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The latest App in this craze is Barter or GetBarter(we are confused by the actual name), an App by Flutterwave who started off creating Rave, a Business to Business(B2B) payments solution. Flutterwave itself is a Fintech startup that focuses on providing payment solutions to countries within the borders of Africa such as Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana and to the world. A bit about Flutterwave Flutterwave has been able to process millions of transaction going up to more than two and a half billion dollars since its inception in 2016....

Everyone lauds the benefits of using electronic payments, and Beyonic continues to hear interesting stories from customers about the benefits of switching to its Funds-To-Phones platform, an enterprise cloud-based tool for managing and streamlining bulk payments to mobile. For instance, one customer no longer keeps large cash reserves in their field office, which significantly reduced losses during a recent burglary incident. However, mobile payments are not without their challenges. A lingering concern is that payees may not be able to cash-out when needed....

A brief history of Bluetooth As far back as 1994, Bluetooth was invented by Ericsson. The company was named after the 10th Century Denmark King, Harald Bluetooth. In 1998, Bluetooth Special Interest Group (Bluetooth SIG) was formed. As at then, the Bluetooth SIG comprised of Ericsson, Nokia, IBM, Intel and Toshiba. Currently, the Bluetooth SIG has over 30,000 member companies which have contributed to the technology’s immense progress ever since. The first time Bluetooth made it into a phone was in 2001....

Intel Core i9 family built with Skylake-X architecture, come with processors comprising 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 cores. This sheer horsepower effectively knocks down Core i7 from the hierarchy and takes the top spot. Intel Core i9 ushers in a new family of Intel processors, the X-Series. The X-Series is pricey in itselves, but they also come with certain caveats which need to be met to use them. One of these is the fact that they run on a new Socket R4, the LGA 2066 which replaces the LGA 2011 and LGA 2011-3....

Alright, so this was a really exciting pitch. 200 stores to 34 countries is ambitious enough, so we decided to give it a spin. DHL Africa eShop Review: How It Works When you click on the Checkout button (of the extension), you’ll be redirected to DHL eShop’s website. Here, you will be required to register and log in. I really didn’t like the login experience. DHL eShop asks for your username/email, password, and secret....

However, the same is not clear to many as to what disk defragmentation entails. All the info you get from Windows is that Disk Defragmentation and Drive Optimization will make your hard disk perform better. This begs the question, what is disk fragmentation and how does it happen? Read More: 10 quick ways to make your Windows PC run faster Causes Of Disk Fragmentation Disk fragmentation is a consequence of how a mechanical hard disk writes and arranges data....

EasyTicket is an online ticketing solutions provider and also events promoter. The next time you want to attend that “Must Attend” event and you want to avoid the inconvenience of lining up and probably missing tickets to your favorite show or game, think about Easy Ticket. They claim to offer event organisers a safe and secure pre-sale ticketing with an ability to track sales and more. This is a big deal where people are known for faking event tickets....

Zuckerberg mentions that more than 4 billion people still don’t have basic internet access, and one of the biggest challenges is figuring out how to reach remote areas existing infrastructure doesn’t cover. In this endeavor, the latest is Open Cellular – An open source wireless access platform that can bring connectivity to remote areas of the world. According to Facebook, Open Cellular is about the size of a shoe box and can support up to 1,500 people from as far as 10 kilometers away....

Ffene is a low cost business management platform that enables small and medium businesses to leverage technology to reduce overhead costs incurred due to administrative tasks, freeing up resources that can be redirected to growth initiatives. Currently, Ffene can be used for accounting, customer relationship management, product management and generation of reports.

The Signal private messenger app is available on Play Store for Android users and App Store for IOS users. Click the links below to download the app on your smartphone or tablet. Download Signal for Android Download Signal for iOS. Getting Started Once you download and open the app, you will be presented with the app’s terms & privacy policy. Ensure you go through it carefully and hit CONTINUE afterward....

One major problem though. Thanks to bureaucracy, copyright legislation, government policies, licensing issues, among other factors, Spotify is not available in many regions. Luckily, we live in a digital age and such regional restrictions can be overcome easily. So, you live in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, or any other region where Spotify isn’t officially supported? Well, here’s how to get into the whole music streaming world. Get a VPN Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are great for privacy and for encrypting your internet traffic....

Read More: MTN vs 9mobile vs Glo data bundle comparison Following several complaints lodged by Glo customers because of the issue and subsequent intervention of Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) some headway had been made. The NCC which is responsible for protecting the interest of more than 174 million Telecom users in Nigeria granted MTN request to disconnect Glo’s network towards the ending of the previous year. This is in line with the Nigerian communication Act (NCA) 2003 on the guidelines on gaining approval to disconnect telecommunication operators....

Google has invested $22 Million into KaiOS. With this, KaiOS will be working on integrating Google services like search, maps, YouTube and its voice assistant into more KaiOS devices. This comes soon after Google apps were announced for Nokia devices running KaiOS. “This funding will help us fast-track development and global deployment of KaiOS-enabled smart feature phones, allowing us to connect the vast population that still cannot access the internet, especially in emerging markets,” said KaiOS CEO Sebastien Codeville in a statement....

In the official post, Google goes on to report that it found no evidence that any developer was aware of the bug, or that any abuse occurred. However, up to 500,000 Google+ profiles were affected by the vulnerability, and 438 applications may have used the API. In a memo viewed by WSJ that was sent to senior executives, including CEO Sundar Pichai, Google’s legal and policy staff stated that disclosing the incident would trigger “immediate regulatory interest....

Since its launch 6 years ago, Google Maps has gone through countless changes in various updates tweaking its functionality to make it relevant to an everyday experience. With features like “Turn by Turn” navigation, Offline maps, Google Street View among others. Unfortunately these features are only available in select countries majorly the US and the UK. Giving you driving or walking directions to a place you need to find is probably the only thing we enjoy outside of the US and half the time the directions have a low accuracy....

The Pixel 7 series will come in to succeed the Pixel 6 that was released a year ago, and we expect it to come with loads of improvements over its predecessor. Here’s what to expect from the Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones Google Pixel 7: Improved Design The new Pixel 7 series shares a lot in common with its predecessor (the Pixel 6), in terms of design....

Apple is driven largely by centralized development structure stemming for it fabled design studio while Google has a more distributed, open source approach to new products. Which means Google works well with a wide range of devices and service providers whereas Apple works best within itself with their own products and services. But which company is running first place in terms innovations? Innovations Well, Apple beat Google hands down years back with the introduction of the IPhone series in the smartphone category....

Depending on your specific needs, we’ve curated a list of the best baby monitors available on the market. Our list consists of affordable options, baby monitors with additional features, and highly secure transmissions to avoid data breaches or hacks. Keep reading to find out more. 1. Hello Baby Monitor Key Specifications Night visionTwo-way talk8 Lullabies1000ft rangeRoom temperature monitor and alertTable top and wall mounting options Price: $129.99 The hello baby monitor comes with a camera that rotates 355 degrees horizontal and 120 degrees vertical to give you the best view of your baby’s room....

A lot has changed with the advent of Mobile Money; right now Mobile money account holders in the East African region exceed 70 million subscribers and because of this widespread use, it has been used to power numerous innovations in the agriculture, governance, education and the finance sector. Initially, most online businesses thought that Mobile money service providers would provide some sort of payments API to facilitate online collection of payments but to this day no Mobile money service provider is yet to provide a public API (M-Pesa seems to have taken steps in this direction)....

So, after trying the regular troubleshooting methods, you fuel the idea of reverting the app to its former version. You’re right on course because uninstalling the update returns the app to the version you were most comfortable with. But then, it isn’t all rosy. Can app updates be undone? Yes. No. First off, you have to know that you can uninstall an app update, and you also can’t. Explicitly, you can disable new updates on system apps, but you can’t do that for third-party apps [not directly though]....