Author: Kaluka wanjala

Visa Inc. has today announced mVisa, a new mobile payment service that will accelerate digital commerce in Kenya and across Africa. As part of its initial roll-out, Visa has partnered with Co-Operative Bank, Family Bank, KCB and NIC Bank to deliver this service to Kenyan consumers and merchants. With mVisa, consumers can directly access all of the funds in their bank accounts to pay merchants (person-to-merchant or P2M) or individuals (person-to-person or P2P). Because the transaction runs through the Visa network, the consumers and merchants do not need to be customers of the same bank or mobile operator.  This brings,…

The Honor 8 is the latest flagship device from Huawei’s Honor sub-brand. The phone was launched back in July this year (about 2 months ago) and Huawei is revealing that 1.5 million units so far. This is an impressive figure given that the phone is not available in all markets. The company just recently started selling the phone in Europe and the US which is a change is strategy as it previously sold Honor devices in Asia and not in western markets. The Huawei Honor series has been around for close to 3 years (999 days to be exact) and…

The Infinix Hot S is one of the most beautiful smartphones from the company that I have seen. The Phone was launched in Nigeria a few weeks ago and it has finally landed in Kenya. You can get the Infinix Hot S as from today in a Safaricom shops and a few Infinix branded shops in the country. You can also find the list of shops where you can get the Infinix Hot S here. As mentioned above, the phone is available in offline shops at the moment and this means that you will not be able to find it…

Lenovo has announced the expansion of its multimode Yoga family with the new Yoga 910 convertible laptop and Yoga Tab 3 Plus Android tablet. Today’s PC customer is constantly challenged by the demands of quickly evolving consumer lifestyles, an evolving workplace and digital demands. To meet this continuous shift of consumer expectations, Lenovo has built its latest Yoga products based on extensive user research and feedback. That’s why each new Yoga range adds new technology, like the Yoga 910 fingerprint reader that simplifies PC log-in. For many Yoga users, their convertible has become the primary platform for work and entertainment.…

Twitter has been making changes to its platform recently to ensure people spend more time on the platform and connect with others. The latest change the company is implementing has to do with the Direct Messages (DMs) users send. The company announced this yesterday saying that DMs will get read receipts that inform you when someone has seen and opened your message. This is sort of the same thing you get with other messaging platforms including WhatsApp, Telegram and even Facebook Messenger. This new feature turns Twitter into sort of a chat app but will definitely raise eyebrows from those…

It seems like smartphones with dual camera setups will flood the market very soon. We have seen these setups on devices from some of the top manufacturers including LG, Huawei and most recently Apple with the iPhone 7 Plus. Infinix does not want to be left behind and apparently the company is working on a smartphone with a dual camera setup. This information was shared by the company’s Co-founder Benjamin Jiang with the image of the iPhone 7 Plus and the caption “Infinix is also on the way to the Dual… See you soon.” Mr Jiang did not specifically say…

Pokémon Go has been hitting the headlines ever since the game was officially released on the Apple App store and Google Play Store. Back in August, we told you that the app crossed the 100 million download mark after just three weeks after its public release. This is a huge milestone for any app and specifically for Pokémon Go as it is not available in all markets as on now. Fast forward a few weeks later and the app has just hit another milestone. According to the Pokémon company and Niantic, the app has been downloaded over 500 million times.…

Instagram is making some changes to its platform and one of them has to do with photo maps. The photo map feature has been on Instagram since its initial days and it looks like the company is finally getting rid of it. The Photo map feature allowed users to see their photos and those of other users on a map as long as the photos were geotagged. Photos that were taken in a particular location were all bunched together and users could zoom into the map to see the specific locations where the photos were taken. You could see the…

Apple as finally unveiled its latest smartphones, the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. The standard iPhone 7 has a 4.7-inch display for those who are not fans of big screen smartphones. This is not impressive as we have seen this display with retina resolution but Apple says that it is 25% brighter and comes with a wider color gamut. What’s new? The display aside, iPhone 7 stands out as being the first smartphone from the company to have IP67 certification meaning that it is water and dust resistant. It can survive a one-meter plunge in water for 30 minutes. This…

Infinix will be launching the Hot S smartphone in Kenya before the end of this week. The company has confirmed this saying that the phone will be sold exclusively through Safaricom shops, it will not be available on online stores such as Jumia. The Infinix Hot S has been launched in a few other markets including Nigeria and it seems like Kenya is finally coming to Kenya. The phone will go on sale this Friday and its price will be in the Ksh 16,00 neighborhood. This is quite affordable if you look at the specs the phone comes with. Infinix…