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Technology is advancing and the effect it has on our day to day lives is increasing. So here are five tech basics every fresher should know. Online Privacy Your privacy should be 100% your responsibility. At campus you are independent and most of anything that happens to you is for you to deal with. Online privacy directly correlates with your offline privacy. Be sure to set up very strong passwords on all your online accounts in order to prevent incidents of hacking....

I’ve had a Tangerine MiFi for a month now. It’s currently what we use at home as primarily internet service provider and that’s majorly because I wanted to get a good feel of it. Tangerine probably has the cheapest internet packages among all providers in Uganda. However, it comes at the cost of a mediocre MiFi, coverage and reliability. Tangerine Data Bundles Probably what attracted me to Tangerine was their affordable data bundles....

Even if we all agree that Solar is the future, in it’s current state it is pricey and not attractive to use at all. To get Solar equipment that can fully power a home would cost an arm and a leg not to mention that it may not be as attractive and convenient as the hydro electric power. This is what Elon Musk set out to do when they started out with Tesla Vehicles....

Lenovo has had some genuine traction in the Ugandan and Kenyan market as e-commerce sites like Jumia and Avechi have been stocking them. They also have a number of care and service centers around that works to improve customer experience. As has been the case with previous Lenovo K Notes, the K8 comes with a 5.5″ 1080p display, a 4000mAh battery and for the first time, a set of dual rear cameras....

VRAM is made up of the small modules that you find around the GPU on the graphics card motherboard. Video memory works to support the GPU by storing data that will be used by the GPU to render frames. A good example of data stored in the VRAM is data for visual assets such as textures. Every now and then, VRAM gets performance improvements and the latest new version is called GDDR6X....

For just N14K or approximately $86, you could get your self a smartphone whose specs will make your jaws drop. Innjoo, a smartphone, is now available for sale exclusive on Jumia Nigeria. As if that wasn’t enough, MTN Nigeria is bundling the phone with a free data plan. To add some context: Innjoo is a smartphone manufacturer from China, based in United Arab Emirates. With their debut Android powered handset out of the box, i1s, it comes with a number of crazy hardware and software upgrades....

While we appreciate this as a growth in the credit sector, we are not oblivious to the predatory nature of some rogue lending apps. You should be wary of shady lending apps that have hidden charges and inflated interest rates. A huge leap in consumer protection is that an act of parliament was passed to the effect that all digital lending platforms are now licensed and regulated by the Central Bank Of Kenya....

Here are some of the features, which have been mainstream in other OSes, that aren’t yet part of Windows Phone. Bigger Appstore Perhaps still the biggest Achilles’ heel of the upcoming platform, the Windows Phone Appstore with just 190,000 is a far cry from Apple’s Appstore which boosts 775,000 and Google’s Playstore which is almost on the horizon of the 1,000,000 Apps mark. While one may argue that it’s about quality and not quantity, trust me, when it comes to Apps, it’s a game of numbers....

Surprisingly, other OEMs are now following Apple’s example, starting with Samsung who launched the Galaxy S21 without a charging brick. If you still have the old 5W USB-A chargers, you can still use them with their cables (USB-A to Lightning cable). But in 2021, 5W is super slow; you should get yourself a new USB-C fast charger instead which is 3 times faster. With a USB-C charger, you need a USB-C to lightning cable for iPhone or USB-C to USB-C cable for Android devices....

True to Android’s annual development cycle, the focus is already shifting to the next version of Android. We have seen a few very early builds of the next version of Android (the Android 11) and we are beginning to have a rough idea of what the next version of Android has in store. In this post, we shall look at some of the features that are available on the Android 11 Developer Preview....

This post takes you through the top Samsung Galaxy M series smartphones in 2020 that you should consider buying. The M series positions Samsung as a poses competition to other Chinese smartphone brands like Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, and even the Trassion brands (Infinix, TECNO, and iTel) that are popular among low-end smartphone users in Africa. This competition hinges on pricing and specification. Find below a list of every member of the Galaxy M series....

Samsung is a popular brand in Nigeria as well, and its smartphones are patronized by a good number of the population. In fact, according to StatCounter, Samsung has a 14.41 percent share of the smartphone market in Nigeria — Tecno and Infinix are the only brands with more market share. Samsung, however, recently launched its latest set of smartphones (Galaxy S20 series) during its ‘Unpacked’ event for 2020, adding to the already long list of quality smartphones the brand has released....

The Camo app available as Free and Paid version is an excellent choice that I have tested on Windows 10 Asus Vivobook laptop along with my Oneplus 9 Android phone. It worked beautifully without noticeable bugs. The camo app turns your smartphone camera into a secondary video source for just about any Video chat software on your laptop. To get started, you must download the Camo app for your Android or iPhone and then Camo software on your Windows PC or Macbook....

This announcement applies to Domestic calls (reduced to UGX 65 from UGX 112) and SMS text messages (reduced from UGX15 to UGX 7). These figures are expected to further drop to UGX 55 for Domestic calls and UGX 5 for SMS by 1st, July 2019. Furthermore, by 1st, July 2020, calls will further drop to UGX 45 for calls and UGX 3 for SMS. UCC last made a similar reduction in 2012....

Easily scroll through the headlines After discovering the App on the Play Store, i immediately downloaded it to my android phone anxiously ready to have a feel of it. The App has the Headlines and Events sections, so I tapped on the headlines. I was really impressed by the format of the story headlines that consists of a story title and a small except from the story which gives you an idea as to whether or not you would like to continue reading the story....

The acronyms WEP, WPA, and WPA2 represent generations of Wi-Fi security protocols present on most if not all WiFi networks. We are going to cover the merits and demerits of each Wi-Fi security protocol in due course. But before we hit you with the truth, let’s take you on a trip down memory lane. The Wi-Fi Alliance, an association of over 300 companies in the wireless network industry created the above-mentioned security protocols in a bid to secure wireless networks....

Original post published on June 20th follows: Fully-fledged smartwatches are pretty expensive and often out of the budget for many users. Couple that with issues like the lack of a solid alternative for the Apple Watch on the Android side of things and performance, and battery issues and you begin to see why these are having a hard time appealing to users. On the other hand, fitness trackers are affordable, offer just the right amount of functionality with enough tracking features and a splash of smart features, all at a price that won’t break your bank....

If one could borrow any three rhyming adjectives to describe the awards night, the aforementioned would be atop the favorites list. It’s Saturday, 7th March 2015, at Golf Course Hotel, Kampala. Welcome to social media awards 2015. Time-check, 8p.m, the event has kicked off in earnest, an hour later the scheduled time. Not so bad. The ambiance is one to kill for, the dimly lit conference hall filled to capacity with beautifully dressed ladies and gents....

The move is directed to make a distinction between an app for individuals, and that for businesses – with an end result of monetizing the latter. With the new app, businesses will be able to startup direct communication with their customers without fault yet ensuring that the account is authentic. In the past, businesses have been trying to reach potential customers by leaving their WhatsApp contacts on social media platforms, with no certain verification, and the social media platform has termed this as rudimentary....

WhatsApp Web was introduced in 2015, basically to let users mirror their phone conversation on a bigger screen (laptop or desktop). The PC-edition of the instant messenger has, however, proven to be very useful to users. But what do you do when WhatsApp Web suddenly stops working? In this post, we will share steps you can take to fix your WhatsApp Web when it suddenly stops working. How to Fix WhatsApp Web Not Working 1....