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Multichoice which owns premium digital satellite TV provider DSTV and terrestrial provider GoTV started the price wars by reducing its DSTV Explora decoder from UGX 985,000 to a mere UGX 575,000. DSTV’s Explora decoder allows users to pause, rewind and record TV shows thanks to its 2TB onboard memory capacity. The HD PVR decoder gives a total recording time of up to 220 hours of HD content. The device also has the ability to access the internet through an Ethernet connection, WiFi and 3G dongles....

Children are cute, innocent, and curious about everything around them. Parents are also committed to creating the best environment for them to learn and grow. Thanks to educational technology , there are diverse mobile apps for children to maximize their performance at home. Interestingly, some children are being homeschooled using virtual learning resources. Tech gadgets that are children friendly such as pads, PC, tablets , smartphones, and other electronic devices are available....

Ideally you shouldn’t have to change your country in whatever service you use. Unfortunately, the global economy is uneven and some countries get to enjoy certain privileges than others. This isn’t more evident than how content is consumed and distributed on the internet. Because some service providers or app developers choose to launch their services in certain regions — mostly the U.S — you won’t be able to download these apps in the App stores....

Africa’s fintech startup, Chipper Cash has confirmed that it has raised $100m in Series C funding. A round led by SVB Capital, the investment arm of U.S. high-tech commercial bank Silicon Valley Bank led this Series C round. Other participants in this round include some of its existing investors: Tribe Capital, Deciens Capital, Bezos Expeditions, One Way Ventures, Ribbit Capital, 500 Startups, and Brue2 Ventures. For obvious reasons, venture capitalists are scrambling for startups in the Fintech space to invest in....

The new frenzy around town is that now coding is as (and sometimes more) important than the 3Rs — Reading, Writing & Arithmetic. As such new online coding schools such as Codeacademy , Code.org , C odenow , Codeschool , Treehouse and hundred others sprung up to help you with your first lesson in basic HTML and later turn you into a full code Ninja completely able to develop an App should you want to....

Smartphones have, over the years, become a very important aspect of our lives. Its use has transgressed from basic communication (calling, texting, etc.) to our everyday work and personal lives. Nowadays, the average smartphone user stores personal files, multimedia, and other documents — banking details, social media, internet banking applications, shopping, work and personal emails etc. — on his device that could cost a fortune if in the wrong hands. This is where smartphone security comes in....

Android as a platform is crazy customizable. The Android OS hand users the freedom and flexibility to change quite a number of things they don’t like on their device. This has led to the rise of third-party launchers, icon packs among many other customization tools. Today, there are countless custom launchers. Likewise, many OEMs include features to tweak your experience even further, at least cosmetically. In this guide, we explain everything you need to know about custom ROMs....

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a long-awaited feature — Dark Mode — for the Android version of its app and might be rolling it out soon. Dark mode (also called Dark Theme or Night mode) is a very popular feature used by many app users not only because it reduces strain on the eyes, it also helps save battery. While developers of popular apps like YouTube, Messenger, Skype, Twitter, Chrome, etc....

Airtel Uganda was voted the Best Digital Financial Service of the year at the Digital Impact Awards Africa held on the Thursday 21st August at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel. The award ceremony was organized by Cyberplc, HiPipo and Global Networks Limited in partnership with Nita-Uganda. With Airtel Money, customers now get a wider access through nationwide agents and transact with one single code *185# to send and receive money across networks at the lowest rates and enjoy more services on Airtel Money....

More than 300 fintech startups are active across the African continent, disrupting the financial services landscape with innovative solutions that are attracting the attention of banks and investors. According to the Finnovating for Africa: Exploring the African Fintech Ecosystem Report 2017 released by Disrupt Africa today, 301 African fintech startups are currently active; following a boom in fintech startups launching over the last two years in particular. Since this boom began in 2015, the continent’s fintech startups have secured US$92,679,000 in investment....

If you have an entry-level smartphones such as Nokia X, Huawei Gaga or Samsung Galaxy Pocket and you like to have Facebook on your phone, well, FB has finally thought about you. Knowing the constraints of entry-level smartphones such as memory and processing power coupled with slower internet speeds such as EDGE, Facebook has designed a custom version of its App — Facebook Lite — to address this challenges. The normal Facebook app is usually 5-10MB depending on your device, but the Facebook Lite App is only 252KB which is more than 5-10 less than the usual size....

Multichoice’s satellite pay TV provider DSTV, has been in the Ugandan market for the last 15 years. Now other providers want a slice of the pie that DSTV has been enjoying for years. The question is whether or not they will offer the premium experience that has set DSTV as the gold standard of Pay TV in the entire Africa or if they can beat DSTV at the cost. The ultimate decision on which provider you’ll opt for entirely depends on you....

On the 27th of September 2023, Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of smart glasses in partnership with Rayban. While initially, we were expecting to see some “men in black spy-type” glasses, this model came with an interesting approach and twist. Infused with Meta’s new AI chatbot, Rayban’s new collection is a groundbreaking addition to the new generation of technology. In this post, we’ll share the details of the technology involved, features and how much it costs to cop one....

Facebook is at it again bringing basic online services for Free to Internet users in Ghana. The social network has partnered with Airtel Ghana to avail more users basic information such as news, weather, sports, health information, texting among others through it’s internet.org App. Zuck has taken a utilitarian approach to the Internet. He believes the internet should be for everyone which will unlock untapped opportunities as he remarked in his Facebook update;...

These days, you will, very rarely find mobile apps that do not come with the Dark Mode option. From WhatsApp to Twitter, Facebook Messanger, Google Chrome, Window 11, YouTube, Google Maps, etc. Some apps (like Netflix) have dark mode by default. Apart from the fact that you get to save a lot of battery power if you look at it from a battery usage perspective, and the fact that it minimizes eye fatigue and improves readability, Dark mode on mobile apps is pleasing to the eye....

In the nearest future if you see autoplay video ads appear in your Facebook Messenger inbox right between messages from friends, don’t get it any wrong. Facebook says they have run out of space to squeeze video adverts into the main news feed and elsewhere in the app; and like you should know, the social media app is a business that runs on paid ads. The company has confirmed that it is placing autoplaying video ads in the Messenger chat app, and they will start running late June, with a regulation on targeted advertising starting July 2 where users have the choice to stop seeing certain ads....

Facebook, just like any other tech giant in the industry today is seeking for ways to innovate, branch out of their main business. While Google has Android, Facebook’s push has been more geared towards Virtual Reality. In line with this endeavour, the social-media giant bought Oculus for $3 billion in 2014 and has since slowly assumed strategic control of the scrappy startup. Earlier this week at Oculus Connect 5 (OC5), Facebook introduced Oculus Quest....

Chromebooks have become the laptop of choice for many individuals in the educational field, those who travel a lot, and of course, students. These laptops are great for their simplicity, their low price and durability. In this guide, we shall discuss how to set up a Chromebook quickly and properly. Setting up a Chromebook is a breeze, but there are definitely things you need to know. Here is an easy step-by-step tutorial that covers everything you need to know about setting up the new ‘Google laptop”....

In a further attempt to extend its reach into emerging markets such as sub-Saharan Africa, Google recently released an app to help internet users have the control over low-speed connectivity and high cost of data. Google Go , a lighter and faster way to search for search results, is optimized to save up to 40% data. It helps you to get answers quickly and reliably, even on slow connections and smartphones with low space....

Google has been making changes to its Messaging app, in a bid to create a better user experience. Following Apple’s recent addition of a feature that allows you to sync Messages across your various Apple devices in iCloud, the company is also rolling out a similar feature with Android Messages on the web. This addition will let you send and receive SMS and RCS (Rich Communication Services) text messages from your computer....