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Huawei partners with Telkom Kenya to reach out to more consumers
Huawei partners with Telkom Kenya to reach out to more consumers Huawei Technologies has partnered with Telkom Kenya as it…
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MEDIA COUNCIL UNVEILS PRESS CARD VERIFICATION MOBILE NUMBER
The Media Council of Kenya has launched a mobile system to expose rogue journalists in its efforts to promote professionalism…
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Airtel Nigeria CEO advocates for joint efforts to achieve SDGs
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, has called on business leaders, corporate bodies, entrepreneurs, policy…
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Twitter Introduces ability to Embed Basic Two-Choice Polls In Your Tweets
For the past one month or so Twitter has been playing around with polls and yesterday the Social media site…
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REVIEW: Hands On with the TECNO Phantom 5
Quick Key Specs • Display: 5.5 inch HD touchscreen (1080 X 1920 pixels) • OS: Android 5.1 Lollipop • Processor:…
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Meet Acer’s New Windows 10 Tablet And 14-inch Convertible Laptop
Acer has unveiled two new devices today at a Windows 10 event in Taipei. The Aspire R 14 convertible notebook, and…
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Samsung to take part at 5th Innovation Africa Summit in Uganda
Samsung Electronics Africa has announced that it will be taking part in the fifth Innovation Africa Summit scheduled to take…
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MainOne’s Tier III Data Center, MDX-i partners Microsoft on Cloud Computing
MainOne’s Data Center subsidiary, MDX-i, today announced the launch of its new cloud-based service offering with Microsoft. The solution which…
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Intel introduces 6th Generation Intel Core to deliver enhanced at low power levels
Today Intel Corporation introduced the 6th Generation Intel Core processor family, the company’s best processors ever. The launch marks a…
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IFA 2015: ASUS BRINGS A WATERCOOLED LAPTOP
Taiwanese firm Asus is has brought a bevy of new products spanning several different branches of the tech world in this…
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Airtel Kenya unveils new Innovative Digital Content Products
Airtel Kenya has today announced the launch of two new innovative digital products. The Airtel Jam Sessions, a music show…
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A look at the in-built-in apps in Windows 10
It is two days to the Windows 10 launch and Microsoft has decided to share more about the great Windows 10…
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Safaricom introduces ”Advantage Plus”, a new post-pay tariff
Safaricom has announced the launch of a new post-pay tariff offering bundled Voice, SMS and Data services. Dubbed “Advantage Plus,”…
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Airtel Kenya donates computers to Computer for Schools (CFSK)
Airtel Kenya has provided used computers to Computer for Schools (CFSK) for refurbishment and distribution to schools across the country.…
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Microsoft fetes five Chevrolet Cruze Winners
Five lucky winners of Lumia’s Achieve More campaign, launched by Microsoft Mobile Devices earlier this year, were today feted at…
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The Infinix Zero 2 now available in the Kenyan Market
Smartphone manufacture Infinix Mobility has launched a premium smartphone device – Infinix X509(Zero2) into the Kenyan market. Coming in the wake of…
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CIO100 Sixth edition survey launched
The sixth edition of the annual CIO100 survey has been launched. The CIO 100 Survey enables corporate organizations (both multinationals…
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Airtel hosts Senate Committee on Education, Information and Technology
Airtel Kenya Board last weekend hosted the Senate committee on Education, Information and Technology at Airtel Kenya HQ offices, ahead of…
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Mobile technology puts African business owners in the driving seat
With smartphone penetration ramping up across Africa, the continent’s businesses have an opportunity to use mobile technology to become more…
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IBM Research Africa app to help manage Nairobi Garbage menace
Data Research Scientists from IBM Research Africa have developed an application that could soon help curb the menace of garbage…
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Stima sacco launches m-pawa, a revolutionary mobile solution
By Nixon Kanali, TechTrendsKE Stima Sacco has unveiled a new service that will see its members access an array of…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Startimes unveils new advanced decoders for the Kenyan market
Digital Television Company StarTimes Media has today unveiled two sets of pay TV decoders to the local market in a…
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What to expect from today’s Apple Watch event
Apple is holding one of its famous product-announcement events today in San Francisco. Most—if not all—of the event is expected to…
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KTN, NTV, QTV and Citizen TV to resume broadcasting today at 6.50pm
The four TV stations KTN, NTV, QTV and Citizen TV are set to resume TV broadcasting today at around…
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CAK: Reports of Digital Migration date extended misleading
If you are a keen follower of the Digital Migration Debate in Kenya you might have come across some reports…
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Samsung marks Safer Internet Day, launches Kids Mode App for children
Samsung Electronics East Africa this year marked Safer Internet Day by raising awareness on the benefits and dangers of internet…
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Uber to make driverless cars in ‘robot taxi war’ vs. Google
In just the next few months, in fact, the taxi industry could be a messy battlefield between the hugely popular…
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Next iPhone to be powered by Samsung Processors
Samsung Electronics will be supplying processors for next Apple iPhone according to a report published in South Korean Maeil Business…
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GOtv, StarTimes to sue four media houses over a misleading advert
Following an advert that has been carried out by four media houses, that is KTN, QTV, NTV and Citizen urging…
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Report: Local Internet Hosting Opportunities Key to Furthering Internet Development in Africa
Local Internet hosting is key to the development of the Internet ecosystem in emerging countries. This is according to a…
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Images leaked for Spartan, Window’s 10 new browser
Microsoft is preparing to unveil a new browser in Windows 10, codenamed Spartan, and leaked images are providing an early…
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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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Google adds Hindi voice search to the Google Maps app for iOS in India
Google has quietly added Hindi voice search to the Google Maps app for iOS in India. The release notes…
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Google releases new Bookmark Manager extension for its Chrome browser
Google has apparently released a new extension of Google Chrome browser. Called Google Bookmark Manager the extension would provide a way…
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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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Google Testing Doctor Patient Video Chats feature
Google is testing a new search feature that could hook you up with a virtual doctor appointment when you…
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Somalia’s first cash machine opens in Mogadishu
Somalia’s first-ever cash withdrawal machine has been installed in the capital, Mogadishu. According to BBC News Africa the machine,…
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KTN, NTV and Citizen TV now on StarTimes digital television platform
By Nixon Kanali, Pay television company StarTimes Media has re-introduced of all of its major local channels on the digital television…
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Motorola launches Moto 360 smartwatch in India
New Delhi: Motorola has finally launched the much-awaited Moto 360 smartwatch in India at a price of Rs 17,999. Quite…
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HP launches low-cost Windows laptops and tablets
HP HAS ANNOUNCED a line of “thin and light” Stream devices running Microsoft’s Windows operating system (OS) to rival Google’s…
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Apple sells more than 10 million new iPhones in first three days
Apple Inc said it sold more than 10 million iPhones in the first weekend after its new models went on…
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EXCLUSIVE: Samsung to introduce the A series soon with design similar to Galaxy Alpha
Follow #TechTrendsKE The Galaxy Alpha has been one of the most important devices to come out of Samsung’s stable recently, mainly…
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Apple launches free iPhone 5 Battery Replacement Program
By Nixon Kanali, Nairobi Do you own an iPhone 5? Does it run out of battery in half the time that it…
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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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Apple quietly launches new cut-price iMac
The new 21.5-inch all-in-one desktop comes with a 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor but, more importantly, with a price…
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Philips illuminates The Kenya National Archives with LED based digital lighting
Philips is set to unveil a stunning lighting makeover of the Kenya National Archives today in the evening in…
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Hands-on with the new Samsung Galaxy tab S:
Follow @TechTrendsKE, @NicKanali Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd on Thursday announced the Galaxy Tab S, Samsung’s thinnest and lightest tablet to date.…
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Google Now to Alert Public Transport Users About Their Next Stop
Google has added a new feature to Google Now on itsSearch app for Android which alerts user when to get…
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Intel unveils fanless 14nm Broadwell Core M processor
Intel has taken the wraps off of its Core M processor — a 14 nanometre processor that the company claims…
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Microsoft Announces Windows 8.1 With Bing for Low-Cost PC OEMs
Microsoft has confirmed it will be making Windows 8.1 with Bing available for OEMs for low-cost devices as a SKU…
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Big brother is watching you: NSA recording every phone call being made in Kenya, Bahamas and Mexico
Kenya is among the countries whose phonecalls are being intercepted, recorded and archived by The National Security Agency (NSA). The…
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Samsung Announces First Commercial Adoption of KNOX Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd yesterday announced an agreement to provide its comprehensive B2B educational products and solution packages to 20…
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President Paul Kagame wins World Telecommunication and Information Society Award
President Paul Kagame has received the 2014 World Telecommunication Information Society Award. President Paul Kagame received the award alongside President…
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Google now Helping You Go Global with More Seamless Google Play Payments
Google yesterday announced that it was ready to support even more payment methods for Google Play purchases, thus encouraging buyers to spend money on…
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IBM Sign $600 Million Technology Partnership with NiSource
IBM yesterday announced that it has reached a seven-year agreement with NiSource Inc. to continue providing a broad range of…
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Microsoft Announces Release Date for Windows Phone 8.1
Microsoft has finally announced when Windows Phone 8.1 will be available to Windows Phone users. The major operating system update will bring, among other…
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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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Facebook Anonymous Login Feature
Are you uncomfortable with the information Facebook shares about you with third-party apps and websites? Good news: Facebook has a…
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Nokia Tune marks its twentieth birthday, so where did it all start?
It’s arguably the most-played melody today. With more than a billion Nokia handsets in global circulation, the renowned Nokia ringtone,…
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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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Vodacom customers to make cash withdrawals on Umoja Switch ATMs using M-Pesa
Vodacom Tanzania customers can now withdraw cash from Umoja Switch ATMs using Vodacom’s M-Pesa service. Speaking in Dar es…
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Nokia X opens new market for Android app developers.
(Photo source:google) the new nokia x The start of salesof the new Nokia X in the Kenyan market is expected…
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Oscars ‘selfie’ hits over a million retweets and crushes twitter
The 86th Oscars Awards host Ellen DeGeneres selfie has broken a world record after becoming the World’s most retweeted photo…
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Samsung Chromebook 2 series announced
Samsung has now announced the Chromebook 2 series which includes two models in 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch configurations, will be available…
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Did you know that Bharti Airtel was exploring possibilityof buying MTN Group?
In May 2008, it emerged that Bharti Airtel, an India-based telecommunications company, was exploring the possibility of buying MTN Group.…
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Did you know you can upgrade your phone’s hardware as easy as the way you download an app?
Did you know you can upgrade your phone’s hardware as easy as the way you download an app? Well, this…
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Nokia introduces a wealth of new innovative smartphones at Nairobi showcase
Nokia today announced the arrival of its first 6-inch Lumia smartphones in Kenya, the Nokia Lumia 1520 and the…
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Asus Unveils a range of products set to hit the market this year
(photo source:google) To show how ASUS weaves technology into the fabric of our everyday lives ASUS chairman Jonney Shih in…
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