As we race towards June 15, the global analogue to digital TV migration deadline, who among these two providers will win the race? Packages and price Azam TV is offering a single package that comes with over 50 channels at only UXG 25,000 per month. So viewers don’t have much options really. Compare that to Zuku’s offering that has 3 packages to choose from; Zuku Poa with 36+ channels, Zuku Classic with 49+ and Zuku Premium with the highest number of channels of 70+....

In a bid to enhance customer convenience in accessing financial services, the institution has unveiled the new Cente Visa debit card. This card is globally accepted and it operates using Chip and Pin technology, which provides enhanced security. Customers can now enjoy the freedom of transacting anywhere in the world, wherever Visa has been enabled. Speaking during the launch, the bank’s Managing Director, Mr. Fabian Kasi, applauded the customers for their loyalty and urged them to get their Visa cards as soon possible....

Health workers have said our best shot at protecting ourselves against the virus is to practice social distancing, wash our hands for at least 20 seconds and avoid touching our faces and eyes with our hands. But have you wondered if you need to clean your smartphone regularly, to keep coronavirus off the smartphone? After all, these devices spend the better half of the day in our hands as we constantly use them to get work done....

Economies, trade, and even human-centered activities have been affected. A lot of activities that were previously carried out in large gatherings have now been moved fully online. Even those that you never thought could be done online. This post covers 6 previously offline, large gathering activities that are now done fully online. 6 Activities That Are Now Fully Online Because of COVID-19 1. Weddings Before now, weddings were done in the presence of family and friends....

Aesthetics & Specs What’s in a name that we call a smartphone but a sum of its parts? You dig? At first blush, some Cubot models might be mistaken for Samsung Galaxy devices. They sport rounded edges and the now iconic curved screen displays, and all in all, a well-polished premium finish. The average screen sizes range from 5″ to a decent 6″. A few special cases like the waterproof Cubot King Kong featuring a one-of-a-kind rugged indestructible exterior....

It’s interesting to note that MultiChoice has been a leader in satellite/terrestrial Pay-TV in Africa and will now lock horns with established media streaming box device manufacturers the world over. DStv Explora Ultra Decoder features The Dstv Explora Ultra decoder will offer the best of both worlds so to speak. It will offer high-quality satellite broadcasting which has been their mainstay, as well as integration with popular streaming services as talked about earlier....

It’s usually something like this: when you want to make an online payment you either have to use PayPal or one of the several debit cards. But when you want to pay for a local product back home, you may have to use mobile money or cold hard cash. But wait, for business people who want to transact business with China. They have to go through tedious bank wire procedures....

The suite is a complete set of ten products that includes an Eazzy Banking App, EazzyClub, EazzySave, EazzyRemittance, EazzyNet, EazzyPay, EazzyLoan, EazzyBiz, Diaspora Banking, and banking capabilities packaged as APIs through EazzyAPIs. Eazzy Banking App This is a Mobile App mainly for smartphones that allows you to have the entire bank on your phone. Basically anything you would do in the banking hall can be done on the app, at your convenience....

In theory, this feature is intended to render a lost or stolen device unusable by requiring one to enter Google account credentials of the last device user a factory reset in effect making it unappealing for phone thieves. In practice, most often than not, Android users are unaware of Factory Reset Protection until they encounter it for the very first time when they are locked out of their devices either because they forgot their Google password, were gifted the smartphone by a friend, or due to some bug that just let them access their device even after inputting the correct credentials....

But before we get to it, you should know that Samsung made some tweaks to the names of its smartwatches. During its last Unpacked event, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Watch4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. Samsung abandoned the “Active” moniker, and subsequent smartwatches in that series will be called “Galaxy Watch4“. The successor to the Galaxy Watch 3 will be called the “Galaxy Watch4 Classic“ and will come with a bezel, just like the Galaxy Watch 3....

Read More: MTN vs 9mobile vs Glo data bundle comparison Following several complaints lodged by Glo customers because of the issue and subsequent intervention of Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) some headway had been made. The NCC which is responsible for protecting the interest of more than 174 million Telecom users in Nigeria granted MTN request to disconnect Glo’s network towards the ending of the previous year. This is in line with the Nigerian communication Act (NCA) 2003 on the guidelines on gaining approval to disconnect telecommunication operators....

You can decide if you wish Google to share your data with a trusted family member or delete it. This is why Google has a provision for helping you plan what happens when you can’t use your Google account. To get started, visit the page myaccount.google.com/inactive. Click on Start. You can then choose the amount of time Google should trigger your plan. The default time is 3 months. But you can choose between 3, 6, 12 and 18 months....

This is because instead of serving images directly from the original external host mail servers(for instance email marketers’ servers), Gmail will now serve all images through Google’s own secure proxy servers. Your emails safer, faster and secure According to the Google Gmail blog, this new change means your messages are more safe and secure as your images are checked for known viruses or malware, and you’ll never have to press that pesky “display images below” link again....

When I visited their rather colorful booth in the UMA exhibition hall Lugoggo which was filled with young and enthusiastic web engineers wearing black Gmail T-shirts, I was told that all that is needed is a description of your business for you to have a website. Obviously I was skeptical of the quality of work such an offer would provide. So I requested to view a sample site. My suspicions quickly vanished when one the exhibitioners navigated through a nicely designed website for a cake business owner they had developed....

Facebook started as “Facemash”, then transitioned to “thefacebook.com” and then finally to Facebook. It was started by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Luiz Saverin, a Brazilian-born entrepreneur and angel investor. History of Facebook It all began in 2003, when Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg created an online program called “Facemash”, which allowed users to objectify fellow students by comparing photos of their faces and selecting who they deemed as “hotter”....

The promotion that runs from today, June 24th to July 14th is gearing up to be one of the biggest sales of the year. Already we have seen Huawei’s new Y9 Prime 2019 officially launch on the e-commerce site at a rather mouth-watering price but that is not the only lucrative deal. Here are more deals. Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 Arguably the most value for money purchase you can make right now in Kenya, the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 undercuts similarly spec’d offers like the Oppo F11 Pro by comical amounts....

In Africa, few providers are as accomplished as Multichoice’s DStv. These guys continue to dominate satellite TV and while they have since diversified into other fields like home internet and video on demand, DStv continues to be one of the most popular and preferred home entertainment services. Just yesterday, we saw DStv Uganda come out to announce a price increase on their available tariffs and today, DStv Kenya has come out to announce a similar price hike....

But because of competition, or even transmission capabilities, each of these service providers has specific channeling that you might not find else where. This can prompt you to buy yet another decoder – to have the variety right in your sight. So, with two decoders in your living room, here is how you can connect them to one television set. This is highly dependent on your TV set having two or more Audio/Video (A/V) connection points....

Coming from someone that has used Xiaomi’s phones on different MIUI versions, this can be sometimes unpleasant. For instance, if you are playing a video in the native phone video player (Mi Video) and you hit pause and an ad pops right in the middle of the screen. Over the years, little changes have been made to how you can disable ads on different MIUI versions but generally, you can do so in a few steps....

Original story (published on November 12, 2021) follows: The idea of shopping online, as foreign as it has been for many Kenyans for years, has slowly crept up on them. Last year, in particular, offered the online shopping space a chance to prove itself as many of us were locked up indoors. Today, Jumia, Kilimall, and a host of other platforms are catering to the needs of many Kenyans who need to purchase various products from electronics to household stuff....