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I’ve never been more disturbed than when i learnt through the Daily Observer that the Gambian government through the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) prohibited the offering of “International and National Calling Services” within Internet Cafes using VoIP services (Viber, Skype, etc). According to the statement, the Authority justifies its actions on the grounds that such services “deprive the country of the much needed revenue from International and National calls, required for the development of The Gambia”....

Roku TV’s latest updates brought two new rows to the home screen; “Browse” and “Categories”. The Browse row is a curation of themed TV shows from the Roku Channel and other streaming services while the Categories row lets you find content by category such as Movies, TV Shows, New & Popular and so forth. These two rows appear at the end of the Apps grid. However, a lot of users are not happy with these new additions....

In March this year, MTN Uganda launched an exciting Tik Tok bundle offer that gives Tik Tok users unlimited access to the App for 24 hours at only UGX2,000 . This followed the success of the “Tik Tok Free” that was launched last year, giving customers free 5 minutes for Tik Tok upon purchase of 15mbs daily data bundle. As a growing entertainment channel that is fun yet data-intensive, MTN’s Tik Tok data bundle that gives its customers 24hour unlimited access to the platform for only UGX2,000 is a move that has been welcomed by many users of the application....

Many can relate to the pain of having all your airtime used up by your carrier’s expensive off-bundle data rates. Telecom companies are aware of this pain to their customers. To address this, many have a Data Manager in place. This is a server-side feature that allows customers to cut off their own internet connection immediately they run out of credit. This ensures that no user airtime is used up on mobile data....

Often, we find ourselves rendered unavailable on the phone by various factors. Maybe you wandered to an area that doesn’t have network coverage, or your phone died on you, or you want to be off the grid. When you come back online, you might want to know who tried to reach you while you were unavailable. Many carriers allow for this function and it is dubbed Missed Call Alert. Related:...

If you prefer not to show your messy living room during a Zoom meeting, then this post is for you. You can easily change your Zoom background image during a meeting. So basically, you can be in virtual Paris from your workspace in your bedroom. Zoom has a couple of system requirements to change to a virtual background on the platform. It requires you to have zoom version 5.2.0 or higher for Windows devices and Zoom desktop client for macOS, 4....

When you use any device, an important department to pay attention to is the battery. A device’s battery can determine the experience you get from it. And a MacBook’s not any different. The good thing is you can check your battery health on your MacBook. This will help you know how good it is compared to when it was new, and if it needs to be changed or serviced. Every battery’s maximum capacity is 100%....

If you’re a huge fan of putting down info with pen and paper and typing them out later, or you love taking pictures of books just to extract the typed/written info, here’s a better mode you should consider. With a new Google Lens feature, you can now seamlessly copy text from a paper or book to your laptop. This will still involve the use of a mobile device especially as laptops are not designed to easily support such kinds of tasks....

HelloSign is a tool that helps you sign your PDF documents online easily. With this tool, you can sign documents, insert names, insert dates, initials and do much more on a document. Signing documents on the platform follow quite an easy process. One concern about signing documents electronically is the skepticism of it being legally binding. HelloSign, however, prides itself as a platform, ‘trusted by millions’, that lets you append legally binding electronic signatures....

Anyone who has ever deleted a file and then immediately thought better of the decision can relate to the frustration of not having an “undo” button on their computers. This is especially true for Chromebooks, which don’t come with a recycle bin pre-installed. Fortunately, it’s possible to enable a trash folder on Chrome OS. The trash folder (Chromebook recycle bin) can be activated using Chrome OS flags but you must have Chrome OS 89 or later....

When Twitter launched Fleets a couple of months ago, it also announced that it was working on a Club House-like audio chat room feature for the platform. According to Twitter, the reason for this is they think “the human voice can bring a layer of connectivity to the platform [Twitter] through emotion, nuance, and empathy often lost in text.” Twitter started beta-testing Spaces privately months back. The feature was limited to a set of individuals from ‘under-represented backgrounds....

Slow internet is a huge inconvenience. While it’s not possible to increase your Internet’s speed past the speed for which you’re paying your Internet Service Provider, most people don’t get the most out of their Internet connections. Applying a combination of general fixes, hardware solutions, and software updates among others can help you optimize your Internet connection for speed. General Fixes You will need to understand what might be causing slow Internet speed....

Migrating to Gmail Step 1: Open Gmail Step 2: Go to Gmail settings Step 3: Go to Accounts and Import In “Settings” head over to the Accounts and Import tab. Under Import mail and contacts, click on, well, mail and import contacts. This will open a pop-up window which will prompt you to sign into your other email accounts. Enter your Yahoo email and password and click Continue once you are done....

Samsung continues to dominate and for the most part, dictate the trajectory of the foldable smartphones in the market today. Over the past few generations, we have seen the company slowly iterating on the tried and tested form factors in form of the Z Fold line and Z Flip line of devices. Earlier this month, we saw Samsung unveil the new generation of its foldable devices, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 ....

Having a website and online presence strategy allows you to market your business online. A website is also important because it helps you establish credibility as a business. Having your website hacked into can be a nightmare. An organization can adopt the following policies to protect itself against the most common web server attacks. SQL Injection SQL Injection (SQLi) is a type of injection attack that makes it possible to execute malicious SQL statements....

If you’ve just recently purchased a Samsung device ( smartphone, earbud, smartwatch, tablet , etc), it is important that you create a Samsung account and then register your device(s) to that account. Your Samsung account helps you stay up to date on system updates and recall notices, gain access to device-specific troubleshooting, and be able to manage your warranty status. Furthermore, with a Samsung account you can backup, restore, and sync data across multiple devices, you get access to exclusive apps, like SmartThings and Samsung Pay , and most importantly, you can easily find any lost Samsung device(s) that is registered on your Samsung account....

FaceApp, the viral app that is taking over the internet has created a huge buzz and not exactly for the right reasons. For those that have no idea what this is all about, lemme bring you up to speed. This past week, social media has been awash with people posting ‘old’ photos of themselves that have been generated by an AI, FaceApp. Its creepy to say the least but that is besides the point....

The Wyze Cam v3 supports color night vision thanks to a new starlight sensor with f/1.6 aperture which records night time video in full vivid color . Previously, you had to use the camera’s night mode to record video at night, but it showed in black and white. The other standard features you get are two-way audio, live view, continuous recording, motion and sound detection, local storage via MicroSD card and a cool siren....

When sharing airtime was introduced, it felt like the most brilliant innovation ever. MTN Uganda used to call it “Me2U”. At that time, internet-enabled phones were for the rich and nobody even dreamed that one day we would need to share data. A couple of years later, almost all networks offer the service. Vodafone and Smile Uganda don’t yet allow you to share your data. Here is how to share data on MTN, Airtel, UTL and Smart Telecom....

Majority of the computer peripherals connect to the computer using USB cables. These include: mouse, keyboard, external flash drive, external hard drive among others. Many computer manufacturers however do not clearly mark which versions the USB ports your machine have. Versions of USB ports There are six USB port versions supported on computers. We shall discuss three in detail and these include: USB 1.1 USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 USB 1....