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The fingerprint scanner has grown to become one of the most trusted and most used methods of smartphone biometric authentication . Interestingly, the sensor underwent a major overhaul earlier this year in terms of its form and position; in a bid to make our phones slimmer and our screens bezel-less, smartphone manufacturers discovered a way to embed the fingerprint reader under our phone’s display. The Vivo X20 Plus UD was the first smartphone to ever have its fingerprint sensor under its display....

On 18th March 2020, before Uganda would record its first COVID-19 case , President Museveni issued guidelines among which were a ban on public gatherings including churches. This precautionary measure saw many churches shift their sermons online to enable their congregation to be able to get access to spiritual nourishment. In this article, we shall explain how to attend your services online in Uganda. 1. Church Website Many churches now use their official websites to stream services now....

If you have a Mi Box S and you want to enjoy the best streaming and media apps on your TV, you might be wondering what are the best options available. Well, look no further, because in this blog post I will share with you some of the most popular and useful apps that you can install on your Mi Box to enhance your entertainment experience. However, if you’re looking to get the most out of your Mi Box S, here are a few more apps you should install:...

How would you like reading all local stories from all Ugandan Newspapers on mobile all in one place? If you’re familiar with news aggregator sites like Hacker news, Digg, Reddit, Popurl then you will find a striking resemblance between the Uganda Newspaper app and these websites. The app so far aggregates content from up to 18 different sources including the New vision, Daily monitor, The Independent, Bukedde, Observer among others. The App also picks content from online sources like the Kawoowo sports , Urban Legend Kampala , Uganda Picks and soon the TechPost....

The ICT Association of Uganda (ICTAU) in conjunction with the National Information Technology (NITA-U) on 1st October 2014 organized a workshop on IT Innovation and Open Source at Statistics House The main objective of the workshop was to build a greater synergy between IT innovation stakeholders and expand understanding of the frameworks, competencies and methodologies that improve innovation effectiveness in the country. James Saaka, the NITA-U Executive Director called for more support for the young innovators in the Country and committed to lobby support from government;...

uLesson, an ed-tech company led by Sim Shagaya and focused on K-12 (primary and secondary) education in Africa has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding. Recall that just a little over one year back, in 2019, uLesson raised a $3.1 million seed round led by TLcom Capital. Sim Shagaya, CEO & Founder, uLesson This Series A funding round was led by Owl Ventures, a venture capital company with a focus on education as an investment category....

Kakasa or E-Verification is a brand protection system that uses a unique scratch code packaging label containing a 14 or 16 digit verification number. When the buyer scratches the label, a number is revealed. This code is then sent by SMS to the number indicated on the label and a message will be sent back confirming whether the product is genuine or not. If the message confirms it is genuine then it means the product is a licensed original and the quality is backed by the companies that manufacture and/or import them....

Google introduced a new policy a few weeks back for its storage products – Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos. This policy does not take effect until June 1, 2021. According to Google, this new policy will help them continue providing everyone with a great storage experience. Every Google account comes with 15GB of storage across these three products. Google estimates that about 80 percent of users should have at least three years before fully exhausting this 15GB....

Xiaomi has enjoyed a lot of success in the smartphone market over the years and even recently toppled Apple to be the second-largest smartphone vendor. This makes for a great time to release its first tablet since 2018 when the Mi Pad 4 was launched. So it’s understandable why the Mi Pad 5 has a lot of clout and considering Xiaomi’s history of value for money, there is a lot of excitement about this tablet....

Instagram is trying to combat criticism and improve mental health by expanding a test to hide how many “likes” people’s posts receive. Likes has been a key metric of interaction on the platform and hiding it is bound to have some reaction. Some users will inevitably become disinterested in Instagram without the dopamine spike of a “like,”. Some onlookers are also wondering if this would affect the amount of time users spend on the site....

We often see smartphone manufacturers advertising the number of megapixels on the phone cameras as one of the major selling points for their phones. However, do megapixels matter? What makes a good camera? The short answer is that megapixels don’t necessarily mean better photos. I will explain in detail. Before we go any further, let’s start by understanding what a megapixel is. What are megapixels? Pixels are small squares of data that fuse to make up an image....

For more than a decade, Sports betting houses have existed with a variety of games to stake on – soccer being primary – and a large clientele to attend to. They are open almost every other day, but the heaviest traffic is experienced on weekends, where long queues of customers fill out the place. Given the advancement in technology, online betting emerged and gained firm roots on the Ugandan market. Its flexibility and ability to fix majority of the disadvantages that the manual system had, has made it a darling to many especially the youths....

Meet Zuck, a 28 year old self-made billionaire, founder of Facebook, fluent in Mandarin and English, young, energetic and notably a proud Stanford college or university dropout. Oh, by the way, he is ordinarily mortal too – At least that reduces the level of disparity between him and I. In Africa, Uganda in particular, education is revered with so much ferocity. To alternatively attain this kind of reverence, one would need to have climbed up the social ladder through amassing vast wealth....

Microsoft is looking to make it’s software solutions available to all and sundry, leaving behind the Windows-only approach some of its software have. One of its latest effort to do so is by making its security and management software – Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection available for Mac. Also, because it is now going on the Mac, Microsoft is dropping the Windows Defender ATP naming for just ATP in order to remove the Windows exclusive tag....

Like the way you’d use Facebook or Google to access a third-party app, Snapchat users could be able to login into other apps with the introduction of Snap Kit. And where Facebook has been criticized of mishandling user data, Snapchat promises to behave. If you are the kind that wants to use your account elsewhere, and get more out of the app, this could be for you. Snap Inc. stated that Snap Kit is a set of tools that allow app developers to add some of Snapchat’s features into their own apps....

Xiaomi has enjoyed quite a lot of success this year passing new milestones along the way. Earlier this year, the Chinese smartphone maker surpassed Apple in smartphone sales to become the second-largest smartphone manufacturer in the world behind Samsung for the second quarter of the year. After that, it went ahead to surpass Samsung in Europe to become the leading smartphone manufacturer in that region. They didn’t stop there, Xiaomi was able to topple Samsung for the top spot in June according to Counterpoint ....

Jumia Uganda has announced a brand new partnership with worldwide shoe retailer Bata and international oil company Total to increase the number of pick up stations that consumers can pick their Jumia orders from. “We have seen demand for our services in upcountry locations like Masaka, Fort Portal, Mbarara Gulu, and Lira. Therefore, our expanded pick up station network with Total and Bata will enhance customer confidence and the adoption of e-commerce in 2020 countrywide,” says Jumia Uganda CEO Ron Kawamara....

Today is a very humbling day for me. It reminds me of my very first day at Microsoft, 22 years ago. Like you, I had a choice about where to come to work. I came here because I believed Microsoft was the best company in the world. I saw then how clearly we empower people to do magical things with our creations and ultimately make the world a better place. I knew there was no better company to join if I wanted to make a difference....

Windows has dumbed down its operating system over the years. Poking around the OS has never been this easy that now you no longer need a degree in Computer Science or some such to get your geek on. These days you can easily search for whatever you want and Windows will give it to you, hassle-free. Sometimes we might not know the right command to set the ball rolling, so we’re going to have a look at a few Windows RUN commands you might need in your exploration of this awesome operating system....

Artificial intelligence (AI) is at a fascinating spot at the moment, often unpolished but full of promise, and the more it’s used, the faster it will accelerate. Maybe you have already started incorporating some of the tools in your workflow or are trying to find what will work for you. You are in the right place, we have curated the top 5 websites that earnest the power of Artificial Intelligence and believe it can save you a ton of hours doing manual work....