Over the past years, Google has been reworking its main product — search — to make it more easy and compelling for users to find the world’s information. Beyond simply providing numerous links (most of which no one ever visits) based on a keyword-driven search queries — though this is also changing — the search giant is innovatively providing nifty ways in which user can instantly get what they want right on the spot without leaving its search home page....

Google’s YouTube is reported to be very close to buying out Twitch a popular Live streaming gaming Start Up at $1bn in an All Cash Deal. Twitch is said to beat Google in Traffic during peak hours. “ The move, if it succeeds, would effectively put one of the web’s most highly trafficked sites firmly in Google’s hands.” According to the Verge , the move makes sense for YouTube especially for the fact that Twitch has become a premium Destination for live Video Game Streams wth more than one million unique users broadcasting on its platform every month....

The 2016 CMS Africa summit is just a few weeks away. If you haven’t yet gotten your ticket, you want to do it now . We also took the time to tell you everything you need to know like dates, price, where to get tickets, why you should attend and so much more. You can download the Summit App that will show you the entire Summit Schedule/Speakers/Topics and all you need to know....

What is RCS? First of all let us get the basics. Rich Communication Services (RCS) is essentially a set of communication standards for SMS, MMS and calling that will make text messages look and feel more like WhatsApp, Hangouts, Facebook Messenger. It i s a communication protocol between mobile-telephone carriers and between phone and carrier, aiming at replacing SMS messages with a text-message system that is more rich, provide phonebook polling (for service discovery), and transmit in-call multimedia....

I’ve been gladly using my computer at work to access my emails. Even more, once I got my android phone equipped with the official Gmail app, I wondered how else I can easily access my email on the go, any time anywhere until I learnt of Orange Uganda’s Email-to-SMS product. I tested the service — which by the way is free to Orange customer — at the time of writing this post , with a lot of skepticism, understanding the limitations of SMS especially when it comes to number of supported characters (160)....

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) made a directive to all telecoms in Uganda to switch off partially and non registered SIM cards. The directive also requires telecoms to verify/re-register all partially or non registered SIM cards with the new parameters of registration. These parameters only allow National IDs as the only valid ID to register a SIM card in Uganda. Non – Ugandans are allowed to use passports, Companies will use details from the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), Refugees will use details from the OPM database....

Hive Colab, with 20 other startup programs across five continents have joined 1776’s UNION network, a digital platform that catalyzes innovation by connecting startup ecosystems together around the world. “This is one of a kind opportunity for Hive Colab to join a cohort of accelerators and incubators around the world. It especially means a lot to be one of two startup incubators in East Africa to be part of this,” said Teddy Ruge, Cofounder, Hive Colab....

Watching movies is something many of us look forward to. A good movie can be company on your date night, be a stress reviler after a hectic day, among other benefits. It’s actually a good thing to have the movie downloaded to your phone beforehand as it saves you from things like buffering and you can actually watch the movies in a no network zone. The big question, however, is how do you download your favorite movies to your phone for offline viewing?...

The incursion of the dot com kind of thinking is a tad too much nowadays. Suddenly everyone thinks that they have the best idea to change the world and grace the Forbes’ cover page atop the Billionaires list. And that’s the problem with clichés. The mischievous overuse of some terms and words renders them useless and makes them primal to contempt. In Uganda, for example, it is not uncommon to get replied with “I’m fine!...

Now, I go back (for a visit) to the same Internet cafe and by just taking a glimpse at the computer monitors, only see Facebook. From kids as young as 12 years to adults in their late thirties, all are accessing Facebook, sharing photos and generally ‘Facebooking’ as they like to call it. According to the site Socialbakers , Uganda has a total of 307, 080 Facebook users out of 3....

Since you can’t upgrade the Firestick’s built-in storage, your only option is to simply add external storage. Now the Fire TV Cube, Fire TV Stick 3, Fire TV Stick Lite, Fire TV Stick 4K Max and newer models feature full support for USB drives. To connect a USB drive to your Firestick using an OTG cable; Connect your USB drive to th e standard USB end of the cable. Connect the male micro USB end of the OTG cable to the firestick....

Watching your favorite Netflix show on a phone screen can be convenient when you’re moving around or not at home. But, when you’re indoors and there’s a bigger screen, it’s preferable to switch so you can enjoy your show even better. So what happens when you want to cast your Netflix to a TV or media player screen? There are several alternatives like using a Chromecast or a HDMI cord. These options of course require other gadgets or accessories....

Well, you know that long talk about Facebook being the most extensive social network in the world; I’m on the affirmative this is the umpteenth time you’re reading such. But here’s the deal: its jumbo characteristic makes it cherishable. On Facebook, you can connect to multiple pals, relatives, co-workers, bosses, etc. for pleasure, business and what have you. That’s why it’s comprehensible if you get perplexed when you forget your Facebook password....

There are multiple ways to delete your Alexa voice recording. You can delete them one after the other, by date, or by the device. Other options include deleting your voice recordings all at once, and have them deleted automatically after three or 18 months on an ongoing basis. Here’s how to check and delete Alexa voice recordings by date in the Alexa app: Open the Alexa app and tap ‘ More ‘ from the options at the bottom....

One of the most important parts of your iPhone is the battery section. If you have a bad iPhone battery, you will definitely get frustrated using your device as there wouldn’t be sufficient usage time. It’s why there’s a way to check battery health on your iPhone so you can track when it’s going bad. In this post, we’ll take you through how to check battery health on your iPhone and also show you what an ideal battery maximum capacity is....

Before you get started, you should ensure that you have downloaded and set up the Alexa app already. Also, make sure you have connected your Echo Dot smart speaker to the Alexa app. You can only use Spotify on an Echo Dot speaker that has been connected to the Alexa app. Tap the More icon at the bottom-right corner of your Alexa app. Tap Settings , then Music & Podcasts from the Alexa Preferences section....

The Lenovo K3 Note is a powerful Android device retailing at a pocket friendly price. This is all thanks to Vodafone Uganda which flooded the market with a shipment of these devices and following it up by slashing their price. Twice. Might I add that the K3 Note was a sell-out? However, the device suffers from the same disease as most smartphones which is rapid battery drain. This is despite shipping with a 3,000 mAh battery, a figure considered decent enough....

Although YouTube Music has a ton of algorithm-generated mixes available to its users, the introduction of the new Custom Radio Stations feature gives users more control over the type of songs that they listen to on the app. With the new custom radio stations feature on YouTube Music, you can pick up to 30 artists when creating your own radio station, choose how frequently these artists will appear, etc. Doing this gives the algorithm a better idea of the kind of artists and music that should be added to your station....

Boomplay , owned by Transsnet—a subsidiary of Transsion Holdings (makers of popular smartphones; TECNO, Infinix, and iTel)— is Africa’s fastest-growing music streaming service. The platform has a catalog of over five million content (videos and songs) and 42 million monthly active users, with the vast majority of those users living in Sub-Saharan Africa. This growth is largely due to the pre-installation of the music streaming app on all Transsion smartphones sold on the continent....

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