System76 might be a little-known computer hardware company to most but in the Linux community, these guys are heroes. Now, even if you aren’t privy to System76, Pop_OS! is becoming a household name in the Linux and computing community. On top of Stock Ubuntu which Pop!_OS is based on, there are subtle, useful tweaks that System76 has made, further endearing Pop!_OS as a more wholesome desktop experience. Luckily, Linux is an open platform and if you really do fancy something from a certain distro, with a little elbow grease, you can get it to work on your distro of choice....

Google Photos is an incredible tool for any smartphone user. See, mobile cameras have gotten so good over the years and today, you probably don’t need a dedicated camera if you’re not a hardcore photographer. As a result, our smartphones often house countless priceless memories of our family and friends, those scenic road trips, and everything in between, including some….scandalous images that might be detrimental if they ever found their way anywhere else other than your phone....

The Roku remote is central to how you experience your Roku streaming player or Smart TV. However, when the remote batteries run out, then you’re out of luck. You can’t easily control your Smart TV or Streaming player unless you have set up the Roku Mobile App with your Roku device. So, before your batteries run out, try to routinely check on the battery levels. Here’s how. To check the battery level of your Roku remote, go to Settings > Remotes & devices > Remotes....

If you own Wyze devices and you’re not using a feature called Rules , then you’re definitely missing out on additional functionality that could help automate your life. Wyze devices work together when you create a set of rules where an action triggered on one device can be used to activate another action on another device. For instance, you can set a rule that triggers the Wyze bulb to light when motion or a person is detected on one of your Wyze cameras....

The Taskbar is a pretty invaluable tool in the Windows operating system. To be clear, and for beginner sake, the Taskbar is the (black-colored) toolbar that appears at the bottom of your desktop screen by default. The Taskbar houses some native Windows apps like File Explorer, Microsoft Store, and Microsoft Edge. Additionally, users can also “pin” apps they use the most to the Taskbar for easy access. Other components of your PC like date, time, network connections, and notifications are also housed on the Taskbar....

In an article we published earlier, we explained in detail how to enable DNS-Over-HTTPS in Firefox . Although Firefox was the first web browser to introduce the security feature, other browsers have since followed suit. Enabling the DNS-Over HTTPS protocol on any browser increases your privacy and security, protecting you from interceptions by internet service providers when you are surfing online. It also prevents other WiFi users from seeing which websites you visit ....

What do you do when the music or podcast you are listening to is so nice? You share, right? Content on Apple Music can be organized in playlists and shared. You could arrange, for example, your best Afro House songs into one playlist and then share it with your friends. If you are using a paid subscription on Apple music or you are making use of the free trial Apple’s offering , follow these steps to explore and share playlists....

Sometimes we are often prompted to format a removable drive before we can use them, but sometimes, it does not entirely go that way and you sometimes get the ‘ Windows was unable to complete the format ‘ error message. If that’s what you’re experiencing, then you’ve come to the right place and we will try to help you get that fixed. Whether it is an SDcard, USB stick or flash drive, here is how you can resolve this issue in no time....

Sales can be defined as operations and activities involved in promoting and selling goods or services. This is exactly what you do when you join Jumia’s sales team as a JForce agent. In this article, we shall discuss what exactly JForce is, what the benefits of joining are, how to join and how it works. What is JForce? JForce is a program run by Jumia that allows individuals to earn commission by assisting customers to place orders on the eCommerce platform....

In early 2018, M-PESA partnered with PayPal to help its users transact between the two popular platforms with ease. Before that, the most straightforward way to transact would be to link your PayPal account to your Equity Bank account . While this method did work, it took a couple of days to complete a transaction, not exactly 21st-century-like. The new partnership aided by international mobile money enabler, TransferTo cuts that down to a much more reasonable 2-3 hours....

Just imagine you could watch 3D content on a regular mid-range smartphone or your iPhone 8. Well, you won’t have to imagine anymore. With the Holoscreen protector, you would be able to watch 3D movies without owning a $1,250 Hydrogen One smartphone or any 3D headset for that matter. The special screen protector costs just $30 which is a reasonable price to pay to be make your smartphone display 3D. Resulting from a collaboration between Holitech – a company that makes mostly midrange smartphone displays and Lucid which is responsible for the depth capture software and 3D based AI....

Facebook has been known to bombard us with an onslaught of ads that you have to wade through to get to your friends’ posts. And Facebook is uncanny in their knowledge of your tastes and interests. You may not have realised the importance of what you were doing at the time, but you should know, Facebook already knows your name (they forced us to use real names some time back), your age, where you live, your circle of friends, and probably your phone number....

Travelling by air is by far still a luxury in Uganda. Majority of first time travelers fore go quite a lot to secure enough funds for a trip, in various ways best known to them. But the entire story of passing through Entebbe International Airport has dirt coated to it, that a first timer might easily fall prey to incidentally. On their way out or in transit to another country, travelers are cleared by Immigration Officials at the airport before they are allowed to proceed to their destinations....

These are exciting times for anyone in the market for a music streaming service in Kenya. Not only is Spotify now officially available in the country, but the prices for Premium packages are also a lot more friendly to our economic status. Long before Spotify came in to hit the headlines, music lovers still had ways to get their fix as Apple Music and Deezer have been available for a lot longer....

Tech is meant to make things a lot easier for us as a society and in the past few years, we have seen more and more innovative ways to incorporate tech into our daily lives. All this, in a bid to make things a little less stressful and there is no shortage of examples of how this has been achieved. Take parking for example. Many counties now offer motorists an easy way to pay for parking using their phones, a far cry from the old days when you had to park your car and hunt around for an attendant to bill you and receipt you....

There are a lot of reasons anyone (either a meeting host or participant) might want to record a zoom meeting. While some record and save Zoom meetings for future references, others do it to share them with people who might have missed the meeting. While both the Zoom meeting host and the participants can record Zoom meetings, only meeting hosts can give participants permission to record meetings. In this article, we will be showing you how to record meetings in Zoom as the meeting host....

Times have changed, just as technology evolves. Back in the days, candidate students registering for their final level examinations across the country were required to fill their details on hard copy forms which were eventually taken by their headteachers to the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) offices in Kampala. This was done but with delays or panic, congestion, and financial obligation that weighed down on many schools especially those in hard-to-reach areas....

In the event of lack of credit or airtime, you are effectively incapacitated as you won’t be able to access any of these carrier services and can’t get in touch with your family, friends or loved ones unless they call you. In this post, we quickly show you how to send a Please Call Me message fro your Airtel Kenya phone number. How to send a Please Call Me on Airtel Kenya To do this, simply follow the following simple steps....

Google Drive is a popular, and one of the most used cloud storage services we have around. And one of the very few that offers a free service (for the first 15GB of storage) on the market. Google Drive is a powerful and easy to use tool that provides users with storage across all of Googles services. The 15GB of storage is usually enough for most people. However, if you need more storage space, Google lets you add more by paying for a monthly or yearly subscription....

With the recent announcement that Google will soon be killing off Google Play Music, a pretty straight-forward procedure for transferring your Google Play Music library over to its successor, YouTube Music was provided. And that got us thinking. The music streaming scene is thriving today with many players offering different takes on this concept. If you plan to jump ship or test the waters on that other music streaming platform, how easy is it to bring your stuff with you?...