With all that freedom comes the need to have your things in order. Your habits, your time management, your friendships and most of all, your finances and expenditure. It really pays to have discipline when handling your rather frugal finances while in campus. That said, for your banking needs, these are some of the options you have as a Kenyan student. Co-Operative Bank’s YEA Account The YEA Access Account is specifically designed for youth aged between 16 and 30....

The Google Chromecast has changed how we watch online content. With over 100+ popular online video content providers supported, you can literally watch any form of video content from your phone or tablet to the big screen. The Chromecast plugins into your existing TV’s HDMI port and supercharges it with Smart TV capabilities if its an ordinary one. The Chromecast comes in two forms; the Chromecast which simply streams 1080p Full HD content and Chromecast Ultra which streams 4K content....

Now the company has promised new products in the coming month in an online event aimed at a Germany audience. Xiaomi didn’t delve much into the details. Instead, China-based online electronics retail website Gearbest has details of the upcoming device with an option of alerting customers when the device will launch. Related post: All You Need To Know About The Xiaomi Mi Box S The Mi TV Stick will come in black and will be powered by Quadcore Amlogic S905 Y2 CPU, a Mali-G31 GPU 2GB DDR4 RAM and 8GB of storage....

This feature will allow writers, experts, and creators to “share their written work, spark meaningful conversations and build a loyal following.” This makes a lot of sense as many Twitter users’ following usually centers around conversations. To add this feature, Twitter acquired Revue. Revue is a service that makes it free and easy for anyone to start and publish editorial newsletters. It has now been integrated into the Twitter platform....

The feature is live but you will need v.0.3.2041 on newer for the service to work. Users running older versions of the applications will have to to force clear the page’s cache and restart their browser. Read More: How to Use YouTube’s Picture-in-Picture Mode When working correctly, users can simply click on any video preview and a pop-up player will appear floating over the current conversation window. The video can then be resized, dragged around to reposition, or switch to full-screen, control playback and volume, and open the original URL if needed....

One of the biggest blow the U.S ban handed to the company, however, is the retrieval of Huawei’s licenses to use Google products by the search engine giant. This translates to the inability to use the Android operating system, Play Store, YouTube, Gmail, Maps, as well as other Google products and services (like Android updates) on it’s (read: Huawei’s) devices in the future — until the ban is lifted. Responding to the US ban, Huawei’s CEO admits that it could stunt the company’s growth (especially outside China) by about 20% but guarantees that the company will definitely bounce back....

Former Konga boss, Sim Shagaya’s new company – ULesson – raised $3.1 million seed funding some weeks back. While there has been a couple of EdTech companies come out of Nigeria, none of them has raised capital as big as this. And we’re thinking maybe, just maybe, his solution is the ideal approach to finally crack EdTech in the country, and the African continent. ULesson, as indicated by the founder, will be launching in February 2020....

Just days ago, Xiaomi announced the Xiaomi 11T Pro as part of the Xiaomi T series unveiling. From this unveiling, it looks like Xiaomi is finally doing away with the mi branding that comes with its smartphones and will be sticking to just Xiaomi. While Xiaomi also unveiled the Xiaomi 11T, the Xiaomi 11T Pro is the premium model in this series. The device is packed with some really impressive features....

So in this article, you’ll learn about the available Xiaomi bands in the market, their differences in features and specifications along with how much they cost. Keep reading to find out more. Xiaomi Band 7 Pro Key Specifications 1.64-inch AMOLED screenNFC tagAndroid 6.0 and aboveiOS 10.0 and above235mAh batteryGPS110+ sports modes Price: $76.00 Being the latest model of the Xiaomi band series, you can argue that there’s not much difference between this and the series 7....

The system that is powered by iHRIS, a free and open source software for managing health workforce information was showed off at an event organized by Mobile Monday Kampala (MoMoKla) hosted by ThoughtWorks. At the event held last Monday, a panel of speakers showed healthcare strategies and insights. They described existing and emerging tools, policies and how they can be made more efficient for the existing infrastructure. The speakers included Sean Blaschke, Health Systems Strengthening specialist from UNICEF Uganda, Dr....

The Dinosaur game could only be played within the (mobile and web versions of the) Chrome browser. To allow more users kill time and have fun during network outages, Google introduced an offline game within the Google search app and widget on smartphones. When you perform a search within the Google search app without having internet access on your smartphone, you can play the hidden game. Google hasn’t given the game an official name yet but many sources have given it a pseudonym — Floaty Cloud....

However, from a communication point of view, travelling takes you away from your domicile country. This cuts you off from friends, family and business since you can be out of reach. MTN Uganda has now come up with a new innovation to alleviate the pains of non-communication when travelling. This makes travelers’ life even easier with the launch of the International Data Roaming Bundles. MTN International data roaming bundles include voice, SMS and data The new offering from MTN will allow travellers load bundled offers for voice, SMS and data that allows them access the same communication services abroad just as they did when at home in Uganda....

Tablets were super popular a few years ago before smartphone displays started becoming a lot bigger, encroaching into their niche. There sure must have been a reason for this popularity, right? So what are tablets good for? What do tablets do better than smartphones? Before we get into it, a little backstory. Tablets came into existence back when phones were tiny and rather limited in functionality. Smartphones were still in their infancy and 2....

The basic workings are that you will opt-in to the app and be notified when you come in contact with someone who tests/tested positive for the coronavirus. That way you can go get tested. The subject of this article is how the app works, expected release date, and challenges the app will face. Below is an extract from their presentation highlighting the basics behind their idea. Read More: Top 5 Platforms to Keep Track of COVID-19 Online...

1. Siemens Mobile This German company first came into the mobile phone market in 1985 with the launch of Siemens Mobiltelefon C1. Siemens mobile was a subsidiary of Siemens AG which it sold in 2005 to BenQ, a Taiwan based company. Siemens’s market share had fallen from 8.6% in 2000 to 5.6% in 2005, they were making losses and sales were plummeting. 2. Sagem Wireless Based in Paris, France, Sagem produced various phone models between 1995 and 2000 that were known to be pocket-friendly....

About 5G, a good number of you are cognizant of the hype surrounding the soon-to-come network standard, particularly the proposed peak speed. When 5G was deployed in South Africa sometimes last year, for instance, initial speed test delivered up to 700Mbit per second, with the network operator — Vodacom — guaranteeing an improved speed that will exceed 1Gbits per second when new software version becomes available. On the global scene, however, Qualcomm boasts that with its X50 5G modem (and Snapdragon 855 SoC), smartphone users can enjoy frequency bands delivering up to 6Gbits per second....

One thing, however, that any work-from-home employee must have is discipline. It is the bedrock of any other thing you will be employing to help you work. Asides employees, a work-from-home policy can help some organizations save money on office space and other related office bills that they have to pay. In this post, we cover 6 tips that can help you (as an employee) work from home and be productive while doing so....

1. Convenience 2. Endless choice of products When you walk into a super market like capital shoppers in Naalya, you are limited to the number of items that the store is able to display on their shelves. If the store doesn’t have the right color for your Jeans or the right shoe size for you, then you might be pressured to buy what you might really not want. That’s the bummer about brick-and-mortar shopping....

Barclays requires its clients interested in the service to sign up and then get training how to prepare and make payments to each recipient using their mobile phone numbers. Once payment is made, funds are transferred to the recipient who receives an instant SMS notification confirming amount received and the relevant sender. The recipient will then be able to withdraw funds at the nearest Airtel Mobile money agent countrywide. Nuhu Kanyike, The Director for the Mobile Money platform, Airtel Uganda is quoted saying; “With this platform people, in the private sector can make their payment easily especially the contractors instead of spending a lot of time lining up in the banking halls as it has been this will improve the payment system to the casual laborers and also making orders for the supply of goods and services....

Akiba is an online savings platform which allows SACCOs (circles of people) to collect and manage their finances better by use of mobile money and other means of financial inclusion. In a tightly contested race, the 1st runner up was clinched by DusuPay, a gateway that’s streamlining how African businesses are paid online. The 2nd runner up was Panya, a chatbot that enables local companies to market and sale products and services directly within Facebook Messenger, Telegram and Whatsapp....