TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY

Safaricom has increased the voice call rates, utadoooo?

Kenya is a land of contrasting reasoning, while Yu made their free calls permanent a few days ago, Safaricom today has increased   voice call charges to Ksh.4 on net and…

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Crowdpesa – Mobile Payment Gateway linking the Existing payment Systems

Crowdpasa is an open mobile Payment gateway linking the existing Payment systems. The Application has been developed for Mobile, Web and Symbian platforms. In terms of monetization, CrowdPesa intends to…

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Internet Governance Forum In Nairobi- Main Points on the First day

This  week Nairobi Kenya is hosting Internet Governance Forum under the theme“Internet as a catalyst for Change: Access, Development, Freedom and Innovation” . The global IGF is being held in…

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Wordcamp Kenya 2011: 8 reasons why you should not miss

I talked about Wordcamp sometime back here, but now the time is near and it is only three days remaining for the early bird tickets. The early bird tickets  are priced…

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Top Apps: First Nokia App on the Windows Market

Top Apps is the first glimpse of how Nokia will approach the the absence of Ovistore on the Windows phone. The app was posted to the Windows Phone Marketplace on…

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Fiber cuts-Anybody found cutting cables should be jailed for life

That was a weekend of slow internet and Mpesa outage. The problem on the Safaricom network affected Data, M-PESA, Voice,and Wimax. According to the Safaricom CEO Mr.Bobcollymore, the problem was…

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Samsung has sold 10 million Galaxy S2 smartphone worldwide

Samsung confirmed that they have sold 10 million Samsung Galaxy S2 Smartphone worldwide. That going  past their previous smartphone record made by the original Galaxy S. The 10 million mark…

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World of Avatar buys Mobile Social network Mxit

World of Avatar has acquired 90% of South Africa based MXit for an undisclosed amount. Mxit currently has 43 million registered users in over 120 countries. Basically making it the…

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BlackBerry Developer Challenge “WebWorks” Winners

The following are the the winners of the BlackBerry Developer Challenge “Webworks selected on regional basis. I don’t think there is any Kenyan who participated in this, but I hope…

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Huawei SMART Mobile Broadband Solution Road Show

I had a chance to attend commencement of Huawei’s annual Mobile Broadband (MBB) road show at Panari Sky Hotel  to see some of their latest technologies in Kenya . A…

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Microsoft Broadens Software Donation Program to Reach More Nonprofits and Communities

Microsoft  announced updates to  its donation program that makes it easier for nonprofit organizations to get access to affordable technology. The updates to the Microsoft Software Donation program, which is…

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Nokia has extended the deadline for ‘Create for Millions’ Competition in East and Southern Africa

Nokia today announced the extension of the deadline for its ‘Create for Millions’ Competition in East and Southern Africa to November 1, 2011 . This will give  developers more time…

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Nokia E6 Review- Smart Business Phone

The E6-00 is a high end smartphone, from the Nokia family of smartphones. Design: The phone has a solid-build with a metallic bezel on the edge of the phone. Has…

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MedAfrica from Kenya listed among the top 10 favorite startups from the DEMO 2011 Conference

When they became top at the Pivot 25 demo in Nairobi, we had them broke it down here for us. But that was from small pond, Medkenya now MedAfrica, a…

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Kenyan Apps- Are they just junkies without Value to the consumers?

I remember when Fiber optic cables landed in Kenya, my friend Idd Salim predicted that  there would be  10 Kenyans under 32 USD millionaires before October 2010..That was really ambitious…

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POWO September: Open Source Talk and Training Workshop, be there

Poets and Writers Online (POWO) is a forum for Poets and Writers with blogs and those with an interest in using the internet in promotion of, or as a platform…

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Sinai Fire Tragedy: Open Letter to Kenyans Online

Dear Bloggers, Social Media people, Online readers. I hope you are all keeping well. Since  it is so hard to write a formal letter these days, i will go straight…

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Media Watch: The Gutter Press Star defending their lack of respect to the relatives of the dead

The star printed the following on their front page, the day after  the Sinai Fire and yesterday they were busy defending that horrible ..irresponsible action after several complaints from the…

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How to wean yourself off a telcom operator

I’m a creature of habit, I’ve had the same line for 11 years and I have never used any other mobile service provider. To be honest I blame myself for…

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Pesapal named among the 20 Hot international Startups to Watch

Kenyan Startups are now getting the right recognition that they deserve around the World.  Pesapal one of the well thought out startup in Kenya was named among the 20 Hot…

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Ghafla- Entertainment website that provides music content and digital downloads from East Africa.

Are you one those people who have no idea what Kenyan Artists are saying on their songs?  Here comes Ghafla with KenyanLyrics. Ghafla.co.ke  is a Kenyan Startup website that provides…

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Selected Apps to Pitch at AppCircus in Nairobi

So here below are the top 12 submitted apps that will have the chance to pitch in front of the professional jury and win a nomination to the Mobile Premier…

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Galaxy SII Launched in Kenya

Samsung yesterday launched Galaxy SII, a phone which at the moment stands a mile ahead of its rivals. The only comparisons can be drawn with  yet to be launched iPhone5,…

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Samsung Galaxy Mini Review

I am loving the Samsung Galaxy series. Looking at the  success Galaxy s1 and Galaxy S2 and i am convinced that Samsung’s strategy of launching one particular device in a…

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Jumuika-SMS Mobile Advertising Platform

Jumuika is an opt-in (permission-based) mobile advertising platform where adverts are delivered via SMS and MMS. The platform allow the users to send free SMS but attach the ad at…

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The Injustice to Entertainment by Poetry Events Performers

My tech readers ..this might not conform strictly with technology, but just bear with me. So yesterday i attended Poetry event. Ok, the right words are Wamathai’s Spoken words Sepetember….

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VPmeetup- 10 Conclusions

For sometime now Kenyan politicians have been getting the taste of social media and i must say some of them have become actual experts on it. The top on the…

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Huawei Ideos S7 Slim Review – Budget Tablet

During Safaricom data upgrade launch, i tweeted that  “Whatever people say about Huawei, they are slowly penetrating Kenyan market through safaricom” The reactions from some of the people who follow…

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MobiTracker- Android App that Allows users to track stolen or lost Mobile Phones

MobiTracker is Android app that allows the users to successfully track their mobile phones in event of the phone being stolen or lost. Yes, you can track your phone, your…

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Info160 -free information and advertising service targeting Mobile hot spots

Info160 is an free information and advertising service that targets tech regions that have a high prevalence of mobile phone users. info160’s core functionality is delivering SMS information to subscribed…

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