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Instagram is rolling out 1080*1080 photo uploads and consequently higher-quality viewing for its Android and iOS applications. As a result your Instagram feed should look sharper. Previously, the social network capped this at 640*640…
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Keen on faster delivery of goods and services to the people, the Kenyan government has implemented e-citizen services. These services are offered through a revamped e-citizen portal, which is a centralized hub for all these services.…
Samsung made the decision to stop selling Chromebooks in key markets like Europe due to low sales numbers. That decision has seen the company unseated from the top spot by Acer whose 2 million+ shipments of Chromebooks in 2014 saw it go…
Back at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference last month, we heard that the technology giant was not sitting pretty and letting its competitors like Google take all the shine from low cost computers. Rather, Microsoft was partnering…
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…
This fancy little printer truly does live up to the “Take the ordinary to extraordinary” mantra it proposes. Label printing can be a very messy affair if you do not have the right gadget for doing so. It comes with a wide variety of fonts,…
[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…
