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Microsoft has a lot of other tools that are freemium and premium that you can use or integrate with Power Bi to achieve lots of other functionalities related to your business needs. What exactly is Power BI? Power BI (Business Intelligence) is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors that work together to turn your unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights. Power BI helps Business Analysts, Business Intelligence Managers, Statisticians & Analysts, Project Managers, and Data scientists to visualize and share insights from their organizations’ data....

What’s in the box The Galaxy Buds comes with a bunch of other accessories like a charging case, USB Type-C, user guide, three sets of silicone fins and sporty eartips. On the other hand, the Apple Airpods comes lighter with just a charging case and lightning-to-USB cord. Appearance and Build The two wireless in-ear wireless eaphones have an entirely different look. While the Airpod sticks out like the Earpod without the wire, the Galaxy Buds looks more like last year’s Samsung Gear IconX....

In Kenya, 070**,071**,072**,074**,079** all belong to Safaricom. Airtel Kenya runs the 073**, 078** and part of 075** that were left behind by Essar’s Yu. Telkom Kenya runs the 077**, together with all the landline numbers like 020*** from back in the day. Equity Bank runs Equitel as a Virtual Mobile Network on Airtel’s infrastructure under the 076** NDC. Clearly, Airtel for its size, is a little squeezed. The telco, according to a source, is getting new NDCs since they have already exhausted their 07xx prefixes....

Yoola Amajja, unlike other campaigns that focus on Kampala district, is different as it is going to give Ugandans in 21 different territories of the country an opportunity to win this money through regional activations that will be carried out throughout the course of the 3-month period. Airtel has seen its mobile money platform grow over the past few years, registering massive growth; not only in the number of users, but also in the volume of the transactions done....

Keep in mind that Airtel isn’t the first telecom company in Uganda to introduce data streaming bundles. MTN introduced similar DSTV Now bundles in 2019. Comparing to what Airtel is offering (data-rated plans), MTN’s plans are time-bound. How to Buy the DStv Bundles on Airtel The DSTV Now Bundles will enable streaming at a daily rate of 2,000UGX for 500MB, a weekly rate of 10,000UGX for 3.5GB, and a monthly fee of 30,000UGX for 12GB of data....

Android smartphone users can download the App free of charge from the Playstore. The App is meant to give users a better user experience compared to USSD Technology that was designed more for feature phones. Commenting on the new development, Tom Gutjahr, the Managing Director Airtel Uganda said; “As the fastest growing network in the country, the needs of our customers are many and varied. This is one of the reasons Airtel Uganda is constantly working to create innovations that meet our customers need....

In this regard, for every 100MBs you load for WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, or the Social pack, Airtel goes slash! slash! slash! What you end up with is a paltry 60MBs to be exact and far less data to socialise on the Smartphone Network. Well it’s not all bad. You still get to load these bundles at only UGX 200 and UGX 500 only for the social pack. Moving on, the Weekly WTF bundle fares no better....

The ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 is not your ordinary WiFi router. This beast is for hardcore gamers and those who stream 4K video from the internet across multiple devices at home. Asus wasn’t frugal on specs. They went all out with the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 that has absolutely stunning specs we have not heard of. The ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 spots a 1.8GHz quad-core CPU, 1GB RAM, 256MB Flash and 2.5GBase -T port for ultimate performance....

The mobile based micro insurance product with Hospital and Life cover opened its doors to the Ugandan market in January 2017 with 2 products namely aYo Recharge with care and aYo Send with care, and the company plans to make insurance relevant, accessible, easy to use and thereby adding value to & improve the lives of all Ugandans. aYo Recharge with Care offers MTN pre-paid customers an easy way to get free hospital or life cover....

Having a big battery smartphone sometimes doesn’t translate to a long-lasting device. Because the battery specification of a smartphone, say, 6000mAh doesn’t mean it’ll last for a very long period. We’ve seen smartphones with smaller battery size (like a 4000mAh), last for a longer period. Some smartphones were designed to conserve battery power even when in full use. Tecno smartphones were designed for the African market; The first brand to bring the dual sim design to the market, designed smartphones with long-lasting batterie; considering the challenges, most countries on the continent face in the area of electricity distribution, etc....

Bluetooth is a peer-to-peer wireless technology that’s no stranger to anyone who’s held a phone for a while. Even though it might have subsidized in popularity to alternatives like Hotknot or NFC or WiFi, Bluetooth is still growing strong especially with the latest standard Bluetooth 5.0 which promises faster speeds and wider range. Related post: A beginner’s guide to Bluetooth 5 WiFi on the other hand came to smartphones about a decade ago, but has been majorly popular in the computing arena....

Windscribe is a new VPN service that’s been operational for a little over a year now and they’ve been steadily growing, adding features based on customer feedback. Like many other VPN services, they offer browser add-ons for the big names; Google Chrome, Opera, and Firefox. They have a Windows desktop client and they’ve recently launched a beta for Linux. I had a chance to try it out and thought I’d share with you my experience of setting it up....

Predictably, the next hurdle you’d need to cross after choosing which smartphone you want to buy is WHERE to buy it from. To further niche down on our prediction, you are most likely conflicted, particularly if it’s your first time buying a smartphone for yourself or someone else: to buy online or offline at a nearby phone store? Sometimes, this question is born out of convenience and other times, out of price/cost involved....

Xiaomi ready to enter Western markets The purchase of the Microsoft patents is a sure sign that the Chinese company is ready to do business in Western markets such as U.S and in Europe on top of its active market in Asia and Brazil. Xiaomi now has the Intellectual Property rights to ship their smartphones with Microsoft products such as Skype and the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc) coming preinstalled with the next shipment of devices....

Native OS support for dark mode have also been released like on the macOS Mojave, Windows 10 and there are reports of it coming on Samsung’s mobile ‘One” UI as well as Xiaomi’s MIUI. Basically, it’s the inversion of your usual display so that the background is dark while the texts that were dark before becomes white. Read More: Google Chrome 73 now has dark mode on macOS Mojave People that use their devices more at night are more likely to appreciate the dark mode option because the screen is not as bright as it would usually be, thereby, reducing the strain on the eye....

EasyTicket is an online ticketing solutions provider and also events promoter. The next time you want to attend that “Must Attend” event and you want to avoid the inconvenience of lining up and probably missing tickets to your favorite show or game, think about Easy Ticket. They claim to offer event organisers a safe and secure pre-sale ticketing with an ability to track sales and more. This is a big deal where people are known for faking event tickets....

FaceApp is a face morphing app that has being in existence since the beginning of 2017 but didn’t gain the needed popularity until recently – thanks to a filter feature on the app that exploits artificial intelligence face editor to age or rejuvenate photos of people. FaceApp does not take pictures, it only processes pictures uploaded to the app. But this quick popularity was accompanied by a lot of negative rumors....

So there you have it. Mark Zuckerberg had this to say: With this new development, it will now be possible to express an emotion other than like, when you come across that post that sets your blood boiling with rage or that cute post that makes you feel all fluffy inside and leaves you with the urge to jump a random person next to you and hug them to death....

Facebook and partners through the initiative internet.org, launched the internet.org app targeted at providing free internet services to the estimated two-thirds of the world that doesn’t have access to the internet. The app, also currently available to Airtel subscribers in Zambia and Tigo subscribers in Tanzania, provides people with free access to basic internet services so they can browse useful health, education, finance, employment, communication and local information services without data charges....

It has taken months to complete the acquisition and within that time, there were a lot of encumbrances. Orange was taken to court by its own staff regarding benefits before the sale was concluded. Orange staff managed to get an injunction on the sale from court while UCC the communications custodian further placed a stop to the sale on the same grounds. We earlier showed you all you need to know about the Orange Africell acquisition and shall keep you updated when the official communication is made....