Author: Kaluka wanjala

Have you ever hit the send button on Facebook Messenger and instantly regret your action? Most of us have been there and depending on the situation. Of course you can try to explain yourself but the best option of all is being able to unsend the message. If you have ever been in such a situation, you may want to know that Facebook is finally rolling out the feature to Messenger. We have seen something similar on WhatsApp, a Facebook owned company, so it is not strange to see it on Messenger. We first heard of this feature sometime last…

We all hate those websites with audio or video clips that automatically start playing as soon as the web page loads. I seriously do not understand how this is still a thing but it is and we have to find ways of dealing with it. For Mozilla, it plans to mute automatically playing audio clips or videos with the upcoming Firefox 66 release. This change will only apply to media that plays sound and will be on by default for all users. Users will also have the option of enabling auto-playing audible content if they wish to do so. This…

If you want your conversation to be private, then they should be private. This is key in this day and age where we use all kinds of apps for our personal and professional lives. For WhatsApp, the best way to do this is to deploy Touch ID and Face ID. WhatsApp has pushed out an update for its iOS app with biometric authentication that will allow users to lock the messaging app on their phones using native Face ID or Touch ID. You will be able to use biometric authentication on WhatsApp if you have version 2.19.20 of the app…

There was a time when we used to highlight our top apps every Monday and then we stopped. I loved this segment as we were able to share some apps with you that you could download to your phones. The good news is that I have brought back this segment. Every Monday, I will share my top app for the week from well known apps that I think people should check out to less known ones that are still worth checking out. There was a time when we used to highlight our top apps every Monday and then we stopped.…

Late last year, a number of Safaricom Home Fibre customers started experiencing slow speeds on the network. Most people reported having problems using Home Fibre if a device in their network was downloading something. This should not happen in my opinion as we download things from the internet regularly and this does not mean that when this is happening, no one in our network should be able to use it. This is something you expect in 2014 but not 2018 or 19. The weird bit about all this was that sometimes you could be updating an app on your phone…

Lava, an Indian phone manufacturer, has officially entered the Kenya market. The phone manufacturer officially introduced its affordable smartphone line to the country yesterday saying that this is part of its aggressive business expansion in international markets. Besides Kenya, the company will also expand to Nigeria, Ghana and Sudan. Some of the company’s phone are already available in Kenya through offline retail stores and online through Jumia. These are bound to shake the entry level market segment that is currently dominated by the Transsion Group. For the consumers, the more players there are, the better it is as prices will…

The latest smartphone to launch in Kenya is the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019. This phone was officially launched yesterday and is currently available on pre-order through Jumia and offline retail stores. The Y7 2019 replaces the Huawei Y7 Prime 2018 that we reviewed last year. learn what Huawei is saying about this phone here. So, what does the new Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 have to offer? Let’s find out. The Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 is competing with the Infinix Hot 6X, OPPO A3S, Tecno Camon 11 and Samsung Galaxy j6+. The phone comes with a few upgrades when compared to…

Huawei has today unveiled its latest smartphone into the country. This smartphone, the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 is currently available on pre-order through Jumia and through offline stores. You can learn more about this phone here. The Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 will be available on pre-order from today to February 7. Its recommended retail price will be Ksh 17,999. The company says those who want to pre-order this phone can do so through Jumia or through offline stores. The Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 is the successor to the Y7 Prime 2018 and comes with upgraded cameras, a snapdragon processor and…

Snapchat was at one time a force to reckon with and some internet giants like Facebook even took notice. The app was very popular with the younger generation and people thought that it would take over the market and pose serious threats to established platforms like Facebook and Instagram. When Snapchat launched, one of its differentiating features was the private nature of snaps and the disappearing snaps. This was and still is different from what we are used to seeing on other social platforms that we are accustomed to. These differences did not help Snapchat so much as the app…

HMD Global has added the Nokia 3.1 Plus to its growing list of Nokia smartphones available in Kenya. The company has announced that the Nokia 3.1 Plus is available in Kenya for Ksh 17,500 and this means that it will compete with devices such as the Tecno Camon 11, Infinix Note 5 and the soon to be announced Huawei Y7 Prime 2019. HMD Global has been working hard to flood the market with Nokia smartphones and the 3.1 Plus is the latest one. Late last year, we saw the company launch the Nokia 5.1 Plus and the Nokia 7.1 Plus.…