Chinese TV vendor, TCL is mostly known for its quality and affordable Roku-powered Smart TVs. The Smart TVs aren’t just good for their price, but they also have the ability to combine internet content streaming with traditional TV tuners and great features for your dime. I personally own a TCL 49” CLASS 4-SERIES 4K UHD HDR ROKU SMART TV – 49S425 , so you can tell I am a big fan....
The Tecno Boom J8 has finally been launched in Uganda. Tecno in partnership with Africell Uganda launched the Boom J8 at a colorful low key event at the Africell Headquarters with a couple of press people and tech enthusiasts. This is the first time Tecno is launching a device in Uganda. Previously, devices were just released but not officially launched. All attendees of the launch got a gift hamper that had different gifts ranging from Selfie sticks and Battery Banks by Oraimo, USB thumb drives, a T-shirt, Notebook and Pen....
The Tecno Phantom X2, a new addition to the premium sub-brand of Tecno Mobile, has recently launched in Uganda in partnership with Airtel Uganda. This partnership offers customers who purchase the Tecno Phantom X2 a free 5 GB of data per month for the first three months of use. This new device boasts cutting-edge technology, including a unique and outstanding feature of a retractable portrait lens, a first in the smartphone industry, and powerful processing power....
Telegram messenger continues to trail blaze the messaging platform with a slew of awesome features which are later xeroxed by other chat apps. When most people crowd WhatsApp for the sheer number of users, Telegram retains its users by releasing the coolest features such as inline bots, trending sticker packs, self-destruct messages and all that. Now Telegram has added yet another. Telegram’s bot-powered HTML5 Gaming Platform 1.0 is live with some 30 games to start you off....
A Proxy and a VPN, they both connect you to a remote server. They both hide your real IP address, swap it for a new one. They both allow you to connect to and surf the web as if you’re in another location. However, this is where the similarities end. Let’s dig in a little and show you why VPNs are more secure than Proxies. A Virtual Private Network Explained A Virtual Private Network is a network connection that enables you to create a secure connection to another location, thereby allowing you to appear as if you were in another place....
Facebook has a clear and inspiring mission — “to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.” The social network isn’t stopping at anything until it has achieved its vision. Whether it’s building orbital drones, creating digital colonies in emerging markets, betting on unproven technologies or pioneering new online business models, Facebook is constantly reinventing itself to stay relevant and ahead of its competition....
For years now, Skype the VoIP application has become the default application when it comes to making calls over the internet. The application now boosts over 600 million users with over 45 million concurrent online users and was bought by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion. Personally I love Skype. It’s high quality voice calls coupled with video calls and Instant Messaging and its ability to be used over corporate firewalls has quickly made it an indispensable tool for business and social communication for me....
The BNPL model is, however, quite popular in other markets. In a recent event, Apple launched the ‘Pay Later’ feature that enables users to make payments in 4 installments. There are also a lot of other players in the BNPL market in countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, and so on. Some of these include Affirm, Afterpay, Zip, PayPal , Klarna, etc Some platforms that offer BNPL usually add a markup to their prices in order to make a profit....
One of the best ways to connect to the internet anywhere in the world is WiFi. S hort for “Wireless Fidelity,” WiFi provides a convenient way of providing high-speed wireless internet and connectivity using radio waves. Today, there are over 10 billion WiFi devices out there, and this is anything from your smartphone, laptop, smartwatch, printer, car, washing machine, fridge and just about any conceivable electronic you use everyday. Brief history of WiFi Standards WiFi has evolved since it was first released in 1997 as IEEE 802....
While dedicated home theatre sound systems are cool and offer a decent sound experience for your home entertainment, they are not very useful when you want to take the entertainment outdoors. This as they need a dedicated power source, something that is not always accessible outdoors. That’s where portable Bluetooth speakers come in handy and boy do we have a whole plethora of these in the market today. In this post, we shall be looking at our top picks for Bluetooth speakers that you might want to try out in 2024....
Micro SD cards have transformed the storage media society, especially when using in a smartphone device. The previous decades saw us use gadgets that were bulky to walk around with, slow to read from and write on, and also of low memory space. That was a generation of the hard hustle. This new generation is much luckier than ever. With a tech development in the files we store, videos we capture and watch, and even the devices we hold, there is a burning need for fast and big memory cards to save the day....
Its now official that Blackberry may consider exiting the handset business if it remains unprofitable. The struggling Blackberry has had successive CEO’s all of whom have tried to save the business from closing shop. Current CEO John Chen who Joined in November after Blackberry failed to find a buyer made it clear that he wants to make a profit by 2016 and he’s not ready to let anything stand in the way of his goal....
If at some point you’ve used the Google calendar for personal or professional activities, you will attest to the fact that the tool is a productive one. In fact, outside Gmail and Google search, it is one tool I rely on to get work done. Even with the obvious productive features the tool offers, it might shock you to know that it has got a lot of other tricks and time-saving features I bet you do not know about....
The importance of mobile notifications cannot be overstated. With them, you can keep up to date with breaking news, weather updates, and social media alerts, among others. The problem comes in the notification alert wakes you up in the middle of the night because of that “ABC just posted for the first time in a while.” Instagram notification. You, therefore, need to control your notifications and in this article, we shall share a brief guide on how to do that on Android devices....
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has circulated a new directive prohibiting the sale of airtime scratch cards. This applies to hawkers/street vendors, retailers, distributors and the general public. UCC further advises that unsold/unused airtime scratch cards and stock be returned to the distributors for a refund. UCC has had a busy couple of months, passing a number of directives to Telecom companies. These include the temporary halt on the sale of SIM cards and lowering charges on SMS and voice calls....
Refactory Academy , a leading industry software skills academy, is proud to announce the inaugural UG DevSummit. This landmark event will convene Uganda’s vibrant software engineering community on July 18 and 19, 2024, at the National ICT Hub, Nakawa, to foster collaboration, learning, and connection. Under the theme “Positioning Uganda’s Tech Talent for Digital Economy Growth,” the UG DevSummit aims to bring together tech talent, employers, developers, regulators, and industry leaders to shape the future of Uganda’s digital economy....
The Electoral Commission of Uganda has made a sudden U-turn and now admits it’s okay to carry your camera and camera-phone to the polling station. This comes after Electoral Commission Chairman Mr. Badru Kiggundu decreed that no phones or cameras would be allowed at polling stations. “In almost all elections around the world, within polling stations no cameras or phones are allowed.” Kiggundu said. In a recent development, ‘Electoral Commission spokesperson Mr....
In a fast growing world, where information is written allover the walls in electric ink, it is no longer a necessity for the youths to seek knowledge from the elderly. Google, social media, and e-learning is the order of the day, and from there only can you pass on graspable information to this dot-com generation. Uganda Health Marketing Group (UHMG) is not sitting back on this, and it is driving us into the Zone....
If we lived in a perfect world, USB-C or USB Type-C connector and cable would be the last port and cable you would ever need. Unfortunately, even though that’s how it should be, that’s not the case. USB-C is by far the most confusing electronics standard there is today. And getting it wrong might cost you dearly. The wrong USB-C cable might end up frying your device if you are not careful....
Worry no more about your phone landing in wrong hands now that a new pledge signed by nearly every major player in the phone industry is promising that after July of 2015, it will be a lot harder to steal a smartphone. A smartphone kill switch, as described by CTIA’s Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment , will be shipping to phones produced after July 2015 at no additional cost to the customer, pre-installed, or downloadable by the manufacturers adhering to the document....
