Size and weight Your computer/ Laptop is a little heavier and bigger in size compared to your phone and if you’re the type of person who doesn’t like carrying large bags or heavy things, then the phone will do just fine. But when it comes to screen size, the Laptop beats the phone hands down, because you’ll definitely want to read those emails or reports on a larger screen with clearer fonts....

Launched at the International Home + Housewares Show 2017, held in Chicago mid March, Sobro is a 43 x 23 inch coffee table with a tempered glass top. It comes with a 24 bottle refrigerated drawer enhanced with a compressor, to cool and chill drinks and food at a user’s desired temperature; 2 smaller drawers on the right side for storage of small items, such as the TV remote and any short cables for connection; Bluetooth speakers that could play music from a nearby source; 2 USB charging ports alongside dual integrated 110V power outlets for convenient power supply to devices such as laptop, smartphone, percolator (for tea or coffee); and LED lights on the underside....

According to ItNewsAfrica, the winning projects were announced for the three major competition categories that is Innovation, Games and World citizenship. 800 students are reported to have participated in this year’s round from 71 countries all around the world. Microsoft awarded the winners with cash and other prizes valued at $1million throughout the competition world wide. Team Code 8 from Uganda won $12,000 with the project called Matibabu. They will be partnering with UN Women, an award that recognizes student teams that created projects that best address issues impacting women globally....

It must be mentioned that the Boom J8 is indeed a music phone at an alarmingly affordable price. It makes for the best and most affordable mid range device on the market currently. In the box At first sight, the packaging looks big. That is because Tecno is giving away headphones instead of earphones. The Actual Boom J8 is a sleek yellow box with blue circles and the words Tecno Boom J8....

Nigeria, to be exact, has had the highest number of Tecno smartphone and feature phone sales. Tecno joined the mid range market previously dominated by Samsung and Huawei with the release of the Phantom A whose specs were quite enticing, then the Phantom A+ being such a massive hit, preceded by the Phantom AII and the Phantom pad tablet Tecno, in a bid to book a place as a smart phone leader in Africa, is planning to release the Phantom A III (A3) in a few days from now....

Facebook latest stats and Facebook in Africa With 1.35 billion monthly active Facebook users of the 7 Billion people around the world, Facebook has achieved a significant milestone. Each of those users is spending on average 21 minutes a day on Facebook. About 510 comments and 293,000 statuses updated every minute. Of the 1.3 Billion users, Facebook has connected only 100 Million African users of the 1.1 Billion Africans. Still, not outstanding, but it’s still a remarkable milestone considering that Facebook is the internet in Africa....

But then thing is, these bezels on smartphones aren’t there for no reason. Most OEMs use bezels to house some essential sensors and I/Os. For instance, in this day and age a smartphone has to have a front facing camera. No other place to place a front camera other than the front bezels, right. Also some OEMs have the finger print sensor on the lower chin of the phone. The earpiece, the proximity and light sensors also have to be placed in front of the device hence its necessary to have these bezels....

Here are restaurants with food below UGX 10,000 on Jumia Food. Ref Cafe This restaurant provides fresh fruit juices and many more healthy foods. Some of the foods it offers either equal or below UGX 10, 000 are: Kombucha Acai Berry Vietnamese Iced Coffee Bullet Proof Coffee Brownies (v) Ref crunchy bites (V/GF) Raw Bar (V/GF) Fresh Orange Juice Fresh Coconut Water Sunrise Iced Latte Cold brew Mr. Goldens Restaurant This eating place mainly provides chicken, snacks and fast food....

What is TIDAL? TIDAL is a subscription-based music streaming service. On TIDAL consumers can get full access to music with high sound quality, high-quality music videos and expertly curated editorial. Users can stream TIDAL Music from both Smart Mobile Devices (Smartphones, Tablets) and Desktops. Service is available on both Android (Android: OS version 6+) and iOS devices (iOS: OS version 10.3+); OS Window 7+, mac OSX 10.9 What makes TIDAL different from other online streaming services?...

The Titan Security Key offers two-step verification for safeguarding data on the sites and services against phishing attacks. The hardware keys come in two variants. One with Bluetooth support and another with USB support. While the one with Bluetooth support works with the smartphones, the one with USB support directly plugs into the USB port of the users’ computers. Google’s Titan Security Key is built on the FIDO specification, a security standard....

Infinix Note 7 This is a great smartphone if you need one with large display, long-lasting battery, and not so expensive. Screen Size: 6.95-inchROM: 64GBRAM: 4GBCamera: 48 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP +2 MP Main/ 16 MP front.Operating System: Android v10Battery: 5,000mAhNetwork: 4GPrice: Ranging between UGX 620,000 and UGX 800,000 Infinix Hot 8 This is an entry-level smartphone with great features offered at its price range. It’s massive 5000 mAH battery clearly stands out among its specs....

He is now about to implement some more radical changes to the platform. Elon Musk, twitter’s new boss, has just hinted that verified users will pay for a monthly subscription of $8 to remain verified on Twitter. In a tweet sent out on the 1st of November 2022, he referred to Twitter’s current blue tick system as a “lords and peasants” system. This new $8 payment structure translates to Ksh 972 or UGX 30,430 or NGN 3,508....

The highlight of the event was the company’s announcement of new hardware that would revolutionize how we use our smartphones display and smartphone at large — Samsung plans to hide four new sensors beneath smartphone screens in 2019 and beyond. These four sensors include: Fingerprint on Display (FoD), also known as Under-display or In-display fingerprint Haptic on Display (HoD) Sound on Display (SoD) Under Panel Sensor (UPS) While we have witnessed tech 1, 2, and 3 on older smartphones from different OEMs, the biggest display technology announced at the OLED Forum was the Under Panel Sensor (UPS)....

So colors, brightness, shadows, and lighting effects have to change dynamically. And to do this, your graphics card uses a special program called a pixel Shader. Also Read: What Is Ray Tracing Technology and How It Works in GPUs Pixel Shaders Pixel Shaders can perform many different functions in a system. However, their main job is to make sure that each and every pixel is lit properly. They do this by first taking into account how much light a surface should be reflecting....

What is Calendly? Calendly is a Software as a Service (Saas) platform that allows people to schedule meetings and events at a mutually workable time without the need for back-and-forth emails. Individuals or businesses can use the platform to schedule team meetings, video conferences, and more for customer support, recruitment processes, and sales. Users share a Calendly link that shows all available dates and times. Then invitees can choose from the available times knowing both parties will be available....

What is an HDMI Splitter? HDMI Splitter is a device that is able to take the HDMI signal from a single source and output it to several display units. Typically, it takes an HDMI signal and duplicates it so it is able to send a video signal from one source to more than several displays. There are two types of HDMI Splitter; the HDMI Cable Splitter which is the basic form and Network Cable HDMI Splitter which is more ideal for more complex installations and connections over much longer distances especially the powered ones....

If your Android device is quite old, you may be forced to use USB mass storage. But our focus today is on MTP, and how different it is from USB Mass Storage. What is Media Transfer Protocol? To define it, Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is an extension to the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) communications protocol that allows media files to be transferred atomically to and from portable devices. It has evolved – from mere use as a protocol for transferring audio files to digital music players using Windows Media Player and similar applications – into a key tool for file transfer....

Absa Group, a re-brand from Barclays Africa Group, introduced a global first WhatsApp banking in addition to its new logo and new digital banking strategy, in the brand launch this concluded week. And while the entire picture was painted with a makeover from Barclays, the bank confirmed that the chat app will be used to make on-the-go banking a little simpler. So, you can imagine the ease of checking your bank balance, performing transactions, buying airtime, data bundles and electricity, transferring cash from one account to the other, all on WhatsApp....

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. No business should hibernate during this period. Instead, this should be a period to either pivot into other related, more essential services. Or re-strategize for life after the pandemic. Or at least, keeping customers engaged and loyal. A number of ride-hailing companies have recognized this and are practicing some of them....

Given how powerful new-gen console hardware are, this is no longer going to be the case. 60 FPS AAA gaming is going to become the norm. And even though many of the games featured in the PS5 reveal ran at 30 FPS in 4K, there were some that ran at 60 FPS but on a lower resolution. The PS5 now supports frame rates of up to 120 FPS. Now, the terms FPS and refresh rates are sometimes used interchangeably when talking about in-game performance....