Windows Phone 8.1 is Microsoft’s latest iteration of its Mobile operating system that’s competing against Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. Registered Windows Phone developers can now start downloading the update on their devices. If you don’t have an account, you can register for an app developer account, which will cost you $19 a year as an individual or $99 a year as a company. Alternatively, you could first register as a developer at Microsoft’s App Studio page where you can create your own project....

Although the site is still operational, its last published article was on Jan 15th, the same date that the site had planned for the shutdown. Owned by Kresten Buch, we’ve known the site for its comprehensive coverage of the emerging digital Technology boom in Africa, reporting Startup stories mainly from Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa. If there are investors or entrepreneurs that are interested in taking over the platform then please contact us on [email protected]” Therefore, site’s shutting down comes as a shock to most industry watchers....

See, there’s no running from the fact that Android viruses do exist. Also true is the fact that the vast majority of known Android viruses have been installed on the back of dubious apps – apps you will no longer find in the Google Play Store. That said, a little caution when online goes a long way. By default, Android blocks the installation of apps from unknown sources. What this means is that there’s no chance of you accidentally installing something nefarious on your droid…of course unless you’re being really stupid and careless, in which case, anything is possible really....

How Will the 3D Secure Payment Work on Eversend Virtual Cards? If you’re paying with your Eversend virtual card online, they will send you a push notification with a 6 digit code to use on the website or app where you making doing your transaction. 3D stands for “three domains.” and was developed by Visa to help secure transactions between retailers and consumers with an infrastructure that acts as a secure go-between....

Since Facebook acquired the platform back in 2014, it has always desired to monetize WhatsApp. Both Jan Koum and Brian Acton, WhatsApp’s founder and co-founder left the company in 2018 for this reason. There were talks last year that Facebook really was going to introduce targetted ads in WhatsApp. Needless to say, people did have an issue with this move. The ads never came and things went silent for a while, until today....

It runs annoyingly slowly One of the characteristics of computers is their ability to process data into information quickly. If it happens that basic functionalities like booting up the computer and opening files take abnormally a long period of time, it is time to upgrade to a better computer. Unexpected Noises A good computer is not supposed to make any form of noise. However, during boot up, there can be some little noise from the fan....

Aside from reducing data consumption, it is also designed to take up minimal space on smartphones, while downloading and installing it will only take up 5 MB of your storage space. The new app allows previous searches to be accessed offline, and Google is adapting the voice function to work better on slow connections with partnerships involving wireless carriers such as the MTN Group and Vodacom Group to make it work on even basic 2G connections....

These ratings are very important as they are a basis for users in determining which app to install. However, there is a rise of fake and misleading ratings and reviews on Play Store and this undermines the users’ trust. Google, in an attempt to increase trust worthiness of the feedback you see is removing those misleading reviews and the apps encouraging such behavior. It instituted a system that uses a mix of artificial intelligence and human oversight to isolate junk play store reviews and the apps that promote them....

Huawei Smartphones getting EMUI 9.1 from June 27th • Huawei Mate 20 • Huawei Mate 20 Pro • Huawei 20 X • Huawei 20 RS Porsche Design Starting July • Huawei P20 • Huawei P20 Pro • Huawei Mate 10 • Huawei Mate 10 Pro • Huawei Mate 10 RS Porsche Design • Huawei Mate 9 • Huawei Mate 9 Pro • Huawei Y9 2019 • Huawei Y6 2019 • Huawei Y5 2019 • Huawei Nova 3 • Huawei Nova 3i • Huawei Nova 3e • Huawei Nova 4 In August • Huawei P10 • Huawei P10 Plus • Huawei P10 Lite • Huawei Mate 10 • Huawei Mate 10 Pro

The AI chatbot is trained on text from books, articles, and websites that have been “cleaned” and structured in a process called supervised learning. ChatGPT can write code, make up songs, and compose limericks and haiku. Read also: What is ChatGPT and How Does it Work? The current version of ChatGPT can do the following; Text completionGenerate and edit textCode completionGenerate, edit, and explain codeImage generationGenerate and edit imagesFine-tuningTrain a model for your use caseEmbeddingsSearch, classify, and compare text...

Usually, new mobile-only plans on Netflix are cheaper than the standard plans and also stream shows and movies at a lesser quality. Before this launch, Netflix plans were priced at around $7.99 for the Basic plan, $9.99 for the Standard plan, and $11.99 for the Premium plan. In this post, we’ll take you through all the things you need to know about Netflix’s newly released mobile-only plan in Africa. READ MORE: Top 10 Nollywood Movies to Watch on Netflix (2021)....

Your Linkedin URL should be a priority when setting up or editing your profile because it’s what you’ll share with other professionals you’d want to network with. In this post, I’ll be sharing some tips on how changing your LinkedIn URL can be beneficial to your professional growth as well as how you can change yours. Why Should I Change My LinkedIn URL? Every LinkedIn user is automatically assigned a URL that contains your name and a string of alphanumeric characters....

Then came the days of M-PESA. Safaricom’s M-PESA has completely revolutionized how we Kenyans lead our lives today. We heavily rely on this platform to make peer-to-peer transactions, to pay for goods and services, pay bills, and everything else in between. But M-PESA is, for the most part, limited to operations in Kenya. Of course, there is the M-PESA Global initiative that helps users expand M-PESA’s reach beyond our borders....

With a global pandemic in hands, the need for remote collaboration and communication can’t be overstated. Video calls are available on both Android and iOS platform. They are end-to-end encrypted just like chat messages, so you don’t have to worry about prying eyes. Group calls are not yet supported, but Telegram says these will be coming in the “coming months”. The Dignited team heavily uses Telegram for our day-to-day workflows, so it’s no surprise that we are super excited about this development....

In Android, once you launch an application, it will continue to run in the background, even after you’ve left it and moved on to other apps. After many applications are opened at once, you may notice your device lagging a bit due to the number of apps eating up your device’s RAM. This isn’t a big problem on newer devices but several old and less powerful devices choke when too many applications are open and running....

How to see WiFi Password in Windows 10 The first step is to get to Network and Internet settings and you can either do this by either right-clicking on the WiFi icon and clicking on ‘Open Network and Internet settings’ or click on the windows icon and then settings before clicking Network and Internet. This takes you to Status menu but if it doesn’t you can click on it. Here you would see Network and Sharing Center, click on it and another window will open....

Android tethering comes in three forms; Bluetooth tethering where you share your phone’s internet with another device via Bluetooth. Android Hotspot where you share your phone’s internet by creating a wireless hotspot that other devices connect to via WiFi. And finally USB tethering where you use your phone’s USB cable to share internet with say your computer. Creating a wireless hotspot is by far the simplest and most convenient. It’s easy and it supports more than one device....

This growth is largely due to the pre-installation of the music streaming app on all Transsion smartphones sold on the continent. If you have used, or currently use a Transsion smartphone—TECNO, Infinix, iTel— chances are that you have at some point used Boomplay to stream music. But if you stream music on Boomplay, we’ll show you how to download music and listen offline and save your mobile data. Related Article: Top 5 Music Streaming Apps for Ugandan, Kenyan, and Nigeria music...

However, if you feel adventurous enough, you can enable these options and mess around with it a little bit to get more functionality out of your TV, and in this post, we take you through how to do this. How to enable Developer Options on your Android phone To enable Developer options on your Android TV or Google TV, follow these simple steps. These steps will be similar on your device but in this illustration, I will be using an Android TV running Android 11....

What are Dropped Calls? A dropped call can be referred to as a situation when your phone call gets disconnected abruptly from the cellular network. This happens because of poor phone signal, commonly known as poor network wherever you are. Being too far away from the cell tower, natural obstacles that block signals like mountains or man-made obstacles like coated glass on some buildings can also cause dropped calls. For iPhone X users on the MTN Uganda network, MTN explains that the dropped calls are usually caused by outdated software....