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When prisoners are locked up in jail, the world seems to cave in unto them. The radio is the popular source of access to information. It fills the void left by the restrictions to information access in Prisons. During his term in prison, Uganda’s former minister of state for health Mike Mukala faced one of the strangest times in life, worse more, in dilapidated facilities. Being known as one of the most influential African leaders on Twitter and also for a flashy lifestyle, he couldn’t imagine life without the vital key sources of information –the internet and T....

Well, you may be glad that Wikimedia Foundation in partnership with Airtel is bringing free access to 24 million articles on Wikipedia via Wikipedia Zero to over 70 million mobile subscribers through a USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) based subscription . The three months pilot project that kicked off in Kenya is exclusive to feature phones by dialing *515# and then summaries of articles are sent via text. As mobile technology is increasingly the primary opportunity for billions of people around the world to access the Internet, the Wikimedia Foundation is working to remove the two biggest hurdles to access free knowledge –cost and accessibility....

Today a number of apps now seamlessly allow you to share location with family and friends including Google maps, Whatsapp, Messenger, Facebook app, Telegram and several others. But none of them can give you an addressable digital address that anyone in the world can use to find you. That’s where Plus codes come in. Open Location Codes also commonly known as Plus codes is a Geocode system developed by Google for identifying an area anywhere on the Earth....

Most of this was done with Google’s Street View Trekker, either carried by the team or mounted on a vehicle, they travelled through seven parks, including the stunning Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is home to 10 primate species, including chimpanzees, and more than 600 species of birds. You can view some of what they have done on web – It is amazing. According to the Google Blog, starting today, you can take virtual tours of some of the most iconic landmarks and monuments in Uganda, Ghana and Senegal....

That much power in one company’s control just isn’t right. And true, Google hasn’t had much in terms of privacy and use of consumer data compared to fellow tech giant Facebook but then again, all Google services are free yet it is among the most valued companies on the face of the planet. Doesn’t take a genius to see where all the revenue comes from. Following the Huawei ban, Huawei users seem screwed....

When it comes to office suites, Microsoft Office is synonymous with the industry-leading document, spreadsheet, and presentation software. Students and business professionals alike, who create, review, and update documents daily, use these tools. This article will help you understand how to access these Microsoft Office programs on your Chromebook. Using Microsoft Office Android apps on a Chromebook Until September 2021, you could download MS Office Android apps to your Chromebook from the Google Play Store....

On Jumia, you can reach over 100,000 million potential customers. Good news for your business. Right? You will still need an an adequate budget, hard work, ample research, and whole load dedication. This will keep you from joining many people who quit midway the journey of online selling. If you are really considering selling on Jumia, this is for you. In this guide, we’ll go over exactly how to become a Jumia seller in Uganda in the following 5 steps....

Make sure your wireless headphone is fully charged. Most times, the battery may come half way charged or not charged at all and to avoid complaining to the tech team or the seller of the said product, always charge the headsets and confirm that they are fully charged before you switch them on. Power on your headset and make sure they are in pairing mode (instructions usually come with the headphones)....

These apps are often called Text Scanners or Optical Character readers and they’re able to extract texts from images using a technique known as Optical Character Recognition. There are a number of OCR Text Scanning apps (Text Scanner, Google Keep, Office Lens, TurboScan, Docufy Scanner, etc.) on the Google PlayStore that you can use to extract text from images on your Android smartphone. In this tutorial, however, we’d show you how to copy text from an image using Text Fairy OCR Text Scanning app....

This growth is largely due to the pre-installation of the music streaming app on all Transsion smartphones sold on the continent. If you have used, or currently use a Transsion smartphone—TECNO, Infinix, iTel— chances are that you have at some point used Boomplay to stream music. But if you stream music on Boomplay, we’ll show you how to download music and listen offline and save your mobile data. Related Article: Top 5 Music Streaming Apps for Ugandan, Kenyan, and Nigeria music...

While many people are forced to stay home, essential things that were previously mundane, like getting a newspaper is getting harder. In a bid to make that process easier, the print industry is adapting. Thanks to a new partnership between Safaricom and two major media houses in Kenya —Standard Group and Nation Media Group— Kenyans can now access various e-newspapers from the two publishers for as little as KES 20 per issue....

Two Step Verification Two step verification or or Two factor authentication as its also known provides a second layer of protection for your online accounts by requiring you to either enter a code sent by SMS/Voice call or through a mobile app you’re signed in to after you enter your password. A hacker won’t be able to do much with your password unless they were in possession of your phone which is highly unlikely....

Having your website hacked into can be a nightmare. An organization can adopt the following policies to protect itself against the most common web server attacks. SQL Injection SQL Injection (SQLi) is a type of injection attack that makes it possible to execute malicious SQL statements. These statements control a database server behind a web application. They can also use SQL Injection to add, modify, and delete records in the database....

Spotify prioritizes user experience and so they built a very quick way to filter out all explicit content from playing on your account. It’s also super easy to turn it back on once you’re back in your safe space. Since the default settings automatically allow all songs to play, you’d have to manually turn it off. In this article, we’ll be showing you how to remove explicit content from playing on your Spotify account....

The Apple Watch continues to be the go-to smartwatch for anyone in the market for one of these whiles in the Apple ecosystem. Outside that walled garden, there are tons of other players and one of the main ones is Xiaomi. Xiaomi smartwatches manage to strike a delicate balance between performance and usefulness, with great battery performance, and most importantly for these auxiliary devices, price. We have curated a list of Xiaomi Smartwatches and you can check it in the link below....

Airtel Money subscribers can now send mobile money directly to MTN Uganda mobile money users without needing secret codes. Money arrives directly to the recipient’s phone which is great. Previously the system asked you to enter a secret code which is a 4 digit number. It would automatically generate a token ID (11 digits) that are sent by SMS to the recipient’s mobile phone number. Not anymore. Related post: How to send Mobile Money to registered and non-registered users Now all Airtel Money users have to do is dial *185# » Send Money » To MTN Number » Enter MTN number and then send....

Chipper Cash announced a partnership with Twitter Tips to allow creators receive money with the app. It’s available to most people in Africa, hence, African creators can receive money from their Twitter followers through the Chipper app. Other payment platforms that are available to pay or receive payment via Twitter Tips include PayPal, Patreon, Bitcoin address, Cash App, Bandcamp, Venmo, GoFundMe, PicPay, and Razorpay. In this post, we’ll take you through how to send or receive Twitter tips through the payments app, Chipper Cash....

Related Article: WhatsApp vs Telegram feature by feature comparison Furthermore, in the first four months of 2021, Telegram saw a sudden surge in the number of new users on its platform – this was owing to WhatsApp’s new Terms of Service which alters how Facebook accesses WhatsApp users’ Data and chat. Telegram is big on the privacy and security of its users, and this was a factor in the exodus of WhatsApp users to the platform....

For football lovers in Sub-saharan Africa, Showmax has announced that it’ll be showing all 64 matches of the FIFA World Cup on its platform, furthermore, Showmax users can stream all matches in 4K. In this article, we will show you how to watch all 64 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2022 on your Showmax app in Nigeria. Stream all Matches in 4K According to Showmax, the 4K stream will have up to 50 frames per second (fps), double the standard 25fps currently offered on the platform....

Although you can operate the antivirus by using the Windows security app, most times using the command prompt to manage the antivirus is also important. We are going to run through some common tasks that can be performed via the command prompt. 1. Run a Quick Virus Scan Running a quick scan with Windows Defender via Command Prompt is quite easy. The antimalware tool will go through your PC in places such as start-up folders and registry keys in search of viruses and malware....