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Your current computer and all the network gear that goes with it probably support 1000BASE-T or Gigabit Ethernet which boasts maximum theoretical speeds of 1Gbps. That means at optimum performance, you can transfer a Full HD movie of about 1.2GB for about 10 seconds over the network from your home file server or media center. But what if you could that in just one second? Enter 10G Ethernet. If you have been a round, 10G Ethernet is actually a pretty old IEEE standard....

Today, we want to show you what appliances are consuming a lot of your electricity and what to do about them. This can also help you when you are shopping for appliances so that you don’t buy the wrong appliances and electronics that will sky rocket your bill. Let’s look at how to save on your electricity bill by knowing what appliances consume what. Water Heater, Kettle, Rice Cooker For starters, any form of heating takes a lot of electricity....

We are listing out for you some of the websites you can visit to book a bus that will help you in travelling about the region. UGABUS UgaBus is a Ugandan online bus booking portal that brings together all bus transport operators across Uganda under a single window, thus facilitating users to plan their bus travel across East Africa. For inter-Town connectivity, UgaBus has a system that enables users to do trip booking and seat reservation, providing a full itinerary experience when bus booking....

To reach the best startups in the region, PIVOT East partnered with the tech hubs across the region to take part in the 2014 edition of the competition. The hubs include: Outbox (Uganda), Hive Colab (Uganda), Kinu (Tanzania), Buni (Tanzania), kLab (Rwanda), iceaddis (Ethiopia), iBiz Africa (Kenya) and C4DLab (Kenya). The selection criteria was made public prior to the submission deadline. The criteria was applied by a panel of 15 thought leaders on startups drawn from across the region to review the submissions....

This comes just weeks after both MTN Uganda and Airtel Uganda reduced call rates drastically to 3 sh.s per second to all networks. Africell Uganda’s voice tariffs remain the same and it’s the data tariffs that have changed instead. This makes sense since the data market is their cash cow. What’s new? In the daily category, Africell has introduced the 10MB bundle at 290 shillings. They also further reduced the 20MB bundle by 50 sh....

The partnership has been reached to offer customers and subscribers a chance to watch TV on-the-go regardless of location, time or whether or not they have an active TV package. One can pay for a subscription of their choice from 1 day, 3 days, 7 days to 30 days; granting them access to free unlimited content within the paid for period. What’s different? Unlike the MTN-Kwese deal where you pay for subscription and data separately, Airtel Uganda is providing a unique proposition to its customers, where one subscription gives them access to both Airtel’s discounted data bundles as well as content from Kwese iflix, in what they are calling a two in one subscription through airtel money....

Android 13 brings a better experience to tablets as mentioned in the developer preview. It’s the thirteenth major release of the Android mobile operating system, developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google. What is Android 13? Android 13 (internally codenamed Tiramisu) is the latest operating system software and was announced in an Android blog posted on February 10, 2022. The first Developer Preview was immediately released for the Google Pixel series (from Pixel 4 to Pixel 6, ) and dropped support for the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a....

Android TV follows a vertically-scrolling, row-based interface showing several Apps and streaming services from the most popular providers today. You also get voice control through Google’s AI-driven smart Assistant. The Google Assistant not only can be used to send voice commands to your TV, but can also be used to control smart home devices such as smart bulbs, home security cameras, thermostats etc. You also get Miracast and Chromecast built-in which means you can cast media such as photos and videos from your smartphone or laptop to the TV....

The $899 model weighs only 1000 grams, has an 11.6 Inch display and features 4GB of RAM with a 1.4Ghz Intel Dual Core i5 processor and 128GB of flash storage. It also has a 9 hour battery and runs the latest Mac OS Mavericks. The Macbook Air that has not seen a major redesign since 2010 continues to be one of the premium ultrabooks on the market despite competition from rising brands like Lenovo, Acer, Samsung among others....

The difference between them is how audio is encoded. Some experts argue that DTS is better because its encoding is at a higher bit rate. Others argue that the more advanced technology in Dolby Digital has a higher audio quality at a lower bit rate. At their lowest levels, they both support 5.1 channel surround audio, this is the basic home theatre setup with one subwoofer and 5 speakers. Higher levels of DTS and Dolby Digital support 7....

So whether you’re looking to lose weight, stay fit, or just generally track your body’s improvement, these scales will help you achieve your goal. To help you find the best option, we’ve assessed the available smart scales in the market and curated a shopping guide on the best smart scales available. This list is based on how easy they are to set up, their available features, and how accurate their measurements are....

In this post, we compile some features to consider as a buying guide for Bluetooth headphones. Again, this will depend on what your preferences are but take a look through and let us know. READ MORE: Fix Common Bluetooth Headphone and Earbuds Pairing Issues. Bluetooth Headphones Buying Guide 1. Dual-device connectivity This is a feature that allows a headphone to maintain simultaneous connections with two source devices. For example, the headphone is connected to both a laptop and a mobile phone....

For brands and businesses, gift cards are a way of sealing purchases and increasing loyalty. They help to make sure that a customer makes that particular purchase from the brand. Hence, no fear of churn to competitors. For users, it is a great alternative to cash and makes gifting products and services much easier. Gift cards come in fixed amounts or value e.g $10, $50, $100, and so on. There are usually policies surrounding their use but that is platform-specific....

The announcement was made on their Twitter and Facebook pages — OnePlus (@oneplus) February 26, 2016 Oneplus is a chinese startup that manufactures affordable high end phones for the international market. Having existed for only two years, they have been able to grow a huge base of loyal fans that continue to spread the Oneplus gospel of “Never Settle” world over. They have been able to achieve so much as a startup running against the big names like Apple and Samsung....

CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is now a daily part of surfing the internet. Its usage started from typing obscured texts in an image into a box to verify we are not bots, to looking for a bus, car, crosswalk or other things in an image grid. Turing test is used to determine the ability of Artificial Intelligence to convincingly pass as human and Google’s CAPTCHA is the most popular one yet....

Cloud-based administrations and computing services have changed how organizations are functioning currently. They permit them to utilize IT infrastructures, platforms, software, and applications via the Internet. This was drastic with the coming of Covid 19. So let’s get started with SaaS; Also Read: Does cloud computing work in Africa? What is Cloud Computing? Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the Internet with pay-as-you-go pricing. Today, there are several examples of cloud computing applications used by both businesses and individuals....

In charging electronic devices like your power bank, smartphones, earbuds, laptop and other gadgets, there are certain dos & don’t that are applicable. However, there are certain dos and don’t when it comes to charging electronic devices that are quite popular but is far from being correct. Charging a new device fully before using it I have heard this countless times from people of all age range and works of life, till this day!...

Switching From Physical Stores to Online Channels This package helps businesses quickly shift the sales channel mix from person-to-person and physical stores to new digital and online channels. If your finance processes rely on cash and manual paperwork, handling petty cash in the office, paying workers with cash, shopping from physical stores for office supplies with cash, Xente will help you quickly shift to modern digital and cashless processes. You can get started FREE of charge....

As is the case with most devices, the fingerprint sensor on the itel A32F is located at the back. That’s right where your index finger would go when you hold your smartphone in your hand. The Fingerprint sensor accepts multi-touch up to 3 fingers. So then let’s get right to business and show you some of the ways you can utilise this new exciting feature. 5 things you can do with an itel A32 fingerprint sensor Unlock your phone: Perhaps the most obvious use of an itel A32F fingerprint sensor is the ability to unlock a device without having to draw a pattern, enter a numerical passcode, or a lengthy password....