Since Mark Zuckerberg decided to pay Shs 1.6 trillion for WhatsApp, the equivalent of Kenya’s annual budget and about 50% of our GDP, I thought it wise to also be on WhatsApp. Before, I used to be a “call-me ..
How fast do you read? A 500 pages novel takes you two days to finish? A week? Ordinarily medium paged novels require at least two days to read from back to back without major breaks. My record time was reading ..
Giant mobile company Nokia, has introduced the latest version of Nokia Imaging Software Development Kit (SDK) that will run from devices to tablets as well as desktop PCs with the same code. The roll out is set to benefit ..
Every year and every month I get fascinated with a certain aspect of technology. My current obsession is Mobile and the grand convergence. I got the clear picture about it after the talks by Tomi Ahonen ..
When was the last time you were in a big Supermarket you are unfamiliar with? I remember this time I went down coast to a pay a visit to a close pal whose wife had delivered. I had to rush to Nakumatt ..
Have you ever been to a new place? Maybe a mat? A church? A gathering? A conference? Down town in the streets? Airport? Or just anywhere full of strange people? Have you ever been to these places and noticed ..
Google Glass is yet to go commercial but it is already receiving a lot of love from App developers. A London based wearable tech hackathon has developed Sex With Glass application meant for partners ..
New software can predict how successful a book can be If you are a writer, your top most desire is to get your work read by virtually everyone. It doesn’t matter whether you write books, journals, ..
Things are getting connected to the Internet. In the last few years we have seen kitchen ware and appliances like fridges, ovens, microwaves, cabinets, heaters and many others get smart. Then the doors, ..
Android KitKat that was released in October last year came with it a raft of features and an important aspect of Kitkat is to allow entry level smartphones receive the latest Android upgrades. Fear has been ..
Yes, it is Christmas time and I guess most of you good people will not be working. For that you need some things to keep you busy, and your best buddy Smartphone would definitely help in this. To start ..
Tusker Project Fame is gone and so everybody seem to have stopped using Tusker.Mobi. For some reason Tusker lovers did not realize that Tusker.Mobi can also be used to predict Tusker Premier League scores. ..
Look at the picture, looks real, right? No, it’s not a photo image of Morgan Freeman. On the contrary this is an art work painting of Morgan Freeman done by a Digital artist who goes by the name ..
Have you found yourself in traffic for hours only to realize, after the traffic clears, that the alternative route has been smooth throughout? Worse still, have you tried an alternative route only to join ..
NationHela is one of easiest platforms for remitting money to Kenya. Now that I think of it I should have had my card as soon as yesterday. A colleague from Nigeria has been forced to use Swift transfer ..
Are you a fresh graduate, someone planning to quit the current job or just recently fired? Are you one of those who have sent hundreds to thousands of applications to as many potential employers but no feedback? ..
Google finally availed the Android KitKat that they have been teasing around for some time now. The exciting thing about KitKat, even before we look at the tweaks that have been brought to the new OS, is that ..
Two weeks ago the President of the Republic of Kenya made a promise that he will open “a web site and a web page” through which Kenyans can report corruption cases. True to his words, today ..
Rapid Communications, a local company run by Anwar Hussein, has introduced a video streaming platform for mobile phones called Vooka. You might think of it like YouTube for Afria. These are the said advantages: ..
Carpooling is the act of sharing cars, mostly personal cars, when traveling. A driver, instead of traveling from A to B alone in the car, looks for passengers to fill in all or almost all of the seats ..
The Purple Network recently launched the inaugural Women in Enterprise Award dubbed the ‘She.BusinessAward’ to recognize and celebrate women who have built successful businesses. This is the first ..
Registration for the upcoming VODAFONE APPSTAR CHALLENGE TO BE HELD IN KENYA is ongoing. App developers for mobile phones that want to participate in this year’s challenge are required to register ..
This is the second part of the series “What it takes to get better deals” Read part 1 here Once upon a past life, when launching a tech based product, the public relations professional we had sought ..
The spotlight over Dimension Data’s acquisition of AccessKenya at Kshs 3 billion has demonstrated that contrary to the myth shared of tech in Kenya, there is monetary reward in our innovations if only ..
By now you must have heard or read about Safaricom’s new product Lipa Kodi na Mpesa. When the news came out, there were collective mourns by a number of people who are involved in the startup ecosystem ..
And the Winners of Pivot East Competition are: Mobile society Category: Kytabu: Kytabu, is a micro-leasing textbook subscription application that enables students to get just the material they need to learn, ..
Every year for the last three years or so we have been saying the time is ripe for ecommerce or m-commerce to thrive in in Kenya, but every year things never turned out as predicted. Late last I wrote ..
Akirachix, the all young women and girls tech networking platform will be hosting Girls in ICT day event this month, on 27th April 2013. From AkiraChix Website: AkiraChix will be hosting a Girls in ICT day event, ..
WipeOut Mobile- is a software which allow users to retrieve important business contacts and text messages in the event their phones are destroyed or lost. WipeOut mobile application also enables phone ..