You can share stickers with your friends and family from these created packs of stickers. In addition, you can also choose an avatar to use as your profile photo on WhatsApp. Let’s get the ball rolling. WhatsApp Call Link: How to Create and Share OneWhatsApp Communities: What are they and How Do I Create one?WhatsApp rolls out ‘Message Yourself’ feature to iOS and Android users Where is the WhatsApp Avatar?...
And the thing is, when the two OS (Android and iOS) are placed side-by-side, users do debate about which is better in this and that. But there’s something that gets me; we get to see Android phones being cheaper than iPhones. And I’m sure you’ve thought about this a couple of times too. Even more, its less pricey characteristics have contributed to its 85% share in the smartphone market, leaving the remaining 15% to iOS....
One player that is really trying to innovate and bring up new features is Little. Recently we saw the launch of Little Longhaul, a shuttle service from Nairobi to Naivasha and Nakuru, aimed squarely at the PSV service. Today, Little is yet at it again with a rather trivial feature we didn’t know we needed. You can now hail a ride using WhatsApp. WhatsApp is by far the most used Instant Messaging platform we have today....
This expansion, however could also work against the platform in some way. Twitter is known for its noisy class of professional pundits. These are folks who aim to discuss and disectday to day events through voluminous paragraphs and threads. This directly works against the fast moving pace of Twitter as a platform. Allowing and encouraging users to write expansive paragraphs where they would have initially summarised it all in just a sentence ot two messes up with the real-time nature of the site....
Who is most likely to benefit from Zuku Fiber? Who is it for? According to Zuku, their products are aimed at making and providing quality home entertainment and communication services accessible to a rapidly growing, choice-conscious African middle class. Zuku fiber is squarely directed at this demographic. This is true for many reasons. First, the coverage in Nairobi for instance. Zuku Fiber effectively covers the zones and regions of the city that can be considered middle-class residentials, and their packages pricing reflects just that....
Over the years, we have seen advancements in charging technologies that improved smartphone charging. Examples include fast charge and Quick charging technologies, wireless charging, reverse wireless charging, and the likes. Earlier on this platform, we’ve explained all you need to know about wireless charging and how you can determine if your phone can be charged wirelessly or not. Now, for those with smartphones compatible with wireless charging, we’ll discuss the benefits and disadvantages of wireless charging....
Below, I will discuss five places you can find free images for your blog posts, Facebook and Twitter updates. Unsplash Unsplash is a website dedicated to sharing stock photography under the Unsplash license. The website claims over 110,000 contributing photographers and generates more than 9 billion photo impressions per month on their growing library of over 810,000 photos. You can do whatever you want with their collection of beautiful, high-resolution images from the vast number of contributors....
Cables could be stylish and appear durable when newly acquired but as you use them, it almost seems like they were designed to eventually break — so, you know, you can keep purchasing new ones. If you are tired of constantly breaking your cables, check out the tips listed below on how to prevent such reoccurrence in the future. If, on the other hand, you have never broken your phone’s USB cable, you’d Alos find these tips handy....
I did a quick survey of some of the top banks in Kampala and it turns out that (not to my surprise) all of them still use Windows XP to power their financial applications. That includes many of the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). Microsoft rolled out Windows 7 in 2009 which in comparison to Windows XP is by far more advanced, delivers higher performance, stability and is more intuitive. To keep up with trends of (mobile) computing, Microsoft has now released Windows 8 which is now shipping with many of the computer hardware Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)....
The easier option is to buy a Wingle. A Wingle you would say is a grown up version of the USB dongle. It’s a USB dongle but with abilities to share internet with 5 other users. It’s a little, light and sleek device that connects to and is powered by USB port of you PC. Related post: The Mi-Fi is the new USB Internet dongle Like the old USB dongle, Wingles require software installation and updates to work well....
Carriers are also recognizing this shift and in line with this, we have seen a lot of improvement to 4G infrastructure and internet speeds across the board with Telkom Kenya and Airtel Kenya working hard to close the gap between themselves and industry leader, Safaricom. Telkom Kenya and Airtel Kenya have always been undercutting Safaricom in data prices and now, Airtel has just taken its gloves off in a deal that is definitely set to get people talking....
Airtel Uganda Managing Director, Mr. Tom Gutjahr is quoted saying; Airtel Money allows it’s clients to send money across networks, pay utility bills, top up your airtime or mobile data and withdraw money from an Airtel Money agent or ATM. Airtel Money subscribers are estimated at 3.4M with over 12,000 agents country wide. Airtel Uganda has been aggressive on the mobile money front with numerous campaigns and innovations to that effect....
AMD Ryzen processors have caused a quite a stir among computer hardware enthusiasts and reviewers. Benchmarks have already been performed and their results are outstanding in newer games designed with multithreading in mind and in most desktop applications. The Ryzen series come with 4 cores to as much as 16 cores 32 threads for the high-end models bringing them head on against Intel’s Core i7 series at a much lower price....
The tests are geared to increase the speed and bandwidth of an iPhone’s cellular connection, a drive that could put the device on a higher demand. This is because 5G connectivity ensures that device latency is down, allowing devices to access more bandwidth more reliably than is currently possible with cellular networks. “Apple intends to transmit from two fixed points located at Apple-controlled facilities in Cupertino and Milpitas, CA. These transmissions will be consistent with the parameters and equipment identified in Apple’s accompanying Form 442, and will include the use of a horn antenna with a half-power beamwidth of 20 degrees in the E-plane and H-plane and a down-tilt between 20 – 25 degrees....
Check out: Qualcomm vs Apple: What’s that all about? Even though the expected AR headset is far from being independent, it will still have sensors to detect activities in the surrounding, display, and chips for other purposes. Similar to other smartphone powered AR headsets, the upcoming AR headset will be light and will probably be paired by Bluetooth to your smartphone. In line with Kuo’s prediction via 9to5Mac, the AR headset will be like Apple’s first generation of smartwatches that relied on the iPhone for most of the processing work, location determination and more....
Related Article: What makes a password “strong”? How to stay cybersecurity conscious 1. Use Password Management Tools One of the worst things you can do is to use your name as password or your date of birth as a security pin. Hackers use an algorithm that makes it easy for them to crack your password if you use your name or date of birth. Your password must be at least 8 characters including numbers and special characters....
Ever since the first Smartphone with 5 cameras (Nokia 9 Pureview) was released into the market, they have been the main highlight of the phone often discussed and mentioned in articles and rewiews. Other brands followed suit soon after. However, not all of the Smartphones we will discuss here were released before 2019. And there are a lot of them in the market to choose from, but we have decided to discuss some of the best....
Life gets a bit easier when your Google products work well together—whether that’s inserting a Drive file into an email or sharing a photo from Drive on Google+. As this experience becomes more seamless, separate storage doesn’t make as much sense anymore. So instead of having 10 GB for Gmail and another 5 GB for Drive and Google+ Photos, you’ll now get 15 GB of unified storage for free to use as you like between Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos....
According to Peter Brown, country director, British council Uganda; The partnership with Bharti Airtel will provide full internet accessibility to British council Hubs, surrounding schools and communities. Digital hubs have already by been set up through partnerships with Microsoft in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Ghana and Nigeria. High speed broadband access from Airtel for these hubs guarantees teachers and students limitless new education opportunities. Airtel isn’t the first carrier to change Education, In 2012, MTN Uganda partnered with Gayaza High School, the Microsoft Pathfinder School of East and Central Africa to roll out an e-Learning platform to 50 schools around the country....
The 3rd edition of DataFest Kampala was launched last Friday with a focus on exploring the role that data plays in how we navigate our world. The event will be a hybrid physical and virtual gathering with limited slots of 200 participants to attend physically at MoTIV (Bugolobi Kampala). Participant numbers are restricted to 20-30 per session in compliance with Covid-19 SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures). DataFest Kampala 2021 (themed “Living with Data“), is an international community event in Africa bringing together technologists, data scientists, civil society organizations, designers, government bodies, marketers, and businesses to connect and explore opportunities for collaborations....
