This post will focus on what’s different with the newly released AirPods. At the end, you should be able to decide if you’ll be upgrading your current earbuds or not. Let’s dive in. READ MORE: AirPods 3: Spatial Audio, New Design, Battery, Price. AirPods 3 vs AirPods 2: What’s Different? AirPods 3 vs AirPods 2 Pricing First, let’s talk about one of the most important indicators buyers look out for....
Keep in mind that Airtel isn’t the first telecom company in Uganda to introduce data streaming bundles. MTN introduced similar DSTV Now bundles in 2019. Comparing to what Airtel is offering (data-rated plans), MTN’s plans are time-bound. How to Buy the DStv Bundles on Airtel The DSTV Now Bundles will enable streaming at a daily rate of 2,000UGX for 500MB, a weekly rate of 10,000UGX for 3.5GB, and a monthly fee of 30,000UGX for 12GB of data....
The saturation of the voice market has pressured the Telecoms to diversify into other sources of revenues in order to stay profitable in a highly competitive industry. Services such as mobile money and relatively fast data connection services have been birthed because of this saturation. MTN Uganda’s championing of the data service provision paved way for several other Telecoms to follow suite, each claiming to offer the best service to their clients....
British by birth, Nigerian by parentage and a Washingtonian by zip code, Femi is currently host of The Stream on Al Jazeera English. As a web community with its own daily TV show, The Stream‘s award-winning approach taps into the extraordinary potential of individuals through social networks and has attracted a large African following. The former Nigerian media personality of the year Femi Oke was a keynote speaker and panel host at Social Media Week Lagos from 17-21 February 2014....
As reported by Reuters, Alibaba’s IPO (registered on Friday 19th September ) ranks as the world’s biggest beating the previously set record in 2010 by Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. The company that enjoys over $400m annually in revenue streams filed at prospectus in July this year at the SEC seeking to go IPO in the United States. Experts have it that after the waves of the IPO subsiding, the company’s worth will close in at over $225 billion, making it the most expensive company to debut on the public realm....
The Echo Dot series has been around for some time now, and we have seen it evolve, redesigned, and upgraded. There are 4 generations of the Echo Dot speaker and the 3rd Gen Echo Dot was the last to feature the puck-shaped design, with the 4th Gen coming in a spherical design. In this article, we look at the differences between both generations of Echo Dot smart speakers. Design The first three generations of the Echo Dot smart speaker all look similar; with a puck shape, and its speaker (covered in mesh) wrapped around its sides....
Believe it or not, the Infinix Note 5 initially shipped with Android 8 Oreo back in 2018 before the jump to Android Pie last year, same time. There are no food names this time around, unfortunately. That is unless Android 10/Android Q is secretly Quince, or Quinoa, or even Quava (Quavo?). The Infinix Note 5 falls under the Android One project. The beauty about this is that Android One devices run stock Android without bloatware (unless you count Google apps as bloatware) and minimal OEM tweaks....
Before the event, we wrote about what to expect from the Series 7 launch. Apple calls this smartwatch the “most durable Apple Watch ever”. But, is it? You’re about to find out for yourself as we run you through what Watch 7 is about. In this post, we’re taking a look at the specifications, features, price of the Apple Watch Series 7. Read through and we’ll see if you’re impressed at the end of it....
But media houses serve a much bigger purpose. Newspapers such as New Vision, Daily Monitor and Observer chronicle our history as a country. It is often said that to understand where we are going, we need to first know where we are coming from. Social media wasn’t designed to archive news stories for later perusal and we are not aware of the criteria needed to see TV recordings of past years....
Cameras on the best phone brands around the world struggles with low-light scenarios. These cameras are unable to focus in low-light situations and most notably, the level of noise tends to increase drastically, and photos taken get visibly blurry. With the look of things, brands are now shifting their attention to improving the quality of their phone cameras – with special focus on the Night Mode feature. In this article, I will highlight some of the best phones that people are buying now that are very good for taking pictures in low-light conditions (Night)....
Although telecoms have done their best to curb the fraud surrounding the service, defrauders also reinvent their business plans, they build networks and work together to advance their illicit agendas. Criminals have resorted to social engineering to get into mobile money accounts and exploit mobile money customers online. Follow along as we uncover the new common mobile money scam fraudsters use to make a fortune. MTN Uganda issues a statement on Mobile Money fraudulent withdrawalsHow to Avoid Being a Victim of Online ScamsMobile money security tips: Here’s how to transact safely and guard yourself against fraud The Social Engineered SMS In the middle of the pandemic, I was on a call with a colleague of mine to send me money as part of the remaining balance for the service I had offered....
Intel showed some of the uses of the “little PC” in a small collection of “Nursery 2.0” products using embedded Edison chips: a toy frog that reports an infant’s vitals to a parent via an LED coffee cup, and a milk warmer that starts heating when another connected item like the frog hears the baby cry. Intel CEO is quoted saying; “Wearables are not everywhere today because they aren’t yet solving real problems and they aren’t yet integrated with our lifestyles, We’re focused on addressing this engineering innovation challenge....
Your laptop must support USB-C power delivery. It’s a new-ish standard for both fast data transfer and power delivery. Unfortunately, you’ll only find it on top-end laptops like the Macbook 2015+, Macbook Air 2018+, Macbook Pro 2016+, HP Spectre x360, ThinkPad E490, among others. You want to confirm that your laptop has a USB-C port—the oval-shaped port—that also supports charging. With that out of the way, here’s what you need to charge your laptop....
1. Tesla Summon Mode Tesla cars are packed full of technology and phone integration. Some say the only thing you can’t do with a phone to your Tesla is driving it. Well, you can summon the tesla to drive itself to you or even park itself in tight parking spaces. Of all the phone-car integrations here, this stands out. For safety reasons, the summon mode only works within 200 feet away and as long as the car is in sight....
Back in November, Chipper, the company behind the pan-African money transfer platform. Chipper Cash, partnered with Ajuma Foundation in a bid to provide learning material to learners in Rural schools across Kenya. Months later and the project seems to be concluding well. According to reports from Chipper, the partnership has enabled them to distribute up to 4,000 exercise books to students in 5 community schools in four Kenyan counties – Uasin Gishu, West Pokot, Kajiado & Machakos....
You can use the ATM Visa card to pay for goods and services at supermarkets and online, which reduces the risk involved with handling cash during this Coronavirus period. Customers can buy fuel at petrol stations, pay for drugs at pharmacies and order for food online, among other options while using the CenteVisa card. With Cente Online banking, customers in the categories of SME, Corporate and High Net Worth can transfer money, pay bills, check balances on their accounts anytime, anywhere....
The apex bank asked other banks and financial institutions to “identify persons and or entities transacting in or operating cryptocurrency exchanges within their systems and ensure that such accounts are closed immediately.” Nigeria is Africa’s biggest bitcoin peer-to-peer market with more than $566 million worth of bitcoin traded between 2015 and 2020. Obvious factors that have contributed to this include CBN’s stringent regulations on forex and its weakening currency (Naira)....
But what exactly are these new technologies that tech enthusiasts are hopeful will define the future of payments and betting big on it? Follow along as we unpack the core principle behind these techs and what sets them apart. What is Cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency is virtual money that takes the form of coins or tokens. In recent trends, some cryptos have ventured into the physical space with credit cards, but the large majority remain entirely digital....
According to Bloomberg, This is the biggest internet deal since Time Warner’s $124 billion merger with AOL in 2001. The deal will include $12bn in stock and $4m in cash and $3bn in restricted Facebook Shares With Japan’ Rakuten having acquired Viber just a few days ago, Analysts say that Facebook, with a lot of money in its coffers is on an “amass and conquer” strategy just like Google earlier did and continues to do....
There are about 50 million Facebook users in Africa out of a total of about 167 million internet users on the continent. Facebook users alone represent about 30% of all internet users and it’s the single most frequented website on the internet. Out of the top 10 countries on the Mega social network including Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, Algeria, the website was either the first or second most visited site according to site-ranking website Alexa....
