Safaricom to deploy Wi-Fi technology
Ericsson has signed a multi-year agreement with Kenya`s largest mobile operator Safaricom, to support the upgrade and expansion of its…
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Apps
Video: MyRide Kenya app fostering a safe and convenient matatu culture in Kenya
A very huge percentage of Kenyans use matatus to conduct their daily routines, moving from one place to another. Now,…
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BUSINESS
SimbaNET tailors products to fit the Kenyan SMEs market
For a while now Kenya’s SME market has grown to become more dynamic through huge amounts of innovation and entrepreneurial…
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News
IBM Unveils Marketing Partnership With Facebook
IBM and Facebook are teaming up to offer new integration between the two platforms to marketers. Starting today, IBM says…
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Hellofood acquires USD 100 Million funding from Goldman Sachs
Hellofood/foodpanda, the global mobile food delivery marketplace has announced a new financing round of USD 100 Million led by Goldman…
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Windows 10 to come with ‘middle finger’ emoji
Our means of self-expression whether through text messages, Facebook updates or even emails seem to be expanding beyond our…
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COLUMNS
How can Africa’s financial services industry become more mobile?
The mobile has proven itself as a major disruptive power within Africa’s financial services industry. Around a billion African consumer…
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Ignite, Microsoft’s premier IT Pro event kicks off today
On 4th May Ignite, Microsoft’s new, premier enterprise technology event,kicks off in Chicago. At exactly 9:00AM Central Time (7:00 PM East…
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Social Media
Join the #MayPac boxing match conversation on Twitter
This weekend, @FloydMayweather and @MannyPacquiao will square off for the Welterweight Championship in one of the most talked-about fights in…
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Hellofood: Four Safe ways to prevent over-indulgence this Labour Weekend
The holidays are here …well, not really. But we have another long weekend ahead of us and nothing can…
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Gadgets
LG launches the G4 smartphone with a with 16-megapixel camera
South Korean electronics company LG has just unveiled its new flagship smartphone: the LG G4, its latest high-end handset model. The…
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Travelstart set to revolutionize the online booking agency through neXt
A day like today way back in 1749, the French Revolution happened and changed the way people do things, well…
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Rwanda’s @PaulKagame beats Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta to become Africa’s most followed president with 842,260 followers
Rwanda’s @PaulKagame has become Africa’s most followed president with 842,260 followers ahead of Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta (@UKenyatta). Rwanda’s President @PaulKagame…
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Social Media
Facebook Introduces Video Calling in Messenger
Facebook has announced that they will be introducing video calling in Messenger enabling Facebook user to have face-to-face conversations with…
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Social Media
Instagram introduces emoji search
Instagram will now let you use emoji in your hashtags, creating a whole new way to find the pictures most…
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News
Tigo launches bid to become biggest 4G network in Tanzania
TIGO Tanzania has launched a brand new 4G LTE technology that will make it the biggest and fastest Internet network…
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Microsoft announces End of Support for Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Corporation has announced it will end support for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Servers 2003 R2 on July 14,…
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Thousands of schools in Africa to benefit from Oracle Academy and Raspberry Pi Foundation program
Oracle Academy and the Raspberry Pi Foundation have today officially launched Oracle Raspberry Pi Weather Station for Schools. The program…
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Google launches ”Project Fi” its own mobile network for Nexus 6 owners
Its now official, owners of Nexus 6 smartphone will now be able to receive wireless services, thanks to Google. The…
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News
Truecaller Launches Redesigned App for Windows Phone 8 Now With Real-Time Spam Detection to Protect You From Telemarketers
Truecaller today announces its completely redesigned app for Windows Phone 8, which supports the company’s global mission to transform the…
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e-Commerce: MOBOfree Records Outstanding Performances in Africa
MOBOfree.com the leading African social marketplace, today announced that it had experienced an increase of more than 44% in the…
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Tech community gears up to celebrate ‘Girls in ICT Day’ around the globe, today
Every year on the fourth Thursday in April, ITU and the global technology community celebrate ‘Girls in ICT Day’, an…
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M-Pesa Foundation to build state-of-the-art academy for gifted but disadvantaged children
M-Pesa Foundation has announced plans to construct a state-of-the-art, mixed boarding high school to provide first-class education to gifted but…
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BUSINESS
Interview: Old Mutual Financial Advisor talks about early investments
Many people don’t seem to be investing in shares due to what people say or have seen with collapsed stock…
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COLUMNS
Hellofood on mindless eating and other fun facts about popcorn
The rainy season is here in Nairobi and it is the perfect weather to sit back and enjoy a marathon…
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BUSINESS
e-Commerce: MOBOfree Records Outstanding Performances in Africa
MOBOfree.com, the leading African social marketplace has announced an increase of more than 44% in the number of registered users…
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News
Microsoft Unveils Universal Office Apps for Windows 10 Phones, Tablets
Microsoft finally decided, on Friday, to bring Office apps like – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook – to phones…
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Easy Taxi to offer free rides its customers this weekend
Last month, Easy Taxi launched a cashless payment option for its customers, with this option customers were able to add…
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Social Media
Twitter now allows direct messages from anyone without need for following
Previously, direct messaging could only be possible between two Twitter users who followed each other. But now, twitter is givivng…
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News
Google’s new Handwriting app can read your chicken scratch and turn it into text
If the popularity of styli like Microsoft’s pen accessory for Surface devices is any indication, there’s still a place for handwriting in…
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News
KCB GROUP UNVEILS COUNTY REVENUE COLLECTION SOLUTION IN KIAMBU COUNTY
KCB Group has launched an ambitious programme aimed at facilitating the collection of taxes in the counties. The revenue collection…
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News
SAFARICOM EMBARKS ON FINAL PREPARATIONS TO BRING M-PESA HOME
Safaricom has announced that it has started final preparations for the launch of the second generation of its M-PESA platform…
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Gadgets
Huawei Launches the P8 ‘Flagship’ Android Smartphone
Chinese tech giants Huawei has launched its new flagship handset, the P8 in a packed event in London, a smartphone…
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News
Report: 30% of IT decision-makers admit their company has fallen victim to a data breach
A 2015 report on Data Security Confidence Index (DSCI) by Gemalto, world leader in digital security, has revealed a widening…
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WINNER OF AIRTEL TRACE MUSIC TO BE REVEALED ON APRIL 18 ON TRACE URBAN (#325 ON DSTV)
The Airtel TRACE Music Star competition Grande Finale saw Akon, Devyne Stephens and Lynnsha select the winner of the biggest…
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News
CAK shuts down six FM stations in Nyanza for operating illegally
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) together with law enforcement agencies, has executed warrants to search and subsequently impounded equipment…
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News
10 nominees for the Innovation Prize for Africa Awards unveiled
The Innovation Prize for Africa has announced the 10 nominees for the 2015 annual Innovation Prize for Africa Awards. The…
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Apps
Hellofood launches new website
Leading global online food delivery platform hellofood together with its affiliated brands Foodpanda and Delivery Club, have launched a newly…
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News
Microsoft’s new Windows 10 Phone build brings Spartan browser, new apps and more
Software giant Microsoft’s new Windows 10 Build 10051 brings new features to phones, but it can be an extremely slow…
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Wiselink wants to set trends in internet marketing
Most small businesses will allocate a small portion of their advertising budget to digital strategies. They never know what they…
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Social Media
Twitter is testing the ability to pin apps to brand profiles
Twitter is testing yet another interesting new feature; some brands are now able to pin their apps directly to their…
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News
Francis DUFAY takes the reins of JUMIA in Côte d’Ivoire to lead the growth of e-commerce
Jumia has formalized the appointment of Francis DUFAY at the head of its subsidiary in Côte d’Ivoire. This announcement follows…
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Konza Technopolis unveils smart technology city plan
Konza City Technopolis is looking at developing its Phase 1 infrastructure through smart technology to reap the benefits of innovation…
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TotoHealth wins this year’s Vision 2030 Innovation Awards
Hon. Rebecca Joshua Okwaci, South Sudan Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services gives an overall award to TotoHealth’s Executive Director…
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#connectedEA: EAC members seek to build a harmonised ICT framework to drive intergration
Dr.Fred Matiangi welcomes Uganda Minster for ICT to the East Africa Minsters Panel at Connected East Africa. The Connected East…
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Google to discontinue Bebapay Kenya website on Wednesday
Google has announced that it will discontinue the Bebapay Kenya – www.bebapay.co.ke – website from Wednesday April 1 , two…
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News
Liquid Telecom to invest $400,000 in Internet infrastructure in Kilifi County
By Nixon Kanali, TechTrendsKE Liquid Telecom is set to invest $400,000 in Internet infrastructure that will see Kilifi County in…
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Social Media
Facebook opens up video embeds to everyone and adds 360-degree video support
Facebook’s purchase of Oculus has manifested a little more tangibly. Today at its F8 conference, the social network announced an upgraded version of its…
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Startups
Startups: M-Translate, the New Alternative to Google Translate
A new startup wants to revolutionize how you translate information online into different languages. Through their Mobile Translate service ,…
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Social Media
Instagram Launches Layout: New app for creating custom collages and image effects
Instagram has launched a new app called Layout, a new app that it says will let Instagram users easily combine…
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News
OneDrive ditches app status in Windows 10, will be fully integrated
Thanks to Microsoft’s big tablet push in the last few years, more and more of its traditional operating system features…
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Reviews
Hands On with the Infinix Hot; The Unboxing and Review
This is the Infinix Hot as you’ve never seen it or even held it, the Unboxing and First Impressions from…
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Apps
Facebook is testing out its own Phone app
Facebook hasn’t been shy of releasing spin-off apps of late — consider Home, Rooms, Groups, Slingshot and of course Messenger…
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BUSINESS
Jumia announces Easter egg hunt; Also to offer discounts of up to 85% on fashion
This Easter, Jumia is expected to host what it says is the biggest virtual egg hunt in Kenya’s history. The online…
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COLUMNS
How to renew your Kenyan driving license online
I never knew how serious the Government was in getting all its operations online to promote efficiency and transparency until…
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COLUMNS
Nine years down the line, a look at nine interesting things about twitter
On Friday 20th March, Twitter marked 9 years. The company’s CCO Gabriel Stricker posted a look back at some famous…
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BUSINESS
Akon to grace the Airtel trace music star finals in Kenya
Celebrated pop star AKON will be in the country on 27th March 2015 for the Airtel Trace Music Star Pan-African…
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