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Well, over the past few months, the rumor mills have been churning with reports of a budget Chromecast. Well, this is now official. A new product, Chromecast with Google TV HD, has been unveiled by Google. This product fits into the Tech Giant’s lineup beneath the $49.99 4K-capable Chromecast with Google TV released in 2020. What’s Chromecast built-in?Chromecast Review: Is it Still Worth It in 2020Updated Guide to Setting Up Google ChromecastChromecast with Google TV Review: Undoubtedly the best $50 Android TV Streaming player...

Now Google has added a new security dashboard under “Devices and Activity” where you can keep track of whatever device has access to your account. As you can tell from the screenshot, I access my account from several devices running various Operating Systems. The new security dash board helps me deny access to whatever device am nolonger using, is lost or stolen. The dashboard also works with the Android Device Manager which helps you track lost devices although I found it completely worthless when I lost a couple of devices....

— GOtv Uganda (@GOtvUganda) March 4, 2015 GoTV Uganda Packages/bouquets and Prices Rising dollar against the Uganda Shilling must be to blame for the increase. DSTV Uganda which is under the same company at the beginning of the year hiked its subscription fees because of the rising dollar rate. GoTV Open package which is meant to give viewers access to free-to-air channels for a one-time fee of Ugx 77,000 hasn’t changed....

Hence ICTs in Uganda are increasing in importance and uptake is also increasing, therefore issues of cyber security, laws and data privacy are therefore of paramount importance. Last week, TechPost through a fusion of twitter conversation from its community and live interview at their offices spoke to the National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U). NITA-U is an autonomous statutory body established under the NITA-U Act 2009, to coordinate and regulate Information Technology services in Uganda....

Why you have that huge phone bill When you download Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and have Email Apps among other Apps, your smartphone continuously “talks” with Google or Facebook internet servers to find out whether or not someone has sent you an email or tagged you in a photo so that when you unlock you phone, you receive notifications of what’s happening. The Apps run what’s called “background services” (loosely known as Syncing) in order not to distract you from whatever you’re doing....

NITA-U gets a round of applause for selecting hotspot areas usually with a large volume of people. The various Kampala streets and roads always have pedestrians either waiting for transport or stuck in jam. Being able to pass the time online would be a welcome sight. The clear winners are the tenants at the Bugolobi Flats who will access internet from the comfort of their homes. MUBS was also included although Makerere is curiously missing....

Another feature that we’ve all come to love is the voice messaging feature which lets you record audio messages instead of text. This feature is very useful in cases where you are in a hurry or you don’t want your message to be misunderstood or misinterpreted by the recipient. WhatsApp has decided to make this feature even more interesting with the option to preview voice messages before sending them. Before now, WhatsApp users had to long-press the microphone button next to the text box to initiate a voice note and the message would be automatically sent afterward – no option to preview recording....

It’s not just me with these kinds of experiences! Robert Baguma, a member of i-network, an emailing list for ICT professionals and enthusiast in Uganda had the similar resentments when NITA(National Information Technology Authority) required hard copies for a job application; The benefits of “less paper in the office” are tremendous and they include among others; unnecessary stationery expenses, reduced space for file cabinets, shelves, paper, secure and safe environment for content to be stored, leveraged and reused and reduced human errors in manual records keeping and hence loss of data....

Hi2shop.com just opened shop and they mean business. The online shopping store is coming with a big bang giving out some shopping coupons upon registration and Free delivery around Kampala. The site has a broad category of items to shop from and that includes home entertainment, mobile phones, computers, health and beauty, fashion, sports, automobiles. Under the electronics and home appliances category, the sites deals in the big brands you are familiar with such as Samsung, Apple, Sony, Nokia, Panasonic, Philips, Ebon, Hisense, Mika, Ariston, Elekta....

While the market is not short of impressive fitness trackers at a pretty affordable rate, some of the best-selling trackers right now are the Xiaomi Mi Band 6 and the Honor-made Band 6. In this post, we shall be pitting these two against each other to see which one offers you more value for your money. First, let us get the spec sheets out of the way. Read More: Mi Band 6 review: A bigger screen and SpO2 monitor makes this Xiaomi’s best fitness band yet...

Customers have always enjoyed Monthly Madness offers at the beginning of each month, where one loads SafeBoda credit using MTN Mobile Money and Airtel Money, and they instantly get a 100% bonus. This won’t be any different, though with some added flavor to it. When you load credit, you will get 100% extra free, with the offer running from the 1st of April to the 4th. All you have to do is to download the SafeBoda app for Android or iOS, in case you have not yet, go to ‘Payment’, then ‘Top up SafeBoda credit’ & follow the prompts....

However, while you think no one can have access to your location if you do not turn on your device location or directly give it out in your social media posts, your location can be detected from your photos due to geotagging. What is Geo-tagging? Powered by Global Positioning System (GPS), geo-tagging is the process of attaching geographical information (read: location ID) to media files like photos and videos. When a media file is “geo-tagged”, it basically means that the device (digital camera, smartphone, tablet, etc....

But with Android 5.0 and the recent versions, you only have two options that have been so greatly improved, you can’t even think of a word to describe them. So what is NFC tap and go? Also known as Android’s tap and go, is a relatively new addition that came with the Android 5.0 Lollipop software update which allows you to transfer data from your old phone to your new phone with a simple tap, without the need for wires and cables....

That’s how transactions are lost in Uganda. This isn’t the first time am encountering such scenarios where a vendor dismisses me or denies me a product or service on the grounds that they “don’t have change”. I’ve heard some other people have similar experiences. Now imagine how much money small businesses lose just because someone shows up with a “big” note and they “don’t have change” to give back the customer’s balance....

Spotify and Deezer, the other key players in the music streaming scene, all have dedicated and well-maintained apps for Windows, Android iOS and even Mac. Apple Music has for a long time been seen as an Apple-exclusive service, but there are millions of Apple Music users that own non-Apple computers or prefer Windows or Linux. For these people, these are some of the options you have. Musish For some time now, Musish has been the unofficial open-source Apple Music web app....

Checking through one by one can be burdensome. Especially if you’re an ardent web scavenger, you’ll have lots of them. Without doubts, it’s usually very strenuous! *Wipes sweat. I’ve been there too. Attaching a note to these bookmarks makes the whole exercise very direct and straightforward. The notes would help in reminding you of the purpose for saving the bookmarks initially. Previously, there used to be support for adding notes on the Firefox browser, but it’s no more....

Before you do this, it is important to be sure you actually can afford to. Because there’s a slight chance you can miss important calls if you decide to block unknown callers. It’s a slight chance because, usually, calls from credible sources do not hide their caller ID. But it’s still worth putting into consideration. In this post, I’ll show you how to block ‘No Caller ID’ calls on your iPhone....

In the absence of a router or wired Ethernet cable, you have two PCs that you want to connect to each other either for networking or file sharing purposes, what do you do? Do you suspend file sharing till some other time? Or you take the alternate method of connecting two PCs wirelessly as listed in the easy steps below. Creating an ad-hoc network is an effective way of connecting two windows PC, as long they have the required WiFi hardware....

To connect your Wyze camera to the Google Home app, download and install the Home app from the Android play store and sign in with your Google account. From the Google home app; Tap on the plus(+) icon on the top left corner of the Home AppSelect Set up device from the listUnder Setup a device, select “Works with Google” Tap the magnifying glass icon and search for WyzeSelect Wyze from the listSign to with your Wyze account when prompted...

Most free online file converters work this way: You upload your file, enter your email address and then wait to receive a download link via email in order to save your converted file to your computer. Cometdocs makes the process much simpler. Integrating its conversion capabilities with your cloud service of choice can be done in two different ways: via browser or using the Cometdocs desktop app. Here’s how it works....