Technology in Kenya

TECHNOLOGY

Digital Devices are not suitable for classrooms.

Every college student goes through the phone during lectures. In school we had classes that one had to make sure that the phone has enough bundles to last them through…

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How the 2015 BET Awards unfolded on Twitter

As stars in music, acting, sports and entertainment celebrated the best in African-American music and pop culture at the 2015 @BETAwards, a large community of fans had Twitter as their…

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How far should social networks go in censoring hate speech?

Social network provides a platform where people are able to express themselves freely. In Kenya Bloggers and social media users are governed by very interesting laws that reportedly have gaps…

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IT system to be suspended by Office of Personal Management (OPM) after hack in the U.S.

This year the U.S has been hit a number of times by hackers. In June many workers were affected when there was a massive data breach. After the hack the…

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Google has enabled Undo Send on Gmail

If you send many email messages, you must have sent an email to the wrong address. I once did send a private message meant only for my work colleague’s eyes…

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The U.S Navy still uses Windows XP and spends $9 million yearly for their support

People and institutions are evolving technologically but the U.S navy has decided to stick to old school ways. Microsoft launched Windows 10 and later released the improvements in Windows 10…

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Smartphones are used to improve City life in Singapore through Live Singapore

In Nairobi the use of smartphones is a tragedy on the streets despite it being the most intelligent City in Africa. ‘Kanjos’ always have a hard time controlling pedestrians who…

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A new iPhone 6 explodes

Sophisticated devices are flooding the market annually. Electrical devices are dangerous because they use electricity and the kind of technique used in designing them is quit delicate. iPhone 6 which…

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Drones equipped with predictive analysis to be used to curb poaching

Africa is blessed with wild animals which makes it a goldmine for poachers. 40000 elephants in Central and Southern Africa are killed yearly for their ivory. In the first four…

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Samsung in trouble after disabling Microsoft Security Updates

Recently Microsoft made some improvements on the Windows 10 mobile which was taken positively by people. Samsung has been accused of disabling Microsoft’s software in preference for its own, leaving…

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Facebook Messenger wants to completely dissociate itself from Facebook

Facebook is a social network that everybody loves but few people differ with that because they introduce shortcuts that damns many users. Few days ago Facebook reported that it managed…

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An Artificial Neuron that can mimic the functions of human cells has been created

Linking the brain and other human body cells with computers is probably the dream of every scientist. Ray Kurzweil, an engineer at Google predicted that humans and computer will become…

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Tecno to set up an Assembly Plant in Nairobi with an aim of scooping Kshs 17 billion worth of laptop tenders

Tecno to set up an Assembly Plant in Nairobi with an aim of scooping Kshs 17 billion worth of laptop tenders. Tecno announced its intention to put up an assembly…

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Earth is entering its sixth extinction-level event according to evidence

Some researchers are planning to move their industries to Mars and other planets instead of protecting earth from extinction. A new paper from Stanford, Princeton, and Berkeley suggests that the…

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‘Transparent’ Samsung Safety Truck aimed to reduce road accidents

Google made driverless cars with the aim of reducing accidents on the roads. The search giant also created a website used to deliver reports on accidents caused by the cars….

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Low-tech ways you can use to protect your privacy online

Many individuals and countries are powerless against hackers. Hackers can disrupt a government’s security making it vulnerable to attacks. A report suggested that hackers can cause a cyber war and…

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The creepy Facebook facial recognition algorithm can identify you without looking at your face

Normally you have to see a person in order to identify them but technologically Facebook can identify a person by their shape, hairdo, pose a.t.c. This is not only freaky…

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iTax services extended to Huduma Centers

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has extended its iTax support services to an additional 16 Huduma centres bringing the total number of service centres to 22 The expansion has increased KRA’s…

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S.T.EYE: A smart condom that changes colour if it detects STIs

A smart condom that changes colour when it detects a sexually transmitted disease could help to cut the spread of the illnesses. The condom won an award in the health…

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Windows 10 Mobile Build 10136 Improvements.

Since the launch of windows 10 many people have had different opinions about its functionality and what they will loose. Early this month Microsoft’s corporate VP Nick Parker revealed the…

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Airlines are vulnerable to hacking, says LOT Polish airlines

Hackers, given a chance, can take over the world. This is because they are able to hack in any machine that has an internet connection. Most recent cases that made…

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Google’s YouTube Newswire to verify Eyewitness Videos

Apart from Google’s driverless car website that advocates for transparency, Google wants to help the media find eyewitness videos and make sure they are trustworthy. To do that, Google on…

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Boeing 787-9 acrobatic stunts got million views on Youtube

  The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is very big but it can fly like a paper. The plane holds 280 passengers, has a nearly 200-foot (about 60-meter) wingspan and is over…

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Project Lightning to highlight trending events on twitter.

Twitter has launched a number of features this year including the Retweet with comment a feature that allows users to embed a tweet in their own tweets which will see…

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Father’s Day Celebrations on Twitter

Kenyans on Twitter have already started Father’s day celebrations. The day honors all fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, and father figures for their contribution. It was created to complement Mother’s Day. It…

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New Coke bottle made from sugar cane.

Coca-Cola showed off its new bottle at the Expo Milano food technology conference on Wednesday. The bottle is plastic but instead of using petroleum, the bottle’s plastic is derived from…

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Researchers have succeeded in printing human skin using 3-D printers

Companies are working on using live cells and specialized 3-D machines in a process called bioprinting, which experts say could be worth $1 billion by 2025. Printing organs has generated…

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Airplanes can fix themselves, says scientist.

When a person gets an injury it heals after some weeks or others develop into a tumor, aside from self heeling biological theories scientists have developed a way airplanes can…

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Facebook in Court over allegations that it broke privacy rules

Belgium’s privacy watchdog has filed a suit against the US tech giant in the main civil court in Brussels. Last month, the watchdog said that Facebook “flouts European and Belgian…

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Solar-powered Plane Ready to fly

The pilot of a solar-powered plane that made an unplanned stop in Japan says his aircraft is now ready to fly but must wait out unfavorable weather, perhaps for up…

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