The Lenovo K3 Note is probably the first Lenovo phone we have seen in Uganda by a carrier. It is a full HD 4G LTE ready smartphone offered by Vodafone Uganda. The Lenovo K3 Note is a high end device at a mid-range price. With 2GB RAM, 16GB memory expandable upto 32GB, a 5.5 full HD display and a 3000 mAh battery to top it up, this device becomes one of the best deals on the Ugandan market right now....
2020 certainly sent most of us working remotely with online calls and meetings being the primary point of contact. Now this has got a lot of people hunting for quality audio and video gadgets to better their online interactions. If you’re one of them, then you want to check out the WansView 1080p Full HD Webcam. This Webcam is plug and play . It doesn’t need any additional drivers. You simply plug it to one of your computer’s USB ports, then mount it on your laptop monitor with the adjustable clip and you’re ready to go....
“In 50 years, 95% of everything we know will have been discovered in those 50 years.” – Dave Evans Chief technologist at Cisco Systems Up until the start of the 20th century the sum total of human knowledge doubled every century. Today, the sum total of human knowledge doubles every 2-3 years. The Human mind has a hard time comprehending the exponential. Technological advances are often exponential, because technology and knowledge compound....
With the advancement in technology, people want things done as fast as possible. One of such a thing is instant responses to queries and complaints. Such needs have led to rise in artificial intelligence and robotic technology. Examples of such that stand out are the chatbots. Today the number of users of messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram is skyrocketing. With this trend, virtual chatbots that imitate human conversations for solving various tasks are becoming increasingly in demand....
If you decide that it’s finally time to get off social media platforms, particularly Instagram, there’s an option to delete your account. This decision can be made off many reasons including sanitizing your digital footprints, reducing the addiction that comes with social media, and more. If you just want to take a quick break from the platform, you should check out our post on how to temporarily disable Instagram . In this case, you have an option to deactivate the account whenever you deem fit....
Having been in the middle of organizing a number of events, I have quickly learned that the success of the event is not in the number of people who turn up nor is it in the hype generated while the event is going one. I believe that the true test of success of an event is if after the cooling off period has waned and the hype has died down; Do you still remember your eureka moment?...
As a content writer, I often write blog posts, and web pages, craft social media posts, do email marketing and even work on press releases along with video or audio scripts. I am prone to making grammatical errors while I’m doing all this. One of the tools I have come to embrace is Grammarly . This tool helps save me from embarrassing mistakes. Even as I am writing this article, Grammarly is behind my back helping me auto-correct, suggest and improve my writing as I proceed....
Sharing text-based data online has become an essential part of modern-day communication and collaboration. With the increasing reliance on digital platforms such as Pastebin and Google Docs, sharing text-based data such as code snippets, configuration files, log files, and other types of data has become a common practice among professionals in different fields. In this article, we shall look at Pastebin, and offer you some tips and some advantages of the platform....
When you are shopping for a new handset, most of us are really specific on a given display size. That is the diagonal length of the display, corner to opposite corner. This only tells us how big the display is, not including the bezels around the screen. It is important to know just how big these bezels are as these determining the portability of the device in question, especially in a world where we are constantly pushing the limit on acceptable screen sizes....
Microsoft’s Windows comes will many advanced features that by default are disabled. One such feature is Hyper-V which has to do with activating virtualization. Windows virtualization technology should not be confused with Windows Sandbox . They both share some attributes but have key differences that we will look into shortly. In this post, we will explain what virtualization is, and how you can activate it on your Windows PC. We will also highlight some of the use case applications you might need it for....
Most ordinary computer users are already familiar with WiFi, the wireless network you connect to when you want internet on your phone, laptop or tablet. But few conventional users know what WiFi Direct is and it’s not their fault. That’s because WiFi Direct is still a new standard promoted by the WiFi Alliance, the same body behind WiFi. WiFi Direct is a quick way of connecting two WiFi-Direct compatible devices without connecting to the same network or wireless router....
PCIe is a component within your PC that is an acronym for Peripheral Component Interconnect Express. A PC will typically have several PCIe slots or interfaces on its motherboard to plug in GPUs, WiFi Cards, Raid Cards, and storage devices like SSDs. PCIe interfaces come in a variety of configurations ranging within x1, x2, x4, x8, and x16. The numbers signify the number of data lanes and the more the lanes the faster the data will be transferred from say an SSD to the Motherboard, hence your computer functions faster....
Sometime last year, an internet start up, Hellofood Uganda launched. Their propositions to foodies was simple, that you could order for food from reputable restaurants around Kampala for home or otherwise office delivery. They some how managed to convince a sizable number of restaurants to sign onto their service including, Maurice Kirya’s sound cup. Soon it went into a media buy frenzy in an attempt to recruit users. I do not have the information on how many orders they take per day nor if the venture is profitable (yet)....
Kawowo Sports Mobile site However, after asking around and surfing the web for websites specific to Ugandan companies, it became apparent to me that most companies do not have websites designed for mobile display. A website among other things is a marketing tool for most businesses. If so, then you go where your target audience is, use what they use. Mobile version of the new vision website So creating or optimizing your existing website for mobile access should be one of your top priorities right now....
Most home users now have several Wi-Fi enabled devices at home; your smartphone, a tablet, a laptop, smart TV, streaming set-top-box, an Xbox among several others. And a single WiFi router or MiFi won’t cut it else you end-up with several WiFi dead zones. This is why the Wi-Fi Alliance, the organisation that oversees development of the WiFi standard is rolling out EasyMesh protocol to put sanity back into your home WiFi network....
With Apple’s latest release of the iPhone 6, 6 plus and the Apple watch, there have been overwhelming reactions and debate globally on many things like whether Apple is really an innovator or just a good follower who perfects what other players have introduced. At the risk of being bashed by the hardcore Apple fanboys, I last year looked at whether the Jobsian Apple has lost its cool or if they still got it....
14th July and a bunch of us got invited to attend the official launch of Xiaomi’s first Mi Home at The Hub, Karen. I live in the other side of town and I’m an African timer so I get there late and the winding queue of Mi Fans, waiting in line to check out the new Store!!! And with that, the giant Chinese smartphone maker officially has physical presence in the country....
Google’s rollout of the much anticipated Allo chat app finally hit the Play Store and App store four months after its announcement in May. The app has hit is off with a roaring start, surpassing the one million download mark after just a few days. Allo joins its twin Duo launched a month ago which has so far been downloaded between 10 to 50 million times But let’s not kid ourselves....
Contrary to popular opinion, not all techies are avid gamers. I’ve never really been a gamer (shocker). But I am always glued to my phone, mostly catching up on tech news and trends or reading the latest issue of Washington Post. But lately, I have been into something else. I have been taking virtual tours of various parts of the country…kinda like traveling for recluses. So this has been available in Kampala for a while now, even David didn’t know about it, read his impressions and thoughts from like 4 years ago here....
The smartphone ecosystem is filled with tons of brands that keeping track of them all can become overwhelming. However, there are some “top dogs” in the industry whose names are top-of-the-mind as they have rightfully earned their spot at the top. Nokia is one of such brands, and even though the Finnish company once went off the radar about a year ago when it was knocked off by existing and emerging brands with killer devices, Nokia is back and this time, with a bang!...
