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This is made even more important in this era of working from home and today, we look at some of the popular options for users. We shall try to stick to the mainstream solutions that are a little more credible. These solutions offer various tools for both casual users and professionals who would love more specialized tools for collaboration and everything in between. Let’s dig in! 1. Google Drive Many photographers say that the best camera is the one that you have with you....

It might interest you to know that there are over 20 players in the ride hailing business in Nigeria. This article lists out the top 5 notable ride-hailing platforms in Nigeria. Oga Taxi Oga Taxi was launched in 2016 by Michael Nnnamadim and Ameh Idoko. It is the first indigenous ride-hailing app with the potential to compete and overtake foreign players like Uber and Bolt. Oga Taxi comes with unique features that makes it standout and make riding comfortable for its passengers....

This follows Qualcomm’s announcement last November of its Quick Charge 4, a next generation technology that will allow for 5 minutes of charging to get you 5 hours or more of battery life. The first prototype release came back in 2015 at the CES event, but was thicker than the majority of smartphone batteries. Since most manufacturers aim at bringing thinner devices onto the market, a solution to that was necessary....

A Stand Out Design To begin with, there’s the stylus pen – something that wasn’t present on its predecessor, the Galaxy S21 Ultra – and just like on the Note series, it slots into the bottom edge of the phone. Furthermore, the contour cut camera present on the Galaxy S21 Ultra and on the new Galaxy S22 and S22+ is missing on new Galaxy S22 Ultra. Samsung, instead, have introduced stand alone cameras poping out of the metal rear of the phone....

We shall walk you through how to use the MTN Momo app to carry out mobile money transactions. Installing and Setting Up the App Open the Google Play Store or iOS App store and download the MTN Momo App. Once installed, the app will request permission to access your phone calendar, camera, location, phone, and storage.You will then be asked to select your country after which you will be asked to input your phone number....

The devices on this list won’t replace your mid-range or flagship device any day. Their specs are basic and blunt especially for people who have explored the smartphone world. However, for the uninitiated, the specs are ahead of the feature phones and will bring a bit of excitement. We have compiled a list of devices that deliver basic smartphone experience for the least price. There were lots of budget smartphones, but we narrowed our list down to the cheapest five with reasonable specs: Why these five?...

Short for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD is a protocol used by cellphones to communicate with their service provider’s computers via text messages. These are commonly used to check mobile airtime and data balance inquiries or to receive one-time passwords or PIN codes, among many applications. So what are the most important USSD shortcodes in Uganda? 1. Airtime Balance Inquiry Before making a call or texting, one thing to do is check for your airtime balance to ensure your call will not be cut short in the middle of your discussion....

For people who work in high growth environments where productivity is important, the use of apps that aid productivity and improve focus becomes a necessity. In this article, we will be talking about 10 apps to keep you focused and productive. 1. Todoist You can easily guess what this app does from its name. Todoist is an app that helps you manage your To-do-list and generally help you get more done....

The advantage of podcasts is that they can be consumed passively as you can be doing other things, especially now that we’re social distancing at home due to COVID-19 virus. A handful of my colleagues and I have made listening to podcast a part of our routine since it fits well into our daily schedules. Here is a curated list of top African tech podcasts. Check them out, give them a listen, and perhaps subscribe....

The last time we did a comparison of unlimited internet in Uganda, it was four years ago. Vodafone which soon closed shop had the best package offering 2Mbps unlimited internet for UGX 149,900. Four years ago, 2Mbps was descent speed for internet but it probably would be considered quite slow today. Fast forward to today, the MB economy is still alive and well. Mobile telecos are still offering bundled internet in form of packetized MBs and GBs that expire when you have used up your bundle or when expiry date reaches....

Several businesses have made it their mission to make selling and buying tickets a lot easier. Even when you’re not sure of what event to attend, you can make a quick search for happenings around you and get your tickets before it even gets sold out. So whether it’s for your favorite concert or a business networking function, here are seven websites you can find, buy or sell event tickets in Nigeria....

Having finalized the process of building an API that makes real-time application and verification of National IDs using the National Identity Registration Authority (NIRA)’s database possible, the commission is now working on one to allow acquisition of new SIM cards. Guidelines To Telecom Operators Telecommunications operators are expected to acquire and deploy more biometric card readers in due course to facilitate the SIM card registration and replacement process. Please take note that SIM Swaps and Replacements shall only be done upon satisfaction of the following conditions; The Commission reiterates that SIM cards can ONLY be swapped and or be replaced upon fulfillment of all the stated conditions....

The Zone is a web portal that provides age appropriate sexual and reproductive health information to guide young people in making smart and informed decisions to enable them actualize the Good Life. While wishing to make informed choices in life, many youths tend to test the depths of their curiosity by trying out on luck, but end up falling in deeper pits. What UHMG is seeking to do is to provide a reasonable access to whichever information an individual could wish to know minus having to undergo any form of risks....

To unlink or deregister your Roku device from your Roku account, login to your account on the Roku website. Then scroll down to My linked devices section. You should see all Roku devices linked to your account. On the device you wish to deregister, click on Unlink. Note that deregistering your Roku device removes it from your Roku account, but does NOT affect the channels associated with your Roku account....

Clearly, there’s a better way to take care of these. Smartphone cameras have become really good. It was only a matter of time before guys started using them for something other than taking photos, don’t you think? Let’s look at some of the solutions out there you can use to digitize those old photos and documents for better keeping. PhotoScan PhotoScan is Google’s solution to this problem. It is a scanner app from Google Photos that lets you scan and save your favorite printed photos using your phone’s camera....

We had bookmarked some Ugandan blogs we know and occasionally check them to consume any new content that they post. After a while we were reading the same blogs over and over again. We then conducted a mini research to find out how many Ugandan blogs are out there and to our surprise, they were quite a number. We estimate that there are over 500 Ugandan Blogs with about 125 of them active and the rest not so active....

That being said, it is very important that you’re able to get a reliable product that also serves the purpose you intend for it. In light of that, here are some of the best four LED strip lights that you can choose from, with quality and different lighting options to enjoy from. So let’s get right into it. Best LED Strip Lights You Can Buy Wyze Light Strip Pro – $44....

If you are using your phone to connect, chances are you have a monthly/weekly or daily data allowance. This is the amount of internet you are allowed before you either have to pay more for access or you’re cut off. This is pretty straight-forward for most people but there are many people that wonder, How much is enough, too much or too little when it comes to choosing your smartphone data package?...

However, before we talk about what exactly would be the fate of your PC when Microsoft eventually cuts off support for the OS it’s running, there are some terms you need to understand first. Lifecycle Lifecycle is a term used to refer to signify how long a Windows Operating System will live for i.e how long a Windows OS version would exist for. Every product made by Microsoft has its individual lifecycle and it begins when the product is officially released and ends when Windows no longer supports the product....

What is megapixel? A pixel is a just one element of a digital image, of which 1 million pixels are rounded up to be 1 megapixel. The number of pixels determines the resolution of a digital image and a digital image with high megapixels has a higher resolution and higher quality. For example, a 12-megapixel camera would shoot images with a resolution of 4200×2800 pixels. So also will an 8-megapixel shooter get us images with a resolution of 3264×2468....