iPhone automatically creates a contact card for every user with their Apple ID . Each user’s card is called My Card , and usually, it is created with just a little information about the user like first name, last name, and phone number. It’s left for each user to edit and add more info to the card as they see fit. You can also share your contact card with other people via various platforms....
In 2021, Apple announced an update to the iPhone Operating System (iOS). This update was to iOS 15 and it came with a number of interesting features. Some of these include the ability to FaceTime with Android users , copying text from photos . And more recently, iOS 15 apps SharePlay support. SharePlay on iOS 15 helps iPhone users to enjoy experiences with their loved ones while on a FaceTime call....
Mozilla Festival East Africa (MozFestEA) is an annual event held in Kampala, Uganda organized by Mozilla Uganda Community with support from the MozFest London team and the Mozilla Foundation that brings together different groups of people to build open innovative solutions and to brainstorm ideas that provide remedies to the current challenges faced by East Africa with the help of the web as a platform and web literacy. MozFestEA 2015 will take place from July 17-19 th , 2015 at Victoria University Kampala, Uganda with both virtual and physical participation....
If you are one of the 3 million plus Ugandans with a Television set, then you should care about what’s going to happen tomorrow. The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) yesterday started its planned transition from Analog to Digital TV as we wrote yesterday . In fact we’ve received some emails from readers who experienced a blackout. So tomorrow areas in Kampala will experience a complete analog TV signal blackout. This is part of phase one of the planned three-phrase transition which will see a sequential roll-out of the digital TV signal across the country....
The banking sector tends to follow a particular script. They keep your money safe and charge you service charges when you want to borrow money or make a transaction. The business model has been exorbitantly profitable, making banks lazy and unable to innovate to give customers a better user experience. Stanbic Bank Uganda looks to be abandoning the script(at least so far). Their fintech service FlexiPay is a force to reckon with, giving customers a better user experience outside the banking walls....
Today, I wanted to load airtime on my phone. So I went to the store next door and asked the lady whom I’ll call Mama Frank to get me airtime for 10K UgShs. When I pulled out a 20,000 Shilling note, I was immediately told I couldn’t get the airtime. Why? Turns out she didn’t have change. That’s how transactions are lost in Uganda. This isn’t the first time am encountering such scenarios where a vendor dismisses me or denies me a product or service on the grounds that they “don’t have change”....
From the comfort of your home, you can open an account, transfer funds or access other services without having to visit a bank branch. Say goodbye to long queues, do your banking anywhere and everywhere With Standard Chartered’s digitally-led mobile banking, you have the power of banking at your fingertips. Within 15 minutes you can open an account and enjoy all the benefits that come with it. Accounts are available in multiple currencies after you first open an account....
2025 Update: With digital crime and identity theft on the rise, it’s more important than ever to check which SIM cards are registered under your NIN in Uganda. This guide will show you how to do it quickly and for free on all major networks—and what to do if you spot a number you don’t recognize. For our Kenyan readers, see our new guide: How to Check What Numbers Are Registered Under Your ID Number in Kenya ....
There are many ways to save storage space on your Windows PC and “Zipping” is one of them. When you ‘Zip’ a file, you are basically compressing it to a smaller sized file so it takes less space on your computer. Zipping also comes in handy when you have limited bandwidth and storage capacity on your cloud storage. Zipping 20 files to become a single (.zip) file will take less space on your disk than saving each file individually....
Real-time collaborations/conversations has undoubtedly become a major part of how we work in recent times. This is the reason team collaboration and messaging platforms like Slack are sought-after. And while a platform like Gmail is perfect for back and forth messaging and exchange of information (work files, etc) between colleagues at work or friends, it is still not the best tool for real time conversations. This is why Google introduced Google Chat in Gmail....
The next generation of SMS, Rich Communication Services , or simply RCS is here with us, courtesy of Google Chat . You’ve seen the reports, you’ve seen the excitement on social media as Android users feel like they finally have a worthy competitor to iOS’ iMessage. Sadly, you haven’t received the feature just yet. When you visit the Messages settings menu, you’re met with the sad, soul-crushing message that reads ‘ Chat features are unavailable for this device’ ....
It is 2018 and feature phones/ dumb phones are quickly being phased out. Smartphones are being more common and everyone is getting one, noobs and geeks alike. Your phone make and model, this might seem like one of those no-brainers, but in this age of smartphones to the masses, this is a common problem more than you think. We took the initiative of showing you guys how to find out the make and model of your smartphone....
It is no longer news that Starlink is coming to Nigeria. Elon Musk announced this himself via his Twitter handle back in May. For the uninitiated, Starlink is an Internet Service Provider or ISP owned and operated by SpaceX. This company provides internet access through low earth orbital (LEO) satellites . The internet service provider is spreading rapidly around the world. Starlink is currently available in 32 countries worldwide and has launched around 2,000 satellites, with over 1,500 in operational orbit....
Windows 10 is great, no doubt. However, the OS sometimes easily qualifies as one of the most annoying product ever made by Windows. It updates almost every goddamn time, especially when you need to get important tasks executed. Worse part: the updates sometimes takes forever to get completed. I mean, a friend’s Windows PC once abruptly started updating itself and the whole process to about 2 hours. Yeah, 2 hours. He had to wait for 2 hours before he could send an important work email....
Advertised SSD storage capacity is never really what you get and it has a thing or two to do with a vital process known as Over-provisioning. Over-provisioning an SSD is the allocation of extra storage capacity to alleviate NAND flash memory wear over time by distributing the number of write operations and erases across reserved blocks and pages. Over-provisioning serves to maintain tip-top performance and enhance endurance of your SSD for the long haul....
Carbon – formerly Paylater – is one of Nigeria’s earliest digital financial companies. The fintech platform is licensed by the central bank of Nigeria (CBN) to offer instant loan services – among other benefits like unlimited free money transfer, free bill pay, airtime top-ups, etc – to its users. And just like a host of other fintech companies that offer loans to their users, loans on Carbon are collateral-free and users usually get loans disbursed to their Carbon wallets instantly....
Having a slow internet is very frustrating. What is more frustrating is when your data bundle gets depleted faster than expected. This is sometimes due to websites that are secretly connected to by your computer. In this article, we shall discuss how to see these websites and close them. These websites are mainly in the form of malware, spyware, or adware. There is an easy method to do this and that’s by using the netstat command from a command prompt window....
Having the wrong time and/or timezone on your PC clock can affect you in more ways than you can imagine, especially because we often take it for granted. For instance, a number of websites and online services rely on accurate time and gate for security reasons. If your local time is inaccurate, you may get a message that your certificate has expired or somesuch. Secondly, you may have issues syncing your data online with other devices because the wrong time throws it off....
Finally, got that brand new Kindle? It’s time to set it up. Your Kindle is a great investment especially if you love reading and hoarding books. With at least 8GB worth of storage, you can save hundreds of books and carry them around with you. However, before you can purchase books and start enjoying the value of your investment, you have to properly set up your device. This will also help you prevent any future issues with your account....
MobileGPT has brought a revolutionary change to your everyday WhatsApp conversations by seamlessly integrating the powerful GPT3.5-turbo and GPT-4 OpenAI models. This ChatGPT integration empowers WhatsApp users with various added functionalities that enhance productivity, creativity, and information access. In this article, we will explore how MobileGPT transforms your WhatsApp experience by enabling you to generate AI documents, images, create reminders and notes, generate research reports, and complete website summaries. What MobileGPT Can do?...
