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MTN Uganda with their youth eccentric product MTN Pulse has launched the ability to help customers create their own data bundles within the app. MTN is keen on hooking up youths with offers that help them to take control of their day-to-day hustles. It is the reason why MTN has a team dedicated to supporting young people with digital innovations that support their ambitions and lifestyles. Through MTN Pulse, MTN empowers the youth with big discounts on MTN products and services....

Threads launched a few weeks ago with a lot of excitement from Twitter users who have grown impatient with Elon Musk’s handling of Twitter. In fact, in its first 24 hours of existence, Threads recorded over 10 million registered users – most of whom are Twitter users. As of the time of writing this, Threads has over 100 million users globally. Although deleting your Threads profile comes with such a hefty condition, Meta says “You may deactivate your Threads profile at any time, but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account....

You have probably found yourself running out of data on your MiFi or maybe needing to quickly connect to internet from your laptop but using your phone data. Android enables you to use your phone’s data plan to connect devices via inbuilt-feature called tethering. Android tethering comes in three forms; Bluetooth tethering where you share your phone’s internet with another device via Bluetooth. Android Hotspot where you share your phone’s internet by creating a wireless hotspot that other devices connect to via WiFi....

Chromebooks are pretty simple to use; you just log in, and everything is ready for you. If you’re using one, chances are you want to protect your data, so you don’t lose it. Whether it’s from theft, malfunction, or software bugs, there are a few ways to back up your Chromebook and ensure your data is safe. Moreover, most Chromebooks come with very small storage space, so it makes sense to transfer files you might not need at the moment to a backup to free up space for current tasks....

Your Risevest account statement is a great way to track your spending habits and investments. Most times organizations request for your account statements when you request a loan, attempt to buy a house or even relocate to a new country. With the increased popularity of savings and investment apps available in Africa, it’s important to be able to request for an account statement from these apps. Asides from showing that you’re a reliable candidate for whatever applications you need it for, it’s a great way to track your investments....

Do you know that your SIM Card can be hijacked and owned by someone else? Your calls, text messages, and other services that require your SIM Card will then be accessed by the other person. This is known as SIM swapping. Through this, many social media accounts have been hacked or compromised. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account was hacked when fraudsters gained control over his phone number and went on to tweet offensive messages....

It happens when your phone slips out of your pocket or bag and hits the hard floor. Yes! at least it occurred to one of our Editors who owned a Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Her phone screen broke and she needed a cool UGX 700,000 ( about $280) to replace it. Isn’t that the price of a great new mid-rage Samsung or high-end Tecno device? It is and I wouldn’t pay that much for a screen replacement!...

WhatsApp has been on the roll of late – announcing feature after feature. We recently saw the introduction of features such as the message edit, screen share feature, and many more. The latest feature to be added to WhatsApp is the option to send quick video messages to others. At the moment, users on WhatsApp can record and send videos to contacts. All you have to do is tap the camera icon to start recording your video before sending it....

Next time you come to my home and I pass you a chit written on, “Shambala,” don’t mistake it for some voodoo spell. It’s the Wi-Fi password. We’re not savages. Or better yet, next time you come visiting, I might just share a QR Code to get you hooked. That’s all thanks to a new feature on Android that lets you do so. The cool thing about sharing your Wi-Fi password with a QR Code is that the person leeching off your internet doesn’t need to have the latest Android operating system....

Every day, we have documents exchange hands, offices, and systems. These documents usually require a signature to make them valid. You need to sign your employment letter, house rent contract, loan contract , random agreements with friends, to make them valid. If not, they don’t hold up in court. Did you know you could easily sign a document with the iPhone Notes app? Before now, the first step would have been to print out these documents, sign them manually, scan them, then send them back to the senders....

When you get notifications from your email or instant messaging apps, there’s always this urge to reply to whatever messages they contain almost immediately — which is cool— because you don’t want your smartphone’s notification bar looking cluttered and ugly. But there are also times when you are busy with some other activities (on or off your device) and can’t seem to attend to your notifications immediately but you also don’t want to clear them because you might forget to attend to them later....

Chromebooks are great laptops for anyone who needs to get things done on the go. They’re also affordable, with some models costing less than $200. However, they have limitations, including small storage space and RAM. This means they can slow down over time as you add new apps and files to them. There are some simple options that you can use to speed your Chromebook up for better performance and cleaner load times....

How Does this Exchange Really Work? At the time of writing this post, there are Kindle readers, streaming players, speakers, home security, headphones, routers, cell phones and gaming categories. The eligible items are listed on the trade-in store. If your item is eligible, you can simply follow the steps to finalize the exchange and value in return. Shipping the old device is free so you don’t have to worry about any additional costs....

Keeping your Fire TV Streaming stick or Smart TV is critically important. The latest software updates usually come with performance improvements, bug fixes, better user interface and security updates . The Fire TV Stick and Smart TVs run on the Fire OS operating system. Fire OS is based on the Android Open source project which explains why most Apps available on Android/Google TV are also most likely found on the Fire TV....

One of the cool things about Roku TV Smart TVs and streaming sticks is that they constantly receive software updates. This means your TV feels and runs like the latest gizmos even though it’s on old hardware. Roku pushes out major updates once or twice a year, but minor updates are always rolling out on a monthly basis. Having the latest software updates ensures that you get performance improvements, bug fixes, better user interface and security updates ....

Ordering a Safeboda to take you to your preferred destination is one thing. Ordering a Safeboda to deliver your products to a customer, or maybe deliver lunch to your child at school is another thing. There are many businesses online that use Safeboda to deliver their products to customers. On Twitter, I came across a number that trust Safeboda to handle their deliveries. @KitiibwaAidah uses @SafeBoda to deliver our custom made sandles to clients for free in and around Kampala....

Human resource management can be a bit of chore especially when you don’t have proper systems in place to automatically keep track of your staff members. Employees can be cunning and sometimes dishonest if they smell trouble on their part. And let’s face it, you may not have the resources to hire full time staff to deal with payroll and HR related work. Do you handle all these roles and it stresses you out?...

Huawei Marine has announced a partnership with PCCW Global to construct the first submarine cable between Mauritius and Rodrigues Island, in a further boost for African internet connectivity. This will be Huawei’s 12 th submarine cable system deployed in the African region to meet increasing demand for internet connectivity. In the north-east of Mauritius is Rodrigues, a small volcanic island having its local telecommunications services currently provided by satellite connectivity, and PCCW Global has come to agreement with Mauritius Telecom to construct and maintain the high speed submarine cable that will be connecting the Island to Mauritius – a vast improvement in connectivity for Rodrigues....

Huawei recently announced that it ill hold the Huawei Developers Conference from August 9th to August 11th. According to the company, the Huawei EMUI 10 will be officially unveiled at this conference. According to an official poster, this system will arrive on the first day of the conference which is August 9th. ‌ Huawei EMUI official said that the development of smartphones from basic communication to entertainment and social assistance to intelligent assistants witnessed massive changes....

Facebook-owned photo-sharing social media platform, Instagram, wants to be the TV for young people. This was made official on Wednesday, June 20 in San Francisco where the company officially launched IGTV , a new app specifically for long-form, vertical video. Since its launch way back in 2010, Instagram has only grown. So much so that it is now a global platform with up to one billion users. Facebook is trying hard to make IGTV the next big thing by luring prominent content creators to the platform....