Johu Sarvikas, Chief Product Officer at HMD Global earlier this week confirmed that the entire Nokia lineup would be getting the Android Oreo update All of our smartphones will upgrade to Oreo, Nokia 3 included. No comments yet on timing so that I don’t get into trouble ?. — Juho Sarvikas (@sarvikas) September 2, 2017 We however don’t have a time-frame within which this will happen. Nokia has already been prompt in rolling out 7....
The Echo Dot series has been around for some time now, and we have seen it evolve, redesigned, and upgraded. There are 4 generations of the Echo Dot speaker and the 3rd Gen Echo Dot was the last to feature the puck-shaped design, with the 4th Gen coming in a spherical design. In this article, we look at the differences between both generations of Echo Dot smart speakers. Echo Dot 3rd Gen Echo Dot 4th Gen Price $34....
While the world is gone wild with the oneplus one $299 high-end smartphone that’s set to be released in a few hours, we couldn’t help notice Tecno’s latest smartphone — the Tecno R7. The Tecno R7 is zipped with 1.5 GHz 6-Core Processor that almost caused our eyeballs to pop-out at a remarkably low price of just 235 USD! To accompany the 6 cores is 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB ROM that’s bound to deliver the best gaming experience on a mobile device....
In May 2021, Apple announced the introduction of Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos. With this, they wanted users to have an immersive listening experience with true multidimensional sound and clarity across devices and platforms. In this post, we take a dive into what spatial audio is and what it means for Apple ecosystem users worldwide. Stay with us. What is Spatial Audio? Apple Spatial Audio is a sound technology that applies directional audio filters and adjusts the frequencies that each ear hears such that sounds can be placed virtually anywhere in 3D space....
Facebook just took their internet-beaming drone on a successful maiden flight. Aquila is a solar-powered unmanned aircraft weighing in at 500kg, of which over 200kg is taken up by the batteries. The drone has a wingspan equal in size to a commercial airplane and flies at 25-30mph at over 60,000 feet, well above the range of commercial aircraft (45,000 feet). The aircraft will hover over villages and cities without connectivity and beam down internet....
As it stands, the Republic of Benin is the latest African country to implement taxes on the use of the Internet. Towards the end of August, the Government of the West African country passed a legal order that internet users in the country will begin to pay levies on the usage of the Internet. This cuts across social media apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the likes. Extensively, the Government of the Republic of Benin also included payment of 5% fees plus tax on texting of SMS and making calls....
The one reason why wired earphones are going out of fashion and we are beginning to see a lot of interest in wireless earbuds is convenience and durability. I mean, no one wants to have to battle with entangled wired earphones, have to walk around with a wire hanging from your ear to your pocket, or replacing damaged wired earphones every now and then – it no longer feels cool....
Next time you plan to board a bus to or from Kampala to Nairobi, Mombasa or Dar, and Vice versa you might want to check with the current flight fares first. A road trip might not cut it especially when time is not on your side or if you want convenience. Getting flight information has been a hassle until now. Google last year doubled down on travel industry announcing its own travel product that directly competes with several travel agencies and Airlines dubbed “Google Flight” accessible via https://www....
In a letter, dated 19th April 2017, addressed to the Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the Prime Minister of Uganda has directed the body to extend the on-going SIM card verification and Validation exercise until 19th May 2017. This directive caused a lot of disorganization and panic among Ugandans with many questions raised on the fate of those that did not have National IDs, the students currently in school, the nationals currently abroad, and many other issues....
2011 has been an exciting year of new and exciting industry developments. Now it’s the end of the year and we’re looking into what’s in for us in the next.These predictions are based on observing technology developments this and the past year and my broad knowledge about the tech industry in Uganda and Africa as a whole. High interest in Solar energy This year, Ugandans realized they can no longer rely on UMEME, the power distributing company for all their energy needs following the rampant load shedding that has trended this whole year....
Its been a question that has been troubling me for a while now. Does Uganda really need to migrate to digital? Two years ago…… As I bought something from the kiosk, I happen to come across an elderly gentleman possibly in his fifties who was quit engaged watching the 10 o’clock news (Agataliko Fufu) off his Chinese phone. At the time, simcard registration was something the Uganda Communication Commission was pressuring telecom companies to wrap up with or otherwise their customers faced imminent disconnection....
Display cutout/notch is one of the newest trends to rock the smartphone world. And while some OEMs are still preparing to adopt the notch design on their devices, Sharp has literally taken things a notch higher by using two notches on its latest smartphone, the Aquos R2 Compact. The Sharp Aquos R2 Compact comes as a successor to the Aquous R Compact that was released last year. The Aquos R Compact debuted with a tiny notch that housed the front-facing camera but had an unreasonably huge chunk of bezel at the bottom of the display....
Today Dropbox announced a new storage plan for individuals, called Dropbox Pro, that costs only $9.99 a month for 1 terabyte of storage. Before today’s announcement, $9.99 got you just 100 gigabytes; storage maxed out at 500GB, which cost a whopping $500 a year. Dropbox pricing Besides just slashing prices, individual customers have one more reason to celebrate; you will be able to share links with password protection, share links that expire on a certain date, and to share some files in “read-only” mode....
Smartphone manufacturers are now adding multiple camera modules and lenses to the back of their designs. The question is, why is this happening? For now, this multiple rear camera feature is a luxury and at the moment can only be found on the most expensive phones—like the recently released iPhone 11 models. But if we’re to go by the typical nature of mobile tech, it means we’ll soon be seeing them on cheaper phone brands....
Just so you know, a GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is a compressed graphic image file that supports both animated and static images. It is compressed to reduce in transfer time. A success story has already been written with Messenger, the platform having received GIFs in 2015, with a transformation in the way people communicate with each other. All you need to do is tap the GIF button when you go to make a comment, type in whatever you wish to say, and add the GIF that expresses it perfectly....
Google Bard has introduced extensions, which allow you to connect Bard to other Google products and services, such as Gmail, Drive, Docs, Maps, Flights, and Hotels. This gives Bard access to more data and allows it to provide you with more comprehensive and helpful responses. Bard extensions are still under development, but they have the potential to make Bard even more powerful and helpful. As more extensions are added, Bard will be able to access even more data and provide you with even more comprehensive and informative responses....
Google has just made official the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro , its flagship devices for 2023. While these devices leaked to oblivion prior to the official launch, there is still so much about these devices that we learned from the keynote, and in this post, we look at the highlights of the keynote, but mostly at the Pixel devices. Google’s Pixel devices have never been the fastest or flashiest devices out there, but they’ve most certainly been the smartest, the cleverest devices in the industry and the Pixel 8 devices are no different....
In other words, Google will use Chrome to cut off add revenue from websites that serve low-quality ads. They are calling it an “Ad Filter” according to The Wall Street Journal . Users with third party ad blocker enabled will see a prompt that asks them to either turn off their ad blocker or pay for a pass that removes all ads on that site through the new Google Chrome contributor....
In 2013, Google initiated Project Link with a goal of connecting more people to high quality internet. We saw a lot of cables being laid around the country and wondered when affordable high speed internet would become a reality in Uganda. At the time, the deal between the government and Huawei for the national fiber optic internet backbone infrastructure had gone sour. Like a messiah, Project Link’s major goal in Uganda was to build a super-fast, high-capacity fiber network to enable any local mobile operator or Internet service provider (ISP) to connect more people in Kampala to a faster, more reliable Internet....
AirPods are wireless Bluetooth earbuds designed by Apple. They are usually compatible with both Android and iOS devices. While there are a lot of AirPods knockoffs currently being produced and sold, the quality of Apple’s original AirPods is not matched. To purchase any of the many Airpods available in Nigeria, you should know their prices. Apple announced the first generation of AirPods in 2016. Another generation came up in 2019 and there has been the Pro generation after that....
