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In these times, there is nothing like loyalty to an Internet service provider (ISP). We move with the tide. We look for whoever has the most affordable bundle that can work. This has seen the rise of what we may term “Data Whores” they own a SIM card/MiFi for every network and exploit every possible data bundle on offer. They have a bundle for every occasion. Here are some of the bundles; Tooti Bundle – (MTN/Airtel/Africell) Happy Hour – (MTN/Africell) These give you a GB for 1 hour at 4500 – 5000 Ugx....

The new end to end display that we saw first with the Camon CM, face ID, new camera features and its built-in cooling system make it a must have if you are considering getting a new device. Tecno Camon X Unboxing: What’s in the box? In the box, you receive: The Phone A USB Cable A wall charger Earphones Phone Case User Manual Tecno Camon X Official Specs Model: Tecno CA7 (Camon X) Colors: Champagne Gold SIM: Dual SIM (Micro-SIM) OS: HiOS v3....

In that light, I’ll highlight 5 applaudable features that I find really interesting on the Phantom 9 smartphone. In the same vein, I’ll also point out some disappointing specs that the device houses. You ready? Let’s go. Top Tecno Phantom 9 features 1. AMOLED Display Tecno did well to use an AMOLED display on the Phantom 9 smartphone. Asides from making the device worthy of being called a ‘true flagship smartphone,’ it positions it as a brilliant upgrade to the old Phantom 8....

If you often spend a lot of time working on your PC (desktop or laptop), you’ll understand how challenging it can be to combine that with using Telegram on your smartphone to exchange messages. To make this easier, Telegram introduced the desktop app version to let users use telegram on their computers seamlessly. When you use Telegram on your PC, you get all the features available on the mobile app version; Create groups with as many users as you want, share files videos, images, self-erasing messages, etc....

Multiple Accounts You know how it is with app accounts. To create one, we only get to use one unique phone number for authentication purposes. Most phone numbers are only good for one account on a particular app, which sucks. Telegram already offered multiple themes and skinning of the app. Now Telegram 4.7 supports multiple accounts. Telegram supports up to three accounts with different phone numbers. This should be welcome news especially for our Iranian brothers and sisters who for some reason really love having multiple accounts from what we’ve seen....

The report describes the role of Internet on socioeconomic development and the potential of the sub Saharan Africa. The body of research was to identify and measure the economic benefits of Internet and broad band. Most reports done before have found positive relationship between economic development and the internet, providing helpful starting points because they aggregated a wealth of data from an array of countries across the globe. Though previous research tended to focus on macro-level data, which has limited ability to provide actionable recommendations for policymakers the available studies lack detailed analyses of the social and political value of the internet....

What is Mobile Money? Mobile Money is a term generally used to refer to payment services operated under financial regulation and performed from or via a mobile device. A consumer can use a mobile to pay for a wide range of services and digital or hard goods. Who is a Mobile Money Agent? This is a person or business that is contracted to facilitate transactions for users. They sometimes register new users and also teach users how to best use the service....

Read more: Cooking Gas In Uganda: Brands, prices, refilling and where to buy Shell Uganda this month revised its cooking gas pricing structure. The energy company has slightly slashed charges for refilling an initial costs of cylinder for its gas product. Refilling 6Kg shell Uganda gas now costs Ugx 57,000 down from Ugx 59,000 while refilling a 15Kg cylinder now costs Ugx 136,000 down from Ugx 142,000. Compared to other brands, Shell 6Kg gas is relatively cheaper....

A Keyboard shortcut is a set of one or more keys that invoke a command in the operating system. Below are top 10 shortcuts links to programs on windows operating system like; internet browsers, Microsoft word, excel among others. F1 Key This redirects you to get help on a selected command. When the key is pressed, it opens a help screen where you can type in your query. Ctrl + C This copies the highlighted text or selected item to the clip board....

Read: AirPods Pro Review: Worth $249 or Overpriced? 1. Noise Cancellation with One AirPod The AirPods Pro supports Active Noise Cancellation. By default, however, activating Noise Cancellation mode requires the user to have both AirPods placed in the ear. That’s how it is designed. Good thing is that you can reconfigure the AirPods Pro to use Noise Cancellation when just one AirPod is in use (the ear). This will come in handy for individuals with Single-Sided Deafness (SSD)....

Tecno WX4 The Tecno WX4 has very brilliant body design, its fingerprint scanner placed at the back, below the camera. Key Specs Fingerprint scanner placement: Back-mounted5.0-inch Touch Display, 1280 x 720 pixels (297ppi)1.3GHz Quad-core with Mediatek chipset1GB RAMAndroid 7.0 Nougat with HiOS 2.016GB Storage with support for memory card up to 32GB8MP Rear Camera with LED flash8MP Front Camera with LED flash alsoNO 4G LTE support2800 mAh BatteryPrice: N30,000 to N35,000...

Use VLC as a Video Downloader for YouTube There are many video downloaders available for YouTube video downloads. As a Matter of fact, we even discussed the Top Seven Video Downloaders. VLC has this feature built in. VLC lets you play and download YouTube videos right from its desktop interface. Here’s how: Find a video on YouTube and copy the URL from the address bar. Click on Media > Open Network stream....

During the launch, Xiaomi announced that the Redmi Note 11 5G (the premium model) will start at a recommended retail price of $329 (for the 6GB/64GB model), $349 (for the 6GB/128GB model), and $379 (for 8GB/128GB model). The basic Redmi Note 11, however, will start at a recommended retail price of $179 (for the 4GB/64GB model). For a smartphone series packed with some really amazing features including 5G and fast charging, a recommended retail price of $179 and $329 for the premium model is a bargain, in my opinion....

Her channel made 100,000 subscribers a while back and YouTube didn’t let that go unnoticed. Yesterday, YouTube’s Global Head of Content Operations Tom Picket sent Anne Kansiime a personal congratulatory massage along with the prestigious YouTube Silver Play button. Even though the accolade makes one think that Anne Kansiime just made 100k subscribers, she already had over 160k by February this year. Her YouTube channel that was was started on the 17th April 2012 actually has 181,737 subscribers and over 28M views at the time of writing this post....

The details as to who ordered the shutdown of social media this time round are unclear at the moment. Uganda Communication Commission Executive Director Godfrey Mutabazi had intimated in March that he received express orders from Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura to shut down Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Mobile Money due to security concerns. Whatever the case might be, what was done was done. — NTV UGANDA (@ntvuganda) May 11, 2016 A number of African governments have implemented similar social media restrictions for ‘security reasons....

We looked at Apps that every Ugandan smartphone should have or would need and these are the apps that we found to be most useful. Now we know we all have different needs and this is a bit general but it’s best shot at what Ugandan Apps most people would need. Read More: Why Ugandan Mobile Apps are still struggling to gain the local market Ugandan Apps: The real reasons why Ugandans aren’t using their own Apps Ugandan Billionaire Ashish Thakkar Launches Whatsapp Rival Mara Messenger...

As a totally new network, Vodafone will be seeking new customers to build it’s own client base for the various services they will be offering. Some say the market is saturated whether it be Voice, Data or mobile payments. On the contrary Vodafone believes that there is no better time than now to be in the market. Boasting of the best 4G, they still have a small coverage that they hope to expand....

You can now pay Ugx 79,900 for 1GB everyday from midnight to 7am for an entire month. That gives you 30GB a month which if you were to get, normally costs way much more. To subscribe to Vodafone Uganda’s overnight bundle, simply dial *132#

But now Vodafone is riding UTL’s 3G network in areas where its 4G LTE network doesn’t reach. That means that the network can support 3G smartphones as well as some 4G LTE devices. Vodafone seems to be going for mostly low-budget smartphones but also supports high-end tablets such as Apple iPad mini 2, Apple iPad Air, Huawei Media Pad 10. Vodafone getting “Tecno-licious” Vodafone Uganda has partnered with Tecno to carry Tecno devices....

Unreasonable East Africa is replicating a successful model called the Unreasonable Institute. This model is based in Boulder, Colorado and has had tremendous success. 82 companies have attended the Unreasonable Institute in Boulder the past four years. In total, these 82 companies have raised more than $30 million in funding, and 74% of them have secured funding within 6 months of attending the Unreasonable Institute. East Africa boasts hundreds of startups that open shop each year....