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CYBER SECURITY
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account hit by hackers
No one is immune to to getting their social media accounts hacked. Last month we told how the most followed…
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Social Media
Twitter will now allows users to share 140-second videos
You will agree with me that video is becoming increasingly central to the real-time conversations happening online. There are so…
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News
Andela just received a huge banking from Mark Zuckerberg
Andela, a startup that trains software developers in Africa and gives them full-time opportunities at international companies has received a…
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BUSINESS
Airtel launches new Karibu package with FREE Calls, SMS and Data
Airtel Kenya has today launched a new, exciting consumer offer targeting mobile subscribers seeking to get more value from newly…
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Reviews
UC Browser Review, Best Browser for Downloads
UC Browser is China’s leading and most popular mobile browser. The browser recently launched in Kenya and other African markets.…
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Interviews
China’s UC Browser is here, this is what they are bringing to the Kenyan market
Last month we told you about UC Browser, China’s largest mobile browser launching in Kenya. With a 20 percent global…
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Social Media
WhatsApp just launched a desktop app for Mac and Windows
Facebook owned messaging service WhatsApp has finally come to your desktop. The company has today launched the desktop application that…
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Social Media
This is How The New Instagram Business Profiles Will Look Like
Early this year, Instagram announced that it was working on rolling our a business profiles. What Instagram actually wanted to…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Records growth in Market Share by Voice Traffic
Airtel Kenya has recorded growth in market share by voice traffic to 16.8 per cent from 9.8 per cent in…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Kenya Recognised as top telecom brand on Social Media in Africa
The Africa Brand Index has recognised Airtel Kenya as the top Social Media Brand in Africa. The award recognizes Airtel…
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Social Media
WhatsApp Killing support for All BlackBerry and other older devices
This is probably going to make most WhatsApp users with older devices sad. Well, WhatsApp says it is killing support…
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News
Here is how Kenyan companies should use tech tools to add value to their recruitment process
The job market in Kenya is a paradox. On the one hand, an estimated 2.5 million youth are unemployed; on…
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News
African Blogger Awards entries for 2016 now open, Here is how to submit your entry
The African Blogger Awards have officially opened entries for their awards for 2016. These awards which are open to African…
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News
MTN and Jumia Launch MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge Across Africa
MTN, in partnership with the MTN Solution Space and Jumia have launched the MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge that will bring together…
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COLUMNS
Opinion: Issues in Public Relations in Nigeria
Two unrelated incidents conspired to compel me to eventually make this intervention, which I have been planning forever. One was…
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Social Media
#RIPTwitter: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey denies algorithm fears
#RIPTwitter, remember that hashtag? The hashtag that was trending worldwide last week after a report by BuzzFeed revealed that Twitter…
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Social Media
Tigo Tanzania customers to access free WhatsApp service
All Tigo customers in Tanzania will now be able to access free WhatsApp service. This announcement was made by Tigo…
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BUSINESS
Tigo Tanzania pays $2.1 million in quarterly profit share to customers
Tigo Tanzania has announced another quarterly payment of US $ 2.1million (Tshs 4.4 bilion) to its 4.6 million Tigo Pesa…
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Social Media
Court Bans WhatsApp in Brazil for 48 hours
WhatsApp users in Brazil will for the next 48 hour be blocked from using the Facebook owned the service. This…
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BUSINESS
Tigo unveils its 4G LTE service in Tanzania
Tigo subscribers in Tanzania can now enjoy the fastest internet connection following the unveiling of the company’s 4G LTE service…
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Reviews
Review: Hands On with the SNOKOR Rocket Z5000 Smartphone.
Snokor Rocket Z5000 is the latest Smartphone to enter the Kenyan market, coming at a time when the number of…
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News
What you need to know about Joseph Mucheru, New ICT Cabinet Secretary
Joseph Mucheru MBS, is the current Kenyan Cabinet Secretary nominee for ICT. The ICT docket was initially headed by Dr.…
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News
Liquid Telecom to provide free WiFi at this Year’s Rhino Charge
Liquid Telecom has announced that it will be providing free WiFi during this year’s Rhino Charge, East Africa’s most challenging…
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News
Riding the wave of West Africa’s digital economy with business management software
West African enterprises that want to keep pace with a changing consumer, employee and business landscape need to invest in…
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BUSINESS
Funjaza, an entertainment website launches in Kenya
A new entertainment events listing site has been launched in Kenya. Dubbed Funjaza, the website will allow users to easily find and…
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COLUMNS
The technology tale of the Shanzhen town
Over three decades ago Shanzhen was a small town in the Southern part of China where its residents were mainly…
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News
Tourism players urged to make better use of the social media to market businesses
Tourism players in the sector should make better use of the internet and social media to market and manage their…
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News
Big Data: Why you can’t afford to ignore it.
Due to the emergence of new technologies, communication means like social networking sites & devices, the amount of data being…
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News
Is your business infrastructure strong enough to carry the weight of Big Data?
Analyzing and deciphering information from the endless ocean of Big Data is one of today’s great IT challenges. How can…
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Social Media
Instagram now supports Landscape and Portrait photo Formats
Instagram will now allow users to upload portrait and landscape photos and video in addition to the Square format that…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Kenya recognized as a Global Best Practice Case Study on Social Media
Airtel Kenya has been recognized as a global best practice case study by Socialbakers, a global social media analytics firm for outstanding…
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News
Big Data Goes to Work in the Silicon Savannah
By Evans Kidero, Governor Nairobi County. Next week, Nairobi will host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), attended by U.S. President…
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Social Media
Six Steps to Capitalizing On Social Media as a Marketing Tool
Since inception, social media has evolved from a platform traditionally used to catch up with family and friends to phenomenal…
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News
Microsoft empowers communities in Laikipia County with TV Whitespace technology
When Kenya’s High Commissioner to Belgium, His Excellency Mr.Johnson Weru watched a video on the Mawingu project and noting that…
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Apps
Easy Taxi is now in Nakuru
Easy Taxi is now in Nakuru, the company has announced. All of this month until the 30th of June, Easy Taxi…
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News
Taifa, Kenya’s first locally assembled laptop launched
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), has rolled out Taifa Laptop to the Kenyan market. The TAIFA Brand…
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News
Squad Digital Launches Innovation Lab to support Tech-preneurs
By Nixon Kanali, TechTrendsKE Squad Digital has today launched an innovation lab that is aimed at spurring technological growth through…
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News
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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News
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
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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Reviews
Product Review: Microsoft Lumia 535
Introduction: One of the most “what if” questions came to pass in 2013, when Microsoft announced the buyout of the Nokia…
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News
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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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
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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Reviews
Product Review: Hands on with the Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual Sim
Way back before Nokia was acquired by Microsoft, Nokia held a legacy for a long time, especially for the build…
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News
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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News
Samsung Electronics Africa launches the ‘What If I Can’ campaign
Samsung Electronics Africa has launched a new brand campaign called ‘What If I Can’. The initiative according to Samsung is…
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Malawi utilising ICT to promote public health messages in interactive radio drama campaign
Malawi has developed an innovative and highly successful interactive communications campaign in a quest to solve problems surrounding public health…
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News
Founders, Chief Executives of Technology Firms dominate Forbes list of the World’s Richest
The founders and chief executives of technology firms have once again dominated Forbe’s list of the World’s Richest accounting for…
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BUSINESS
Airtel launches UnlimiNET bundles for unlimited connections
Airtel Kenya has announced the introduction of yet another new unique and exciting product that offers customers the peace of…
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Social Media
You can now access WhatsApp on your desktop browser
By Nixon Kanali, Nairobi Sometime last year, we published a report suggesting how world popular instant messaging service WhatsApp was…
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News
Jumia Announces Fashion Clearance Sale
Jumia is having another fantastic sale.The clearance sale starting from 19th January – 1st February 2015 will feature discounts for…
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News
Colombia becomes the first Latin America country to access Internet.org app
After internet org was launched in Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya, Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has launched the free…
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News
1,800 cameras to be mounted on Nairobi streets to improve security
In a project aimed at improving the security situation in the country through technology, 1,800 cameras will be mounted in…
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News
Google+ rolls out ‘Auto Enhance’ feature for videos
Soon-after social-networking site Facebook announced to improve the qualities of photos uploaded by the users, Google has come up with…
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Apps
WhatsApp may come to your desktop soon: Report
AndroidWorld has recently published a report suggesting that world popular instant messaging service WhatsApp is developing a web version of…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom launches the LTE Advanced Safaricom 4G Network in Nairobi
After months of testing in several parts of Nairobi, Safaricom has finally launched the LTE Advanced! Safaricom 4G which the…
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News
Jumia black Friday happening today, offering massive discounts on products
The Jumia black Friday in Kenya is happening today where the online shopping platform is giving Kenyans a teasing selection of…
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News
Could this be world’s biggest selfie with more than 1,100 people?
A group of at least 1,151 people in Bangladesh have taken a selfie together with their Nokia Lumia 730 smartphone…
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Youtube annouces its new music subscription service
Google has officially announced a new music subscription service that takes advantage of YouTube’s vast collection of music and existing…
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News
ITU, UN Women celebrate the power of technology to transform women’s lives everywhere
Seven outstanding individuals and organizations leading pioneering projects and advocacy linked to harnessing the power of information and communication technologies…
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Samsung donates 3,000 smartphones to help fight Ebola in Africa
Samsung has joined the fight against Ebola and now the company has announced that it will be donating 3,000 smartphones (worth…
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Gadgets
Microsoft drops the Nokia brand, renames it ‘Microsoft Lumia’
By Nixon Kanali, Its now official, Microsoft is now putting an end to the Nokia brand name from its products and…
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News
Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla donate $25 million to the CDC foundation to help fight Ebola
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has announced that he and his wife Priscilla are donating $25 million to the Center for…
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Samsung releases new Galaxy Note 4 launch information
Surprised by the impressive iPhone 6 launch sales during Apple’s launch weekend, Samsung has pushed forward the Galaxy Note 4 launch, although…
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News
#OracleOpenWorld2014: Oracle unveils `Oracle Analytics Cloud’ for data analysis
Oracle today announced Oracle Analytics Cloud, a comprehensive portfolio of analytics offerings built for the cloud; deployed in the cloud;…
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News
Microsoft revamps MSN with mobile on mind
In line with its global mobile-first, cloud-first strategy, software giant Microsoft has revamped its MSN website and services to offer…
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News
President Uhuru Kenyatta leads civil servants through the biometric registration exercise
President Uhuru Kenyatta has launched the biometric registration of civil servants from State House Mombasa, registering himself as a public…
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Social Media
WhatsApp hits 600,000,000 active users.
The number of of WhatsApp active users has now hit 600 million. WhatsApp’s CEO-cum-founder Jan Koum has posted on his Twitter “Now serving…
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News
Zuku rolls out a KSH. S220m network upgrade project
Wananchi Group customers will now have faster internet speeds and reduced customer downtime when using Zuku services after the company rolled…
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News
There’s an app aimed at letting you spy on your partner, what’s next?
We’ve seen all kinds of crazy apps come and go over the past few years, and this new one which…
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News
You Can Now Edit Microsoft Office Files in Google Docs
Did you know that Google Docs users can now edit Microsoft Office files through the cloud-based platform, a move that…
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News
Apple Introduces 16GB iPod touch With Rear Camera
By Nixon Kanali Apple on Thursday introduced the a refreshed 16GB version of the iPod touch, a new lineup of…
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News
KQ to receieve its 2nd Dreamliner on Saturday
Kenya Airways is set to receive its second Boeing 787-8 dreamliner aircraft this Saturday. The aircraft was officially handed over…
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Reviews
Apps: The bidorbuy app for Windows Phone makes your shopping experience easy and enjoyable
Do you have a windows phone? Love doing shopping? Well, the bidorbuy app for Windows Phone is just what you…
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Gadgets
Samsung launches its thinnest and lightest tablet, The Galaxy Tab S
By Nixon Kanali (NicKanali) While most of you were glued to your tv screens watching Brazil play Croatia in the World Cup opening…
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News
HERE plans to acquire Medio Systems Inc.
Yesterday HERE, a leader in navigation, mapping and location experiences, announced plans to acquire Medio Systems Inc., a Seattle-based company…
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News
Microsoft Reveals Action-Packed Xbox Lineup for 2014 and Beyond
Microsoft put the emphasis squarely on action at its annual pre-E3 press conference in Los Angeles, showcasing a variety of…
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Apple announces new headphone standard.
In a potentially controversial move, the company wants to get rid of the traditional 3.5mm headphone jack that connects essentially…
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Google builds 3D-mapping tablet
Google has built an Android tablet capable of mapping the inside of buildings in 3D. The tablet, part of its…
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News
Microsoft launches Nokia 225
Microsoft had launched the all-new Nokia 225 exclusively at Nokia shop stores. According to Nokia’s official YouTube page, the “The…
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Google finally joins Instagram
Google has finally opened up an Instagram account. Google announced it has joined the photo-sharing app via twitter with its…
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Photography lovers, Be excited: the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RX100 III is real
There’s a reason we all need the new Sony Cyber-shot RX100 III camera: our bodies have become too precious…
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The world takes on Social Media to save Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram
It may have taken a few weeks, but the world’s attention has fixated on terrorist abductions in Nigeria, thanks, to…
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News
Apple set to buy headphone-maker Beats Electronics for $3.2 bn
Apple Inc is close to paying a record $3.2 billion for Beats Electronics, two people with knowledge of the matter…
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News
You can now reverse erroneously purchased airtime on M-PESA
It is now possible for Safaricom Mpesa customers to reverse erroneously purchased airtime on M-PESA. End-of-semester exams start tomorrow…
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News
List of the PIVOT EAST semifinalists is finally out
PIVOT East has unveiled semifinalist for this year’s competition after a call for applications in February 2014 with startups from…
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News
Google Plus chief Vivek ‘Vic’ Gundotra quits Google
Google’s top social networking executive is leaving the Internet company after a nearly eight-year stint highlighted by an audacious challenge…
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News
Hands on with the new Nokia 225: Slimmest affordable Phone Yet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSqSeytngW0 Nokia recently released what they’ are calling the Slimmest Affordable Internet Phone (to date) whose main aim they says…
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New French law forbids reading work emails after 6pm
If you want the easy life outside of work, then it looks as though France is the country you should go and…
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News
Hands-on with the newn Nokia’s new Lumia 930
Nokia has Announced yet Another Lumia: The Lumia 930 With a 5-inch display has a…
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Twitter adds photo tagging and multiple photo uploads
Rated as the fastest growing micro-blogging site, Twitter has released two new features. In a move that is similar to…
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News
Twitter experimenting to replace its retweet button with a ‘share’ button
Twitter has been busy making Facebook-like changes today — adding multiple photo upload and tagging, and experimenting with a profile change on iOS…
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News
Hands On With the Samsung NX Mini camera
Do you love taking selfies? Well, the new Samsung’s NX Mini might just be the best camera ever for selfies:…
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News
The Nokia X to be launched for the Kenyan market this Thursday.
Nokia has just unveiled its X phone in India today. The phone will be launched for the Kenyan market this…
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TechTrends Ke for Kenyan Blog Awards 2014.
The Kenyan Blog Awards 2014 is here and TechTrends Ke has been shortlisted under the Best Technology Blog. Please visit http://www.blogawards.co.ke/vote/ and…
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Apps
An app that Organizes Your Smartphone Photos Into Albums With Just A Swipe, Tidy
There is a new application in the market called Tidy. Tidy has been developed by Covworks , a web and app development…
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News
Apple said to be studying solar motion charging for iWatch
Apple has been testing both solar and wireless charging for the rumoured iWatch, according to a report published in Sunday’s…
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News
Could 2014 be the breakout year for Wi-Fi?
(photo source:google) Global public Wi-Fi hotspot numbers are set to grow from 1.3 million in 2011, to 5.8 million by…
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