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The Samsung Galaxy J7 was unveiled sometime last year and stood out as being one of the most desirable Android smartphones within it price range. This smartphone has a particularly good camera that together with the Galaxy J5 appealed to…
Samsung’s next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7 will be unveiled later this month on February 21. Rumors had been suggesting that the Korean company was going to unveil this smartphone at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 but nothing…
Our app this week will wake you up and keep you up. Most people hate mornings, not just Monday mornings, but all of them. If you’re like me, the snooze button is your favourite button on your alarm app, but with this latest creation from…
If you spend some time on TechArena, you may have seen some stories about Oukitel smartphones. These are not very popular smartphones in Kenya but what makes them more appealing to me is that they come with attractive specs compared to…
During the last quarter of 2015 (Q4 2015), Microsoft managed to sell only 4.5 Million Lumia smartphones. During this same period, the company saw its revenue drop by 49% from the same period the previous year. Back in Q4 2014, over 10.5…
Sometime last year, Facebook announced that it will be introducing a like button alternative called Facebook reactions. This new feature will bring six emoji for angry, sad, wow, haha, yay and love making them much more useful as currently…
We all know that Facebook is the king when it comes to social media. The platform has steadily attracted new users to its site even as competition in the field gets tougher. To show big Facebook and some of its companies are, Mark…
Back in 2013 when Nokia was still active in the smartphone market, the company unveiled the Lumia 520. This went ahead to be the most popular Windows Phone device and sales went through the roof. The device sold well even here in Kenya and…
Apple is known for its high end and pricey devices that not everyone can afford. With this strategy, the company has seen slow growth (compared to other players) but the good thing is that this growth has been steady. The company is now…
If you own the OnePlus X, there is some good news for you as you should be expecting to get the OxygenOS 2.2.0 update anytime from today. The OnePlus X was first launched in October last year and was an instant hit with most consumers.…
Back in November, we told you about the leaked roadmap that showed how Samsung was planning to update its most recent devices to Google’s latest OS version, Android Marshmallow. Back then this was just a rumor as even some of the most…
Ever since Uber rolled out its services in the US, it has faced stiff opposition from existing taxi operators who argued that the Taxi hailing app was eating into their specific markets. This has been the case for most cities Uber has…
Sometime last year, Adele’s “Hello” Video was posted on YouTube and as expected the fans flocked in numbers to watch it. Fast forward 87 days later and the video has crossed the 1 billion views mark on the video sharing site. According to…
The Samsung Z1 will be getting Tizen 2.4 update in a few days from now, probably on January 22. This will be the first update the Samsung device has received this year and it is a good thing to see Samsung supporting this device with the…
The Huawei’s flagship for 2016, the Huawei P9, will reportedly comes in four different variants. These will be the Huawei affordable Huawei P9 Lite, the standard P9, THE P9 Max and an unknown other variant which will be the most premium of…
App of the week is new weekly series that we here at Tech Arena are taking up in an effort to provide our readers with information on cool apps that they may have no idea actually exist. We will be giving you an app that we think is worth…
Back in October, Twitter polls rolled out allowing users of the site to ask their followers questions to see where they stand on anything they see fit. When Twitter first rolled out these, there are people who took to the social site to…
Last Friday, Infinix Kenya launched its latest smartphone, the Infinix Zero 3 (X552), in Kenya. The launch event was the Infinix Fan Festival that was held at the Hilton Hotel. The Infinix Zero 3 was first announced last month (December…
The Infinix Zero 3 is the latest smartphone from the company to be launched in the country. This is the first smartphone officially launched in Kenya in 2016 and comes packing some amazing specification and features. I got my hands on the…
Even though Windows 10 mobile has been around for a few months now, Microsoft is taking its sweet time rolling out the update to the existing Lumia devices. The recently launched Lumia 550, Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL are some of the few…
Windows 10 is available to the public but not everyone has upgraded to this OS. There are people who are still using the old versions such as Windows 7, Vista and Windows 8. If you are using Windows 8 (or the earlier versions for that…
At one time, Oppo was a serious and the most promising player in the smartphone market but the company has so far slowed things down. We have been covering Oppo but it has not been aggressive and innovative as it was when it first came…
Apple’s latest OS update, iOS 9 seems to be growing in popularity if the latest stats from the company are anything to go by. Back in November, iOS 9 was only installed in just 66% of all Apple mobile devices. Apple has always managed to…
A few years ago, I personally discovered that I could do a little more on my android device than I knew. It was like some form of magic, magic that I wish I knew from the first time I got an android device. So what exactly is rooting? I…
