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The news that 5G be would ready for use this year also contributed to the ecstatic impatience. Now a lot of smartphone owners, as well as potential smartphone buyers, want to know if their (prospective) device or network carrier would support the technology when it eventually goes live. For network carriers While it is a good thing that a number of 5G-ready smartphones were announced at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC 2019), the infrastructures (on the carriers’ side) to run the technology on your 5G phone aren’t ready yet; but they soon will....

There are about 50 million Facebook users in Africa out of a total of about 167 million internet users on the continent. Facebook users alone represent about 30% of all internet users and it’s the single most frequented website on the internet. Out of the top 10 countries on the Mega social network including Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, Algeria, the website was either the first or second most visited site according to site-ranking website Alexa....

Well, if you are browsing in Incognito mode, you are lucky because you actually won’t get any notifications. Otherwise, you may need to put an end to it all and we are here to help. Block from all sites on your PC On your computer, open Chrome. At the top right, click on More (the horizontal three-dot button) which will direct you to Settings. At the bottom of the Settings page, click on Advanced....

The Foundation announced earlier in May this year that it would be offering a free introductory course that covers the basic tools and techniques commonly used by Linux programmers, system administrators and the usual end users. With Linux running almost every computing device known to man, from the mega supercomputers solving climate change problems to an intimate smartwatch on your wrist, its almost imperative that one should have some Linux knowledge....

Already available in Rio de Janeiro and the San Francisco Bay Area for some time now, the feature is now spreading to other part of the USA. Other countries like India, Mexico, Denmark, Indonesia, Canada, UK, Russia and Australia. Other regions will likely receive the feature with time considering the update is being released one location after the other. You might want to have some patience if it’s not yet in your region....

HDMI has grown over the years to incorporate multiple functions and one of them is the ability to control connected devices. This HDMI mode is called HDMI CEC, the CEC meaning Consumer Electronic Control. With HDMI CEC you can control multiple devices using only a single remote. For instance, if you have a Fire TV stick or Android TV box connected to your TV, you can use the streaming player’s remote to power on/off your TV without reaching out for the TV remote....

Probably this inquiry should base on the difference between the normal headphones and the noise-cancelling pieces. One key note to take is that these noise reducing headphones are categorized in two, depending on their work; passive and active. Also Read: These are the different types of Headphones Passive Noise Cancelling headphones Typically, any type of head-phones can cancel noise passively because the materials in them are capable of blocking out external sound waves, especially if they come in at higher frequencies....

The program dubbed the “NSSF Hi-Innovator” will provide practical online entrepreneurship training to more than 75,000 youth to enable them to address gaps in their businesses. The NSSF HI-Innovator Program consists of two phases; Pre-accelerator and Accelerator stages. Phase 1 Pre-Accelerator Self-directed online learning via a platform providing foundational business knowledge to entrepreneurs to enable them to address gaps in their businesses. It is geared towards providing foundational business knowledge to entrepreneurs to enable them to address gaps in their businesses....

This is why Netflix provided a second screencast option on its mobile design. With this feature, you can project your screen, use your mobile as a remote control and so much more. In this article, we’ll be showing you how to use this feature and how you can control your entire Netflix experience with your mobile device. What Do I Need to Cast My Netflix Screen from Mobile To start, you need to ensure the following items are available;...

Updating your withdrawal account is one of these instances. In this article, we’ll be showing you how to change or add multiple withdrawal accounts to your Risevest account. As a bonus, we’ll show you how to delete a withdrawal account on your Risevest account. Add a New Bank Account for Withdrawals Log in to your Risevest account and tap on your profile icon located at the bottom right of your screen...

Luckily, there is a national health insurance scheme that’s been around for a while. The National Hospital Insurance Fund, NHIF, caters for medical expenses for not just civil servants but also people in the private sector with provision for persons in the informal sector to also get covered through the voluntary contribution programs. It is important to be up-to-date with your membership to this insurance scheme and as such, NHIF has various ways to check whether you’re covered or not....

Let’s get right into it. 1. Resolution This is the number of horizontal pixels and vertical pixels on a screen. The higher the number, the sharper the image. Average PC monitors have a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels. This is known as 1080p or Full High Definition (FHD). Other larger PC monitors will have the same resolution but because the screen is bigger, the number of pixels is spread out over a larger area....

The Chrome Remote Desktop is a Chrome extension that you install on either computer to enable remote access of one computer from the other. In my setup, I have a Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Go and an Asus Vivobook dual-booted with Linux Mint and Windows 11. In my case, I used Chrome Remote desktop to connect to Windows 11 from my Chromebook. Here’s how I did it. On your Chromebook From your Chromebook, you’ll have to;...

Tor Browser Also known as the Onion Router, Tor is a specially designed Internet routing system that routes traffic while encrypting the IP address of where it came from. To enable routing, only the last and next IP addresses are available at each hop. The original and all other hops along the way are encrypted and can only be decrypted by a Tor router. You can access the Tor network by using the Tor browser, which is simply a plug-in to the open-source browser, Firefox....

Check out: Top 5 Music Streaming Apps for Ugandan, Kenyan and Nigeria music Moving apps to your SD card Find your way to ‘Settings’ on your phone, once you’re there, go to ‘apps‘. In some phones, this might be separated to ‘system apps‘ and ‘Installed apps‘. If separated, you will be able yo only once the installed apps and not the system apps. Once you’re in the apps menu, click on the app you want to move to the SD card....

What are the Keylogger Attacks? A Keylogger is a computer program or hardware that records every keystroke made by a computer user, especially in order to gain fraudulent access to passwords and other confidential information. How Keyloggers Work Keylogger attacks run hidden in the background, making a note of each keystroke you type. Software could scan through the file for certain types of text — for example, it could look for sequences of numbers that look like credit card numbers and upload them to a malicious server so they can be abused....

These ads could come to you in the form of online ads on pages you visit. YouTube users are very conversant with skippable ads. But these aren’t all. More and more services are resorting to advertising using SMS. These promotional messages could be targetted or just random. Either way, they can be really annoying. Even more infuriating is the fact that some of these promotional messages sometimes activate unwanted services that eat into your airtime....

However, that hasn’t been the case for Android to iPhone for quite some time now. But finally, WhatsApp has announced that it is adding the ability for users to transfer their conversation chat history, photos, videos, and voice messages from Android to iPhone via Apple’s Move to iOS app. To get this to work, you must meet a few software requirements on both devices before you get started. Both devices must be running:...

Luckily, if you own a Roku TV and Roku wireless speakers or Roku smart sound bar, this can be fixed with Roku Speech clarity features. To enable the speech clarity feature, start the movie you want to watch. Then while the content is playing, tap on the options key on your Roku remote. It’s the star button. A menu pops up on the left side of the TV. Now scroll down with the remote’s down arrow keys until you see the Sounds Settings option and press Okay....

Recall that, in 2018, Apple acquired the music recognition app, Shazam, in a $400 Million deal. The app has remained standalone ever since (and it still is). With iOS 14, however, Apple integrated Shazam’s core product into the iPhone. This doesn’t stop Shazam from being a standalone app. In this post, we’ll be taking you through how to activate and use Shazam on your iPhone. After activation, you’d be able to recognize music and use the app from your iPhone’s control center....