It was 5am Ugandan time, I had set my alarm but before it even went off, I was wide awake. I was not about to miss the world’s first VR (Virtual Reality) product launch. The famous Chinese start-up Oneplus is launching it’s second device – the Oneplus 2. Compared to the splash launches of the big smartphone manufactures like Apple or Samsung, there was no famous hall booked, no press passes for the big tech blogs and no Broadway style production for the Oneplus two launch event....

Disruptive online Legal service provider — BarefootLaw — is rolling out an innovative video conferencing solution dubbed “BAREFOOTLAW V-COUNSEL” which will enable it combat the challenging problem of lack of adequate legal access across the country. BarefootLaw has been using social media and disruptive technologies to provide [free] legal services to the masses majorly in Uganda for the past 2 years. BarefootLaw is the first online Legal Service Provider in East Africa, and is a Community Service Organization, fully registered in Uganda as a company limited by guarantee, managed and run by Lawyers trained in various aspects of law and dedicated to timely responses to any query that users may have....

Oraimo has populated its Accessories portfolio so much in this past year with products ranging from Bluetooth speakers to power banks and a number of other gadgets. Oraimo started as an in-box accessory maker for Transsion smartphone brands like Infinix, iTel, and Tecno. Now, it is a full-blown gadgets brand making products like portable rechargeable fans, car chargers, USB drives, and more. Oraimo is also part of Transsion holdings subsidiaries so it has made it easier to penetrate into the gadget market....

As we earlier reported, OnePlus was looking for a name for their soon coming operating system. After a couple of weeks, they have finally gotten a name for their custom OS that is launching later this year. The Chinese smartphone maker will finally ship phones with their custom OS called “Oxygen OS”. Currently OnePlus phones run the popular forked version of Android called “Cyanogen”. Bradon H an administrator on the OnePlus platform is quotes saying;...

We’ve known Payway Uganda as that payment processing company with sleek Kiosks and a wide agent network across the country; always there to make your payments needs served. The company has grown, and has now launched a mobile wallet app, which is already available in the Google Play Store. This will increase the options available for customers to pay for goods and services using the platform, while allowing them to do so wherever they are....

Ordinary computer users have probably never had about, PCIe or PCI Express also known as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, but hardcore gamers and video editors all know which PCIe slot their computer motherboard supports before buying their next graphics card. PCIe is a computer interface that high bandwidth applications such as games, network cards, and more recently SSD drives use to communicate with your computer’s motherboard. Think of it like dedicated high-speed toll roads you use when you need to get to the airport ASAP so you don’t miss your flight....

Feel like a Pizza today, MTN Uganda got your back! The telecom brand has just landed a partnership with the global food brand, Pizza Hut to offer discounted pizza for her MTN Pulse customers with the new Pulse Saturday. MTN Pulse customers will every Saturday – beginning today – get a 15% discount across all Pizza Hut outlets in the country. The discount emphasizes the promise made to the MTN Pulse community three months ago....

The midrange smartphone chip market is dominated by MediaTek that powers most of the phones we see on our shores from Infinix to Tecnos and Oppo devices. In other regions, the Snapdragon 625 from a couple of years back has for a long time been a favorite, powering most of the devices from the likes of Xiaomi. Of course, Samsung and Huawei have their own set of in-house chips; the Exynos and HiSilicon Kirin chips respectively....

Realme is still relatively a new name in the smartphone market and is in some way not totally independent of Oppo which it was once a sub-brand under. However, it has released a number of pretty good smartphones since becoming an independent brand and it brings that to the newly released Realme 5 series as well. The Realme 5 Pro naturally comes with the better specs while the Realme 5 follows suit with some decent features as well both with an identical build....

During the previous financial crunches, people were worried only about their finances. But now it is different. On one side, the pandemic is spreading hot with no vaccines or cure. On another side, the GDP is going down and savings running out with no hopes or solutions. People aren’t interested in spending much. This means that promotions such as the Black Friday Sales are bound to get a lot of attention from consumers who are keen to land a good deal on various goods and services....

They are here and they mean business. Rocket Internet, a global e-commerce focused venture capital firms and startup incubators founded in 2007 by the Samwer brothers has fired its rocket engines and is ready to take on the African internet space. The VC firm has had successful investments in internet companies like in Groupon, eBay, Facebook, Linkedin, Zynga, etc and is here to make more or extend such internet-based companies on the African continent specifically Uganda....

Seeing a movie or listening to music with family and friends can be a great opportunity for bonding. However, having to share earbuds with others might not be such a good experience. But If you’re a Samsung smartphone owner, you’re in luck, Samsung galaxy smartphones come with a Dual Audio feature that lets users connect two Bluetooth headphones to one Samsung smartphone. Basically, Dual Audio allows you to send your device audio to two different devices (earbuds, speakers, etc) connected by Bluetooth, at once....

Samsung held one of its more anticipated product launch events in recent times, – Galaxy Unpacked – yesterday August 5. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the event was held virtually and Samsung unveiled a number of new products. key among them, new devices from the Galaxy Note series True to the company’s precedence set with the Note 10 last year, this year we get not one, but two new Samsung Galaxy Note devices – a base model Galaxy Note 20 and a beefy, and somewhat overkill, Galaxy Note 20 Ultra....

For some people, there’s no other desktop operating system they have used other than a version of Windows. That’s usually because Personal Computers (PCs) come pre-installed with a version of Windows which they quickly get used to. My personal encounter with computers started with Windows (95) back in high school and since then, I was using a version of Windows until I decided to explore. That’s when I learnt about Ubuntu....

Google users are about to experience the next generation of search. The company recently opened up a waitlist for its latest experiment called Search Labs. Users on this waitlist will test the beta version of upcoming search features. After experimenting a bit with this new look, we’ve decided to curate this post to show you what to expect in this new version of Google Search. What is Google Search Labs? Search Labs is a Google program where users in beta can use early-stage Google Search updates and give feedback....

Last Friday on Al Jazeera’s talk show South2North , Redi Tlhabi discussed the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope and Africa’s new positioning as a space hub. “Do you ever gaze at the stars and wonder how it all began and whether there is life out there? If so, the answers may come from unexpected quarters,” says Redi at the start of the show, which was broadcasted from Johannesburg, South Africa. “Money is being pumped into space exploration in countries like China and India....

Spotify , the world’s most popular music streaming platform is a Freemium service, which means that it is available both as a free service and a paid Premium service. Both tiers offer a lot to the Spotify user. So a monthly subscription costs around $9.99 in many regions. So if you’re not exactly in a position to pony up this month, what do you get? Today we shall compare the Free and Paid tariffs from Spotify....

Tecno mobile has around 5 different smartphone categories targeted towards different sets of users. There’s the Phantom, Pouvoir series, Pop, Spark and the Camon, of course, targeted at lovers of quality photography. Tecno Camon smartphones are known for their outstanding camera quality – their selfie camera quality, especially. The Camon 17 is coming in as a direct successor to the Camon 16 released in 2020 . The device features updates in major areas, including the display, processor, camera quality and other departments....

Tecno Camon smartphone (Camon series) are well known for their outstanding camera quality, and I can tell you with all confidence that smartphones in this series are the best offers you’ll get on a budget for good camera. The latest iteration of smartphones in the Tecno Camon series didn’t disappoint – offering stellar camera performance. They include the Tecno Camon 17, Camon 17p and the Camon 17 Pro. While we know of the outstanding camera quality on the Camon 17 Series, it is important to compare them side-by-side; looking at their other individual specs and features....

After what seems to be a successful launch of the much hyped Tecno Boom – Tecno’s first music smartphone? Tecno followed this up with their first Camera smartphone. Instead of releasing so many phones that don’t have any differentiating factor, they are adopting a strategy aimed at segmenting the market and concentrating on devices that address the specific needs of the market. The Tecno Camon C8 has been concurrently released with the C5 which is Tecno’s first 4G phone....