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YouTube Updates Its Mobile App to Give It a Clean and Simple Look
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YouTube Updates Its Mobile App to Give It a Clean and Simple Look

Google has just updated its mobile apps to give them a modern, simple and clean format. The company announced this two days ago through its official blog post saying that this new design will help people using its apps discover and enjoy…

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Fuelling SME growth in Kenya: The competitive advantage of the cloud
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Fuelling SME growth in Kenya: The competitive advantage of the cloud

With the growth in mobile devices, decreasing bandwidth costs and more international vendors and local service providers offering a variety of new services, Africa is cloud computing’s next great frontier. In 2013, 48% of SMEs in Kenya…

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Instagram is Currently Testing a Revamped Black and White UI
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Instagram is Currently Testing a Revamped Black and White UI

Earlier this year, Instagram said that it will be implementing a number of changes to its platform throughout this year. The company did not say what these changes are but we know that the changes are meant to keep users engaged and as the…

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Android Marshmallow is finally available for BlackBerry Priv Owners
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Android Marshmallow is finally available for BlackBerry Priv Owners

When BlackBerry decided to release its first Android smartphone, the Priv, not many people knew what to make of that as we had never expected to see BlackBerry venture out of its own OS to embrace Android. Well, BlackBerry proved us wrong…

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You can now update your Xperia Z3 Tablet with Android Marshmallow
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You can now update your Xperia Z3 Tablet with Android Marshmallow

A few weeks ago, we told you that Sony had started pushing out Android Marshmallow update to some Xperia devices including the Xperia Z2, Z3, Z3 Dual, and Z3 Compact phones. Missing from this list was the Xperia Z3 tablet and Sony did not…

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HTC announces another mid-range smartphone, the One S9
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HTC announces another mid-range smartphone, the One S9

Barley a month after unveiling its 2016 flagship, HTC has announced the One S9 smartphone to take care of the upper mid-range market segment. Unlike the HTC 10, the One S9 looks a lot more like the previous HTC models and include features…

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Xiaomi Confirms That It Will Be Releasing MIUI 8 on May 10th
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Xiaomi Confirms That It Will Be Releasing MIUI 8 on May 10th

MIUI is one of the best Custom ROMs to land on the Android ecosystem. The ROM comes pre-installed on every Xiaomi phone you buy and you probably know about it if you have used any of their devices. The current MIUI version out there is…

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Samsung Will Be Releasing the Gear S3 This September at IFA 2016
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Samsung Will Be Releasing the Gear S3 This September at IFA 2016

Samsung will be releasing its next smartwatch, the Gear S3 in September this year. According to the Korea Herald, Samsung will be announcing the Gear S3 at IFA 2016 in Berlin an event that will be taking place between September 2 – 7. This…

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Review: Not Flashy but A Very Powerful Smartphone
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Review: Not Flashy but A Very Powerful Smartphone

A few weeks ago, we told you that Xiaomi had plans to officially enter the Kenyan market through its distributor, Mobile in Africa. The first two Xiaomi devices that Mobile in Africa will be bringing to Kenya are the Xiaomi Redmi 2 PRO and…

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Xperia Z3 Gets Android N Developer Preview
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Xperia Z3 Gets Android N Developer Preview

Geeks all over the world are grinning happily, at least Sony Xperia Z3 owners. Google and Sony have announced a partnership that sees the well-known Xperia Z3 get a preview into the upcoming Android N. Sony Xperia Z3 is the first non-nexus…

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45% of All delivers Jumia Fulfills Are to Customers in Rural Kenya
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45% of All delivers Jumia Fulfills Are to Customers in Rural Kenya

E-commerce in Kenya is still growing and some of the key players in the industry such as Jumia are noticing this. As you expect, most people using e-commerce platform, Jumia, are in Urban areas but surprising enough, people in rural Kenya…

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Tecno DroiPad 8II Tablet Unboxing and First Impressions
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Tecno DroiPad 8II Tablet Unboxing and First Impressions

Tecno is about to launch its fourth tablet, the Tecno DroiPad 8II, in two consecutive years. The other three tablets from the company are the DroiPad 7Cs, DroiPad 8H, WinPad10. Tecno seems to be one of the few manufacturers that is serious…

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Huawei Officially announces The More Affordable P9 Lite Smartphones
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Huawei Officially announces The More Affordable P9 Lite Smartphones

Earlier this month, Huawei unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphones, the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus. These are the two premium smartphones from the company but just like last year, the company had an affordable version, the P9 Lite that was not…

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Samsung May Supply Apple With 100 Million OLED displays In 2017
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Samsung May Supply Apple With 100 Million OLED displays In 2017

Samsung and Apple have never been the best of friends but the two companies always find time to do some business when it comes down to that. The two companies may end up doing some business again next year according to the South Korean…

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Specs of the Huawei P9 Lite leak as the phone is certified by TENAA
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Specs of the Huawei P9 Lite leak as the phone is certified by TENAA

Early this month, Huawei officially unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphone, the Huawei P9. As Huawei was announcing the P9, it also announced a much bigger version of this phone, the Huawei P9 Plus. This is similar to what the company did…

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Xiaomi Reportedly Sold Over 14.8 Million Handsets During Q1 of 2016
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Xiaomi Reportedly Sold Over 14.8 Million Handsets During Q1 of 2016

Xiaomi has been breaking records ever since it started operations about 6 years ago. The company has been reaching new heights that some other manufacturers can only dream of. If you thought that Xiaomi has reached its peak, you have to…

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