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Popular chat apps, WhatsApp vs Telegram have had a bromance that goes back to Telegram’s founding in 2013. Starting out as a harmless WhatsApp clone, Telegram soon established itself as a contender for the top spot. Unfortunately, it was too little too late. Telegram, a gatecrasher, too late to the mass adoption party has since then lagged much further behind. By then, WhatsApp had already entrenched itself in our everyday lives, that we would be hardpressed to remember a time without it....

Sure, it’s almost impossible to make mention of progress in technology in Africa without mentioning mobile phones. It’s also a matter of fact that SMS is a great contributor to this mobile craze in Africa. In 2012, Google went as far as launching an SMS search service for Africa(which has been killed ). It’s not surprising that as the rest of the world take their final steps from SMS to IP-based messaging, Africa is still hooked to SMS-based solutions; this is simply because Africa tends to play catch up....

The last time Kenya went for elections in 2007, things didn’t turn out well. A William Ruto death rumor that enormously went viral by text from cellphone to another is said to have been one of the major causes of the inter-tribal bloodbaths — an estimated 1,200 people were killed, thousands displaced alongside destruction of property worth millions. In the latest Bond movie, Skyfall , James talks of how it only takes a computer to rig a Ugandan (African) election....

It is no secret that the future is a smartphone with no bezel hugging the screen, at least that is the direction things are heading. The idea of a smartphone with an all screen surface sounds very appealing and looks quite good too. We have seen other smartphones like the OnePlus 7 Pro, Oppo Reno 10x Zoom, Xiaomi Mi 9T and the Lenovo Z5 Pro all having a full screen....

I have heard it being predicted, speculated and forecasted that Newspapers in Uganda and the wider African continent will face an eminent death by a thousand cuts just about anytime from now. The reasoning has been simple — the onslaught of digital media. In the US only , more than 166 U.S. newspapers have stopped putting out a print edition or closed down altogether since 2008, according to Paper Cuts , a website that tracks the progress of news papers....

Have you ever connected to your home WiFi or public WiFi only to have your Youtube videos buffer or Facebook loading slowing or not at all? Yeah that’s happens to everyone lately. And it’s because a lot more devices are connecting to the internet via WiFi causing network congestion and interference. Related post: The updated guide to WiFi wireless network connectivity The 6th generation of WiFi dubbed WiFi IEEE 802.11 ax or WiFi 6 is expected to solve some of these challenges....

Stereotypes aside, given the same challenge, women and men have equal opportunities at succeeding. However, the masochistic orientation is traditionally considered normal for women in comparison to men It reminds me of the MLK quote, ”It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.”...

WorldRemit is one of the great money transfer services for those wanting to send money from countries like U.S, Canada, China, U.K, India and money other destinations back to Uganda. WorldRemit recently made a partnership with MTN so that users in the diaspora can directly send money to family and friends’ mobile phones . I have tried using that method, but there are still some bugs in the system. So maybe you want to stick to the tried and tested method of picking up your money from select pickup points....

Uganda can’t stop winning, the latest good news is that it has been represented among the top 10 tech start-ups at the World Health Summit. Wulira App , an app developed by Makerere University students was selected among the top 10 . At the World Health Summit, about 2,000 stakeholders and decision-makers from 100 countries and every field in the healthcare spectrum work together to find solutions for global health challenges....

If there is one sentiment all techies can unanimously agree on, its the fact that tech moves at an unprecedented astronomical pace. Two weeks in tech feels like two months in real life. It seems just the other day, we were watching Steve Jobs launch the iPhone 3G and the next generation in internet connectivity and we all thought, wow, that is the future!!! Good times… Now its all about 4G-LTE....

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is seeking to boost convenience and efficiency of its services through the automation and digitization exercise. The NSSF has now partnered with Safaricom as it embarks on a push to fully adopt cashless payments. Under the initiative, NSSF will implement an entirely cashless system at all its branch network across the country. “The platform we are launching today, will make contributing to NSSF easy and effortless, We are aware that we have an enormous task ahead in meeting public expectations in our new role as a pension fund and I wish to assure you that the Fund is striving to enhance the member experience and we have a couple of initiatives that we shall roll out in the next couple of months,” said Chairman Board of Trustees, NSSF Gen....

Video streaming is one of those things faster data spend have made easier over the years allowing you to get high-resolution video on your smartphone, laptops and other devices. You can’t mention video streaming without Youtube in this current millennia and it is important you know how to fully utilize it. When it comes to it, users on Youtube either want to stream content at high resolution or do not want to in order to manage data....

Zuku, one of East Africa’s most recognizable home-internet brands, is officially under new ownership. AXIAN Telecom , through its subsidiary Yas , has completed the acquisition of 99.63% of Wananchi Group , the parent company behind consumer ISP Zuku and enterprise solutions provider SimbaNET . The deal — first signaled in late 2023 — has now closed, bringing Zuku’s retail fiber and SimbaNET’s enterprise network under AXIAN’s fast-expanding regional telecom portfolio....

Google, like many other US companies, have been banned from doing any form of business with Huawei. But Huawei is a big company and if there’s anyone that’s able to bounce back from such a setback, it would be Huawei. Already there are reports that Huawei is working on a replacement OS that will run on its devices should the US-China deadlock continue. Turns out, not everyone supports the current state of affairs and Google, though a report on the Financial Times, feels like Huawei creating it’s own hybrid fork of Android is dangerous to US’s security....

Several users including Dignited editors are experiencing issues with their Facebook Newsfeeds as of today, Sunday 27th of April. When I checked my Newfeed today morning, the first four updates are blank as seen in the above screenshot. Several users in Sweden, Philipines, Malaysia are reporting trouble accessing their Newsfeeds on isitdownrightnow , a website that monitors the service status of several online services. Similarly, a couple of people are confirming the service interruption on Twitter....

Solid state drives have been around for a while, but just in the last few years, they have become more affordable and offered much more storage. The popularity of SSDs is increasing as they upstage their hard disk drive (HDD) counterparts. What is an SSD? What does an SSD do for your computer? Solid state drives store and access data more quickly, allowing your computer to run faster. An SSD works with your computer’s Random Access Memory (RAM) and processor to access and use your data....

Gigabit LTE is a variation of the LTE technology designed to give users a faster data exchange experience on the internet. The name Gigabit LTE comes from the fact that the technology can supply a download speed of up to 1 Gigabit per second (1 Gbps). While that speed is only achievable on paper, Gigabit LTE have, times without number during tests, clocked real-world speed ranging between 400-500 Megabits per second....

In the tech world, Google have created countless of products that have changed lives and likewise shaped the way we presently live. No doubts, the company will also be responsible for some of the top innovations that’ll shape the future. And while we don’t fully know what these innovations would be, or in what form they’d come, we know that the following products will not be a part of this foresaid future....

“I don’t have time”. That’s the punch-line everyone is throwing these days as an excuse for their impatience. But honestly, sometimes people don’t actually have time and in this day and age of high-speed networks, faster computers and smartphones, we can save a few minutes. A tweet will make any Ugandan network customer care respond to you faster than any other channel like the Toll free lines, email, or website. Other than time saving, there are more reasons you should tweet your problem rather than go through those long voice-menu prompts....

All over social media, a lot of people are complaining about how social distancing and the boredom that comes with it has forced them to take up new hobbies and search for anything to help pass the time until all of the COVID-19 chaos is over (hopefully, it doesn’t take too long ). If you haven’t found your own distraction yet, here’s our advice; check out shows and movies on as many streaming platforms as possible....