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Pros Awesome diamond fire designGood CamerasIncreased RAMStrong Battery with fast charging Cons No OIS on camerasPlastic profile scratchesFingerprint magnet back Tecno has bossed the budget camera-centric smartphone market ever since the first Camon device, the Camon C5. The Camon series has gone on to become one big (sn)appy family with all the updates that followed. No one makes desirable, premium looking smartphones for a < $250 budget quite like the Transsion-owned brand....

TECNO has now released the latest member of the Pouvoir series — Pouvoir 4 in Nigeria— succeeding the Pouvoir 3 Plus released in 2019. This smartphone comes with a whopping 6,000mAh battery and it is currently selling across stores (online and offline). Key Specs Display: 7-inch 720 x 1640 pixels HD+ screen.Camera: 13 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP + 0.3 MP Main / 8 MP front.Storage: 32 GB....

Almost a year later, Tecno has now unveiled the next iteration of the Tecno Spark series, Tecno Spark 9 Pro in Nigeria. And as expected, the new Spark 9 Pro also comes with new updates. First, there’s a new refreshed design (it features the trendy right-angled edge build). The major highlight of this smartphone, however, has to be its selfie camera. In this article, we will be comparing the Tecno Spark 8 and the new Tecno Spark 9 Pro; their specs, features, price, etc....

With a possible launch expected with in this August holiday, the new series will surely captivate many youths that will experience it. Tecno Spark K7 Quick Details Network: 2G / 3G / 4G Display: 5.5 inches, IPS LCD Touchscreen display — (720 x 1280 px) Software: Android v7.0 (Nougat) Processor: 1.3 GHz Octa-core CPU Memory: 2GB RAM / 16GB ROM Cameras: Front — 5 MP (with flash) / Rear — 13 MP (autofocus, LED flash) Battery: 3000 mAh Other Features: Fingerprint sensor...

A 2015 report by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) turned the popular school of thought on it’s head when it came to light that Uganda took first prize as the most entrepreneurial country in the world. Perhaps even more remarkable was that at 28.1%, Uganda’s entrepreneurial rate was almost double that of first runner-up, Thailand which came in at 16.7%. To put this in contrast, Italy and Japan have an enterpreneurial rate of a mere 1....

MTN Uganda, through various stages of research, product development and testing, has now launched innovative and affordable communication and business solutions for small and large enterprises. Through various stages of research, product development and testing, the company has come up with packaged communication and business solutions that will move users of these products and services to more efficient levels of operation. The comprehensive SME solutions will have three key offers:...

With ‘Fast TV Start’ turned on on your Roku TV, you can quickly start your Roku TV from standby, wake up your TV with commands using a voice remote or Roku Mobile App. When ‘Fast TV start’ is enabled, you can; Cast music or video to your TV using Airplay for instance. Use a voice assistant to control your TV. To enable ‘Fast TV start’ on your Roku device or TV, go to settings > System > Power> Fast TV Start > Enable ‘Fast TV Start’....

2. Uber Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. are different companies Uber, a NYC design firm registered the name Uber Inc. way back in 1999. Later Uber Cab the app and later transport company registered Uber Technologies Inc. Unfortunately for the design company, people continue to mistake it for Uber the transport company. It’s reported that Uber Inc. received 500 phone calls in four months from frustrated passengers and even drivers looking for their paychecks....

The global courier and logistics company with a strong presence in Africa said it’s receiving numerous transportation requests of goods bought online. “As DHL we are getting numerous requests to transport goods that have been purchased online.” Alan said. Currently Uganda has more than 10 serious ecommerce sites buying and selling goods online, more than 5 e-ticketing sites and 5 more sites that enable you order food online. However, e-Commerce is a trend quickly catching on across the entire African continent thanks to pan-african wide e-commerce site like Rocket Internet owned online retail store Jumia, Naspers owned classified site OLX and e-commerce store Konga in Nigeria....

With Bluetooth, you can do stuff such as pair up your phone with speakers to enjoy music, transfer and receive files to and from other devices, connect your portless smartphone to wireless earbuds etc. However, there are dedicated “Profiles” that makes it possible for a Bluetooth device to effectively perform its functions. In simpler terms, Bluetooth Profiles are defined wireless interface specifications which allows Bluetooth devices effectively communicate with each other....

The purpose of this post is to show you that email is very possible on your mobile phone and you can easily use it like SMS. Before we get into that, let’s look at how email works. The Basics An email system comprises of email server also called a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) that stores and relays email messages to other email servers hosted by various email service providers like Yahoo, Google or even your organisation....

A smartphone kill switch, as described by CTIA’s Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment, will be shipping to phones produced after July 2015 at no additional cost to the customer, pre-installed, or downloadable by the manufacturers adhering to the document. Those carriers and vendors adhering to the document will produce phones with the capability to: Remote wipe the authorized user’s data (i.e., erase personal info that is added after purchase such as contacts, photos, emails, etc....

The company says it is also investing in offline retail stores as a touch-point in Kenya. This will enable customers to have first-hand experience with Vivo smartphones. Vivo V17 The V17 is part of an array of different versions of the Vivo brand with features such as the 91.65% screen-to-body ratio, artificial intelligence (A1-powered) cameras that pop up. These, plus the striking blend of technology and price for today’s savvy millennials, are key to delivering results for the company....

While his sacking was abrupt, sending social media buzzing with memes, the falling out of the two men has been a train wreck captured frame-by-frame, blow-by-blow. Let’s start with this meme, a hypothetical movie — Dethroning The prince of Kanungu — featuring the most pronounced characters in the solitary cabinet reshuffle; Jason Mbabazi, Bruce Yoweri, John Rugunda and motor mouth Richard Opondo. Its obvious, the characters are caricatured based on famous movie bigwigs....

For context, Tizen OS and Wear OS are the largest smartwatch OS behind Apple’s WatchOS and the new upgrade to Google’s smartwatch OS – the Wear OS 3 is the combination of the Tizen OS and Wear OS. hence the name ‘Unified OS’. For more details, see what’s new in Wear OS 3. The Wear OS 3 is sort of like a new OS considering it is the merging of Tizen OS and Wear OS into one....

A technology that I consider to be evolutionarily crucial to our topic of the day. The advert was about a football character who was enjoying a football match in his living room. Here came a critical point of the game where a penalty kick was awarded. The character in the commercial paused the game, went to his local shopping mall, bought a pack of canned beverages, got back home, and unpaused the game....

A SIM is the short form for Subscriber Identity Module. This is a piece of plastic that slots into your mobile phone that acts as your unique ID so that you can connect to a mobile phone network. This allows you make calls and also send text messages. A SIM doesn’t have much memory as compared to a memory card, but it stores a lot of information needed to connect to a mobile phone network....

Your only option is to go wireless. This is where Miracast comes in. Miracast is a wireless standard maintained by the WiFi Alliance much like USB, Bluetooth, WiFi, Thunderbolt. It enables wireless connection of laptops, tablets, or smartphones to displays such as TVs, monitors or projectors. If your device supports Miracast, you could share that presentation on your laptop to the projector without using VGA, USB or HDMI cables. Think of it as HDMI over WiFi or “Wireless HDMI”....

What is a Progressive Web Application? Simply put, a progressive web app is a website that looks and functions like an app. It is a traditional web application enhanced with web technologies to provide an app-like experience. A user can access all the data and capabilities on that website, just like they would on a native app. A PWA normally has a quick loading time, small size, and efficient performance. A PWA is developed using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript instead of native app-development languages like Swift or Kotlin....

Intel’s mantra for their 11th Gen Tiger Lake processors is “best processor for thin-&-light” laptops. In this initial release, Intel announced nine(9) new chips for both the U-series and Y-series, which they are now referring to as UP3 and UP4 respectively. From the nine chips announced, the Core i7-1185G7 tops the lineup in terms of specs. This particular chip boasts base speeds of 3.0GHz with maximum single-core boosts peaking at 4....