Kenyan technology publication covering smartphones, consumer electronics, apps, telecoms, reviews and technology news.
Airtel Kenya and Standard Chartered Bank today reiterated their commitment to offer free access to mobile banking to their customers through Airtel Money. The partnership which was first launched in 2009 when Airtel began mobile money…
Android 6.0 Marshmallow has been available for some time now and not all manufacturers have updated their devices to this new firmware. Very few manufacturers have actually updated their devices and all we have are roadmaps as to when some…
As the court battle between BitPesa and Safaricom goes on, the Central Bank of Kenya has come forward and commented on the use of bitcoins and other digital currencies in the country. The CBK has said such digital currencies are…
Have you heard of Obi Worldphone? It is one of the latest manufacturers to join the smartphone race and is unique in its own way. Obi Worldphone devices are designed in the US and are mainly targeting users in emerging markets in Middle…
New Photos of what is believed to be the HTC One X9 have surfaced online giving us a clear look of what the phone is all about. We have heard of this phone before and most people had indicated that this will be the company’s first flagship…
Facebook is preparing to launch a professional version of its social networking site in the next few months. The company confirmed this a few days ago through Julien Codorniou, director of global platform partnerships. Facebook has been…
Back in June this year, we told you about plans by Oukitel to unveil its first smartphone with a 10,000 mAh battery. Back then, this was just a rumor and was not very believable and the company even went ahead and unveiled another…
A few days ago, Samsung officially announced three new devices for its Galaxy A lineup. These three devices are the A3, A5 and A7 (2016). These were not the only devices in the Galaxy A family that Samsung is currently working on as we are…
Early last month, we told you about the plans to bring two Xiaomi smartphones, the Xiaomi Mi 4 and the Redmi 2. These two devices were to go on sale in three African countries, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, by the end of November.…
Today Storymoja announced that they have raised 9 million Kenya Shillings towards the Start A Library campaign. The amount raised will support the development of 30 libraries to be installed in schools throughout Kenya in 2016. The…
Mziiki, a music streaming application and mobile site offering the most diverse and largest collection of African music, has expanded its services to South Africa. Available on iOS, Android and Blackberry as well as on a .mobi and…
Microsoft Edge came into existence with the launch of Windows 10 earlier this year. This is new browser from Microsoft for the Windows platform that is meant to take over from Internet Explorer that has not been particularly good so far.…
Facebook has been focused on getting as many people online as possible. With the high costs of data especially in developing nations, this has become a challenge. Facebook knows this and that is why the company has announced that users on…
WhatsApp is a very familiar application and a favourite to many. You are probably just from using it before you started reading this, but would you believe me if I told you that WhatsApp sucks? No? Ok. Well, WhatsApp is not the best…
Facebook has launched the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa as a way of recognizing developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the standard of education and economic health in their communities. Developers…
Cortana virtual assistant has been available for Android and iOS platforms for a while. During this period, it was available in beta until yesterday when Microsoft decided to move the app to both Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App store.…
Some of the top players in the tech scene have an interest in seeing almost everyone in the world connected to the internet. Google and Facebook are two such companies who have individually focused on getting as many people as possible…
In October 2015, Equity Bank revealed that it had processed about 1.2 million loans worth Sh5.4 billion through Equitel in a period of 10 months. This is a huge number compared to 438,000 loans issued through credit officers in branches in…
Two years ago, Mozilla launched Firefox OS as it tried to compete with some established platforms such as Android for the low end market segment. Back then, Firefox OS looked like a very good and promising idea. Fast forward 30 months…
Two days ago, Google officially released Android 6.0.1 factory images for its most recent Nexus devices. With this release, you should expect to see manufactures roll out this update to some of their devices in the next few weeks or…
Google has released the latest Android distribution number for December that show which Android versions are used by most people and which one is not. These figures are very important for developers who want to develop apps that will…
Huawei Technologies has aggressively embarked on striking retail partnerships as it seeks to expand its smartphone foothold in the country. The latest move has seen the company partner with Telkom Kenya, in a move that is aimed at reaching…
Microsoft is encouraging those in the field of IT to gain skills in cloud and data architecture, as the Middle East and Africa moves into the mobile-first, cloud-first world at an increasingly fast pace. “As more enterprises, consumers and…
About 18 months ago, Infinix was not a well-known smartphone manufacturer here in kenya. Things have really changed for the company since then and now it is one of the company’s that comes to mind when you think of the key smartphone…
