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But before Uber landed, there are a number of startups that are equally changing the transportation landscape in Uganda. Spe Spe bills itself as “Uganda’s first-of-its-kind tech-enabled taxi cab service”. The taxi service goal is to bring convenience and affordability to Uganda’s public transportation sector. Spe charges about Ugx 3,000 per Km for individuals and about Ugx 2,500 per Km for corperate clients. It accepts Visa/Mastercard, check, bank transfer as well as MTN Mobile money and Airtel money....

Unfortunately many solutions that seem to give helpful information are too technical and even if they weren’t, surveillance systems have become so sophisticated that all an intruder needs is your device having a functional microphone, camera and keyboard. The rest are bonus features that only can be used against a target such as ability to take screenshots, connection to the internet and phone networks. In this era of inter-connectivity, where laptops are connected to phones, phones are connected to access control systems and so on, it’s extremely hard to consistently follow up with the fast changing cyber security landscape....

They also license their Smart TV software to big TV brands such as TCL, Hisense, Philips, and Elements among others. There’s a lot more to like about Roku and I suggest you read my post on 7 things I like about Roku TV first. However, Roku TV isn’t perfect. They have a lot more to learn from their competitors namely Apple TV, Android TV, and Fire TV. I will admit the comparison isn’t entirely fair since Roku’s competitors have bigger ecosystems that traverse the Smart TV experience....

Beginning with Google Chrome version 68, HTTP Sites will be marked as “Not Secure” according to the Chrome blog. This alert will be visible to online users and consequently website owners. Google hopes that this will motivate more webmasters to switch their existing website to the more secure https protocol, thus improving the web as a whole. Why switch to HTTPS Better security and privacy: HTTPS ensures secure communication channel between users’ browser and the server that’s hosting a specific website....

Some of these tools are available for individuals Google users while others aren’t. Overall, they are very important products that make day-to-day tasks of people much easier to handle. This post compiles a comprehensive list of these products and what they help the users achieve. 19 G Suite Products & Functions 1. Gmail Gmail is G Suite’s email software. It helps users send, receive and store important email conversations. With Gmail on G Suite, you can operate a custom email e....

Another major event was held in August where Samsung unveiled devices in the Galaxy Flip, Galaxy Fold, Galaxy smartwatches, and Galaxy Smart buds. We also saw the unveiling of the Galaxy Z Flip 3 Bespoke Edition. And now that we can confirm that there are no plans by Samsung to host any other Unpacked event this year, here’s a list of the devices unveiled by Samsung in 2021. Galaxy S21 The new S21 series features three new devices include the basic Samsung Galaxy S21, the Galaxy S21 Plus, and the premium Galaxy S21 Ultra....

Of the rebrand, Sacha Poignonnec and Jeremy Hodara, founders and co- CEOs of Jumia had this to say: “Operating under the same brand name reinforces the legitimacy of proposing other services to our customers and to our sellers.We want to have one strong brand that is trusted and loved by our customers across Africa” — Dignited Events (@dignitedLive) June 23, 2016 Jumia decided to go with a subdomain approach of consolidating their brands....

I managed to secure the Bharti-based company broadband internet a couple of weeks ago and started our journey to investigate if it’s worth your attention. Will these pieces of equipment help set a new bar for home/work internet, or get lost in a sea of mediocrity? Find out later in our full review by the end of the month but here are our first impressions so far. Set Up and Installation It’s close to 2 weeks since I walked into the Airtel Service center in Ntinda to buy the Airtel Broadband Internet....

With Switch On, Airtel has launched three products in one; “Multi Surf,” a service where a customer subscribes to a bundle on one mobile line and is able to add 4 other mobile numbers to surf from the same bundle irrespective of where these other mobile numbers are and what type of devices they have. Then “Internet Beerako”, a service allows users to borrow up to 100MB at no extra charge....

You see something a little interesting and you copy that. You paste the huge chunk at your destination but it all disappeared when you copied something else. Turns out, Windows 10 does have a built-in solution to this. Clipboards on Windows 10 allows you to keep a short history of all the copied things. This allows users to go back and paste things that they copied to clipboard. It is worth noting while this is now possible on Windows 10, that has not always been the case and it has not always been available....

The Echo Dot series has been around for some time now, and we have seen it evolve, redesigned, and upgraded. There are 4 generations of the Echo Dot speaker and the 3rd Gen Echo Dot was the last to feature the puck-shaped design, with the 4th Gen coming in a spherical design. In this article, we look at the differences between both generations of Echo Dot smart speakers. Design The first three generations of the Echo Dot smart speaker all look similar; with a puck shape, and its speaker (covered in mesh) wrapped around its sides....

Some of the challenges with this is that you might buy a country specific device that was made to best function in a particular region and not the other. A classic example is with 4G LTE devices. When buying a smartphone and you are interested in the fact that it has 4G LTE speeds, you want to be mindful of what 4G LTE bands it supports. Many countries have different bands that will only work in that country and not another....

Say you have two SIM cards on your Android smartphone and one of them is your personal number while the other is solely for business-related activities. Having two different (WhatsApp) accounts for each of these number is naturally impossible. Although some applications like Instagram and Telegram support the use of multiple accounts on a single app, majority of other apps don’t. If you are on this boat and you need to, for some reasons, run multiple accounts on the same app on your smartphone, check out the apps listed below....

Read more: What the Cameras on iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max can do The new iPhone 11 series was officially released into the market on 20th September. But as it has always been with the launch of a new iPhone, it takes time before it reaches Nigeria and most African countries. It’s been over a month now since it was released into the market, and thankfully, most stores (online & offline) in Nigeria now have the iPhone 11 series available for sale....

However, a super high-end PC from two decades ago is worthless today. Laptops that were unwieldy blocks of metal and plastic are now super sleek machines that can be carried anywhere. Today, there is even a subset within the laptop category that focuses on being lightweight and cheap. They are called Chromebooks. In this article, we’ll concentrate on what distinguishes a Chromebook from a regular laptop. We will also weigh in on who would benefit the most from using one device over the other....

But before we go any further, you should know that every mobile phone should have an IMEI number, genuine and counterfeit alike. So then, without much further ado, let’s demystify the IMEI number, what it is, what it does, and how you can benefit from knowing yours. What is an IMEI Number? IMEI is an acronym which stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity. Mobile network operators use this IMEI serial number to identify devices that use their terrestrial cellular/mobile networks....

According to the Finnovating for Africa: Exploring the African Fintech Ecosystem Report 2017 released by Disrupt Africa today, 301 African fintech startups are currently active; following a boom in fintech startups launching over the last two years in particular. Since this boom began in 2015, the continent’s fintech startups have secured US$92,679,000 in investment. The data shows fintech startups are spread across the African continent, with the Southern, West and East African regions equally active, while North Africa lags behind....

Now, I am not your regular traditional TV watcher. Even from an early age, I found linear programming model quite inconvenient and inconsistent with how I consume content. So, I’ve been an offline and online content consumer for a long time. With a personal media library running on Plex-powered media server or NAS box and the option of streaming on-demand content from Youtube or Netflix, I have never really missed TV....

Sophia uses artificial intelligence, facial recognition and visual data processing to function. It was developed by Hanson Robotics and introduced to the world in February 2016. Sophia can display more than 50 facial expressions and was the first non-human to be given any United Nations title (United Nations Development Programme’s first-ever Innovation Champion for Asia and the Pacific) is also the first robot to receive citizenship of any country. This year’s conference will be focused on what the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) is, what opportunities it presents, what threats it poses and what Africa must do to leverage 4IR for its development....

This led to a surge in new users, and that eventually caught the attention of investors who have now invested in Flutterwave and helped it achieve its unicorn status. Flutterwave, one of Africa’s biggest financial technology companies, announced that it has raised $170 million in Series C funding. This takes the company’s valuation to over a billion dollars—joining the likes of Jumia and Interswitch who have also achieved unicorn status....