Xiaomi’s Smartphone Sales Figures to Reach 73 Million by The End of the Year
December 21, 2015
As the year comes to an end, we will be keen to see which smartphone manufacturers have achieved their sales targets they had set for themselves back in January. One company we will be watching…
A Brief Look at Some of the Challenges Developers Can Take in The Intel Developer Challenge
December 21, 2015
If you do not know it yet, the Intel developer challenge is currently ongoing and you have a few days remaining to sign up and participate if you haven’t already. The Intel developer challenge is…
BlackBerry Is On Schedule to Turn a Profit After Years of Loss Making
December 21, 2015
BlackBerry has been struggling to make money of its devices for years now with no success. The company has had it rough as Android continued to grow in popularity in markets previously dominated by BlackBerry….
“We Shipped Over 100 Million Smartphones This Year,” Says Huawei
December 18, 2015
It’s no doubt that Huawei has seen its market share grow this year. This is attributed to the company’s aggressive nature and its premium devices which retail at affordable prices. With the year coming to…
Oracle Cloud business records strong quarter performance as a strengthening US dollar impacts negatively on the bottom line
December 18, 2015
The strengthening of the U.S. dollar compared to foreign currencies had a significant impact on Oracle Corporation 2016 Q2 results with total revenues down 6% at US$9 billion. Cloud plus On-Premise software revenues were US$7…
Orange announces winners of 2015 AMEA Developers Challenge
December 17, 2015
Orange presented the “2015 Orange AMEA Developers Challenge” prize to FarmConnecta yesterday evening during the Cairo ICT event. FarmConnecta, a Botswana-based start-up that has developed an information sharing and billing system designed for the agricultural…
Airtel Partners with Standard Chartered Bank to improve mobile banking services
December 16, 2015
Airtel Kenya and Standard Chartered Bank today reiterated their commitment to offer free access to mobile banking to their customers through Airtel Money. The partnership which was first launched in 2009 when Airtel began mobile…
“Use Bitcoins at your own peril,” Warns Central Bank of Kenya
December 16, 2015
As the court battle between BitPesa and Safaricom goes on, the Central Bank of Kenya has come forward and commented on the use of bitcoins and other digital currencies in the country. The CBK has…
Facebook Is Testing a Real-Time Comments Feature to Tell You When Your Friends Are Typing a Comment
December 15, 2015
Yesterday, Facebook confirmed that it is working on a feature that will allow you to see the friends who are writing comments. This is the same feature as you currently have on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger…