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The new design falls in line with Google’s overall design. Corners are rounded, there’s a hamburger menu in the top left next to a fresh Gmail logo, and the red “Compose” button has been replaced with a white, circular one with a colorful “+” icon. The new design also sports a feature we have seen in Google’s other mail app for Gmail, Inbox since 2014. Snooze, as the feature is called, allows users to remove a mail from the inbox for a given amount of time....

If you are a photographer or photography enthusiast and you love snapping away and taking selfies, then the Phantom is right for you. We spent a week with the device and now show you some of the things you will enjoy about the camera Tecno Phantom 8 Official Specs Announced: 2017, October Available: 2017, November Colors: Galaxy Blue, Champagne Gold, Black SIM: Dual Sim Operating System: HiOS based on Android 7....

My journey without a smartphone started on 13th June 2013 (and still counting). I will save you the details of how that all started but let me take you through how different life is without my dear smartphone. The smartphone I had gotten so addicted to is a Blackberry Curve 9360. Am sure anyone reading this is going to be so quick to judge. Many people think Blackberry has boring devices and largely because of its cagy operating system as compared to Android....

The easier option is to buy a Wingle. A Wingle you would say is a grown up version of the USB dongle. It’s a USB dongle but with abilities to share internet with 5 other users. It’s a little, light and sleek device that connects to and is powered by USB port of you PC. Related post: The Mi-Fi is the new USB Internet dongle Like the old USB dongle, Wingles require software installation and updates to work well....

AAC serves to foster collaboration amongst different developer and IT communities through bringing the Google Developer Groups(GDGs) and Java User Groups(JUGs) to work together as they organize and mobilize their respective members to participate in this challenge. It believes that imperative to the long-term success of Android application environment in Africa; a support initiative and a developer community has to be built to help locally relevant applications. This year AAC was announced on Feb 15, 2013 and its first round will be due by April 25, 2013....

I have been using the Amazfit Band 5 for several weeks now as my daily driver after having used the Mi Band 5. For better comparison, I have used both bands at the same time during workout sessions just to compare performance and results. I was quite surprised to learn that Amazfit band 5 was giving me slightly less accurate workout results compared to the Mi Band 5. More on that later....

Design & Build The Amazfit GTS’s design philosophy is keeping in line with how regular watches have looked like for the better part of 3 decades or more. To state it more bluntly, the waterproof GTS is simply a watch-shaped smartwatch. Huami, Amazfit’s parent company stays the course to give you a no-frills smartwatch no different from a few others on the market. Sunny side up, you’re greeted to a gorgeous 1....

The origins of the USB specification as we know it can be traced back to the Implementers Forum (USB-IF), a non-profit organisation which was founded in 1995. USB-IF was founded by a group of companies with a vested interest in USB, most notable of which are Microsoft, Intel, Apple, HP, IBM and Compaq. Consequently, USB-IF was tasked with developing, promoting and maintaining USB standards. Currently, the organisation is actively promoting the adoption of Wireless USB, USB On-The-Go, USB C to USB 4....

After launching in Nigeria in 2014, Andela quickly expanded to other African countries (Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda) to aggregate, vet, and train software engineers. Afterward, the startup gets them remote employments from international companies. Founded by Jeremy Johnson, Christina Sass, Nadayar Enegesi, Ian Carnevale, Brice Nkengsa, and Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Andela raised more than $180 million in funding since it launched. How Andela Works Andela sources software engineers, pay a monthly salary for the first six months, and helps them improve their skills via training and mentorship....

The cool thing about sharing your Wi-Fi password with a QR Code is that the person leaching off your internet doesn’t need to have Android 10. What’s more, it can just as ably work for iOS without you breaking a sweat. To create a QR code for a Wi-Fi network To scan a QR code to join a network Now that you are armed with a QR Code, all the other person needs to do is to scan it in order to get connected....

This started with the Apple Ping that failed and was replaced by Connect. Connect was intended to be used by artists to engage directly with their fans. Artists were able to upload music, videos, photos and lyrics directly to their fans. These included studio demos and short behind the scene clips among others. Users were able to like and comment on the content the artists posted. In this way, there was engagement and hence turning it to something almost similar to Twitter....

Apple’s proprietary video app, FaceTime, comes with a number of impressive updates and features on iOS 15. In this post, we’ll take you through the new features added and what they can do. READ MORE: Why Apple and Samsung Are Not Including Chargers in Their Coming Phones. New FaceTime Features on iOS 15 1. Spatial Audio Spatial Audio support comes to FaceTime and this will make it super easier to know who is speaking in a group call....

But media houses serve a much bigger purpose. Newspapers such as New Vision, Daily Monitor and Observer chronicle our history as a country. It is often said that to understand where we are going, we need to first know where we are coming from. Social media wasn’t designed to archive news stories for later perusal and we are not aware of the criteria needed to see TV recordings of past years....

If you’re wondering what a connected car is, well, as the word suggests, it’s a car that’s connected to other devices within the car and outside the car. Typically, a connected car made after 2010 or thereabouts has an head-unit, infotainment unit, in-dash system with a screen from which the operations of the connections can be seen or managed by the driver. The connected car does a lot of fancy things that ordinary cars aren’t currently doing....

Following the sell-down by Barclays PLC of its majority shareholding in Barclays Africa Group to a minority position in 2017, the two companies are separating. As part of the separation agreement, Barclays Africa Group will cease using the Barclays brand in Africa in 2020. While Barclays is no longer part of the Absa brand, it remains a partner in the group, and still has a 14.9% shareholding in the company....

By definition, a barcode is a graphic representation of uniquely designed code or identification keys. They consist of parallel lines and varying widths added to anything that a machine can read. In the same vein, a barcode scanner decodes/interprets a barcode. This scanner comes in various design styles and performs the same functions. Like every other technology, barcodes have different types, shapes, and sizes. One of the most common types is the QR code....

Google is in mad love with numbers. The search giant makes more than 90% of its revenue through advertisement implying that the more eyeballs it has (Google users), the more money it bags. In 2012, details of the failure of the $ 100 million national fiber optic internet backbone infrastructure contract between the government of Uganda and embattled Chinese telecommunications giant –Huawei technologies– were made public. There was an outcry by Uganda citing overpricing and poor quality workmanship in laying of the cables....

In this article, I will share the names of the phones, their specs, prices, and where to buy them in Uganda. It is worth noting that Xiaomi markets their phones with different names. You will see names like MI, Redmi, or Xiaomi — all these are from the same parent company, Xiaomi. 1. Mi Note 10 Lite Getting Xiaomi’s Mi Note 10, the world’s first 108Mp camera phone is very hard, most especially in Uganda....

The Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) Rwanda, are organizing an international conference on ICT for Agriculture (ICT4Ag) in Kigali. The ICT4Ag conference will promote the application of ICTs in the Agricultural sector with particular emphasis on value chains, advocacy and policy development as posted on their website. There is going to be a regional hackathon on ICT4Ag solution as one of the activities that will run during the conference....

With three different PS4 models out on the market, it’s easy to get confused as to the model to buy with the right specs and features. In this article, we will analyze the features of the two consoles (PS4 slim and PS4 pro) and the differences between them. This will help you decide with suits your needs. PlayStation4 Slim Category Dimensions 10.43in x 11.34in x 1.54in RAM 8GB GDDR5 CPU AMD Jaguar 8-core (x86-64) GPU AMD Radeon (1....