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This time, it’s with transparent touchscreens. Patent Bolt looks to have stumbled upon the latest evolutionary idea in the form of a patent from Samsung that describes touch controls extending to the backside of devices with transparent displays. The electronics giant demonstrates how back touch could be useful on a transparent device, including the ability to open applications or control a video without obscuring the display. Samsung’s invention relates to providing an object control method based on input such as touches on a front side, a rear side, and both sides of a device including a transparent display, the device, and a computer readable recording medium thereof....

This service offered by the video streaming giant, YouTube, is a paid streaming subscription that provides advertising-free streaming of all videos hosted by YouTube. It also provides exclusive original content produced in collaboration with the site’s creators, and many more features. This post attempts to explore if the YouTube Premium service is worth paying for by highlighting its features. Features and Benefits of YouTube Premium 1. Ad-free Videos You know that frustration when an ad interrupts a very interesting YouTube video you’re watching?...

As of writing this post, Africell’s daily data bundles have been increased by 50% in a bid to retain a competitive advantage over its rivals. So, for this reason, you will now get 50MB, up from 25MB for UGX 500. UGX 1,000 gets you 120MB from 60MB. But guess what? That’s just about it! Disappointed? Don’t be. Here’s why: We would like to point out that Africell Uganda already had rather affordable data bundles....

So we’ve come up with a guide on 3 sure ways to save data when streaming music on your Spotify app. In this post, you’ll see the three methods along with how to set them up using data saver on Spotify. How to Save Data on Spotify By Setting Your Music Quality to Low: Spotify generally has Five streaming options. This includes low, normal, high, very high, and automatic. By default, the settings come in Automatic....

The rumored Pixel Watch was made official, and the new Pixel Buds Pro, and the Google Pixel 6a were also unveiled. In this post, we shall be looking at the Pixel 6a and what it offers once it hits shelves in July. Here’s what’s gotten us excited. Camera Since the original Pixel was unveiled, Google has cemented itself as one of the best camera makers in the smartphone space. Since then, we’ve seen Pixel devices represent the industry standard in mobile photography....

For instance, a number of users find it complex when looking for the fingerprint sensor at the back. This is due to lack of its direct visibility on large screen devices, and a number of manufacturers have adopted suiting the sensor into the home screen. But larger screens also demand that the home screen should disappear, the in-display fingerprint sensor comes in sight. At the Consumers Electronics Show (CES) 2018 in Las Vegas, the Vivo smartphone brand introduces an under-display fingerprint sensor feature on its latest smartphone, the Vivo X21....

Well, if you are put in a situation where you cannot find out the name of the song that’s playing, here are five ways you can find out that song title. Midomi Midomi is a web package that lets you hum or sing as it recognizes the song and tells you the most likely results. You can either hum the portion of the song you tried to memorize by hitting the button “Click to hum,” or simply click to hum as the song is playing over the radio for about 10 seconds....

But being a smile customer means you’ve to buy Smile’s devices. Currently they offer a super sleek MiFi2 which has got impressive reviews from our editors here. If you’re a single user, then you can opt for their 4G LTE USB dongle, or if you run a small office, then their 4G LTE routers are your best bet. But what if you own your own device, like say the Apple iPad Air or Samsung Galaxy Note 10....

One of the original advantages of WhatsApp that made it popular was its availability across a wide number of platforms. This is changing beginning February 2020. For the majority of us, it won’t be an issue, but for those who are hanging on to older devices for different reasons may soon find themselves without access to one of their favorite applications. Most people are using WhatsApp on a recent phone, but there are still a sizeable number of people that will lose support for their device with an upcoming update....

First, you need to update the WhatsApp on your device. If not, download the WhatsApp for Android users or WhatsApp for iOS users. Equally important, ensure you have a strong internet connection to make this work. Here is a simplified guild to connecting WhatsApp Web to your computer Step 1 To begin with, open the installed WhatsApp on your mobile phone. Locate the three-dotted button at the top right of your WhatsApp screen and click....

The Uganda content portal by Communication for Development Foundation of Uganda(CDFU) won the digital content award. The portal is a multimedia source of information that bridges the digital divide between those with access to the Internet and those without. Community Knowledge Worker (CKW) Initiative by Grameen foundation won the ICT for Development award. The CKW project project aims to improve farmers’ livelihood through the use of ICT especially using smart phones....

This comes just weeks after both MTN Uganda and Airtel Uganda reduced call rates drastically to 3 sh.s per second to all networks. Africell Uganda’s voice tariffs remain the same and it’s the data tariffs that have changed instead. This makes sense since the data market is their cash cow. What’s new? In the daily category, Africell has introduced the 10MB bundle at 290 shillings. They also further reduced the 20MB bundle by 50 sh....

For perspective, Airtel Kenya is the second largest mobile services operator in Kenya with a 16.9 million subscriber base. Safaricom still holds the crown with 41.4 million registered users. Telkom Kenya is third with 3.4 million registered users. Then follows Equitel with 1.4 million and finally Jamii Telecom with 272,392 users. According to data from the Communications Authority of Kenya, we have a total of 37.2m registered mobile money users....

Manchester United’s new Club App offers the most comprehensive mobile access available, giving fans the latest club news, exclusive videos, match highlights, live in-game updates, player profiles and much more – all of which is exclusively free for Airtel Africa’s subscribers. This app is available free to download now from iOS and Android, with extra exclusive content available to Airtel subscribers for free. This new app joins a growing collection of ways for fans to get the latest news, views and information from the Club....

TECNO WX3 LTE Key Specs Battery: 2,500mAhPrice: UGX 325,000/=Display: 5 inchesAndroid: Android 7Memory: 8 GB, 1 GB RAMCameras: 5MP/5MP SelfieProcessor: 1.3 GHz Quad-core Cortex A53 TECNO Pourvoir 2 Key Specs Battery: 5,000mAhPrice: UGX 563,000/=Display: HD 6 inchesAndroid: Android 8.1 (Oreo)Memory: 16 GB, 2 GB RAM Cameras: 13MP/8MP SelfieProcessor: Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 TECNO CAMON CX Key Specs Battery: 3,200mAhPrice: UGX 673,000/=Display: Full HD 5.5 inchesAndroid: Android 7Memory: 16 GB, 2 GB RAM Cameras: 16MP Rear/16MP SelfieProcessor: Mediatek MT6750T...

Before the event, we wrote about what to expect from the Series 7 launch. Apple calls this smartwatch the “most durable Apple Watch ever”. But, is it? You’re about to find out for yourself as we run you through what Watch 7 is about. In this post, we’re taking a look at the specifications, features, price of the Apple Watch Series 7. Read through and we’ll see if you’re impressed at the end of it....

As of January 2021, Statista estimates that two billion users were accessing the WhatsApp messenger on a monthly basis. In our backyard, the Ayoba messaging app backed by MTN was gaining grounds and packaging locally-focused functionality. But does this app deliver value and is it worth switching to? Find out in Dignited’s In-depth Ayoba app review. Registration Simplicity was at the forefront when they were designing the registration flow of the Ayoba app....

That said, if you have a thing for Samsung devices (or not) or you’re just curious about what the best Samsung smartphone in Nigeria are, or perhaps you are in the market for a Samsung-branded device, then you’re in the right place. Check out the list below. 1. Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus With a full-on ceramic body and Gorilla Glass 6 covering both in the front and rear, the Galaxy S10 Plus is the latest flagship product of the South Korean company and definitely one of the best Samsung smartphones you can buy right now in 2019....

Why Now? Android on tablets has been more or less dormant for some time now. No update on tablet-centric apps. More so, there has been a boom in the success of Chromebooks especially in the educational sector where it has been widely embraced. Also, the Chrome OS has gotten a lot of work done on it by Google over the years, becoming a simple and secure interface for media and surfing the web....

At a fundamental level, Chromecast and Miracast serve but one purpose; communication without wires. The interconnectedness encompasses smartphones, tablets casting or controlling display devices like TVs and laptops. From then on out, they are as different as night and day. The two are in truth, not competitors as they serve very specific needs. Also, I would also like to point out that you most probably have one already if you own an Android phone (excluding the Pixel) or a Windows laptop....