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After months of negotiations, Verizon has finally acquired Yahoo. The internet giant has been struggling the last several years as competition got tougher. Verizon has paid $4.48 billion and with this is has acquired all of Yahoo’s core internet assets. With this deal, Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer will resign from the company and receive a $23-million severance package according to CNN. Marissa Mayer was seen as the person to revive the company but this proved hard to do. She implemented new changes but there was no turnaround as most people had expected. The Future Of Yahoo Right now, most people…

Last year, Samsung’s flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 7, was a complete disaster. Some units caught fire when being charged and the company had to discontinue the device. This year, the company launched the Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones whose reception was quite good. These are its flagships smartphones for the year but we are still waiting for its flagship phablet later in the year. All eyes will be on the Galaxy Note 8 just because the Note 7 was a complete disaster. According to the South Korean website, The Bell, we could see the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 in…

WorldRemit has added Android Pay to its service, offering a new way for WorldRemit’s Android Pay users to send money internationally and reach millions using mobile money accounts. Pioneering a mobile-first approach to the $600bn a year remittance industry, the move sees WorldRemit bringing together the leading players in mobile payments from Silicon Valley and Sub-Saharan Africa. Launching the global rollout of the service at MoneyConf 2017, WorldRemit will enable Android Pay users to safely and securely send money to +112 million mobile money accounts accessible via its network. The integration will make WorldRemit the only remittance provider offering international…

If you look at the premium devices Huawei released last year, then you know that the company is a serious player in this market and tends to appeal to those who want flagship devices but are not willing to spend the amount of money companies such as Samsung, Apple, HTC etc are selling their devices for. The Huawei P10 for instance was available in Kenya for Ksh 45,000 when it was first launched. At the same time, devices such as the Galaxy S7 were available for over Ksh 70,000. With this, you can see that Huawei will find it easy…

Camera performance is one of the features people look at when buying smartphones these days. These are the people Infinix is targeting with its S line of devices with the latest one being the Infinix S2 Pro. The first device in this series was the Infinix Hot S that was released last year. The S2 Pro is available in Kenya right now for Ksh 15,600. With the Infinix S2 Pro, the company is targeting those who want a better selfie experience from their smartphones. There are not so many selfie centric smartphones within this price range  so the S2 Pro…

Skype has just released version 8.0 of its app for Android. The updated app is available on the Google Play Store and brings some US changes and a few Snapchat-like features. You can say that this is a completely redesigned app as it comes with new animations, colours and shapes that were not there in the old app. From the main screen, you get three tabs with the centre one having all your chats. The left one is a new one and Skype is calling it Highlights. This is where you can share all your activities during the day the…

The third preview version of Android O has finally been released. This update was released yesterday afternoon to the public for those who want to play around with it and see what Google is working on before the official version is released later this year. The latest developer preview is part of the Public Beta program and is relatively stable than the previous version. Even with that said, keep in mind that this software, like any preview software released before its public release, may have some bugs. The latest version has hints of some of the key themes that Google…

When it comes to releasing new software updates, most smartphone manufactures tend to stick with their flagship and a few mid-range devices. Some manufactures even choose to ignore their mid-range devices completely and concentrate on the premium ones. Samsung isn’t ignoring its mid-range devices and the company is currently pushing out Android 7.0 Nougat to the Galaxy A3 (2016). The update has just been pushed out to users in Germany and we expect it in other regions very soon. This update is about 950MB in size so make sure you have a reliable internet connection before you start updating your…

By: Kunle Awosika The concept of banking has been around for centuries and has had to evolve with changing human needs. In today’s digital age we have seen a major transformation in the financial services industry. What was for many decades a largely unchanging industry, is now constantly evolving, with many banks battling to keep up. How has technology changed the way we bank and where is digital transformation taking us? Let’s go back to the very beginning and see how financial services got to where it is today. The beginning of banks The practice of safe-keeping dates back to…

We Are a few days away to the official launch of the OnePlus 5. The company has confirmed that it will be launching this smartphone on June 20, 12 days from today. After its global unveiling, there will be local introductions in China on June 21 and in India on June 22. The OnePlus will be available in retail stores (in India at least) on June 22, the same day it is introduced in the country. The phone will be introduced in the country at 2 PM and will be available in retail stores a couple of hours later (at…