Despite all of the chaos last year, in Uganda, the second wave of the pandemic is here and new cases have skyrocketed through the roof the past couple of days. The country has recorded over 10,000 new positive cases in the last 10 days alone. This clearly implies that there is a need for reliable and accessible testing and healthcare-related services. With just an internet connection and or a mobile phone, you can order a COVID-19 test or call a doctor at the comfort of your home or office from Rocket Health in Uganda at an affordable fee....

PCIe is a computer interface that high bandwidth applications such as games, network cards, and more recently SSD drives use to communicate with your computer’s motherboard. Think of it like dedicated high-speed toll roads you use when you need to get to the airport ASAP so you don’t miss your flight. PCIe which is overseen by PCI-SIG or Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group succeeds older AGP and PCI found in older computers both of which replaced the oldest widely-used connection type called ISA....

Check Out: Top 5 Apps for reading eBooks on Android devices PDF Fully known as Portable Document Format (PDF), the format is by far the most popular and widely supported by almost all e-readers and devices out there. It is open standard so you can get it easily, however, it is not reflowable which means it does not automatically scale to the size of your device. Also, this file is less interactive like an embaned dictionary, Quiz, live video streaming, and others....

Just like every other gadget and accessory out there, even with their advantages, earbuds also have their shortcomings. In this article, we will discuss their advantages, but we’ll focus more on their disadvantages, and whether you should buy them. Advantages of Earbuds Earbuds give you that comfort One good thing about earbuds is its wireless nature. Not having to deal with wires makes it very comfortable to use. With wired headphones, it is almost impossible to engage in other activities without having to battle with wires....

But thanks to some of my social media pages that were hacked, I got to know about some of the security risks associated with public WiFi; my salvation from the dangers of public and free WiFi came almost immediately. I guess you’ll never really know the bad side to water till you have a near-drowning experience I guess — reason why you should learn how to swim. This is why this piece on staying safe when using a public network was concocted: in the grand scheme of things, learning to curb a menace is just as (if not more) important as learning about the menace itself....

AMD is well known for their kick-ass PC graphics cards along with more big-time players like Nvidia and Intel. This new partnership could see a whole new level of integration and cooperation between the PC industry and the ever growing smartphone and mobile industry. The company will likely build AMD’s cores into its own Exynos SoCs, which have powered Samsung’s mobile devices since around 2010. The deal involves not just smartphones, but also “other products”, likely including tablets and IoT devices but nothing PC-related....

Importance of RAM. Random Access Memory or simply RAM is a type of memory in which instructions are loaded and stored into from the secondary memory. Secondary memory includes HDD, SSHD and SSD. When instructions reach the RAM, they are quickly queued up for execution by the central processing unit through the fetch-execute cycle. Read: How magnetic HDDs still beat SSD hard drives RAM is essentially the core of any computer or smartphone and in most cases, more is always better....

Samsung stepped up its game with the new Galaxy S20 series – coming with features you wouldn’t find on rival products. In this light, we take a look at some Samsung Galaxy S20 standout features. 1. 16GB RAM (S20, S20 PLUS, S20 ULTRA) The new Galaxy series offers you between 8GB and 16GB of RAM. Well, 16GB of RAM is pretty big, bigger than what you’ll get on a lot of laptops, and personally, I do not think smartphones need so much RAM size to function....

As part of an on-going global launch of the Galaxy S5 Smart Phone in key markets and just a week after the launch of the handset in Africa at a colourful event in South Africa, Samsung Electronics East Africa is taking the lead to unveil the latest addition to the Galaxy S line. Uganda becomes the part of the pioneer African countries in which the smartphone has been launched, after South Africa, Zambia and Kenya....

What is Google Lens? Google lens is an image recognition app developed by Google. It is designed to bring up relevant information using visual analysis. It enables you to do things such as point your phone at something, and then ask Google what the object you’re pointing at is. You’ll not only be told the answer, but you’ll get suggestions based on the object, like nearby florists, in the case of a flower....

Snapdrop is web-based local file sharing service that could fix this. It works through your browser, which means it can work with any platform that supports the most popular web browsers. Its built using web technologies and specifically uses WebRTC for the communication and file sharing. The developers of this web-based App say it’s inspired by Apple’s Airdrop service and it quite works similarly. The best part is that you don’t need to install any thing on either devices....

Well, this capability might hit your device later this year if it has Skype according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. On the Code Conference stage in California, the Microsoft CEO announced the voice translation feature after demoing German speaker speaking to an English speaker. The demo showed near real-time audio translation from English to German and vice versa, combining Skype voice and IM technologies with Microsoft Translator, and neural network-based speech recognition....

“To buy a 60Hz TV or 120Hz?” “To upgrade my 60Hz TV to a 120Hz refresh rate model?” “60Hz or 120Hz: what difference does it make?” …and so many other questions. We, however, will answer these questions and help ensure you make the best decision when buying your next smart TV. But before that, let’s talk about refresh rates and its importance on a Smart TV — for newbies and novices sake....

Smile Uganda was the first ISP to actually launch 4G internet speeds in Uganda but wasn’t initially as aggressive compared to its counterparts, Orange that made data service more popular leading to better adoption among the masses. Smile is starting to want more of the data pie. The company embarked on massive billboards in all major spots around Kampala and the surrounding towns. It then opened up shops in major malls around town where their clients can go in case they need service....

We turned to the TechPost community to find out what some of their resolutions in as far as their digital lives are concerned were. @beewol has an ambitious one; We like what our smartphones can do. But also the most frustrating thing about these devices irrespective of which one you own is their short-lived battery lives with the best in the market promising only approximately half a day(10 hours). The TechPost will write on how you can make the best of your device’s battery lifespan....

1. PCs run off the national power grid This means you need a constant connection to a power source to operate a PC. On the other hand, phones are low power gadgets and can run off battery power which has a considerably long life of between 24hrs to 4 days. Nokia phones have a notably long battery life. Now one can argue that even laptops can run off battery which is true, but up until now, laptop battery technology is yet to reach breakthroughs that can give users up to at least 24hrs....

Also Read: Spotify debuts in Africa with a launch into the South African market This partnership is meant to span the entire Samsung product lineup, everything from smartphones and TVs, to tablets, speakers, and watches. Spotify says that this partnership with Samsung is aimed at reducing the friction for users to get Spotify up and running on multiple Samsung devices once the accounts have been linked. It allows Spotify to create a seamless music listening experience together for the user that would be hard for either of us to build alone....

Thankfully, optic fibre internet could be coming to homes in Uganda this year. According to insider information from people who work with Soliton, the company that’s been laying fibre cables around Kampala in partnership with Google, fibre-to-home broadband internet packages will soon be offered by ISPs working with Google. Internet service providers or ISPs will lease infrastructure from Google’s optic fibre network that’s covered most parts of Kampala already to bring broadband fibre internet to your home....

The Camon 11 Pro’s design is reminiscent of the Huawei P20 Lite and it falls in the phablet section. According to the videos we have watched, the Camon 11 Pro looks like the best design Tecno has ever built. From the gradient paint job, to the camera alignment. Tecno has been making beautiful devices in the past but the Camon 11 Pro designs looks like one to beat. We expect Tecno to officially launch the Camon 11 Pro in Uganda sometime next week, and apart from being the first Tecno phone with the notch (oh God, the notch again), it has a couple of other exciting specs on its resume....

Among upgraded features on the TECNO CAMON 15 is the camera, which can easily be considered to be the best in the smartphone market. It comes with a 48MP AI Quad camera set-up at the back to give customers more appealing and professional photos. We wish things were not as they are right now, however, we are very grateful to all our customers who are still supporting us, and I want to say we treasure you and don’t take this for granted....