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Android purists live by two basic truths: First, Android is better than iOS in every way. Second; stock, unadulterated Android is the best, the closer a firmware is to stock AOSP, the better. These guys won’t stop at anything to get their vanilla Android fix. This movement became so massive and it resulted in the birth and thriving of the aftermarket android firmware a.k.a Custom ROMs. Popular ones like the now defunct CyanogenMod, now Lineage OS, Resurrection Remix, Paranoid Android and many more became common phrases among geeks....

Airtime is not going away anytime soon if you do consume telecom services, which you most likely do. That’s reason enough for you to know all the available services around buying, managing and sharing your airtime from the available networks in Uganda. Before we dive into the details, there’s one thing you have to notice. All these services run off a legacy technology called USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data), which is basically a cousin to SMS....

When AzamTV launched in Uganda last year, they only had 40 channels on one bouquet. Now a year later, they have over 80 channels packaged in 4 different packages. Azam TV Uganda is offering 4 different bouquets starting at a price of Ugx 10,000 – Azam Pure, Azam Plus, Azam Play and Indian Bou. Azam is not specific about the number of channels each package has. The companies pricing structure relative to the competition shows its targeting bottom-of-the-pyramind customers....

Ahoy, me hearties! Today we shall talk about something of great importance to millions of people worldwide and an issue of contention with the powers that be -the issue of software piracy. Piracy by definition means “one who takes another’s work without permission” which unfortunately is what self-appropriating of commercial software falls under. Pssh! Like we didn’t know! Not disregarding the morality issues that arise from this piracy, we have below covered a few of the most pirated software out there....

Do you remember the days when you wanted to sell something you had to go everywhere looking for customers? Those days ended and now people live online. It’s important for every enterprise to own a business website because this gives your customers a central place to find what they need. Building a website can be very challenging whether you are doing it yourself or hiring a web developer to do it for you....

Every app on your Android takes a bite off of your mobile data. They continue to do so regardless of whether you’re using them or not. You could dig up your stats under settings to find the culprits that take the biggest bite of you could get Datally. Google recently launched Datally, a data management app for your Android. It keeps a lookout for those rogue apps that use too much data and notifies you of the culprits....

Phishing, hacking and other online attacks are growing in sophistication that it has become easy to manipulate two-factor authentication (2FA) methods. Websites that masquerade as legitimate login portals can steal 2FA keys. With almost half of all account breaches attributable to phishing, and password theft, Google thought it was evident that typical second authentication factors weren’t doing their jobs. It then launched its hardware security keys called the Titan Security Key....

Demands for eLearning and EdTech (Education Tech) platforms spiked during the COVID pandemic as parents and schools sought new ways to serve students in a virtual environment. Now the question looms: Will the rapid growth continue when the world settles back to something closer to “normal?” At least we are noticing the trend been accepted and indulge in student’s lifestyles as more and more platforms sprung up to fill the void in different domains of online studies....

In October 2012, the world’s biggest automotive television show crew, Top Gear, secretly jetted in Uganda to shoot part of the Africa Special. Tonight,3rd March 2013, at exactly 11:00 p.m EAT on BBC HD and BBC Two. In the first of a two-part Top Gear special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are in Africa with a simple mission – to find the definitive source of the Nile. Over the years many explorers claim to have already done just that, but the Top Gear trio believe that they can do better by travelling further and faster than any exploration team in history using only grit, ingenuity and three ageing estate cars(BMW 5 series E39 touring, Volvo 850 wagon and Subaru WRX Hatchback....

Uganda is undoubtedly a footballing country of some repute. This is especially true in the East and Central Africa region where the Uganda Cranes dominate year in and year out. But if yesterday’s victory is anything to go by, our cup of euphoria is filled to the brim, and overflowing. The Uganda Cranes last qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations in 1978. At the time, we had no internet, Idi Amin, the dictator still had the reigns of power firmly within his grasp, and more than 80% of Ugandans had not yet been born yet....

The Uganda Government blocked social media (WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook) for three days in a repeat of the events leading up to the announcement of the winner of the Uganda Elections 2016. Ugandans who learnt fast the first time around again took to Virtual Private Networks to circumvent the social media blockage. Ironically, so did government organs and officials. The official State House twitter account kept up a steady stream of live tweets as invited dignitaries arrived for the Swearing-In ceremony....

Vodafone Uganda, the country’s 4G Next Generation Operator on Thursday 10th November announced a commitment to support the youth and entrepreneurs in Uganda. During a press conference held at Kampala International University, the next generation operator announced that going forward it will be more focused on the youth and Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurs in order to empower them to harness their potential. This blog got ahold of the this press release which we will reproduce below:...

Every single quarter, we see phone manufacturers releasing new smartphones and tablets claiming that they are the best devices yet. Every single year they struggle to beat last years specifications trying to cram crazy specs in tiny devices in attempt to claim the top device manufacturer position. They try to convince consumers that the better the specs, the better the device which even though it’s desirable isn’t always true. What this has caused is that many device manufacturers have gotten into a specs race....

Obviously, the COVID-19 lockdown has affected a lot of individuals and businesses, ride-hailing companies inclusive. Individuals are now stuck in their homes trying to adhere to the social distancing call. Ride-hailing companies on their own hand can’t operate effectively if there are no humans trying to get around. Besides, they (drivers) themselves might be practicing social distancing. However, to keep business afloat, and also make sure that there’s a business to return to after the pandemic, this shouldn’t be a time to do nothing....

A Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is an infamous Microsoft Windows critical failure from which your system can’t recover. A BSOD is generally caused by issues with your computer’s hardware or software drivers. The occurrence of a BSOD is so random and unexpected that you never see it coming. So much so that it even Microsoft creator Bill Gates wasn’t immune from it during a rather embarrassing keynote address a few years back....

In an era where laptops are getting thinner and manufacturers include fewer ports and connectivity options on PCs, it’s becoming harder and harder to hook up as many as three or more devices and accessories to laptops simultaneously. Thanks to technology advancement though, as well as the introduction of Hubs, Adapters , and Thunderbolt 3 Docks (also called Thunderbolt 3 Docking station), laptop owners can connect as many devices as they want to their PC while still enjoying snappier transfer speeds, extreme power transmission, and fast connectivity of the ThunderBolt 3 technology ....

Intel recently announced the release of its 11th Gen Tiger Lake processors intended for laptops. The highlight of these new chips is that they feature support for Thunderbolt 4 and Wi-Fi 6 . That’s not all, compared to the previous-Gen Ice Lake chips, there will be huge performance improvements as well as improved battery life. The icing on the cake is Intel’s new integrated Iris Xe Graphics. Intel’s mantra for their 11th Gen Tiger Lake processors is “best processor for thin-&-light” laptops ....

The new Galaxy Note is here, and true to its roots, it packs the stylus that sets the Note apart from all other big smartphones, the S-Pen, a new S-Pen. The new stylus is a total upgrade from previous iterations in previous Note devices in a couple of ways. It is now more capable, adding Bluetooth Low Energy which effectively turns the stylus from just a note taking device to a remote control for the Galaxy Note 9....

If you are one of over 1 billion WhatsApp users around the globe, chances are that you have received an email from Google in your inbox. But that’s no cause for alarm. In this new development, WhatsApp has joined a partnership with Google which will benefit WhatsApp users on Android. Starting November 12, 2018, WhatsApp backups on Google Drive without affecting their Google storage quota. A caveat though is that any WhatsApp backups that haven’t been updated in more than one year will be automatically removed from Google Drive storage....

Just a few months back, Apple recalled older 15-inch MacBook Pros because the batteries could catch fire. According to information on the Apple support , “in a limited number of older generation 15-inch MacBook Pro units, the battery may overheat and pose a fire safety risk. Affected units were sold primarily between September 2015 and February 2017 and product eligibility is determined by the product serial number.” Overheating batteries are not to be joked with and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) are taking this very seriously, this is why they have decided to place a ban on the MacBook Pro retina 15 by Apple from all flights in Nigeria....