Rooting grants a smartphone user permission to modify administrative-level system settings. Users can also replace or delete system apps, and just about any other tasks usually denied the average Android user in an unrooted smartphone. In this god mode, you can just as easily replace the operating system if you so wish. However, here’s a word to the wise: rooting is serious business. Smartphones have been consciously optimised to run in their most stable conditions....

After that a few other bundles cropped up, touting to be unlimited. They, however, had a fair usage policy under which, after exceeding a gives threshold, user speeds would be capped at a predetermined speed for the remaining subscription period. Telkom Kenya’s XL bundles and Airtel’s UnlimiNet bundles are examples of such. Which Bundle should you purchase? So you can either purchase an Unlimited bundle that has a speed limit or you can go for the traditional bundles....

However, following recent developments, an unprecedented storm seems to be brewing from a rather unlikely source that’s more than determined to unseat the two Mobile OS giants from their prestigious, jealously guarded thrones — the Ubuntu OS for phones. But will it? Developers are everything, and Ubuntu has them on its side Ubuntu already enjoys lots of love from the developers (except for the recent annoying with Unity interface in Ubuntu 12....

Of course, this has been a resounding success, and today, you cannot purchase or register a SIM Card on any carrier without proper identification and registration. All this goes to make all of us more accountable and we are all for it. However, there have been a few unscrupulous characters who take advantage of others’ lost or stolen identification documents to register lines, leaving the documentations owners oblivious of the kind of vulnerability they are open to should these characters use the newly registered numbers to commit a crime....

Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS service uses Privacy-focused standard called DNS-over-HTTPS(DoH) that we have talked about previous. DoH scrabbles your DNS requests making it difficult for prying parties which could be your Internet Provider or Government to know what you’re browsing online. However, they could guess which sites you’re visiting by inspecting IP address of your traffic. Read more: What’s DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and DNS-over-TLS (DoT) and why it’s controversial Now Cloudflare’s WARP takes this idea of privacy to the next level....

What is Android Screen Pinning? Screen pinning has been available since the release of Android Lollipop. It allows users only show a specific app’s screen. This means that the Android device is temporally locked in this specific app, and you can’t access other apps until you disable it. This is important when you don’t want someone to stroll away from the app you want them to access to check your other information stored on the phone....

Related post: What is Two-Factor Authentication and why should you use it Keep your phone number updated Always make sure the phone number you registered with 2FA is the active one. If this phone is not updated, you will not receive SMS or Voice authentication 2FA codes. And this means you won’t be able to login to your account. Some platforms such as Google allow you to add a backup phone number such that if one of them becomes inaccessible, then messages will be sent to the secondary line....

Rather than persuasion, Uganda’s IPO electricity company, Umeme –loosely translated as Electricity– resorted to use of illegal means such as issuance of disconnection notices bundled with threats of imprisonment upon refusal to switch from the traditional post-paid mode to the prepaid mode locally known as YAKA. This didn’t go well with David Mpanga a.k.a @dfkm1970 by the Twitterati, a top Uganda lawyer who deeply believes in constitutionalism, rule of law and common sense....

Anyway aside football, here are some of the topics that interested our editors this week; #1. Does Uganda Really Lack Local Content? James Wire, one of Uganda’s IT visionaries took a spin on the local content debate with a blog post in the New Vision. Some still think that local content is still largely lacking, but that’s because they’ve not considered social media tools like Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter. Low internet costs are making it possible for more people to come online according to James....

Notches: Brief History The history of notches on modern-day smartphones traces back to the Q2 2017 when Essential announced its first flagship, the Essential Phone PH-1 in May 2017. About a month after, Apple unveiled the iPhone X and further popularized the notch trend, even did it better than Essential. Months later, notches became the rave of the whole smartphone world with many industry top dogs and new entrants following in the footsteps of Apple, adding these notches to literarily all of their devices — low-end, mid-range, flagships, you name it....

However, not all Android smartphones come with NFC capabilities for various reasons like your phone may have an outdated Android version or may be you hold an earlier version of iPhone that’s older than iPhone 6. But if you want to know whether your phone has the NFC capabilities, here are a few ways to know. Install “Do I Have NFC” App from Google Play Store This app does only one thing and one thing only, it helps you check if your smartphone supports the NFC capabilities as soon as you launch it and lets you know whether your phone has NFC....

Africa Internet Express (AIX) saw the blessings of e-commerce in Kenya and moved fast to incorporate established and growing logistics providers into a single network to provide a constant stream of business through the consolidation of sales volumes from two e-commerce marketplaces; Jumia and Kaymu and meet the exponential needs of online shoppers and sellers. Jonathan Parisot, MD Africa Internet Express (AIX) Kenya said, “Every day we process thousands of orders from Jumia and Kaymu customers for delivery across the country within a specified timeline....

The development of faster connections has increased media consumption with high resolution and also advanced phone cameras to make it. You can now record 4K resolution videos on smartphones as well as download large files in minutes. The new generation of phone storage has evolved so much and has gotten better in terms of storage capacity, efficiency and speed but the foundation is still very much the same. Since both eMMC and UFS are a type of flash storage, It is only ideal we understand what flash storage is....

The Moments app was introduced in June 2015, and gained popularity when Facebook announced that it was eliminating photo-syncing and moving backed-up photos to the app. In a bid to increase audience reach, Facebook has given this platform a stand-alone website; an implication that users who do not have the app installed can still use the web version to view pictures. The site also enables users to check out any created albums and with whom they have been shared....

The startup has now decided to branch out into eCommerce with the launch of Farmcrowdy Foods, an online platform that will allow users to buy fresh food directly from farmers. The eCommerce space seems to be a lucrative one, as we are seeing more startups in Nigeria testing the waters — Flutterwave’s recent online store launch comes to mind. Related Article: 8 Nigerian Startups That Have Raised the Most Money in 2019 With all that said, here is what you should know about Farmcrowdy Foods....

I was on Twitter recently and I saw a tweet about how Lebron was having a block party against the nuggets. On clicking the play button, I was met by a “Not available in your region” error. It is everywhere from apps on the mobile store, social media to popular streaming services like Netflix, Spotify, and just about all of them. However, there are a bunch of legalities and business modeling behind all of this which we will get into later in this article but first, let’s see how geo-restriction works....

Unfortunately the One Plus One does not ship to Africa and If you want to ship one to Uganda, you would have to ship it to an address say the US, the UK or Canada and then get someone to bring it for you. Well, If you do not know the One Plus One smartphone, In one word, It’s the 2014 “Smartphone flagship killer” by Chinese startup One Plus. The phone has some really crazy specs and has got a lot of positive reviews from many of the tech heavy weights like Android Authority, CNET among others....

However, many apps are geo-restricted, meaning users in unsupported markets cannot download them. Also, there are many brilliant apps that might not exactly meet the legal and technical requirements to be published on the Google Play Store for your Android or Google TV. Enter the world of third-party and alternative app stores. These are essential services that use Android’s built-in ability to sideload apps to allow you to find, explore, install and update apps that might not be available on the Google Play Store with little to no restrictions....

Before we delve into the most commonly used Command prompt commands, let’s first make sure our readers know to get there, to begin with. How to access Windows Command Prompt Shortcut: Win + X The quickest way to access Windows Command Prompt is to press the Windows button + X at the same time. This will open a menu with Windows shortcuts, configuration and other management tools. These days though, Windows is pushing PowerShell over Command Prompt so you might find the shortcut switched....

In this post, we’ll walk you through how to record audio clips and send them to your teammate on Slack. Hence, going forward, it’d be best you record audio clips to communicate complex stuff than typing them out as a message. Read through. READ MORE: You Can Now Schedule Messages On Slack. Record Audio Clips in Slack (Desktop) Follow the steps below to record a video or audio if you’re using your desktop app to access Slack....