Latest technology stories from across Kenya.
2019 was a very tough year for Huawei. The US-China trade war slowed the company down and this affected sales to some extent. This was the same year the company unveiled the P30 Pro and the Mate 30 Pro, one of its best flagship smartphones…
An edit button for you to make up for typos in tweets will “probably” never exist, according to Twitter’s CEO, Jack Dorsey. The company co-founder and CEO confirmed the news in an interview with the Wired where he answered questions that…
The availability of the Internet in Kenya has led to a steady increase in Internet users. It is estimated that there are about 22 million Internet users in Kenya. Most of these Internet users are accessing the Internet via Mobile. This is…
By Wale Olokodana, Business Group Lead for Cloud and Enterprise at Microsoft Middle East Africa Moving to the cloud is not unlike relocating your business to a prime piece of real estate. The benefits are many, but the transition can be…
Late last year, Tecno announced the “Take Me Home” campaign whose main aim was to reward its customers with Airtime, bus ride coupons, motorbikes and the grand prize of a car worth $ 10,000 (approximately Ksh 1,000,000). The campaign came…
Samsung released its 8K TVs last year. However, these TVs are not yet certified by the 8K Association, a cross-industry group that was formed and tasked to oversee the growth of the 8K TV ecosystem. The association comprises of TV makers…
Google has started testing floating conversations, a feature that is part of a new API for “Bubbles.” What this API does is it enables you to have messages and other functions floating on top of your display inside a bubble. This works…
Android devices cannot record videos larger than 4GB in size, which is funny. The worst part is that it has been the case for quite some time. This is one of the areas where the Android OS has failed terribly in keeping up with the…
Since the US ban kicked in, Huawei has stayed strong, and the company has shown no sign of weakness when it comes to its mobile business. The company is still having a good time with sales, and they even want to be fully independent of…
OPPO recently launched the Reno 2F in Kenya which is an upper midrange phone that combines features like a notchless AMOLED display, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of internal storage and a 48MP in a beautiful package. One of the main selling points of…
MediaTek unveiled its Dimensity line of chipsets not so long ago. With this new chipset series, the focus was all on 5G. Apart from that, Dimensity will help the company target the high-end smartphone market now to compete with the likes…
Spam messages have increasingly become a problem in this digital era. Recent reports from Truecaller have shown that Africa has the three top countries where users receive most spam texts in a month. In Ethiopia, for example, a mobile…
Microsoft has announced new modern icons for over 100 of its products, including Windows. The company first unveiled a design overhaul for its products back in 2018 in what it terms as a Fluent Design. Under the new fluent design…
Launched globally not so long ago, the Nokia 2.3 is finally available in retail stores in Kenya. The phone was launched in the country early today and is available at a recommended price of Ksh 12,300. This is the latest affordable…
Apple announced its list of the best apps of 2019 across its platforms recently, and Google has also followed suit. The company revealed the best apps in different categories, including the game of the year, eBooks, best-selling movies,…
Late last week, Safaricom and the Postal Corporation of Kenya (Posta) announced a new partnership around the MPost (Mobile Post Office) service. With this partnership, the hope is to roll out digital Post Office Boxes to more than 5…
The Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek has today announced a major partnership with US chipmaker Intel. This comes several months after the company sold its 5G smartphone business to Apple for $1 billion. The company seems to have found a…
The Infinix S5 is the latest smartphone from the Chinese manufacturer that has already been launched in other markets including Nigeria and now Kenya. The Infinix S5 is the company’s first smartphone with a punch hole display. All this…
Memes are everywhere on the internet. But they have also infiltrated other places like the workplace which is more of a meme consuming group. Furthermore, people share memes with their friends and even family. The popularity of memes makes…
National class 8 ExamLabs or KCPE were concluded a few weeks ago, and similar to a trend set by the then Education CS Fred Matiang’i, the results are out. The performance metrics will be made official any time from now by the current CS…
Qene Technologies announced the launch of FETA, the third installment in its ever-expanding portfolio. The company is a software development firm founded in 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In 2018 they won the Apps Africa award for ‘Best…
RCS is an upgrade to traditional SMS text messaging which includes features you see on regular messaging apps like WhatsApp. This is done on the Messages app on Android (you might have this installed on your Android phone). Messages sent…
With the 2019 Jumia Black Friday sale live, there are some deals that you may want to check out. Jumia Black Friday tends to be a month long event and during this period, you can grab some good deals along the way. Since Jumia has a ton of…
A few days ago, we told you about the official launch of the Infinix S5 in Nigeria. We still do not have the phone in Kenya but be sure that it is coming this way and will be here before the end of the year. The Infinix S5 is the company’s…
