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You might like: The State of 5G in May 2019 In February, we took a road trip that started on the shores of Lake Albert in Buliisa down to Mutukula to test internet connectivity and Airtel Uganda’s claim of countrywide 4G coverage. The results showed an improvement in network coverage compared to the past years. However, we had trouble connecting to fast internet in far flung rural areas. Telecom companies had the major towns and trading centres covered with fast internet because well, this makes good business sense....

However, what you get when you buy unlimited Internet is an always on connection to the internet. Always on means that your device can remain connected to the internet always. There is no limit to the connection time for the duration of your subscription. What is Fair Use Policy (FUP) The Internet is like shared space and consequently, how you use it may affect other Internet users. This is where Fair Use Policy (FUP) comes into play....

Contrary to popular belief, there’s a thin line between USB4, the newly released USB specification and the venerable Thunderbolt 3. Up until now, Thunderbolt 3 was by far the fastest hardware interface money can buy. But not anymore. USB4 is now the true inheritor of the Thunderbolt crown in more ways than one. Thunderbolt 3 is USB4: Here’s how it happened Thunderbolt is a hardware interface developed by Intel in collaboration with non-other than Apple Inc....

Currently, Orange Money allows customers to use their mobile phones to transfer funds to any mobile phone subscriber in or outside the country, buy airtime, and pay bills. From August this year, registered Orange Money subscribers in Botswana will be able to use their Orange Money account to make Visa enabled payments and pay invoices at stores, international online merchants and at over 300 Visa ATMs across the country. To access this range of innovative services, Orange Money subscribers will need to apply for a Orange Money prepaid Visa card, which will be instantly linked to their existing Orange Money account....

While Kenya has 42 different tribes and languages, most Kenyans speak both Swahili and English. These are our national and official languages respectively. That said, this article (a Kenya Tech Guide) contains a few things to get you started as you travel into the country. 1. Registering a Sim Card Kenya has three major telephone companies; Safaricom, Airtel Kenya, and Telkom Kenya. All these are GSM carriers so your phone should work just fine unless your home network uses CDMA technology like Verizon....

What is Web1? Web1 was the first generation world wide web in its raw form, launched in 1989. It was commonly referred to as the read-only web where people with technical know-how could put information online, and people would be allowed only to read it. Enter Web2 Web2 then set in around 1999 and was known as the read-write web. It saw the development of easy-to-use mechanisms for anyone, whether tech-savvy or not, to create content online....

Important to mention at this point is that AOMedia’s successor to JPEG, AVIF can be viewed as an equal competitor to WebP. The WebP image format is also a sister format and a derivative of the WebM video format, also from Google. On average about 65% of data stored on websites comes from images. This means image file size will play an important role in the overall browsing experience. Related Posts:...

Over the years, we have built hundreds of websites, at our early days we built the whole damn thing from scratch – a complete unique and custom back end. Then as the demands kept changing, we started looking into open source technologies, so we adopted Joomla and Drupal for “websites” and WordPress for blog and high content orientated based websites. I love WordPress for one thing, its simplicity is unmatched....

However, phone carriers are different from ISP (internet service providers) but they are sometimes used interchangeably because they can both mean the same thing. While solely ISPs basically supply you internet services they can not give you cellular connectivity which means you can’t make cellular calls. However, cellphone carriers can also serve as an ISP i.e provides cellular and internet connectivity. Next is to discuss the type of phone carriers we have....

Let’s start by looking at Bitcoin, a form of currency that isn’t controlled by any bank or government. It can be transferred to anyone, from anyone, across the world without the need for a bank. Bitcoin is a form of decentralized money. The financial system around the world is majorly centralized. Banks, stock markets, insurance companies, and other financial institutions have a central authority. This system, also known as CeFi, is prone to mismanagement and fraud....

Majorly, with the iOS 12, Apple aims to bring on performance and quality improvements in aspects where preceding iOS versions lapsed while also introducing a couple of totally new features. The iOS 12 isn’t the Apple OS that focuses on interface or design overhaul but rather, on making overall performance and usage experience smoother and better than it used to be. So if you’re one who easily got frustrated your iPhone 8 or iPhone X’s performance, the iOS 12 is definitely for you....

This version will also receive periodical new Linux kernel releases and graphics driver updates. But that’s all fine and all but for the average Ubuntu user that doesn’t care about the under-the-hood stuff, what’s new with the Jammy Jellyfish? Well in this post, we quickly go through the biggest changes in this release. Gnome 42 Progress in the Linux quarters is rarely revolutionary. Oftentimes, we get little incremental refinement updates to systems and in Ubuntu 22....

Signal is a privacy-focused private messaging platform that lets users send messages, make audio and video calls, share photos, videos, documents, and links with friends. With plenty of talk around Signal as a secure alternative to WhatsApp, we decided to look at both platforms, compare their feature, privacy, security, and help you figure out if a switch is worth it. Related Article: Getting Started With Signal Messenger: A Step-by-Step Guide...

Specs This phone has the same custom liquid cooling solution as the non-Pro phone. Xiaomi claims it can lower temperatures by up to 14 degrees Celsius. Aside from the new chip, the Pro also has a few minor external differences on the back. There’s still a glowing logo, and that’s what really matters. The price has actually dropped a bit from the Black Shark 2 announcement from 3,200 RMB to 2,999 RMB....

We got information of the device’s arrival in Uganda and we can now affirm that it’s now available to buy from MTN Uganda Stores. Customers can also get the device from Jumia Uganda. Airtel Uganda will also be carrying the device but we cannot confirm when the device will be available with them. Samsung Galaxy S6 Price and Availability in Uganda The Galaxy S6 is going for Ugx 2,250,000 (about $752) with 3GB of data at all MTN Uganda service centers....

Facebook says that the money is transferred immediately but it may take 1-3 business days to make it available to you depending on your bank. The Issue of Security Whenever it comes to payments, security is always an issue and on that point, Facebook notes that, How it Works The first time you send or receive money in Messenger, you’ll need to add a Visa or MasterCard debit card issued by a US bank to your account....

Imagine traveling to a country and you have no access to a local data plan or even internet, offline translations can be really useful. In an update to the mobile app, Google announced that it is bringing offline support for up to 59 languages to iOS and Android devices. With this, full phrase translation in any of the 59 languages will be more efficient without requiring Google’s software to run server-side machine learning processes....

Lets say your smartphone RAM is 1 GB, but your want to speed it up a little more to 3 GB so that your Temple run feels more fluid and faster. All you would do is buy the interchangeable 3 GB RAM modules and install instead of buying another smartphone altogether. Or may be you want to upgrade your TFT screen to IPS HD, that will now be possible in just an instant....

Rather than engineering a high-tech automobile of its own, Microsoft Corporation is licensing a handful of patents to car manufacturers on a program that will allow them to utilize the company’s technology in their vehicles. This is in favor of the rising public interest in more intelligent in-car functionality, in facilitation of the ‘connected car’. Indeed, the connected car is a Microsoft initiative to empower the car makers with technology with a focal aim of building even better driving experience for their customers....

However, saving based on Halal values still took a lot of effort because you had to manually set interests as free for each savings plan. So, Cowrywise recently launched what we call ‘Halal accounts’ which makes it easier and more convenient. In this post, we’ll look at how to set your Cowrywise account to Halal, along with some Halal savings and investment plans you can look out for on the app....