Apps are the in thing in this time and age, the new besties of the human species thanks to the tech evolution. Why would you need friends if you can…

Samsung Electronics and i-Lab Africa have unveiled eight new apps that were developed by young talent as part of the 2nd edition of the Samsung Show N’ Tell. The mobile…

Let’s forget windows, partnerships, gadgets and complicated apps for a minute. The last time something as similar was published on Kachwanya.com was when my colleague Washington Odipo decided to break…

Business travel has grown tremendously in Kenya with more business executives frequenting other capitals to attend important client meetings, for professional development and attending global conferences and seminars. Frequent business…

Google is giving you new user-experience on mails with its new app ‘Inbox’ an invite-only system that works on chrome browser, Android phones and iPhones with functions away from the…

It has been two months since I saw the beloved Windows XP in action, I saw it at a printing bureau outside Kenya Poly. The attendant requested me to use…

Introduction There is a new product in the global town, Apple Pay; and this product is a big threat to a local big fish that we all care so much about,…

Last week I was privileged to have a talk with John Muiruri, one of the top Apps developers in Kenya. Here is how the talk went. Odipo: If I were to…

On Friday I received a rare phone call from a friend who knows nothing about the Internet except OLX. Okay I’m exaggerating. He also knows something about Facebook but even…

I can bet that you are a Facebook user – and a user of Facebook through a phone . In particular, I bet you use the renowned Facebook App for…

Safaricom has launched the 2nd edition of the Appwiz challenge a developer competition designed to help identify and develop successful early stage mobile technology companies. The challenge is focused on…

Google’s Internet browser Chrome is receiving negative coverage from yesterday thanks to the discovery that it drains laptop battery power. According to a blog post by Ian Morris of Forbes,…

Is WhatsApp the best messaging App out there? According to user statistics yes but here are the three ways Wiper beats WhatsApp hands down: Before we start, my WhatsApp is about…

Nokia has partnered Safaricom in the Nunua Apps na Credo billing service that will see Nokia Lumia users on Safaricom network purchase applications using their airtime unlike the usual pay…

Yesterday I wrote the article – Cortana predicts Germany will win the 2014 FIFA world cup and since then a big number of soccer enthusiasts have flocked the Microsoft’s AI assistant to…

Three days ago someone sent a “please call me thank you” message to my friend’s number. My friend called back but the call wasn’t picked up, several times. He asked…

Windows phone customers will now enjoy versatile and powerful image editing on-the-go app thanks to Adobe photoshop now available on the devices with automatic fixes and filters . The Adobe…

Software giant Microsoft has rolled out Ramadhan relevant apps available for Windows phone range of Lumia smartphones and NokiaX family. Muslims will be happy to use the apps in this…

Africa newest online music platform is set to distribute music digitally to over a million users in a year’s time across Africa but currently starting off in Tanzania. Mzito.com was…

Asha device users will now be able to access Weave News Reader an app with built-in News sources grouped according to categories such as technology, world events, gaming allowing users…

I am not a great believer of technology. Gosh, I hope I didnt say that out loud. But really, am not. It makes life easy, too easy. What with Facebook-…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Last week Facebook expressed intentions to buy WhatsApp for a total of 19 billion dollars (Kshs 1.6 trillion) and two days later, WhatsApp went down for over 3 hours. During…

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…

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?…

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…

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…