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On some occasions, you might be in need of quick money and you just have no way of getting it. With the growth in the mobile money industry, telecom companies like MTN Uganda and Airtel Uganda have started providing mobile money loans. In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, and/or other entities to other individuals, organizations etc. The recipient incurs a debt, and is usually liable to pay interest on that debt until it is repaid, and also to repay the principal amount borrowed...

Apple definitely brought the in-ear thing mainstream and while it seemed awkward at first, it eventually grew on most people. It stood for portability, style and even quality with some nice sounds coming out of it. Capable of connecting seamlessly with your device, reduce or decides if noise permeates through the earbud or not, receiving calls, control and more. These wireless in-ear earphones have proven to be quite a handy device even with their small size....

Apple released the 3rd generation of AirPods a couple of months back. It is only great that we let you know what to expect before you go ahead to acquire a unit. Hence, we decided to do an unboxing of the newly released Apple AirPods 3. Before we get into the full details, let’s take a look at a number of features that came with the AirPods 3. AirPods 3 Features Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking Adaptive EQ CHIP : H1 headphone RESISTANCE : Sweat and water resistant (IPX4) WEIGHT : 4....

If you want to access the internet in Uganda, you have four options; your smartphone, a 3G or 4G router, a MiFi or a USB modem/dongle. We have probably already done a good job of helping you choose the option that would work for you if you are an avid reader of this blog. But thanks to Airtel Uganda, you now have a fifth option — a Wingle! The Airtel wingle is a 3G USB internet dongle....

What is Alexa Whisper Mode? Related : How to Use Your Echo Dot as a Bluetooth Speaker How to Enable Alexa Whisper Mode The easiest way to enable Whisper Mode is to use voice command. Just say “ Alexa, turn on whisper mode ”. Alexa will then respond with a confirmation saying “ whispered responses is on “. But, if, for some reasons, you can not use the voice command, you can activate it from the Alexa app....

The Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) yesterday launched automated trading system that’s far much cheaper, faster and more efficient than the previous method of trading. Trading using the open outcry system The organisation has been using floor trading where stockbrokers meet at Forex trading courses at a specific venue (referred to as a trading floor) to buy and sell financial instruments using open outcry method to communicate which each other. Open outcry involves shouting to transfer information primarily about buy and sell orders....

Amazfit officially launched the mini version—the Amazfit GTS 2 Mini— of the second iteration of its GTS smartwatch, on the 1st of December. The Amazfit GTS was launched a year ago, and Huami, the company behind the Amazfit GTS smartwatches, has since gone on to launch the second version of its flagship smartwatch. The Amazfit GTS 2 was a pretty impressive device, but Amazfit has gone a step further and now released it in a smaller & slimmer frame....

It’s an app economy. There is literally an app for everything and billions of dollars have been traded for the services these apps offer. According to an unpublished report by Outbox Research , 94% of software developers in Uganda make UGX 0/= per year. Yes, you read that right, not dollars but zero shillings per year. Appalling! Let’s deconstruct our analysis about the probable cause(s) of such a pitfall. When talking about Ugandan apps, for example, of course, the first to cross your mind is Matatu, a popular card-based game that has roots in Uganda....

Recently, there has been a trend of hacking over the internet. This even prompted Twitter to ask its users to change their passwords to guarantee their online safety. A password is a string of characters used to log in to a computer or network in order to gain access to it. Most sites will leave it up to you to choose your own password which might get somebody to choose unsecure options like “ilovemama”, or “password123”....

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There was a surprise at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) when Apple CEO Tim Cook called up a tiny robotics start up on the stage. No one other than Boris Sofman, the chief executive of Anki took the stand and demonstrated an Anki Drive. It looked like a toy car as per the video above and it is the first product of this company. This reminded me of Uganda’s very own Fundi robotics company ....

Apple makes some of the best smartphones in the world with ground-breaking features. Likewise, the company’s wearable department manufactures the best smartwatches in the world — the Apple Watch. The latest generation of the smartwatch — the Apple Watch 4 — is laced with amazing medical/health features which possess life-saving capabilities. Although previous editions of the Apple Watch had heart monitors, the latest Apple Watch 4 sports a more sophisticated, FDA-approved ECG (Electrocardiogram) feature which can detect atrial fibrillation (i....

Doug Belshaw and Carla Casilli, along with a community of stakeholders, have been working on a specification of skills needed for web literacy which they announced at at the Mozilla Festival . According to the Webmaker website; The Web Literacy Standard: a map of the territory for the skills and competencies Mozilla and community think are important to get better at to more effectively read, write & participate on the Web....

What would you imagine banking to be in 2016? Long queues, solid cash, grumpy bank tellers? I guess not. Today your money follows you and you could do a lot with it faster and conveniently. MTN Uganda has partnered with several banks to make this happen. Now you can deposit Mobile Money directly to your bank account from their phone, or withdraw money from your bank account onto your Mobile Money account....

So it is official, Microsoft has acquired GitHub for a rather reasonable 7.5 Billion dollars. Understandably, this is not sitting well with GitHub users. GitHub has for a long time been the go-to hosting site for open source projects. Microsoft happens to be as proprietary as they come, the exact opposite of the kind of projects on GitHub. While it is still too early to tell what this acquisition means for the platform, it is clear that Microsoft doesn’t exactly have a favourable view in the open souce community....

Even though wired speakers traditionally deliver better sound quality, Consumers nowadays dread owning them because of the stress that comes with hooking up wires. Portable Bluetooth speakers are perfect because they offer the convenience of connecting to other devices. Bluetooth speakers are very convenient to carry around which makes them perfect for outdoor day at the beach, picnics in the park, or even as alternative speaker for your smartphone. Most of these speakers come with water resistant features, so they are also perfect for pool side parties and in the bathroom....

Even though the Oppo brand is still relatively new in the Nigerian smartphone market, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer has been in business since 2004 and is in the list of top 5 smartphone manufacturers worldwide. Oppo officially launched in Nigeria in April 2019 – even though some of its smartphone devices have been in the market before then. In this article, we will single out the best 5 Oppo smartphones released so far into the Nigerian market....

So it is the start of a new decade and among the things we saw die in the 2010s was the headphone jack. It still lives on in a few mainly entry-level devices but by and large, that ship has sailed. In its place, we have a market that is being flooded with Bluetooth headsets in various forms . From Apple’s Airpods to the less fancy ones, all in a bid to cater for everyone....

As we draw to close to end of 2016 Q1 and different companies start releasing their annual flagships, Oneplus has instead announced the scrapping off of invites for the Oneplus 2 and Onplus X. From today onwards you can buy them whenever you want to and not only when you have an invite. The announcement was made on their Twitter and Facebook pages Invites for the #OnePlus2 and #OnePlusX have gone the way of the dinosaur....

The world of artificial intelligence (AI) is about to become even more accessible. OpenAI has announced that its highly anticipated ChatGPT app is set to be released on Android next week. This news comes as a delight to Android users who have been eagerly waiting for their turn to experience the AI-powered chatbot since its iOS release in May. Starting today, Android users can pre-register for the ChatGPT app on the Google Play Store ....