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The other path is the smart home security camera solution which stores its footage on the cloud, in a micro SD, or in the built-in memory. This footage can be accessed and viewed remotely via a smartphone app or a web interface. In the recent past, there has been some considerable extent of overlap between the functionality of these two distinct security solutions. For instance, it is not very hard to get a CCTV system with some smart features like you would find with smart home cameras....

The Chipper Cash mobile app will enable instant peer-to-peer (P2P) payments from the US to 8 countries in Africa and the UK. The announcement was made along with Burna Boy, the Multiple international award-winning musician joining the company as a global brand ambassador. The company also announced the integration of Chipper Cash to Twitter Tips as an option for emerging African creators and thought leaders to receive support on Twitter – via money....

Granted, few countries in the world have been worse hit as the epicenter, China. Third world countries are relatively ill-prepared to deal with this outbreak. Kenya has recently confirmed three cases of the virus within its borders and in response, the President has called on various stakeholders to implement measures to see the containment of the same. In that light, Kenya’s biggest telco, Safaricom has announced a few measures that will go to help the country in containing the virus....

For this article, we have scanned the world wide web in search of the biggest discounts to bring you the best Cyber Monday deals on the internet in the headphones category. We are convinced that you are likely to find something that you like on this shortlist, if you are the least bit into headphones and audio gadgets. Top 3 Cyber Monday Headphone Deals In no particular order, these are the best 3 headphone deals that we could find on the world wide web....

And for the most part, this is a welcome addition to the growing list of virtual card solution. From Eversend’s virtual dollar card to MTN’s MoMo virtual card from Mastercard. These features are making mobile financial services convenient to most individuals across the continent. Let’s dive in to see the differences between MTN MoMo virtual card and Airtel virtual debit card. We shall focus on charges, transactional limits, convenience, and reliability to base our comparisons....

Material design also codenamed quantum paper is Google’s next design language that was first announced at this year’s Google I/O event. The design paradigm is being used in Google’s latest mobile Operating System, Android 5.0 also known as Lollipop which is currently available as a developer preview. The design follows a much cleaner design approach that follows increased use of grid-based layouts, responsive animations and transitions, padding, and depth effects such as lighting and shadows....

The name alone is a dead giveaway of DStv’s intentions of letting its legion of subscribers to view not only Afro-centric DStv and Showmax content but also content from select media streaming services like YouTube. The DStv Streama offers 4K streaming capability for users with 4K-capable TVs. As you know, MultiChoice launched not just one, but two devices at the 2020 DStv Showcase. One of the biggest differences between the DStv Streama and the DStv Explora Ultra decoder is that the former doesn’t require a satellite dish to function....

According to Bloomberg, This is the biggest internet deal since Time Warner’s $124 billion merger with AOL in 2001. The deal will include $12bn in stock and $4m in cash and $3bn in restricted Facebook Shares With Japan’ Rakuten having acquired Viber just a few days ago, Analysts say that Facebook, with a lot of money in its coffers is on an “amass and conquer” strategy just like Google earlier did and continues to do....

It’s no longer a secret, Facebook is finally asserting its physical presence in Africa. This follows a trend of several international tech giants that have dipped their feet into the continent’s waters, such as; IBM, Google, Microsoft, Intel among others. Facebook has enjoyed tremendous growth in the emerging markets since 2013. The radical shift they made in repurposing Facebook for mobile devices has seen the numbers spiral to over 700 million daily users....

Ugandans, living on an average of less than $2/day, make only a small deposit to take home their approximately $200 solar system. Customers then pay off the remaining cost in affordable installments via Mobile Money over 18-24 months until they own the system outright. Fenix’s innovative hardware and software enable the company to lock the solar system if customers fail to make payments. The company receives and processes over 120,000 payments per month, and a total of $5....

As if that’s not enough, the start-up entrepreneur and old-time Googler is about to take his passion for African creatives to the next level with his latest project — Fezah — that he has co-founded. Fezah is a new network of African talent supporters started in February this year with the objective of raising money, and through partnerships reduce costs for African musicians, film makers, and fine artists to make their new projects happen....

12 years ago some smart people modified an inkjet printer and cartridge to enable it to print out living tissue. Since then, working heart valves, liver tissue and kidneys have been made outside the body using the body’s own cells. In 2011, Anthony Atala, a surgeon at the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine presented one of the then most popular Ted Talks (embedded above) discussing regenerative tissue engineering. Now, 2015 is likely to see the first transplant ready 3D printed organ....

But Google’s Gmail also has a solution. Similar functionality was added to Google Docs earlier this year. When composing an email, what Google takes to be grammatical flubs — say, an incorrect verb tense or the wrong homophone — will be underlined in blue. You can then right-click those words to see suggestions on how to fix them. As you type your message, Gmail will use artificial intelligence to make smarter spell-check suggestions while also detecting potential grammar issues....

Now this service has unified all Google chat services, your old trustworthy Google Talk has changed and not just the way it now looks and behaves. It has come as a rude shock to Google Talk users that you can no longer place Google voice calls using the app. The feature that was added to the Google Talk service within Gmail in 2010 has been an important one for most users of the mail service ever since....

One of the announcements made is the ZenBook Pro 15, a 15-inch laptop packing a hex-core Core i9 CPU, 16GB RAM, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and a 1TB solid state disk. The main 15.6″ screen is capable of 4K UHD, while the second screen is a full HD within the PC’s touchpad. Asus calls this the “ScreenPad” that comes with inbuilt apps such as a calculator and custom controls for Microsoft Office and YouTube to run in it....

The market share for the new version of Android is increasing by the day with every new device launched but the true test is how many older devices will get updated. Huawei has come out to clear the air with a comprehensive list of all its devices that will get updated to Android 10-based EMUI 10. Here’s the full list: Huawei P30 ProHuawei P30Huawei Mate 20 ProHuawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20 XHuawei nova 5THuawei Mate 20 RS Porsche DesignHuawei Mate 20 X 5GHuawei P30 LiteHuawei nova 4eHuawei P20Huawei P20 ProHuawei Mate 10Huawei Mate 10 ProHuawei Mate 10 Porsche DesignHuawei Mate RS Porsche DesignHuawei Mate 20 LiteHuawei P Smart 2019 (sold in Japan as Huawei nova lite 3)Huawei P Smart+ 2019Huawei P Smart ProHuawei P Smart ZHuawei nova 4...

However, one of the common ways they go about this is in the camera department, with multiple cameras already present on a number of smartphones lately. These extra cameras are there to improve or add to its features. One of the new type of cameras in use nowadays in the multiple setups is the Time of Flight camera and here is what you need to know about it. What is the ToF camera?...

A bezel is the outside frame of your smartphone that basically defines its overall perimeter. Apparently every other new flagship is doing away with bezels, and utilizing the dead space for display. This has resulted in some doing away with the Home button, at least for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the iPhone X. The big question is: What exactly is pushing this bezel-less smartphone trend? Big Screen on a Small Phone Back then, the need for a large display called for manufacturers to assemble a bigger phone to fit it in....

What is a Hi-Res Audio? Hi-Res audio refers to music files that have a higher sampling frequency and/or bit depth than CD — which is specified at 16bit/44.1kHz. There is no single universal standard for Hi-Res audio. The Recording Academy, together with record labels, define high-resolution audio as “Lossless audio that is capable of reproducing the full range of sound from recordings that have been mastered from better than CD quality music sources....

This is a first-to-market innovation for Uganda and a testament to the revolutionary shift in the way that technology is changing the nature of banking on a global scale. It’s in line with a simultaneous surge in the use of the internet and mobile payment options on the continent with banks and various merchants preferring the use of cashless alternatives. A recent Mastercard survey in the Middle East and Africa shows that more than 70% of respondents were by March 2020 using some form of contactless payment....