HIGHLIGHTS Subscribers to win a 100% bonus upon hitting set targets Promotion heavy on customization and transparency It will run until 15th November 2019 Airtel Uganda continues to be innovative in the solutions it offers its customers backed by offers that benefit each of them regardless of their socio-economic classes. You might like: Top 5 ways to get more data for less on Airtel Uganda What’s new in the Airtel Mega MAsappe promo?...
Lets start off with the Mobile supported mobile money statistics in Uganda. Shall we? Latest Mobile Money statistics in Uganda 2015 Mobile Network MTN Mobile Money Airtel Money Uganda Telecom M-Sente Orange Money The “Network Lockin” thorn It’s a decade-old “Network Lockin” problem that we’ve had since Mobile telephony was launched in Uganda. Now even though there’s been much talk about Mobile Number Portability(MNP), a mechanism that would make it dead-simple for you to switch from one mobile operator to another without having to change your mobile number, UCC doesn’t see it as a priority ....
If you are an Android TV user and you’ve been patiently waiting for an update to your tv, here is good news for you: you might not have to wait for long, anymore. Google recently announced on its developer website that Android 12 for TV is now available. This is coming just weeks after we saw the release of Android 12 to Pixel smartphones. And smartphone brands like Samsung have also introduced the OS to some of their devices....
Apple users with iPhones and iPads will no longer be able to mine cryptocurrency on their gadgets. Apple has made several policy changes over the last few days that will effectively ban all cryptocurrency mining features from apps in the App Store. This move comes not long after Apple removed an app called Calender 2, which silently began background mining for Monero but later reappeared without it’s mining functionality. Due to the relatively weak hardware found in Apple devices, it would take a considerable amount of time and processing power to make mining even the easiest currencies feasible....
Apple has launched the long-awaited Apple Watch Series 7. It did this in a virtual California streaming event that happened on the 14th of September 2021. Apple Watch 7 is an upgrade to the Series 6 which was released in 2020 . Before the event, we wrote about what to expect from the Series 7 launch. Apple calls this smartwatch the “most durable Apple Watch ever”. But, is it? You’re about to find out for yourself as we run you through what Watch 7 is about....
Asus has been in the Gaming smartphone bandwagon for a while now with the second generation of the republic of gamers (ROG) smartphone launched recently. This new smartphone builds on its predecessor design and features while having some decent add ons and upgrades for a better gaming experience. The ASUS ROG Phone II has a bigger screen, better processor and a larger display, amongst other improvements. As far as flagship smartphones go, Asus’s latest gaming monster is the most powerful Android phone at the moment....
The digital TV train has already set off. It’s not coming back or even stopping. But getting on that trains means you either have to pay by subscribing to Pay TV providers or you can get yourself a free-to-air set-top box or decoder and enjoy a free ride. “Best-Digital HD decoder” gave us our first hands-on experience with free-to-air digital TV in Uganda. Summary What we didn’t like Non-detachable power cable What we liked...
I have been using Linux for over two years now and truly it has immense benefits compared to other operating systems. Linux was developed to be free, secure, and affordable to everyone. Let’s get to see the top Linux distros that you can try out in this day and age. There are quite a number of these distros out there but knowing one that can suit your needs is key. We shall discuss generally the top five distros in this article that have proven to be stable, robust, or most reviewed and used in 2022....
Ever since the first Smartphone with 5 cameras (Nokia 9 Pureview) was released into the market, they have been the main highlight of the phone often discussed and mentioned in articles and rewiews. Other brands followed suit soon after. However, not all of the Smartphones we will discuss here were released before 2019. And there are a lot of them in the market to choose from, but we have decided to discuss some of the best....
You have probably already heard about Bitcoin, the cool virtual currency your wannabe investor friend said he’s buying and soon becoming a millionaire. The price of Bitcoin in last months soared to as much as $20,000 before falling back to about $10,000. It’s volatility caused a lot of speculative investment and regulation from several countries around the world. But what is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. A crypto-currency is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses cryptography to secure its transactions, to control the creation of additional units, and to verify the transfer of assets....
Visa also has the ability to scale up to 65,000 transactions per second. On the other hand, Bitcoin can manage up to 7 transactions each second with a book size of 1MB. Yeah, that’s right, just 7 and not tens of thousands. That makes transactions on the blockchain expensive and time-consuming. If you can’t afford to pay high enough fees, your transaction can even take days. So, it is pretty clear that scalability is one of the limiting factors of blockchain....
There is a reason people continue to show interest in buying Bluetooth speakers; it is a very convenient way to listen to music. Almost every smartphone supports Bluetooth technology, making it very easy to connect and play music on a Bluetooth speaker . As expected when there’s a huge demand for a product, new brands get interested and eventually launch their own versions, which means the market will be flooded with different sizes and qualities of such products....
Financial technology company Cellulant has announced a partnership with Adyen to enable it offer its global merchants access to local payment methods in major African markets. Adyen will get access to 40 mobile money operators, over 600 local & international merchants and over 120 banks in Africa with just a single integration to Cellulant’s payment platform. This partnership will provide Adyen with further access to a potential addressable consumer base of over 220 million who use either debit/credit card, mobile money or mobile banking payment options....
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape our interactions with technology, and the integration of Code Interpreter into OpenAI’s language model, ChatGPT Plus, marks a significant milestone. This powerful tool enables users to run code, analyze data, create charts, edit files, and perform mathematical operations, revolutionizing the capabilities of AI-driven interactions. Related: How to Access the Internet on ChatGPT with WebChatGPT How to Enable Code Interpreter in ChatGPT To access ChatGPT Code Interpreter, follow these steps:...
Email has weathered all sorts of Technological disruptions of our time such as social media and all recent trends indicate that this form of communication, which itself was a radical disruption to postal Mail, is not about to die soon especially in the Enterprise sector. However, despite its age-old history, some of us still do it right! That’s sometimes due to the way that Email was designed, but for the most part, it’s how users interact with and use the tool....
In today’s technology-driven world, the term natural language processing (NLP) is making waves. NLP pertains to the capacity of computers to comprehend, decipher, and even produce human language, paving the way for innovations such as chatbots and other artificial intelligence tools. NLP, or natural language processing, is a field of study that focuses on the interaction between human language and computers. It involves using computational techniques to analyze, understand, and generate human language....
Beep! You have received a text message. You rush into your pockets to read the message hoping it is a mobile money or bank alert. To your disappointment, its something like: “GET 90% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU PLAY JAMBO.” The number of people who own cellphones increases every second that goes by and this has become an avenue for telemarketers to market their products or services. They annoy you with frequent uncalled for text messages....
Yes, of course pixels matter but not pixels alone. The pixel count which is undeniably the most advertised part of a smartphone camera only tells half of the story. Written in megapixels (MP), this denotes a million pixels in the sense that 8MP means 8 million pixels. Basically, pixels are those several tiny dots that make up your image or video. They are so much and cramped up together that it is nearly impossible to make out each pixel....
Short answer is YES, a VPN will slow down your connection by 5-10% . But remember VPNs are meant to offer you more privacy and security, not faster speeds. At best, a VPN or Virtual Private Network will hide your computer’s IP address from prying eyes and encrypt your data so that only you and your recipient are able to know what you are communicating. And that’s not enough. A VPN will also enable you access content or websites that are banned in specific countries....
Here it is! Rocket Internet’s online job website Everjobs(Now JumiaJobs) has finally launched in Uganda with a country-level domain https://jobs.jumia.ug/ The startup is launching with some employers across various sectors like Telecom, Banking, Hospitality, Insurance and Manufacturing already on board. Job seekers will now easily land their jobs at Smile communication, MTN Uganda, APA Insurance, Simba Telecom, Protea Hotels, Airtel, Huawei, Interswitch, Roofings among the 20 employers the startup has began with....
