Author: Kaluka wanjala

LinkedIn isn’t as sexy as most other social networking sites that you actively use on a daily basis. This work-based social network has been around for years and people will keep on using it for years not necessarily because they have to, but because it is a platform anyone looking for a job should check out. LinkedIn was acquired by Microsoft awhile back and has seen its user base grow steadily. This growth is not necessarily as a result of its acquisition by Microsoft as the platform has always attracted new users year after year. The latest figures from the…

If Safaricom is your network provider, you may have noticed that today there was a network glitch that made it impossible to make voice calls and send texts. The system outage started at 9:40 am and took a couple of hours before it was fixed. In a statement, Safaricom said, “This outage affected Voice, Data, SMS, M-PESA and Enterprise services. Our engineers identified the root cause of the outage, which was a failure on both our core network as well as our redundancy options.” This statement doesn’t explain what happened but rather confirms that there was an outage today. The…

The Moto Z and Moto Z Play are some of the most beautiful smartphones out there in my opinion. I am currently using the Moto Z as my main smartphones and I fell in love the very first time I saw it. Having said that, the Moto Z is a 2016 smartphone and that means is that we should be getting refreshed versions of both the Moto Z2 and Moto Z2 Play anytime soon. As we wait for the official launch of the Moto Z2 and Moto Z2 Play, the first press photo of the Moto Z2 Play has leaked…

Out of the different devices Samsung releases every year, the J-Series is made up of its cheapest ones. Samsung hasn’t done anything exciting with these devices and that is why we never hear about them as often as we should. This year, Samsung plans to introduce the Galaxy J3 (2017) as part of its affordable devices made for developing markets. The Galaxy J7 (2017) is already available in the US as the J7 Perx and we expect the J5 (2017) and the J3 (2017) anytime soon. The J5 and J7 are mid-range devices or upper entry level units depending on…

Simply, 4K refers to a screen resolution four times the level full high definition (Full HD) at 3,840 x 2,160 pixels. HDR (High Definition Range) on the other hand is a technology that enhances contrast ratio (how bright or dark a TV can get) as well as a TV’s ability to express many brilliant colors to display true-to-life pictures. With the significant difference that HDR provides to TV display, many experts tout HDR as the ‘future of TV’.  Combined, 4K HDR content takes picture quality to a whole new level of realism and peak colors that deliver a TV viewing…

The weekend is here and if you are like me, you will have to catch up on a couple of shows before it is over. ShowMax has a number of new shows that you should check out this weekend if you haven’t already.  Just a reminder for those who may not know, ShowMax is a video streaming website that offers a variety of local and international content for as low as Ksh 330 per month. You get a 14 day free trial period when you sign up for the first time. Now to the shows, here are my top 5…

For the past one month, Google Assistant has been making its way to more smartphones around the world. Google Assistant is the latest digital assistant from the company that we first saw last year when the Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones were released. Since Google decided to roll out this assistant to in batches, many people had no way of finding out if they have it on their phones or not. Given that it has been over a month since it was first released to the non-Pixel smartphones, I thought it is a good idea to let you guys…

In February this year, Google released Android Wear 2.0 that at the time was only available in the new smartwatches from LG. Google revealed that this OS was to roll out to the other smartwatches at a later date. One of the first devices that was to get updated with Android Wear 2.0 was the Huawei Watch but that is yet to happen. If you own some of the first Android Wear smartwatches and have been waiting for this update, there is some good news. Google has revealed that the update will be rolling out between now and the end…

OPPO has announced the availability of its latest selfie focused phone the OPPO A57 in the Kenyan Market, we told you last month that this phone was to be launched in Kenya before the end of this month targeting selfie enthusiasts. According to OPPO, the A57 smartphone is available for Ksh 24,000. It comes with a 16MP front facing camera, something not easily found on smartphones within this price range. The Oppo A57 is not the first selfies centric smartphone from the company, last year, the company introduced the F-series whose devices came with the same 16MP front facing camera. Speaking…

The Nokia 6 is one of the new Nokia branded smartphones that HMD Global plans to launch this year. The phone is already available in some markets as the first Nokia smartphone that comes with Pure Android. Besides the Nokia 6, HMD Global also unveiled the Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 smartphones at Mobile World Congress. When the Nokia 6 was launched, it came with Android 7.0 Nougat but that device is getting updated with Android 7.1.1. We expected this to happen as HMD promised that the new Nokia smartphones it will be releasing will be getting the latest Android…