Latest technology stories from across Kenya.
A quick look at the best selling computers on Amazon and other such like sites will reveal one thing: Chromebooks are selling very well. Pair that impression with the thought that a new Mediatek chip added to the Chrome OS base will result…
Samsung KNOX has been around for a while now and with every new firmware update it has been making, Samsung has kept on adding it to every one of its high end devices released before the Galaxy Note 3 last year that lacked KNOX. Now Google…
A data breach at South Korea’s KT corp allowed hackers to access data from 12 million customers. Details accessed in the leak include bank account information, names and registration numbers. The operation had gone ahead undetected for a…
French multinational mobile operator, Orange, has reported that its customer data was targeted by unknown hackers on 16th January. The intrusion affected the accounts of up to 800,000 customers of Orange website. Upon discovering the…
Lenovo ThinkPad X131e Chromebook is one tough notebook and it is bringing Chrome OS to schools. This device has a rubber bumper around the top cover, reinforced ports to minimize chances of accidental damage and corners made 33% stronger…
If you thought Tizen was just going to power the next generation of smartphones made by Samsung then you are in for a rude shock. While we have known for a while that Tizen will power the next generation of Samsung’s smart TVs and also be…
With Blackberry, the king of enterprise security on mobile devices for several years now all but dead and Samsung aggressively pushing its own enterprise security feature for smartphones and other mobile device, KNOX, it was about time…
The GSMA Mobile Asia Expo, planned for 26-28 June, will feature the NFC experience through which exhibitors, vendors and attendees will be able to use mobile Near Field Communication (NFC) technology for retail transactions and information…
[gbg] is passionate about the 6502 processor and he is also interested in bitcoins. A friend challenged him on the possiblity of mining bitcoins with an 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System. [gbg] responded to the challenge by creating a…
Samsung KNOX provides security hardening from the hardware to the application layer for IT departments which implement Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) strategies. Announced in February, Samsung KNOX is expected to be available in selected…
Getting money off Paypal to either bank or hard cash has been a tussle to many in East Africa and many other parts of Africa. Paypal has these huge restrictions hence reducing the kind of partners they can engage in the region. Paying for…
If there are devices that have aroused a lot of interest in me then it is those that are borne out of partnerships between any two or three of the biggest tech companies. Such partnerships have always yielded great devices, those that not…
Electronics Arts (EA) had something recently with Galaxy S and Galaxy S II with Dead Space where they partnered to give access to a free download of the premium game. Gameloft is doing the same to Symbian users in select countries. The…
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of our global hero, Professor Wangari Maathai, the founder of the Green Belt Movement. She was the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner and inspired people around the world to take…
Apple’s Board of Directors today announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board has named Tim Cook, previously Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, as the company’s new CEO. Jobs has been elected Chairman of…
