Having noticed potential hiccups with Cyanogen in the future, they decided to make their own OS. As always they took the popular route of crowd sourcing the name for their OS. This gives it the feel of an OS that was named by the people. And after hundreds of thousands of suggested names, they finally picked Oxygen OS suggested by a Belgium fan of the OnePlus One. Rumor has it that they are working on the “OnePlus Two”....
Paga is a mobile phone-based platform such that anyone with a phone number can carry out financial transactions. In this post, we try to answer important questions about Paga, the company operations, what you can do on the platform, how to make money via Paga, and more. You should read through. READ MORE: How to Become a Mobile Money Agent in Nigeria. Paga: Company History Paga was founded (and is owned) by Tayo Oviosu....
Pebuu is a Pan-African electronic depositing and bill payment solution provider that allows for everyday cash deposits and settlements at a single portal. They support a wide range of payment channels and options that can substantially help the general public handle payments and manage cash flow. Pebuu works just like Payway, Newpay or Ezeemoney. According to Pebuu, What can I do with Pebuu? You can use Pebuu to electronically pay and make deposits for multiple services....
According to a recent tweet by Google on one of its official Twitter accounts (@madebygoogle), we now have tiny (but genuine) information as to what the next Pixel smartphone would look like on the exterior. Officially confirming the Pixel 4, Google releases a sneak peek — more like a “leak” though. First off, from the tweet, it’s certain the Pixel 4 will come in a Black colour variant but we cannot say for sure what Google will call it yet....
Sony is ready to release its next-generation PlayStation – the PlayStation 5. The anticipation started when the Chief Architect of the next console confirmed in 2019 that Sony is working on a successor for the PlayStation 4 (Pro & Slim) which sold over 92 million consoles last year. What Should You Expect? Design Going by the numerous leaks we’ve seen online, we do not know the exact design of the PlayStation 5....
Now we know how hard and expensive it can be to get the latest gear if you don’t live in the U.S or other supported countries. For Geeks in Uganda, it’s quite expensive to import or locally buy top gear. You will have to pay a lot in taxes which I’ll break down and shipping. In my experience getting gear into the country, there are a lot of variables and as a result, there’s really no standard price for anything....
If you’ve noticed, the best-selling systems on the market have been the traditional laptops, which have a screen on top, the keyboard on the bottom and not a lot of flexibility in between. But it doesn’t have to be this way. 2-in-1s aren’t new tech anymore. With four generations of Microsoft Surfaces and over a dozen Yogas from Lenovo, consumers today don’t have to sit on the edge of the blade to get a taste of transformational hybrid computing....
To at least compete with Telkom and Airtel, two carriers that keep launching inexpensive plans time to time, Safaricom has been adjusting its products, this time, adding something small to their existing All-in-One bundles. The telco has introduced free YouTube access for All In One Monthly for affordable. Capped at 5 GB (for the subscription session), users can now enjoy watching their favorite videos on the platform without making a dent on their All In One data allocation....
The other 4 comapanies are Sumitomo Corporation, UK’s Vodafone, British International Investment, and South Africa’s Vodacom. This will make Safaricom the first foreign company to run such a service in the Horn of Africa country. This announcement came hours after Safaricom had just completed months of its 2G, 3G, and 4G trials and switched on the networks in 11 Ethiopian cities. Also Read: Safaricom is soon taking M-PESA to Ethiopia through Ethio TelecomBitnob Eases Bitcoin Access in Kenya With M-PESA, Airtel and T-Kash Intergrations...
The latest update to the SafeBoda app has interesting features, including bug fixes as well as going international with an MPESA integration. If you are a visitor on Kampala soils, and are lucky to have on you an active MPESA account, you can easily purchase SafeBoda credit without a hustle. This addition has been made on both the Android and iOS apps, with the latter also adding a ‘Call me’ option during phone verification so that the activation code is read to you directly....
And since both devices are worn on the wrist, many users do get them confused. I’ve sometimes been asked by friends and strangers what differentiates a smartwatch from a smartband since both devices almost always look alike and sometimes, perform the same function. Let’s talk about it. Smartwatch and Smartband as wearables If you have seen or used both devices, you’d notice that they both have some features in common....
The missed opportunity Nokia has finally succumbed to the heat of it’s competitors mainly Android and iOS who have in the years past given it a run for its money following the smartphone revolution spearheaded by Apple’s iPhone back in 2007. Even though Nokia had/has the opportunity to ship its iconic devices with Google’s mobile Operating System(OS), it dismissed the offer on grounds that Android wasn’t good enough to make it stand out from the crowd....
Smart bulbs, smart appliances and so on are nice and all but perhaps the most notable smart ‘thing’ in the house is the TV, the center of entertainment in the home. The TCL P725 is a pretty solid smart TV that punches well above it’s weight and in this post, I will be taking you through the review of this product after using it for the better part of the past 2 weeks....
The Camon 11 Pro is a smartphone that’s likely going to compete in the upper mid-range segment. It is the first TECNO smartphone (in Uganda) to come with a notch and 6 GB of RAM. Priced at UGX 899,000 and having mostly identical looks to the Huawei P20 Lite, the Camon 11 Pro can be considered a cheaper alternative to many flagship devices. We had some time with TECNO’s brand new Camon 11 Pro and these are our first impressions....
The planned upgrade will be carried out in the following towns; NairobiKisumuMombasaNakuru andEldoret. Telkom’s Chief Technical and Information Officer, John Barorot, says that the expansion and optimization programme is geared towards the consistent delivery of high-quality service to all its customers across the country. “There may be pockets of network interruption during the execution of this specific upgrade but our customers and Kenyans should look forward to an even more superior experience once done....
A good security camera also sends notifications to your devices when you need to be alerted. You can then choose to speak with the person outside without opening your doors or immediately call emergency services. Since your security is paramount, we’ve curated a list of outdoor surveillance or security cameras you can get under a budget in 2022. Keep reading to find out more. 1. Blink Outdoors Key Specifications...
One Core can function without the other and both can function simultaneously as is normally the case. The same cannot be said of the human brain, unfortunately. As you can tell from this analogy, the Core is not the entirety of the CPU but rather simply a slice of the pizza. Something else to talk about is Intel’s Core naming scheme which introduced Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 and as of recently Core i9....
In Africa, education accounts for the majority 35% of Africa’s middle class. The middle class is expected to expand exponentially because of the vast majority of the youth –who account for 80% of the population– are currently enrolled in school. Edtech(Educational technology) in Africa is more than a decade old. It started in the late 1990’s when most parts of Africa were getting their first internet connection. Where as institutions of higher learning championed this project through use of wikis, blogs and the like, elementary schools were employing offline study guides such as encarta encyclopedia, academic computer games....
VRAM is made up of the small modules that you find around the GPU on the graphics card motherboard. Video memory works to support the GPU by storing data that will be used by the GPU to render frames. A good example of data stored in the VRAM is data for visual assets such as textures. Every now and then, VRAM gets performance improvements and the latest new version is called GDDR6X....
Smile SmartHome is an internet package that connects your whole family to Unlimited 4G LTE internet at home; to enjoy SuperFast movie downloads, online gaming, watching online music videos, pinterest, online sport, online information and education or anything else you want to do online. Here, you get 90GB FREE every month by simply recharging with a 20GB, 50GB, 100GB or any Unlimited data bundle, to enjoy FREE internet every day....
