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Some of you prefer watching sports, while others like catching with the news after work and others love to watch soaps. I tend to gravitate towards movies and documentaries. The great thing is that Multichoice through its Pay TV service DSTV actually has all this content. The problem is; it’s all bundled in packages. But the reason DSTV can’t do that yet is two fold; technical and economical reasons. Related post: Here are all DSTV Uganda packages, channel list and decoder prices...

Ride-hailing app SafeBoda has reached the one million downloads milestone on Google Play Store . This is after just over 3 years since it first went live. It has since become the most popular Boda Boda hailing app in Uganda and this explains the huge number of downloads. History of SafeBoda SafeBoda was founded in 2014 to give riders and passenger the safest travel experience on a motorbike in and around Kampala....

Due to the insurmountable difficulties its former parent company Huawei faced as a result of the US ban, it was a matter of time before it had to part ways with Honor late last year. The Honor Magic 3 series happens to be the first release by the company since then. This is a flagship series and Honor is planning to hit the floor running with these smartphones. However, since it is still maintaining the same workforce as before and has a similarity in the UI to the Huawei’s, this might be the closest you can get to a Huawei phone with Google Play services....

This month, Telegram marked 7 years. To celebrate this milestone, the chat app also announced a long-awaited feature that’s kept it in the rear mirror of competitors like Whatsapp, Skype, WeChat or Kakaotalk. Like its peers, Telegram now support video calls enabling users keep in touch with family and friends, collaborate with classmates or workmates. With a global pandemic in hands, the need for remote collaboration and communication can’t be overstated....

Even though Netflix is a great source of entertainment and an easily accessible one at that, there are still reasons you might want to cut ties with it. Whether it is the recent increase in price or staying away from distraction, it is very much easier to pull the plug on your subscription than you think. However, you’d still have access until your current subscription is exhausted. Nonetheless, your viewing history, preference, and others will be available until 10 months after canceling your subscription should you choose to reactivate your account....

Google search is usually the default search engine on most of the browsers (Chrome, Opera, Firefox, etc.) we use on smartphones and computers. Due to Google’s popularity, it is not uncommon to find people who know very little about search engines like Bing, Yahoo, and Duckduckgo. However, even though Google Search owns a huge portion of the search engine market share (about 92%) , there are other search engines out there that you can (and should) try out....

Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, recently announced an update to its messaging platform, WhatsApp. The new WhatsApp groups feature will now give group admins more control over who can access a group. WhatsApp group spam messages and privacy issues are major concerns that admins and WhatsApp group members have had to contend with for some time now. But this feature has been introduced to tackle these issues. Furthermore, Meta has also a new privacy feature that gives users the ability to control who can add them to a group by adjusting their WhatsApp Settings ....

Dark mode is the new black! And it is going all over the place in apps, social media platforms, and OS including Windows. The feature seems to grow on many users with its suitable less harsh glare, especially in the night. Proven to have less health implication compared to the Light mode regarding the overall wellness of the eye and also save battery life in some cases. For these reasons, it has been the yearning of Mac users to have the dark mode available in their system settings....

The internet has a lot of information. One place that is a great source of information on the internet is Wikipedia. So what happens when you want a piece of information on Wikipedia minus having to visit the site again? One thing is for sure, you can legally have a PDF copy of that page directly from Wikipedia. Wikipedia allows its users to keep the piece of information they like for easy access when they are offline....

A Meme is an image, video, or piece of text typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations. Funny memes can be shared with friends and can also be a great asset in your digital marketing endeavours. GIF images and memes have become a popular way of expressing one’s emotions and opinions online. Here are five websites where you can find funny memes....

The internet is a very versatile tool today, but the workings under the hood can be a little complicated and confusing for the layperson. Luckily, most of our devices and systems have been built in such a way that you don’t really need to be a techie to use tech comfortably. However, there are usually a few outlier scenarios that require one to have to dig a little deeper into the system....

Sometimes, after joining a Wi-Fi network from your iPhone or MacBook, it continues to automatically join that particular network anytime it’s on and within range. This can be really frustrating sometimes, especially when you don’t intend to join the network. Well, that’s why you can forget a Wi-Fi network. Forgetting a Wi-Fi network means that your device will not connect automatically even if your Wi-Fi is on and the network is within range....

Over the years, verification has been granted to celebrities, high-profile figures, and those that Twitter considers to have their identity confirmed, as a way to let you know an account is authentic; and many users have relentlessly begged for the social network to verify their accounts. Finally, the company is now giving each of its users the chance to receive the blue tick, according to CEO Jack Dorsey, by filling in a form to have their account assessed for verification....

HDMI 2.1 cables are the latest version of HDMI cables and offer the highest performance for transmitting audio and video signals. These cables are designed to support high resolutions, high refresh rates, and dynamic HDR (high dynamic range) for a more immersive and detailed viewing experience. If you have a device that supports HDMI 2.1, such as a gaming console, television, or home theater system, it’s important to use a compatible HDMI 2....

The Free and Open-Source alternative to Microsoft’s widely popular Office Suite of apps is evolving and the latest update is rather controversial. Other than dropping support for 32 bit operating systems, it picks up a bunch of new tricks. WPS Office 11.1.0.8722 features a stack of iterative improvements, but no major new features to speak of, besides the ability to open and display PDF documents natively. The latest update is composed primarily of bug fixes, performance tweaks, and overall tune-ups....

When your data bundle runs out, you can walk into the nearest kiosk and hope that they have airtime scratchcard for your preferred network. If it’s midnight, you might think about your safety first. Now, there are number of Apps such as Xente or Chapchap that enable you buy airtime or data bundles from any network, but when your internet is already run out, that’s also not an option. Your best bet is to use USSD shortcode services using your phone....

Like every other social media platform out there, you will always be alerted when your Instagram account is accessed even if you’re the one that logged in yourself. However, there is no alert when you remain logged in to your Instagram account on a device you’re not supposed to be logged in on – like a friend’s phone or a public computer. For privacy sake and to prevent fraudulent activities on your Instagram account, you should always make sure you are the only one that has access to your account and one of the ways to do that is to log out of your Instagram account on devices that are not yours....

When you find your data running out faster than you would expect, chances are that the problem is on your side. When this happens, it might be wiser to audit your own data usage rather than picking up the phone and calling customer care. If you are a Smile Uganda data user, the process is fairly simple. All you’ve to do is visit your customer management portal from https://www.smile.co.ug/scp . Login with your email and password and under Account services tab, click manage....

Traditional banking is dying out. From wherever you are, you can do business without a slight worry yet efficiently getting served. From agent banking, to the use of USSD, everyone is included in today’s banking activity; and with online banking sinking deeper in the hearts of Ugandan bankers, the volume of transactions on digital channels keeps on increasing – something that is driving the growth of banking institutions. Among the best online banking services is Equity Bank’s EazzyNet, a banking platform for individuals over the Internet, which you can access from your computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone....

You’ve seen “verified” Instagram profiles with a small blue tick just in front of the usernames. You want your account verified too but you don’t know how to go about it. Well, the first step to getting verified is to send a request to Instagram. We’ll show you how to do that in this post. Before we proceed, it is important to point out that you don’t need thousands or millions of followers before you can be verified....