Strive Masiyiwa, Chairman and Founder of Econet Wireless Group believes in utmost discretion of ideas. In the recent past, he has taken to social media with a machine-gun-like barrage of motivational and inspirational stories to budding entrepreneurs in Africa. For sure, he has built a legion of followers — over 300k. Now, in one of his posts; he argues that ideas must be jealously protected and never disclosed to the world lest one risks manipulation, extortion or “death” of idea....

As another precaution, sideloading apps on Android isn’t actually turned on by default, but neither is it hidden so far out of your reach. Before the release of Android 8.0 Oreo, this used to be a blanket systemwide setting to open the gates of hell. Android has wised up since then that a user now only needs to allow a specific app (usually the browser from which you’re downloading the app) to install non Play Store apps....

The update is expected to be available to all users within 24 hours. Who doesn’t use WhatsApp? The App is so cool that it just surpassed 300 million monthly active users — with 20 million active users each in Germany, Mexico, India and Spain. The service processes 31 billion messages per day, consisting of 11 billion sent messages from WhatsApp users and 20 billion messages received, up from the total of 27 billion messages it processed within a day in June....

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has also issued a set of guidelines on the replacement and swapping of SIM cards to the telecom operators and customers. An interesting fact about this is that their process is free of charge at the Africell Uganda shops listed while at UGX 1000 at Uganda Telecom outlets, all equipped with National ID biometric verification system. — Africell Uganda (@africellUG) April 19, 2018 Kampala – Head Office shop and Boulevard Entebbe – Victoria Mall shop Hoima shop Jinja shop Mbale shop Gulu shop Arua shop Masaka shop Mbarara shop Related Article: Where to go for MTN Uganda SIM card replacement...

Firstly, you must know that a router is only as fast as the WiFi standard it supports. These WiFi standards do a good job of winnowing the wheat from the chaff and generally a good indicator of the capability of a router. Here, peruse through a comparison of theoretical vs actual real-world speeds of a WiFi router in the table below: WiFi Router Speeds: Theoretical vs Actual Okay, that looks bad....

According to Wikipedia, the idea for Inductive Charging (read: wireless charging) began as far back as 1864 by James C. Maxwell before being successfully commercialized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) following series of research and development. Now, wireless charging has applications across many low-power electronic devices like smartphones, handheld devices, some type of computers, and other high-power electrical products like wireless cars. How does Wireless Charging work? Wireless Charging is based on the Inductive Charging technology....

But having a decent router is very important for your home internet experience. The routers that come with your internet plan from your ISP might work well and serve the intended purpose but there is a lot more than a router can do. Read More: Mi Router 4A Gigabit Edition: Unboxing and SetupHow to use the Mi Router 4A Gigabit Edition as a Range Extender Design This router looks sleek with its slim profile and clean white exterior....

Working remotely is no different from working from an office environment — it’s business as usual. The only difference is that your coworkers or employees won’t be seated next to you. This is why video conferencing tools are essential for remote work. These tools help you communicate with colleagues, employees, and employers, via video calls, chats, instant messages, etc. There are many video conferencing tools to choose from, but Zoom and Skype are two of the most talked about....

It’s quite possible to have both Windows PC and Macs at your place or home. So, what do you do when it’s time to transfer files from Windows PC to Mac? In this guide, we shall show you 5 simple steps you can follow to share files between Windows and Mac. Windows PC and Mac computers can communicate to each other quite easily and there are just a handful things you must do to set them up....

And while it might sometimes be impossible (due to distance, lean company budget, etc.) for remote team members to meet in person, video conferencing is a perfect alternative. Thankfully though, there are hundreds of video conferencing tools available for remote teams to visually communicate face-to-face without eating into the company’s budget. Some of these free tools are just as good as the paid ones and are the best opion for small distributed (read: remote) teams....

When that time comes, you can either delete the unnecessary data or move the big files to an external hard drive. And for this purpose, you’ll need the help of a disk space analyzer tool that’ll show all your data in an easy to understand format and help you manage it. So, let’s check out my top picks of 7 best disk analyzer software for Windows to free up storage in your PC....

Related Article: 6 Features That iOS Can Borrow From Android 1. iMessage iMessage has a lot of features that simply don’t exist on Android because of Android’s rich-text format (RTF) SMS system. These features are integrated within the Apple Ecosystem, thus you cannot have them across platforms. One good example is sending full-sized videos. This is possible because iMessage uses data instead of the RTF system. Another iMessage feature is having reactions to messages, you can like a message back....

HIGHLIGHTS Subscribers to win a 100% bonus upon hitting set targetsPromotion heavy on customization and transparencyIt will run until 15th November 2019 Airtel Uganda continues to be innovative in the solutions it offers its customers backed by offers that benefit each of them regardless of their socio-economic classes. You might like: Top 5 ways to get more data for less on Airtel Uganda What’s new in the Airtel Mega MAsappe promo?...

Now most people might not know Chrome OS. That’s because Chrome OS has until now been essentially a Google Chrome browser on steroids running on low-power slimmer cheap laptops. These Chrome OS-powered laptops have mainly found usage in the education sector mostly in Elementary Schools in the US. Google is now moving to run Chrome OS in tablets as well which have been powered Android, the same operating system that powered 81% of smartphones worldwide....

In the future we will look back on her words and hail Nicola as a prophet if at all her prediction comes to pass. In the meantime back home, our own Barefoot Lawyers, who use information technology to provide free legal information, recently took part in the making of history when they filmed a Facebook Live broadcast of a Court case in Uganda.The court proceedings were broadcast from Lira Chief Magistrate’s Courtroom on Thursday, 16th June 2016, running for a little over 1 hour and watched by more than 4,000 viewers on Facebook marking the first time Facebook, arguably the primary source of news in Uganda among the youth has been used to broadcast news this way....

For starters, we have previously supplied in-depth analysis o how the wireless charging technology works. And for the curious cats, we have answered some questions revolving around the safety of wireless charging for your smartphone’s battery and also examined the possibility of the technology debuting on laptops. Wireless chargers are everywhere. But as ubiquitous as they may seem, buying the right wireless charger for your smartphone could surprisingly turn out to be difficult — especially as a beginner....

That said, there are a whole lot of such apps on the respective app store of your smartphone and it might sometime become difficult choosing one to download on your device. This article lists out some of the best note-taking apps that Android users can download on the Google Play Store. These apps have some of the best features you’ll ever need in a notepad. In no particular order;...

Search makes it easy to find bird species database The App claims to have up to 550 different bird species. We found navigation pretty straight forward and categorization of the birds using headers make it easier to land on a particular bird. Also the search box with the auto-completion feature makes finding birds even faster. However, we got a little disappointed on learning that the crested Crane which is also Uganda’s national emblem wasn’t listed!...

Done Deal was an e-commerce platform for connecting service merchants with customers in Kampala. An array of great deals on restaurants, beauty salons, events, cinemas and much more in Kampala. It was basically built on the model popularized by group deals’ website Groupon. The Ugandan startup founded by Iliana Björling in May 2014 has been on a trail of slow and sure progress. Besides signing up a slew of merchants on its platform, it co-led the organisation of the much acclaimed Kampala Restaurant Awards in November 2015....

The increase in demand is not a surprise, though. TWS earbuds, compared to normal wireless earbuds, are by far much more convenient to use; as you can connect without any cable or wires. So, regardless of the brand of TWS earbud you intend to purchase, you should know that they all work in a similar way (using Bluetooth), and they have similar features (battery, case, etc.). Here are 5 features you should look out for before buying a TWS earbud from any brand....