The Xiaomi-made Mi Band line of products has been around for a solid run spanning 8 generations. Granted, these devices have seen little incremental iterative improvements over the years and have largely stayed true to the original recipe and form factor. The line has grown to be a favorite among people looking for a simple, no-frills wearable device, casual fitness enthusiasts alike, and even people looking for a subtle, tech fashion piece....

You’ve gone out with friends for a hangout, a road trip, or a function and in the process, y’all took a lot of photos. Well, you didn’t because one of your friends with the nicest camera was tasked with the responsibility of immortalizing your awesome time with good photos. It’s the end of the day and you all ping him to WhatsApp you all the photos. He proceeds to send you 74 images from the shoot....

UPDATE: The offer has now been cut back to only 1 GB of free data . We will continue to test the stability and network coverage of Airtel’s 4G-LTE network, but our first impressions were not bad. From our initial assessment, the network rarely downgrades to 3G in the Central Business District. The speeds are decent enough too, considering. phenomenal from our tests, and the 4G network is stable enough....

Apple made quite a number of updates to its iPhone operating system when it released version 14. Some of these included redesigned widgets on the Home Screen, improved user transparency and control, improvements to groups and Memoji, and more. Another notable feature is the ability to use Shazam on your iPhone without a third-party app. Recall that, in 2018, Apple acquired the music recognition app, Shazam, in a $400 Million deal ....

Abdu Sekalala is a low spirited man who likes to keep things simple. Together with several other students in the School of Computing and IT Makerere University got an opportunity to be trained by Nokia to develop market relevant applications for the Mobile giant’s OVi store in 2011. To date, he has nine apps to his name . Among them is nLight Flashlight, Word book, WhirlSports and Uganda theme his most downloaded application so far....

Apple just made an unexpected release of its tablet series ‘iPad’, however, it comes with a design skewed to that of its predecessors ignoring the recent trends and style. The last time we had the ‘Air’ moniker with the name iPad was in 2016 on the iPad Air 2 prior to the change in nomenclature to just iPad. Also, besides the unexpected time of release, the ‘ Mini’ iPad version was not an expected name considering it was the iPad Mini 4 from 2013 that last hear the iPad and Mini in one name....

Android and Chrome OS are the two operating systems known to be associated with Google. Well, soon or later, there’s going to be a third. Best part, it’s in the works already. With the former powering smartphones and tablets while the latter powers Google’s Chromebooks and Pixelbooks, Google is working on a new operating system that would be a universal OS that powers all of its gadgets. Dubbed the Fuchsia OS, the in-development operating system was first discovered about 2 years ago when the search engine giant shared the project on popular web-based hosting and collaborative platform, GitHub about 2 years ago....

At the end of every workday and the weekends, we all just want to get entertained: turn on the TV and watch what helps us relax and have fun, yes? But how much does it cost you every month? Or annually? To watch entertaining contents on your TV I mean. Parented by MultiChoice Africa, Digital Satellite Television (DStv for short) is a television service that has supplied (local and international) contents to 50 African countries in Africa since its inception in 1995....

I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for a smartphone, and you don’t have a lot of money, I do have something for you. The itel A32F running Android Oreo GO edition won’t win you any beauty contests. We are going full disclosure here; the device itself is an unpretentious entry-level smartphone. It can only muster a modest 480P display on a 5-inch screen topped off with a midnight black plastic finish....

There are hundreds of Bluetooth speaker options out there. The JBL Charge 4 stands out as one of the best options for a wireless portable speakers you can buy today. JBL is certainly one of the premium brands in the Sound and Audio department and they have built a reputation of producing the best headphones, wireless earbuds and speakers. The JBL charge 4 is a mid-range wireless speaker with powerful sound and a built-in power bank to charge your speakers....

Jumia Tech Week is an expansion of the Jumia Mobile Week. Unlike Jumia Mobile Week, customers can now get mouth-watering deals on a wide range of tech products, not just smartphones. Think: computers, laptops, phone accessories, powerbanks, speakers, TV, etc. The e-commerce platform has partnered with various tech product manufacturers to make the Tech Week happen. Some of these include Intel, HP, Nexus, Microsoft, Scanfrost, Samsung and more. The date for Jumia Nigeria Tech Week 2020 has been slated for March 23rd – March 29th and has quite a number of deals for users....

Kampala Innovation week usually brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, government stakeholders, and development partners to discuss wins, misses, and opportunities for growth in the innovation space. There has been a major rebrand this year as the name has changed to Uganda Innovation Week, focusing more on countrywide innovations. The rebrand was so quick that they changed all official names and all their social media platforms have since changed. I believe it is now bigger, better, and more inclusive....

In a bid to ensure some measure of control over the very popular Instant Messaging services, the Kenyan government through the Communication Authority is seeking to have telecoms collect and submit user data. “Given that providers of OTTS are likely to gather their subscribers’ data and may not be domiciled in Kenya,” read a statement by CA. Advertisement - Continue reading below At the moment, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) is in search of a consultant to study and determine how the over-the-top services (OTTS) operated by international companies such as Facebook, which runs WhatsApp, and Skype owner Microsoft, could be regulated....

Nation Media Group (NMG), Royal Media Services (RMS) and Standard Group (SG) are part of consortium that wants to disrupt both the Television and Internet industry in Kenya. The three companies, under the Africa Digital Network (ADN) consortium have placed orders to import upto150,000 digital TV free-to-air intenet-enabled set-top boxes that are set to retail for as low as Sh2,000 each according to according to Business Daily . These devices will be used by Kenyans to access digital television that promises better sound and picture quality now that Kenya Communications Authority revealed that analogue TV signal will be switched off on 2nd February 2015....

Do you often have to travel from one town to another or shuffle between cities when you need to shop for items in wholesale quantity? Well, if you do, you never have to go through such stress no more… except, of course, you want to. But really, you don’t have to. With Kikuubo Online, you no longer have to go to town to do your wholesale shopping. It’s a lot easier and faster now....

Leading property portal Lamudi today launched its iOS app in Uganda as the company seeks to capture the growing smartphone market in the country. The launch of Lamudi’s iOS app follows the successful roll out of the company’s Android app in Uganda last month. The app, Lamudi: Real Estate for Sale and Rent, is now available on iOS devices in 16 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Lamudi, a division of African Internet Holding, has now launched its iOS app in nine countries in Africa....

At the rate we are going, future devices will literally be slim enough to shave with. Look no further than the current crop of Ultrabooks for reference. As OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) steadily shave off the inches, a conundrum arises. Computer components can only lose so much weight on a diet. OEMs are then forced to completely reinvent the wheel. Hence our tentative introduction to M.2 SATA vs PCIe SSD. Clearly, this is the future of storage for the look of things....

During this season of Love, Orange Uganda is giving 50% more data on renewals above 20,000 Ugx in a promotion dubbed “Words are the most precious gifts” . Unfortunately those of you that buy smaller bundles for your phones will not be able to enjoy this offer as the 50% is for renewals of 20k and above e.g. the 20k package for 500MB now gets you 750MB and the 35k for 1GB package now gives you 1....

You would be surprised to know how many of the apps on your smartphone relies on your location to further personalize your usage experience. The Global Satellite Navigation System (GNSS) provides this information and your smartphone usually have the feature which varies in efficiency and ability. Sadly, only a handful of smartphones offer a dual frequency GNSS chip even among flagship up to the recent ones. Furthermore, these smartphones have a single frequency GNSS which often gives disparity in its reading compared to your actual location....

If there’s a perfect data bundle for medium data users, then it is the 2GB monthly data plan. Not too small, not so much for an average internet user whose life is somewhat tied to the internet. Orange Uganda has been offering the 2GB data package for UGX 50,000 while MTN Uganda had a 1GB and 3GB plan instead. However, MTN Uganda has introduced a 2GB data package going slightly more than what Orange is offering....