Latest app and software stories from across Kenya.
Equity Bank’s EazzyBanking App just got an update that makes it easier for users to send and receive money from any mobile money wallet or any account in other banks. This update comes less than two weeks after Mobile Money…
The cheapest Nokia smartphone by HMD Global is coming to Kenya. The company says that this smartphone, the Nokia 1, will be available in the country as from April 16 for Ksh 9,500. This is the recommended retail price and you will probably…
Back in 2017, Google unveiled YouTube Go for those who have entry level devices that may not have the latest and most powerful specifications. This was just one of the many ‘Go’ applications. Some of the others include Files Go, Gmail Go,…
Back in 2017, WhatsApp added an option for users to delete messages they accidentally send. This was a much-needed addition but was not perfect as users could only delete messages within the first 7 minutes of sending them. This was still…
Twitter is a great social site but it can get messy and confusing sometimes. Given that Twitter displays content chronologically, you will see tweets as users share them. This is different from platforms such as Facebook that use…
If you use Twitter, then you know that it can be a good and a terrible place at the same time. Spam and bots can make your experience really bad and this has been very clear recently with the rise of fake news and cyber bullying. Twitter…
Back in 2017, Google introduced a couple of apps that targeted users with low end smartphones. These apps include Google Assistant Go, YouTube Go and Files Go just to name a few. The apps have been available in most developing markets…
A couple of days back, Safaricom introduced its latest product, SONGA. This is a music streaming application that the company hopes will be the top music streaming application in Africa. Given that this is a new product, I was excited to…
Music streaming is not that big of a business in Kenya (or most developing countries) as it is in the west. Over here, if not through radio, most people illegally get access to new music and they may not even be aware of that. This hurts…
Recently, the Telegram app mysteriously disappeared from the Apple App Store and no one was sure why. Well, we now have an explanation as to why this happened. VentureBeat is reporting that the app was axed from the App Store mainly due to…
Samsung is yet to update any of its existing devices with Google’s latest mobile OS variant, Android Oreo. This will change soon as the company is believed to be finalizing things before pushing the update to some of its devices on the…
If you are a regular user of Instagram Stories, you should brace yourself to see more ads when using that feature. The company announced this a couple of days ago revealing that users should expect more paid advertisements on their…
Last year, Facebook unveiled the Messenger Lite app for Android targeting users who find the main Messenger app heavy and data hungry. This is one of the many ‘Lite’ apps we have been seeing recently as developers try and target users in…
Not so long ago, Google announced that YouTube Go, the light version of the YouTube app for Android, is out of beta. This app was originally launched in September 2016 but in beta and was only available in India. In February this year, the…
A few weeks ago, Safaricom announced that it had plans to add M-Shwari loan and saving services to the mySafaricom app. This was during the M-Shwari 5th anniversary celebration where it was announced that there are between 250,000 and…
When it comes to video quality on mobile device, HDR (High Dynamic Range) is as good as it gets. It widens the colour range and improves luminosity range and this leads to greater colour accuracy and contrast. As from Android 7.0 Nougat,…
Not so long ago, Twitter started testing its new 280 character limit for tweets with a select group of users. Not many users were pleased with this move but Twitter used the opportunity to study how people tweet to determine if it was…
This year, Samsung introduced some amazing flagship devices that include the Galaxy S8, S8+ and the Note 8. With the launch of these devices, we also saw the company introduce the Bixby AI assistant. To make it easier for users to interact…
If you have been waiting for Android 8.1, you should know that the first over the air (OTA) update has started rolling out. This is the beta build and comes shortly after the first Developer Preview went live. To get the OTA update, you…
OnePlus was one of the first companies that promised that it will be updating some of its existing devices with Android Oreo before the end of the year. The company was not very specific about the dates as to when this was going to happen…
Instagram has announced that users are now able to add face filters when sharing live videos. The company announced this yesterday saying you can now easily play with face filters while sharing live video. The sunglasses filter will be one…
Facebook messenger group chats allow you to have video chats with more than one person at the same time. This can be in a personal or professional setting with your work colleagues, family members or just friends, you have the option of…
When it comes to internet speeds, not everyone out there enjoys the high speeds that you may be getting. For those who enjoy these speeds, not all of them have unlimited data and thus saving on data is something they will appreciate. This…
The one thing the Pixel smartphones are known for are their cameras. This is thanks to the software behind the Google Pixel Camera and specifically the HDR+ mode that is exceptional when taking high dynamic range photos. This mode reduces…
