Author: Kaluka wanjala

Messaging platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram make it easier for us to communicate with anyone, no matter where they are. With the ability to communicate instantly, there is also the chance that you may end up sending the wrong message with typos. If you are a victim of typos and bad spellings in general, you may want to switch to Telegram as the app has just got a major update that allows you to edit sent messages. You will have 48 hours to edit messages after you have sent them and this is enough time if you ask me.…

WhatsApp is currently testing a new video calling feature for its Android app. We have been hearing about this feature ever since it was included in Facebook Messenger in May last year. Since Facebook owns WhatsApp, this looks like a natural fit for the popular instant messaging platform to have it. WhatsApp video calling feature is still being tested and is not available to all users at the moment. We are also not sure when it will be available to the public but you should expect it anytime from today given that it is currently in open testing. This feature…

As almost every Android manufacturer tries to include a fingerprint sensor on its devices, folks using Microsoft’s Windows platform are yet to enjoy this feature. Microsoft has not included support for this just yet. Fingerprint sensors can be used to do different things but the biggest one has to do with improved security. With the launch of Windows 10 Mobile and the Lumia 950/950 XL, Microsoft introduced the Iris scanner feature (Windows Hello) which is sort of the fingerprint scanner but for your eyes. The company did not show any interest in going the fingerprint sensor way and the Iris…

If you have heard about Netflix, then it is about time you hear about ShowMax. Just like Netflix, ShowMax is a video streaming service that was launched in South Africa by Naspers back in 2015 way before Netflix expanded its footprint to global markets, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa included. Naspers, if you don’t know, owns MultiChoice Africa which is the company behind DStv and GOtv. ShowMax has been available exclusively to users in South Africa since its launch and finally it expanding to other African countries, 36 countries to be exact. Naspers has always had plans to expand to…

If you are a regular here at TechArena, you may have seen our coverage of Tecno’s upcoming tablet, the DroiPad 8II. This is the fourth tablet from Tecno to be launched in Kenya in two consecutive years. The other three are the DroiPad 7Cs, DroiPad 8H, WinPad10. The Tecno DroiPad 8II is finally available in retail stores in Kenya as of today. Its retail price is Ksh 17,499 and is available through Tecno partner shops around the country. This tablet comes into the market less than a week after Samsung launched the 2016 Galaxy Tab A 7.0 in the country.…

Evernote is one of the most popular productivity apps out there. I have been using Evernote for a while now on both my laptop and phone and to be honest it is one of the best, if not the best, productivity platforms in the world. If you have used it, you will be happy to know that it is getting an important update that will see it integrate with Google Drive. With this update, you will be able to access your Google Drive files directly from Evernote. Before this, the only way to do this was to link up to…

YouTube is about to get more addictive as the company is building a native messaging feature on its platform. This will be in addition to the already existing comments system that has not been the friendliest place on YouTube. Including a native messaging feature might help out a bit with this as you will choose the conversations to have with the people you want to have them with. Introducing a native messaging feature on YouTube app is a good way to get people to spend more time on the site. For YouTube, the more time you spend on the site,…

A few days ago, we told you that Asus has plans to unveil its next smartphone, the ZenFone 3, later this month (May 30). The company has an event that day and we were expecting the ZenFone 3 to be one of the devices that the company was to unveil. For those who have been waiting for the ZenFone 3, you may wait a bit longer as Asus will not be unveiling it on May 30. The company’s CEO, Jerry Shen, has been quoted by the DigiTimes saying that the ZenFone 3 series will be unveiled sometime in June and…

If you have used Windows 10, you may have noticed or even used the Wi-Fi sense feature which allows you to share password-protected WiFi networks with your contacts. When this feature was introduced, there are those who liked it and those who absolutely hated it saying it posed serious security risks. If you are one of those who hated it, you will be happy to know that Microsoft is finally killing it off. Microsoft has already removed it with the launch of the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14342. Commenting on this, Microsoft VP of Engineering Gabe Aul said, “We…

WeFarm, a peer-to-peer network for small-scale farmers around the world without internet, has been nominated by Chivas and is a finalist of the Venture Competition. Through WeFarm, Farmers can share information regarding crops, animal husbandry, climate change, and entrepreneurship on the social network. You have the power to decide how $250k of the $1,000,000 (over £700,000) Venture prize fund is distributed amongst global finalists from over 25 countries. $50k will be available every week for 5 consecutive weeks of voting. At the end of each week, $50k will be split amongst the finalists according to the percentage of votes received.…