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The Sharp Aquos R2 Compact comes as a successor to the Aquous R Compact that was released last year. The Aquos R Compact debuted with a tiny notch that housed the front-facing camera but had an unreasonably huge chunk of bezel at the bottom of the display. To create the Aquous R2 Compact, Sharp modified the bottom bezel and added an extra notch around fingerprint sensor. This positions the Aquos R2 Compact as the world’s first smartphone with a dual notch....

All the decoder models (new and old) from Multichoice (Explora, High Definition , and Standard Definition decoders) all support Xtraview. However, to do a triple view setup, you cannot use HD PVR (High Definition Personal Video Recorder) and SD ( Standard Definition) decoders. If you own one of the latest DStv decoders (Explora and HD decoder) then you can use a smart LNB (Low-noise block) for your Xtraview set up....

In a country with a great unemployment rate, this might be a great opportunity for many especially because in it’s current state Uber’s model presents great benefits for drivers. They help you find passengers for 20% cut on the fee which seems fair in comparison to parking your car at the stage waiting for clients who may or may not come. What do I need to become an Uber driver in Uganda?...

Parents will have full control of the contact list and decide who can connect with their children. The messages exchanged between kids won’t disappear and won’t be hidden in case parents would like to check in. Parents, and approved adults like grandparents, can video chat and message with their kids through their existing Messenger app. No additional app download is needed for parents. Messenger Kids allows kids to message and video call using Wi-Fi so they don’t need a phone number....

It was constructed at a cost of about sh41.1b, and is expected to have a life span of 120 years. The new bridge has a four-lane dual highway with pedestrian sidewalks.Its funding was from both the Uganda government(20%) and the Japanese government through the Japanese International Cooperation Agency(80%). The money from the Japanese government was in the form of a soft loan of US$100 million at an annual interest rate of 0....

But the demand for more information about one’s internet connection could have prompted for a revamp, which has been done. The app can now measure your connection’s latency (lag/ping) and upload speed. This will help to give you a more comprehensive view of your internet connection speed and allow you to determine whether your ISP is providing as required of them. Upload speed is how fast your data is being uploaded to the internet while Latency is the time it takes for data to travel from a user’s device to the server and back....

Payments (especially cross-border payments), have been a real issue for consumers and businesses in Africa. Where it was quite hard to receive payment from customers outside the continent. This partnership has happened to ease this process. What this means for businesses in Africa, is that they can sell their products to consumers in virtually every country where PayPal is enabled. And receive payments from their customers seamlessly. And according to PayPal, they are available in more than 200 countries and regions....

This led to a surge in new users, and that eventually caught the attention of investors who have now invested in Flutterwave and helped it achieve its unicorn status. Flutterwave, one of Africa’s biggest financial technology companies, announced that it has raised $170 million in Series C funding. This takes the company’s valuation to over a billion dollars—joining the likes of Jumia and Interswitch who have also achieved unicorn status....

Rave by Flutterwave is a solution that enables merchants to accept payments from cards, bank accounts, and mobile money. The product is certified by, and meets, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. Speaking to the audience, Omosalewa Adeyemi, Head of Partnerships at Flutterwave, said; “Any company that needs to accept online payments can use Rave.” Rave by Flutterwave is used by over 45,000 merchants in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa and currently handles at least 2 million transactions a month....

In this post, we’ll take a look at the members of the S21 series and highlight major features that differentiate them. In the end, you should be understand the differences between the three devices and make an informed decision based on what you care about most. READ MORE: Why the Samsung Galaxy S21 series is cheaper than the S20 series. Galaxy S21 vs S21 Plus vs S21 Ultra Display The display is a major thing that differentiates the three smartphones....

Unfortunately the One Plus One does not ship to Africa and If you want to ship one to Uganda, you would have to ship it to an address say the US, the UK or Canada and then get someone to bring it for you. Well, If you do not know the One Plus One smartphone, In one word, It’s the 2014 “Smartphone flagship killer” by Chinese startup One Plus. The phone has some really crazy specs and has got a lot of positive reviews from many of the tech heavy weights like Android Authority, CNET among others....

If you are having WiFi dead zones a lot, then your best bet is either going for Mesh WiFi router systems we talked about or WiFi range extenders or repeaters. They both achieve the same objective of extending your WiFi coverage but achieve it in different ways. Mesh WiFi routers are slightly newer in the market and are now more prefered because of their ease of use and performance superiority, but the good-old WiFi range extenders are still comparatively powerful....

Google already had it — Google Notebook but brutally killed it I must start by saying that I’ve been and are a huge fan of Google products. On average i use about 5 Google products a day and that includes, Search, Gmail, Docs, Picasa, G+ among others. As such I’ve been a victim of Google’s brutal closure of it’s products, the most recent one being Google Reader(still getting over it). Now before i came to know of any note taking App on the internet, i learnt and used Google Notebook....

The Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro were announced with many exhibitions around their upgraded cameras and new styling. What’s more, the Pixel Tablet made an unexpected appearance with its new usefulness as a brilliant home hub. The watch, G2 Tensor chip, etc. In case you missed the event, here are the big six reveals. Google Tensor G2 Google unveiled the Google Tensor G2 chip, which will succeed the existing Google Tensor processor found inside the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones....

Until now, 5G used to exist only as a buzzword in the news for years. The case is, however, different now as many telecommunications company, network operators, wireless service providers and the like are now launching their 5G services in different countries. Equally, hardware manufacturers have also been working to produce equipment that’d would be compatible with the technology. Last year, we provided a comprehensive list of OEMs working on 5G-compatible smartphones....

Characteristics of portable wireless external hard drives Wireless hard drives have an internal battery to power on which will need recharging. They come with dedicated apps for connecting to smart devices through Wi-Fi and you can browse all of your favorite media files in no time. If you have any troubles with the wireless connectivity, there is the possibility to make a connection with a USB cable. You can connect these drives to computers and use them just like any other wired external drives....

So, whether you’re trying to improve your personal brand, or you did a change of name, or you’re converting a personal account to a business account, you can change your username on the Instagram platform. And we’ll show you how to do that in this post. To be clear, your Instagram username is the name just after then “@” symbol. It’s not the name just below your display picture (that is your display name which can also be changed)....

I’ve been covering the Telecom industry for a period of about 3 years now, spotting with resounding accuracy the direction which the industry is taking. For instance, i wrote a post on the rise of IP-based messaging services like Whatsapp, Gtalk, Twitter, BBM and how they continue to shrink Telecom SMS revenues. Then i also wrote about the convergence of Voice, Messaging and Video into one single stream rather than usage of discrete channels(to the advantage of Telecoms) delivered through smartphone “Apps” like Skype and Viber....

Smartphone manufacturers have been adding more and more RAM in newer devices and everybody thinks this is a really good thing. More RAM, more stuff a phone does? Faster phone? However, that’s not really what smartphone RAM is about. Manufacturers like Razer, ZTE, Xiaomi, Samsung, Oppo and Vivo have devices of 8GB of RAM. Apple is following suite ever since it doubled the iPhone 5 RAM on the iPhone 6....

What are the common tricks these scammers use? The credit card fraud stars can take advantage of an upgrade in a particular bank. For example Centenary Bank is upgrading to Visa cards. They then send you emails purportedly from the bank asking for your details. Do not respond to those emails. If anything, call the toll free hotline of the particular bank. Credit card scammers can use pre recorded phone calls to call informing you of the ‘new offers’....