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The issue with Blackberry isn’t that they make bad phones per se. Its more that their platform/OS doesn’t have that many Apps compared to iOs or Android that have all the apps for just about anything. It’s now official that Blackberry 10 can now run Android Apps too. Blackberry CEO John Chen confirmed this in an interview with the Wall Street Journal when asked the question why consumers should buy a blackberry According to Chen, We have however been warned that since Android Apps aren’t particularly designed for Blackberry, the user experience may not be that smooth but at least users will have more options....

This follows the recent order that UCC made directing all telecommunications service providers to verify all SIM card subscriber details within 7 days from Wednesday 12th April 2017, using their National IDs and passports, failure of which the un-updated SIM cards would be deactivated. This directive caused a lot of disorganization and panic among Ugandans with many questions raised on the fate of those that did not have National IDs, the students currently in school, the nationals currently abroad, and many other issues....

MTN Uganda is certainly the leader in mobile money transactions. But Airtel Uganda is certainly trailing on its tail as well as other mobile networks like Africell or UTL. Chances are that you are already registered to one of these networks’ mobile money services. But there are other people who aren’t yet registered with whom you’ll often transact with. Registered Mobile money users obviously have Mobile Money (MM) accounts while the unregistered ones don’t....

To get started with Dstv in Nigeria, you will need to purchase a decoder and a subscription package. At the moment, Dstv has the HD and the explora decoder, six different subscription packages to choose from – of which the premium package goes for ₦15,000, and the cheapest package costs ₦1,600. Dstv decoders and price The HD decoder is the very common decoder you will find around Nigerian homes. This is because of its affordability....

What you ought to know is that these price drops have been an annual affair for as far back as 2015. However, DStv broke with tradition in 2018 though by not announcing any price drops. Secondly, the launch date this year has changed from the customary 1st of November annually to 1st September. Nevertheless, better late than never, as they say. Besides, DStv has made up for lost time in a big sort of way....

QN: Tell us a Little about hellofood. Who are they and what do they do? hellofood.ug (now Jumiafood) is an online and mobile platform where people can order food online from currently over 40 restaurants in Kampala and get it delivered to their doorstep. hellofood Uganda works with all the most popular restaurants in Kampala with a goal to introduce our hellofoodies to an incredible choice of restaurants available in Kampala while also making it incredibly fast and easy to place an order....

He has investments in popular tech giants like Tesla, Facebook and Twitter to name a few. He was also part of Twice, a retail store that sells clothes online and a company eBay later bought. Other companies he has invested in is Walker and Company acquired by Procter and Gamble. Often regarded as one of the smartest basketball players, the NBA veteran has impressed the guys at Silicon Valley with his investment skills....

Compared to Android and Chrome OS, Fuchsia is expected to be better in terms of security updates, voice interaction, and OS updates; like Apple, Google wants to (through Fuchsia) be able to directly push updates to devices without relying on OEMs. There really are a lot of other (speculated — since there is no official word yet) features and theories of the Fuchsia OS to be excited about. Thanks to information provided about the project by Hiroshi Lockheimer, Senior Vice President of Android and Chrome at the recently concluded Google I/O 2019 developer conference, we now know that the Fuchsia OS will be everything but the next Android....

We outline for you, in brief, a description of each of the technical terms involved in HD and create the difference between them. Quarter High Definition (qHD) qHD is a display resolution of 960×540, which is just a quarter of the 1080 pixels found in the Full HD (1920×1080) – hence its naming. Standard Definition (SD) Standard Definition(SD) consists of 720 x 480 resolution interlaced screen size 4:3 ratio and 480 lines of vertical resolution (720 x 576 PAL)....

As you probably know already, Samsung phones, accessories, replacement parts, or anything that carries the Samsung logo do not come cheap. And thanks to a report by GSMArena, we now know how much you’d have to shell out to replace a broken or damaged screen of your Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone. Albeit the Galaxy S10 display is protected out-of-the-box with the sixth version of Corning’s Gorilla Glass, life does happen....

Email-to-SMS enables mobile subscribers to access their most important emails on the go, without an internet connection on virtually any phone that supports SMS on the orange network. This can come in really handy for those users that are not always seated in front of a computer or if you happen to leave office. Also following the rampant load shedding that has been forcefully taking down my computer and power hungry Droid phone for some hours, I have had to rely on my second feature phone to receive urgent and critical emails through SMS thanks to Orange’s Email-to-SMS product....

Also read: Why Chrome takes up so much RAM and what you can do about it Chromium, as stated earlier, is part of the Chromium project to offer a better internet experience. The Chromium is an open source project concerned with the offering a more robust codebase for web browsers. Nonetheless, you still have the browser named Chromium too released from the web-based project itself. The open source web project receives contribution from several elite programmers all-around the world....

What is slow motion mode? This is a feature that allows you to capture video at slower speeds than normal and it can be used for many different purposes, like highlighting something funny or pretty, or showing how something quick and complicated works in a detailed way that wouldn’t otherwise be possible. Sadly, slow motion mode feature is only available in very few and extremely expensive smartphones. However, you can record slow-motion videos on any Android device with some very professional Apps that will capture the precious moments in no time....

As you would expect from Google products, It is actually really simple to cast meetings to the TV. All you have to do is make sure your TV has Chromecast built-in. Most Android TV Smart TVs such as some models from Hisense, TCL or Sony do. Or If you don’t have Chromecast built-in to the TV, then you have hook up the Google Chromecast to any TV via HDMI. We have written how you can set it up....

Do you live in a multi-lingual house or would you just like to know what Google Assistant will sound like in your local language? We will be showing you how to change Google Assistant voice and language in this article. How to Change Google Assistant Voice On your smartphone, you can either open the Google Home app or just use the hot word: “Hey Google”.When Google Assistant opens, tap on the profile icon at the top-right corner....

Imagine endlessly scrolling through months of conversations in a bid to delete certain messages. Not only is it time-consuming, but it can be a daunting task as well. Especially when you need to delete days or months’ worth of messages. How many of these messages do you have to long-press on? With this new feature, you can filter and delete months’ worth of messages without completely clearing the chat. It’s a great way to dictate what remains on the app and control your digital footprint....

Android is a pretty flexible platform. If you have your Play Store auto-update all your apps immediately you get connected to WiFi or immediately the updates are posted, you aren’t necessarily stuck with the new version. There are a couple of ways you can downgrade these apps. Let us look at one of them. To downgrade the version of an app, follow these steps. Uninstall the App The first step would be to get rid of the newer version of the app and Android does not allow you to install an older version of an app on top of a more recent version....

In addition to the above, there are a ton of ‘smart’ phones available in the market right now that it has become harder than ever choosing the smartphone that suits the needs of the average smartphone user. This is where smartphone specifications come in: they help users make informed buying decisions and aids efficient device review & comparison purposes. So, whether you are looking to buy your first smartphone, or you are in the market for an upgrade, getting your hands on smartphone specifications is key....

Setting up the Yeelight light requires downloading and installing the Yeelight app and an internet connection. The trouble comes when connecting the bulb to your WiFi router to complete the setup process. After several trials, my Yeelight wasn’t connecting to my WiFi router. However, I finally managed to get it to connect. Here’s what I did; If you still have trouble setting up and connecting your Yeelight to your WiFi router, make sure you restart your router....

What You Need Check Device Model You should know your Fire tablet model as it’ll come in handy when you download the APK files. Enable App Installation From Unknown Sources Once all of that is done, open the Silk browser on your tablet home screen. Download All 4 APK files The next step is to download a couple of APK files from the APK mirror. All of these files are important and will be needed to install Google Play Store on your fire tablet....