Author: Kaluka wanjala

Samsung has had a wild ride when it comes to its custom UIs. Back in the day, the company had TouchWiz UI which got so much hate from users. It was still usable and the company tried making some changes to get people excited about it but eventually decided to change to a new UI it calls Samsung Experience. If you have used any of the recent smartphones (mostly mid and high-end devices) from Samsung, you may have come across Samsung Experience UI. I find it to be lighter and better than TouchWiz. With Android 9.0 Pie, Samsung will be…

If you are still using a Nokia Series 40 Phone, you should know that WhatsApp has officially stopped supporting this platform. The platform was first introduced to the market by Nokia in 2012 and was very successful back in the day with over 1.5 billion devices sold. This have changed since then and it is not a popular OS right now and is not in active development either. This means that developers are not willing to support it anymore. WhatsApp is one such developer and the Facebook-owned messaging platform has stopped supporting the platform. WhatsApp had announced earlier that it…

A few years ago, the idea of controlling your lights or even security system remotely through your smartphone would have been deemed so futuristic and only present in the minds of science fiction novelists. Artificial intelligence might conjure images of the latest Sci-fi movie that you recently watched, yet in actual sense, its actual impact in our everyday life is more understated and far reaching than the science fiction movies and novels might actually suggest. Most of us have encountered AI in our everyday lives. Think about Netflix suggesting to you are a TV to watch. Google maps are already…

Telkom is offering free data to its prepaid subscribers who sign up for the KSh999 bundle that grants them 7GB Data and 300 minutes to any network. Subscribers will also enjoy up to 10GB free Data, every night, until mid-January, 2019, as long as the customer has a valid bundle. Announcing the launch of the new offer, Telkom’s MD for the Mobile Division, Amer Atwi says: “Through the free data, we enable our customers to experience our Data. This also underlines our commitment to continually enhance the value that we deliver to our customers.” Subscribers can sign up for the…

Android 9.0 Pie was officially announced back in August and so far the update has been pushed to a select number of units. Huawei is usually late to the party when it comes to updating its devices with the latest software but it looks like things are different this year. Huawei announced plans to update some of its devices with Android Pie a couple of months ago and it is now living up to its promise. The company has said that it is pushing out EMUI 9.0 update that is based on Android 9 Pie to some of its devices.…

When it comes to Cyber threats in Kenya, we never have concrete figures of the number of threats during a particular period. Most organizations involved in this sector tend to be secretive with the figures and we end up with different figures that cannot be verified. This is why the latest report from the Communications Authority caught my eyes. The Communications Authority of Kenya has just released its first quarter (July-September 2018) sector statistics report for the 2018/2019 financial year and one of the highlighted statistics are the cybersecurity threats during the three month period. According to the Communications Authority,…

At the end of each year, Google normally releases a list of some of the top searches it saw for that particular year. This has been the case for years and 2018 is not different. The list is usually interesting as you get to see what people have been searching that year and some of the results are not what you expect. In 2018, ‘World Cup 2018’ topped the list and this is not a surprise at all. The World Cup was one of the major highlights of 2018 and it had to be among the most searched terms this…

I have been using the TECNO Camon 11 for a couple of weeks and in this review, I will share that experience with you. The Camon 11 is available on Jumia for Ksh 14,500, a sweet spot in Kenya. Before we get into the review, let us first understand the Camon 11 and who it is targeting. The TECNO Camon 11 is the third Camon device we have seen from the company this year. The others are the Camon CM and the Camon X series. Given that it is a Camon device, the camera and more specifically the selfie camera…

Clarification: I had earlier stated that Huawei launched the Y5 Lite 2018, that was not entirely true as the phone launched was the Y5 Lite. Earlier today, Huawei unveiled the Y5 Lite in Kenya. This is currently one of the cheapest smartphones from Huawei and is available for Ksh 9,990. The Y5 Lite joins the Huawei Y5 Prime 2018, Y7 Prime 2018 and the Y9 2019 that the company brought into the country earlier this year. Before the Y5 Lite 2018, the Y9 2019 is the company’s most recent device that is available in retail stores for Ksh 23,990. With…

The TECNO Camon 11 is the latest camera-centric phone the company has launched in Kenya. It is the successor to the Camon X from earlier in the year. The TECNO Camon 11 is available in Kenya for Ksh 14,999, not a bad price compared to previous Camon devices. I have been using the TECNO Camon 11 as my primary smartphone for a couple of weeks and thought I should share my experience. I am still working on the full review so I thought I should just share what the cameras have to offer since they are its main selling points.…