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While carrying out research work, a school assignment, or carrying out a task at work, you might need to visit the web to get certain information to help with whatever task you’re trying to complete. When you visit a web page or come across a PDF document relevant to your work, and you think the information contained in them will be useful later (maybe for other assignments), your best bet is to save the webpage or PDF document directly to your Google Drive....

The influx of notifications on your computer can be very distracting. Especially when you’re trying to channel focus to a particular task. It helps that you are able to silence those notifications, at least until you can attend to them. This is what the Do Not Disturb feature helps you do on your Mac. To be clear, when you use the Do Not Disturb feature on your Mac, it does not stop notifications from coming in....

This week Google announced that they are bringing Apple Music support to their Google Nest speakers and other Assistant-enabled smart speakers and displays. Google’s own music streaming choices are pretty messed up having closed Google Play music a few weeks back and forced everyone to Youtube Music which is only supported in just a handful of regions. With my Google Home Mini, I didn’t really have a choice for supported music streaming services....

Fitness trackers are slowly but surely taking over. And for good reason. They offer a way to have tech on your wrist without the strain of spending smartwatch money. This, is on top of keeping your health in check by pushing you to be more active. Huawei’s latest addition to its wearable portfolio is the Huawei Band 7. This fitness tracker offers mild improvements over its predecessor and we have one in-house so over the next few weeks, we’ll be pushing out content on the same, all leading up to a full review....

The FIFA World Cup tournament is the world’s largest sporting event and it happens every four years. 32 footballing nations come together to compete for the world’s biggest football trophy. This year, Qatar is hosting the tournament (the first time it’ll be hosted in an Arab nation) and it will kick off on Sunday, Nov 20, 2022, with the host nation, Qatar, taking on Ecuador at 7 pm local time....

In May 2021, Twitter announced the addition to Tip Jar to its product. This new feature was meant to help creators on the platform easily receive “tips” or money from followers who consume their content. It made easy a process that creators carry out manually. Later on, Tip Jar rebranded to just Tips, while its goal remained the same. Twitter Tips have integrated with the most popular payment platforms to let users choose which they are most comfortable making payments with....

If you have a Google Nest or Google Home device, you are probably putting it to good use as a hands-free Google Assistant and smart speaker. But did you know that you can dumb it down a notch and use it as a basic Bluetooth speaker for your phone or laptop? That’s right. The Google Nest is a versatile smart speaker that does a lot more than you realise. As such, you don’t actually need to rely on apps that support casting to play audio on your Google Nest....

Google makes a tonne of money from Ads which has only continued to increase year on year as the number of people using its wide range of services increase. Activities of users on most of these services are used to feed algorithms that now show users targeted Ads. At the center of all the Google services you use is your Google Account which they are tied to. Even other products that you have your Google account linked to offers some context to what your interest is and can be used to serve personalised ads....

This year’s World Cup is kicking off tomorrow (20th November 2022) which is quite out of the ordinary. The previous FIFA World cup tournaments have customarily been held in the middle of the year. That is in the month of June . Additionally, this year’s tournament will be hosted in the Oil rich desert country of Qatar . This is the main reason the dates were moved towards the end of the year when the region is relatively cool....

There’s a happy marriage when your mobile money wallet meets the ATM machine. While you could withdraw solid cash from any mobile money agent in town, sometimes it’s more convenient to do the same from an ATM machine for a number of reasons. For instance, the mobile money agent might not have enough liquid cash that you want or maybe it’s at midnight and you certainly won’t find any agent still working....

The argument among smartphone enthusiasts usually goes like, if a smartphone vendor runs their smartphone on Google’s operating system, they would instantly make profits. This was particularly true before struggling Nokia sold out to Microsoft. Water-cooler conversations among Tech enthusiast always pointed to the fact that Nokia would become profitable the moment it ditched Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system for Android. Well, that didn’t happen and clearly will never happe n....

Military business is risky business. So risky that it involves untimely loss of human lives and properties — any day, any time. For that major reason, the military has always been at the forefront to finding innovative ways to ply their trade. This is especially through disbandment of vulgar sums of money in finding the next big thing –weaponry, toys or perhaps techniques– that keeps them afloat and relevant. The sarcasm about it is that the armies entertain absolutely no questions about their expenditure: the a la carte menu in this cafeteria is classified....

Infinix Mobility continues to produce great smartphones at affordable price points. Among the many series the company has is the Infinix Hot line designed to mean smartphone needs of the average user. The Infinix Hot 9 is the latest iteration of this product line released in March of this year. The Infinix Hot 9 spots 6.6″ IPS LCD capacitive display with 266 ppi. The device is powered by Octa-core MediaTek Helio A25 processor....

The Infinix Note 3 is one of two devices that launched Infinix Mobile into the Ugandan market yesterday. The launch took place at Laftaz Comedy Lounge where the press was invited to witness. The launch was done in partnership with Kilimall Uganda that will be the exclusive retailer for Infinix devices in Uganda. Infinix Mobility is a Hong-Kong based smartphones and tablet manufacturer established in 2009. They have presence in Kenya, Nigeria and other African countries....

The Good: The Infinix Note 6 has a gorgeous AMOLED screen, AI-powered X-pen with refined and an octa-core processor, a metal frame. It also has long battery life, makes clear calls, and takes good pictures. The Infinix Note 6 has bloatware, is large for small hands, and has chunky bezels. Quick Bottom Line: The Infinix Note 6 makes the most compelling case yet for a supersize big battery stylus phone, affordable and very potent....

One of Infinix’s most popular smartphones could have been the S2. It introduced a couple of game changing specs from its build, look & feel, and the new Wefie camera that could take wide angle selfies. This made it a people’s favorite. To follow it up, the S3 and later the S3X also introduce a couple of firsts. The S3X in particular is the first Infinix device to have a notch display which is one of the new trends in display technology....

Intel isn’t just that mystical chip that’s the brain of your computer! No. Intel, a multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California also has a vision for tomorrow’s classroom. Our world is increasingly facing new challenges — challenges in of immense scale in healthcare, education, the environment, water supply among others. Africa in particular has her own unique challenges such as extreme poverty, civil war, preventable diseases and corruption, challenges which the next generation should address....

Do you currently use the iPad Air 4 and are not sure if to upgrade your device to the latest iPad Air? You should read this post as I highlight the major differences and upgrades that were made to the 5th Generation of the iPad Air. I’ll also give my recommendation by balancing the price and features of the iPad Air 5 vs 4. You should read through. iPad Air 5 vs 4: What’s Different?...

Microsoft is on the spotlight following a couple of controversial ads dubbed The Twins Challenge that seems to be taking jabs at Microsoft’s own Office 2019 in favor of its subscription service, Microsoft 365. Clearly, Microsoft really really doesn’t want you to buy Office 2019. But is Microsoft 365 really all that much better than Office 2019? From these ads, it is clear that Microsoft wants you to think that Office 365 is much much better....

From owning and operating a mobile and web browser to successfully pivoting to other verticals like Food delivery, bike hailing, and consumer payments, Opera (Software) is showing no signs of slowing down. The Norway-headquartered company wants to dominate the Nigerian market in all categories, using tech to become the go-to platform for almost everything. And it seems to be doing everything right — gaining massive market adoption; raising millions of dollars in funding and investment; and forcing competitors back to their drawing boards to restrategize....