Author: Kaluka wanjala

WhatsApp can get very noisy when chatting with many people or if you are a member of many different active groups. With this, you may find it difficult to keep the conversation going with just one person, most of the time you are forced to keep scrolling down the chat feed to find that one conversation you are interested. Some of the times you even end up tapping on the wrong conversation and sending a message to the wrong person or group, remember Bro Ocholla’s story? To make it easier to find certain conversations, WhatsApp is testing a new feature…

Digital technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) will add US$14 trillion to the world’s 20 largest economies by 2030. That’s one fifth of the current world GDP. There is no doubt we face a digital future. But in Kenya and East Africa many businesses are held back from fully realising digital transformation because of a lack of a robust and agile IT security policy. The question on many CEOs minds is: How do I bridge the gap between innovation and security? Don’t be alarmed by headlines Headline grabbing cyber-attacks are on the rise. This is deterring some businesses from…

Last October, Facebook unveiled the Messenger Lite app for Android that was available in select markets. Messenger Lite is a lighter version of Facebook Messenger and is made for those who want to chat with their friends without spending so much on data.  The app also runs on older devices or those with low-end hardware. Facebook Messenger Lite need less processing power and memory to operate and as mentioned above, it uses less data. This is why when it was unveiled it was available in select markets, mostly in developing economies where data costs are high. If you have been…

The latest Windows 10 Creators Update is rolling out but Microsoft wants you to know a few things before you update your device. With previous updates, Microsoft was quick to get as many people as possible to update their devices. With the Creators Update, Microsoft is taking a different route, the company is taking things slowly. The update was first available to those who were in the Windows Insiders Program and when it rolled out to the public, I expected it to be available to all users at the same time but this was not the case. Given that the…

Google Chrome for Android is changing for the better with the latest update. Google has been testing Chrome 58 through its beta channel and is finally ready to push out the stable version to all users. Chrome 58 on the Play Store is just a minor update and does not bring with it mind blowing features to mobile users. The main aim of Chrome 58 is to fix some stability and performance issues the previous version had. With this update, users will be able to view and manage in-progress downloads. You will be able to do this from the Downloads…

The latest smartphone from Infinix is the S2 Pro. I have been using this phone for about a week and it is a very good device overall. That said, the Infinix S2 Pro comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallow preinstalled. This can be a deal breaker for some people and if you are one of them, you should be happy as the phone is getting updated with Android 7.0 Nougat. This update also brings XOS version 2.1.0 to the S2 Pro. I got the notification to update my device yesterday and since I am not part of any beta program run…

There is no doubt that Instagram is one of the fastest growing social networking platforms. The photo and video sharing platform is very attractive to millennials who prefer it over Twitter. Instagram is also owned by Facebook and this has helped it grow a bit as the two platforms are independent but are linked in some way. That aside, Instagram is doing well on its own and now as 700 Million users. This means that it has attracted over 100 million users since last December when its user base stood at 600 million. Adding 100 million users in just 4…

The Tecno Camon Series is the company’s line that is made up of devices targeting those who want the best camera performance from their smartphones. This year, the Camon CX is that device, the phone was launched in Kenya about a month ago and is available in retail stores for Ksh 16,700. The Tecno Camon CX is replacing the Camon C9 that was launched in 2016. The Camon C9 got our attention thanks to its 13MP front facing camera that is not something you can easily find on a phone that costs less than Ksh 20,000. With the Camon CX,…

The latest update in the Windows ecosystem is the Creators Update. This update was initially available for those using Windows 10 on PC but is now heading to those on Windows 10 Mobile. Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update started rolling out to those who had registered for the Windows Insiders Program but it is now rolling to all Windows 10 Mobile users worldwide. This update is available to 13 devices running Windows 10 Mobile. The 13 devices account for 60% of Windows 10 devices on the market at the moment according to AdDuplex. By only updating 60% of the devices…

Last year, Google introduced its first Pixel smartphones that were instant hits with consumers. The two phones, the Google Pixel and Pixel XL were unveiled towards the end of the year and this means that we should be expecting their successors in the coming months. We were expecting two smartphones this year, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL but it looks like we will be seeing three devices in the end. Code in the Android Open Source Project suggests that this year there will be three Google-branded smartphones this year and they will all be powered by the Qualcomm…