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Specs are vague and performance is yet to be determined, but if Apple’s slides are to be believed, this chip design and these machines are just the beginning of a hugely important transition for Apple and computing in general. Let’s go beyond what Apple said in the launch and dive into some of the nuances behind this new Apple Silicon M1 chip. Apple M1 vs A14 Chip: What’s Different The new M1 Chip is based on A14 Bionic chips found on old iPhones and iPads Air....

The Mi AirDots Pro —as they are known in the Chinese market or Mi True Wireless Headphones in the European and global market— are the premium version of the Xiaomi’s Redmi AirDots, also known as Mi True Wireless Earbuds. It’s important to note that Xiaomi names the same product different names based on various markets it sells the product to partially avoid being sued by big Apple. So don’t be confused as I was with these product names....

With the growing use of Mobile Money, today we look at the 10 most frequently asked questions and the answers to them. What is Mobile Money Mobile Money is a mobile commercial service provided by various telecom networks that allows you to use your mobile phone as an electronic wallet. Customers can load money into their mobile phones which is then converted to electronic money. The e-Money can then be used anytime, any day....

With the MTN Homeland mobile App available on Android and iOS, Africans living in 25 European countries can send money instantly to MTN Subscribers back home. Currently you can send money to MTN mobile money wallets in Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea-Conakry, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. In addition to sending money, users can also send Airtime top-ups to MTN networks in: Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia....

It’s reported that this network is being built in partnership with Alcatel-Lucent, the French global telecommunications equipment giant. In a statement, Lynda Saint-Nwafor, CTO of MTN Nigeria said: “MTN realized we needed to upgrade our network to meet customer expectations for ultra-broadband connectivity and high reliability within Nigeria’s very competitive marketplace. We wanted a state of the art solution that met three main criteria: increased network reliability, a high degree of scalability to prepare the network for 400G and beyond, and preservation of our existing 10G investment....

Between the line: MTN gave third parties access to its Mobile Money Access Programming Interface.The access gave the developers a chance to develop solutions without facing the cost of building a new API and maintaining it. Three innovators from Uganda win cash prizes and one gets a trip to the Ericson offices in Sweden. In November 2018, MTN Uganda made history with a move that would spur innovation in the developer community by becoming the first telecom company in Uganda and in the MTN Group to grant third-party access to its Mobile Money Access Programming Interface (API) in what became the MoMo Open API challenge....

Anyway, MTN first introduced its daily WTF bundle at two price points; Ugx 200 WTF bundle and Ugx 500 WTF bundle. Ugx 200 WTF gives you access to the big three social networks Whatsapp, Twitter and Facebook for 24 hours but it’s capped at 50MB while the one of Ugx 500 WTF gives you the same services capped at 100MB for 24 hours. This means that if you exceed the cap, standard data pricing applies....

During the upgrade, certain services such as the processing of payments and changing of packages will be affected. It is therefore advisable that you settle your account, using your DStv smart card, before 7 October to avoid any interruption to your viewing. During that period, only certain payment points will be available to process package payments for customers as listed below. During the same time, the DStv agencies and branches will be operational, but will only be able to provide a few services....

That was the story of my life until Vodafone unveiled the ZagaLife offer that gives you a MiFi at promotion price of only Ugx 90,000 with 1GB of free data and they throw in an additional daily data of 100MB for 3 months and WhatsApp for 1 whole year. If you have not heard about this offer find it all here so you do not miss out. But I had my 50k and needed something like this as well and that is where Vodafone’s ZagaSIM promo comes in....

Nokia C20 Plus Key Specification 6.5-inches, 720 x 1600 pixels LCD screenAndroid 11 (Go edition)Dual 8MP + 2MP rear camera and 5MP front camera2GB/3GB RAM with 32GB internal storageOcta-core Unisoc SC9863A chipsetSingle SIM and Dual SIM (Nano-SIM)4, 950mAh Non-removable Li-ion battery Looking at the specs here, it’s obvious that the specs won’t get you the fastest performance or take the best pictures. However, what you get is ‘Lite’ apps incorporated in to the Go Edition Android 11, offering the latest OS with much lesser demand on the processor....

Lies. Siasa. Uongo. According to Google’s zeitgeist 2014, at the helm of the most searched terms in Kenya was OLX, the eBay-like (consumer to consumer) eCommerce platform, Brighter Monday an online platform that helps job seekers find jobs made it in the final cut too. Undeniably, the Naspers’ owned eCommerce platform, OLX, is a heuristic that Kenya has quickly adopted the online way of doing things; being social, political or economic....

This article was written in 2014. Since then, many things have changed in the e-commerce sector since then. Some of the stores mentioned below since closed shop or have seen some kind of transition into another product or brand. Below is the old article with a few edits. Read the UPDATED ARTICLE You would think that Online shopping is a recent thing in Uganda that has become popular overnight which actually isn’t true....

OPPO A1k The OPPO A1k comes with a 6.1-inch LCD display with a 720 x 1560 pixels resolution and a dewdrop display cutout at the top of the display. The screen is in a 19.5:9 aspect ratio with reasonably slim bezels (80% screen-to-body ratio) and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It runs the latest Android 9 Pie operating system and is powered by a 2.0GHz Octa-core Mediatek MT6762 Helio P22 SoC....

The Mobile Telecom giant today announced on its Twitter handle its slicing on data bundles of its services for the same price. Here’s a quick snapshot of what was and what is now. Smart Telecom Uganda 2015 data rates A more detailed view of the Telecom’s past and present pricing structure is shown below Smart Telecom Uganda Daily bundles prices Ugx 249 – 25MB from 50MB Ugx 499 – 120MB from 350 MB Ugx 999 – 500MB from 1....

1. Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Simply put, Power Over Ethernet is a technology that allows low-voltage currents to be transmitted via an ethernet cable. This makes use of unused wires within an ethernet cable. It transmits low currents enough to power an access point or an IP camera. But not enough to power something like a laptop. PoE currents are also sufficient to trickle charge a phone but not at normal charging speeds....

Ugandans have MoMocard, an MTN service that gives users a temporary MasterCard to enable them carry out online transactions. In Kenya, Safaricom is really trying to bridge this gap by partnering with international entities like Western Union, PayPal and AliExpress, but in some situations, you just need a good old credit card. For those, try consider these prepaid cards. 1. Me Cash Prepaid Visa Card The Me Cash Prepaid Visa Card is a product of KCB Bank....

The researchers achieved speeds that are about 2,500 times faster than the fastest commercial fiber that currently can handle speeds of up to 100Gbps. At 255Tbps, the fiber strand can carry the total sum of all internet traffic at peak time. The researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and University of Central Florida (CREOL) used a multicore cable with seven different channels to achieve these remarkable speeds. They managed to achieve this by squeezing 50 carriers down the seven cores, cranking each up to 5....

Samsung Galaxy M32 5G Specs at a Glance 6.5 inches, 720 x 1600 pixels IPS LCD Infinity-V displayOcta-core MediaTek MT6853 Dimensity 720 5G and 6GB/8GB RAMQuad rear camera – 48MP main sensor + 8MP ultrawide + 5MP macro shooter + 2MP depth sensorFront camera – 13MP sensor128GB built-in storage expandable up to 1TBFingerprint (side-mounted)5, 000mAh non-removable Li-ion battery Read More: Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G Specs and Price in Nigeria In a bid to make the cheapest 5G smartphone list, the Samsung Galaxy M32 5G comes with specs that are incongruous with the 5G connectivity on it....

Aesthetically, the device doesn’t look all that different from its predecessor, the Note 8, which was such a pretty device anyway. I guess if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Subtle changes like the fingerprint sensor at the back is placed lower than the dual camera sensors instead of the side Note 8’s alongside the camera are some of the few pointers that you’re looking at the new Note and not it’s predecessors....

If you are not familiar with http or https, you can first read our primer on the same before you continue reading this post. Summarily https encrypts connection between your web browser and the remote server hosting a website such that intermediaries such as a hacker or your Internet Provider can’t intercept the connection and compromise contents shared. So https gives you both security and privacy while browsing online. However, not all websites have moved to https and you have probably been forced to browser a non-https site even with “not secure” or “connection not secure” warning on browsers....