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As many people celebrate the end of the first quarter of the year and welcome a new month, MTN Uganda used the opportunity to reduce their mobile money withdrawal fees. We have cut our #MTNMoMo withdrawal rates. In addition to the reduced rates, you also get #MTNSenkyu points for withdrawing mobile money as well as using other MTN MoMo services. Dial *165# pic.twitter.com/MvcxnLC2Ls Advertisement - Continue reading below — MTN Uganda (@mtnug) May 4, 2021...

Yesterday, MTN Uganda increased on its mobile data rates without passing formal communication on its website or otherwise. We first learnt about the development on social media when some MTN customers started complaining about the sudden and stealth increase in its mobile plans. Hi UG ISPs, care to share why you’ve revised mobile internet data bundles upwards? Is it a need for bigger margins or higher costs? — Stone Atwine (@StoneAtwine) October 10, 2013 Advertisement - Continue reading below...

Launched last year , YOTV Channels has become one of the leading one-stop centers for the best Ugandan live TV and radio content accessible on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. We had a moment to catch up with YoTV’s Chief Executive Officer, Aggrey Mugisha, the 34-year-old innovator who talks about video streaming and innovation in Uganda, YOTV, and the MTN partnership. Tell Us About Aggrey Mugisha? My name is Aggrey Mugisha and I am the CEO of YOTV....

Netflix has introduced a new password-sharing restriction option, first in India and many other countries around the world – including countries in Africa; Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda, etc. Before now, Netflix always supported password-sharing between friends and family, however, it looks like this now poses a serious threat to the revenue growth (from subscriptions) of the movie-streaming giant. Over the past few months, Netflix has tested this feature in a number of countries and now, the streaming giant has a decade to roll it out globally....

The online streaming wars are just beginning to heat up. On the global scene is the undisputed champion Netflix. A U.S-based video-on-demand service, Netflix has positioned itself as the de facto choice for most users in and outside of the U.S. with presence in well over 190 countries. Showmax, on the other, is riding on Multichoice’s dominance for entertainment content on the African continent. While Multichoice through DStv, its satellite pay-TV service has proved to be a formidable force, can it keep a new wave of internet streaming players at bay?...

A new leak reveals that the much anticipated Whatsapp voice calling feature that will send cold chills down the collective spines of Telecoms is almost imminent. The leak that shows the Whatsapp Calls Folder on the App was revealed by Reddit user /u/akhilman78. The user downloaded and installed an update from Whatsapp’s official site which usually has the latest updates before they are rolled out the App stores. Several screenshots showing voice calling on the popular messaging App have been revealed by Androidworld ....

The troubles of Huawei with the US government have taken a dark twist as the Android mothership has now been forced by US legislation to cut ties with the giant Chinese OEM. This is due to a blacklist order last week from US President Trump. With it, Google is reportedly ceasing business with Huawei entirely. According to the report, future Huawei devices won’t have access to any Google services, including the Play Store....

OPPO Nigeria has announced that the recently released OPPO Reno8 is now available in the market for sale. The OPPO Reno8 comes with a 90 Hz refresh rate 6.43-inch touchscreen display offering a resolution of 2400×1080 pixels (FHD+) at a pixel density of 409 pixels per inch (PPI) . The smartphone is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 1300 processor. It comes with 8GB of RAM . The Oppo Reno 8 runs Android 12 and is powered by a 4500mAh battery ....

As Fintech and payment solutions become ubiquitous, more and more providers are entering the market. The latest entrant is Pebuu. Pebuu is a Pan-African electronic depositing and bill payment solution provider that allows for everyday cash deposits and settlements at a single portal. They support a wide range of payment channels and options that can substantially help the general public handle payments and manage cash flow. Pebuu works just like Payway, Newpay or Ezeemoney....

Apple launched the AirTag earlier in 2021 which was immediately followed by some sense of skepticism. The main concerns revolved around the misuse of the tracking device by some users. As a techie, I can most certainly appreciate the need for such a device. But that doesn’t rule out the chances of the technology being abused. There have been more than a few reported cases of such. Most cases having to do with stolen vehicles and people being tracked without their knowledge or consent....

Do you use an Android smartphone? Does your alarm simply just ring out and wake you in the morning and does nothing else? Well, that would no longer be the case when you’re done reading this article. A couple of months ago, Google announced that it had incorporated a new Google Assistant -powered feature into the Clock app to spice up Android users’ alarm and early morning experience. Dubbed “Google Assistant Routine,” users will be able to customize what their smartphone does immediately their alarm go off....

Do you want to search for similar images across the world? You can simply upload a picture and get to know how many websites have used it, the different resolutions it exists in among others. This has been made possible using reverse image search. What is Reverse image search Reverse image search is a content-based image retrieval query technique that involves providing the CBIR ( Content-based image retrieval ) system with a sample image that it will then base its search upon; in terms of information retrieval, the sample image is what formulates a search query....

This year, Safaricom is introducing Data bundles that do not expire. Gone is the mad rush to blow hundreds of MBs because their validity period is running out. Customers who dial *544# now have two new options: Data Bundle (NO EXPIRY DATE) Calls & SMS (NO EXPIRY DATE) Normal Data Bundle WITH EXPIRY Check Balance The biggest difference between these new bundles and the old bundles is not only the expiry date but also you get to input how much you want to spend and the system will show you how many bundles you will get for that amount....

Safaricom has announced that it is planning to expand its e-commerce platform Masoko to other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa by year 2020. This is on the backdrop of an expected growth of Smartphones in the region estimated to hit over 525 million users as at the end of next year. According to the telco, the ambition for the Masoko platform is to bring the market to small businesses wherever they are in Kenya, and to give them access to opportunities presented by the rapid growth of e-commerce across the globe....

When you want to quickly beat Kampala’s Jam, you need a Boda boda not data bundles. That’s why Safeboda has teamed up with MTN Uganda to offer you their app completely without internet. Today, Safeboda has announced on their Twitter account that you can simply hail a ride through their app without data. This of course will only work for users on the MTN network for now. You can now use the SafeBoda app with zero data!...

Samsung Nigeria has unveiled the new Samsung Galaxy A22 smartphone, the latest addition to its budget-friendly A series of smartphones. Although smartphones in this category are usually budget-friendly, they surprisingly possess decent specifications in major areas including display, battery power, and camera department. The new Galaxy A22 is succeeding the Galaxy A21 released months ago. It comes with upgrades in major areas and in this article, we will take you through them....

Conventional wisdom tells as “faster is better”. 4G LTE is the fastest mobile network standard for mobile data transfer right now. Already four Telecoms support 4G in Uganda as of 2015 and more will be joining. Juniper Research forecasts a rapid uptake of 4G LTE mobile technology in the next five years, with active connections crossing the 1 billion mark in 2017 – and reaching 1.8 billion by 2019. But that’s only 22% of the global mobile subscriptions....

Audio chat apps seem like the next big thing. Thanks to the wave created by Clubhouse, virtually every social media giant out there is inspired by its success and wants to try its hands at it. First, it was Twitter with ‘ Spaces ‘, Facebook is testing its own version, dubbed Live Audio Room, and now we have Greenroom from Spotify. Just like Clubhouse, Spotify Greenroom is a live audio chat platform that allows users worldwide to join or host live audio chat rooms....

The music streaming scene is really taking shape . International players like Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer aren’t slacking. So much so that even locally, Safaricom is dipping its toes in the scene with the debut of Songa by Safaricom in Feb 2018 . Apple Music is one of the newest players in the international scene, launching back in 2015 while Spotify remains the king, and one of the oldest we have today, having launched back in April 2006....

Today, Spotify announced it will now be offering a three months trial period for new users that wants to go premium. This puts it on par with Apple Music which offers 3 months of trial as well since launch. Spotify has been quite busy lately with changes like the addition of parental control to its Premium Family plan and testing it Premium Duo plan as well. Before now, you can only get a month free trial of Spotify Premium plans as a new user but now it is three months across all its Premium plans....