Note: Remzak is now defunct Remzak is the latest classifieds website to join the Ugandan e-commerce sphere at a time when e-commerce is on a rapid growth trajectory in the country. With the necessary structures starting to take shape, e-commerce will no longer be just another buzzword but a new way of doing business. Remzak is approaching classifieds from a community point of view by letting people list their products in all the different categories for free while promising them maximum visibility for their products....

According to the Facebook Careers page , there are new job openings for Dubai, UAE and sub-Saharan Africa. The openings in Africa are available in South Africa for positions of Global Accounts, marketing and sales . It’s no longer a secret, Facebook is finally asserting its physical presence in Africa. This follows a trend of several international tech giants that have dipped their feet into the continent’s waters, such as; IBM, Google, Microsoft, Intel among others....

Try to wrap your mind around this: Truly u nlimited Internet in Uganda at blistering fast speeds of 6Mbps at a paltry fixed price of UGX 330,000 a month . In addition, the internet bundle has no data caps at all! This means the internet speeds won’t drastically reduce to a crawl after you pass a certain threshold. This is definitely a first in Uganda. Smile Communications has introduced this new offering they call Smile Premium Bundle and it has left us shell-shocked....

The stock AOSP launcher has always been the benchmark for simplicity and functionality on Android. Light, lean and with just the bare essentials. After the launch of the Pixel 2, we were all treated to the new launcher. Very clean with the Google Search bar at the bottom and a new At A Glance widget. Thanks to the active development on the XDA platform, we now have the apks and their mods....

Google just held its AI event yesterday at the company’s Pier 57 offices in New York City. The company announced a variety of artificial intelligence (AI) advances, including Generative AI, Language Translation, Health AI, and disaster management. Here is a summary of everything said during the event. The event also focused heavily on a discussion around its efforts to build responsible AI, particularly related to control and safety, helping identify generative AI, and “building for everyone....

If you are a student in any of the Ugandan universities and you want to become a Google Student Ambassador in your school, registration is ongoing for the program here and it will be ending this April 2013. The Google Student Ambassador Program is an opportunity for students to act as liaisons between Google and their universities. These ambassadors: -Learn about innovative Google products and programs -Plan and host fun events on campus -Act as a campus contact for Google teams -Help Google better understand each university’s culture...

The Innovation and Research group at Al Jazeera Media Network has kicked off its first major community initiative with an online Innovation Challenge. This is an open competition aiming to surface new ideas about storytelling in mobile and web applications. The Innovation Challenge competition offers substantial rewards, including the possibility of future incubation of winning ideas, invitations to large innovation events in the future, and $25,000 in cash prizes. Morad Rayyan from Al Jazeera Innovation and Research invited software designers, technologists, and developers from around the world to participate:...

First announced back in January 4, 2017, HDMI 2.1 the latest HDMI specification is finally out in the wild. To the average Joe, HDMI is just another cable or video connector/interface on their laptop or smart TV they use to transfer uncompressed video and audio between devices. The buzzwords and technical jargon might not interest them much as long as they are able to hear crisp sound and crystal clear images on their TVs or monitors or laptops....

The Nigeria Ride-hailing ecosystem is presently not what it used to be. About five (5) years ago, the niche was a non-existent one in the Nigeria tech ecosystem. Now, however, it might interest you to know that there are about 20 players in the e-hailing business in Nigeria. Dominated by Uber (launched in 2014) and Bolt ( formerly Taxify ; launched in 2016), there are other (less popular) players in the ride-hailing ecosystem of Nigeria....

The Galaxy S10 line of flagship smartphones from Samsung Mobile was released weeks ago and the world can’t seem to have enough of it yet. As expected, the flagships overtook the Galaxy S9 line and Galaxy Note 9 as the most expensive Samsung smartphone in the world — thanks to standout features like punch-hole selfie camera cutout within the display, Snapdragon 855 SoC , triple rear camera setup and more....

To do this, all you have to do is simply load airtime to have access your prepaid roaming service in destinations with their listed partners. Roam Like Home – Data Bundle Both Prepaid & Post-paid customers can now “Roam like Home” with Airtel Kenya’s New Data Roaming Plans. Airtel now offers 2 simplified data plans which can be used in 16 destinations. Covered Countries are Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, Malawi, Niger, Sierra L ,B Faso, Gabon, Madagascar, Seychelles, Tchad, Congo B & DRC....

There you are hitting your thumbs on your phone as you check out the latest version of the great graphics game you love when suddenly a pop up says “battery low 14% connect to charger”. Or something that we all to some extent have experienced, in transit to or from work as you venture into all the amazing things your phone can do, update your apps, listen to music, check updates on your social networking sites or catch-up with some news updates when suddenly you remember that important phone call you need to make....

The Apple ecosystem is a pretty luscious one. Devices from the OEM tend to work well with each other, making your work pretty easy across these devices. This, however, has made it rather tricky for persons with devices that aren’t Apple-made to enjoy these perks. Luckily, this seems to be changing slowly as there are a few devices in the market today that support Apple’s AirPlay feature, devices that aren’t Apple-made but do support this proprietary wireless protocol....

To cast your computer’s screen onto your TV, you’ll need to have a Chromecast hooked to your TV. Chromecast is a portable media-streaming dongle/device that plugs into your TV’s HDMI port. When plugged in, not only can you directly streaming contents from services like Netflix , Hulu, YouTube and Google Play, Chromecast also allows users cast content from their computer’s Chrome browser and the whole of their desktop screen. In this tutorial, however, we’ll talk about how you can music, videos, pictures and other content types from your computer’s Chrome browser using Chromecast....

Google Meet users were previously limited to backgrounds that the platform provided. There was no native support for custom background modifications, so users had to rely on third-party extensions. Months later, Custom/Virtual Background was introduced and integrated. If you are particular about your home privacy during meetings, the virtual background feature help you to maintain that privacy. It will hide that untidy kitchen, unorganized bedroom, or living room. In this post, we will show you how to use custom virtual backgrounds in Google Meet— on your computer....

An Internet protocol (IP) address is a unique number assigned to every device on a network. There are two types of IP addresses: The static IP address and the dynamic IP address. When a device is assigned a static IP address, the address doesn’t change as compared to a dynamic IP address which is assigned by the network you are connected to. A Static IP address comes in handy when external devices or websites need to remember your IP address....

Just when I thought composite AV cables aka banana pins were here to stay, I started spotting cool kids in the neighborhood using HDMI cables to connect their peripheral devices to their TVs. Now banana pins ran their race. We could hook up literary anything to the TV; from DVD players, game consoles to decoders and anything in-between. But banana pins are simply too clumsy. You have to put the 3 pins in the right way....

Telegram Channels are a vital tool for broadcasting messages to a theoretically unlimited audience. As for Telegram Groups (supporting communities of up to 200,000 and counting), they serve a similar function only that member can interact directly with each other among other things. Telegram Channels and Groups by themselves can be a lot of work to manage. Unless you don’t intend to keep your followers for long, you need fresh content regularly streaming in....

Streaming is fast becoming a more popular way most users consume contents on their TVs be it audio or video. You can even play games with only your Smart TV now without any gaming console involved. This is made possible by a number of select apps which provides access to a wide variety of contents ranging from sports, movies, music, games and so forth. A number of these apps might come preloaded on your smart TV while you might have to add some yourself....

With your Kindle Unlimited account, you have access to a vast library of books with different titles and categories. However, like book shopping, some purchases might just be a mistake – especially if you have children who have access to your account. You’ve read less than 10% of the book Bought the book within 7 days for paid books You have not downloaded the book on any device Returned less than 4 books in a month This is because many readers take advantage of this option to the detriment of authors who will have to pay a restocking fee each time a book is returned....