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Prof Barry Dwolatzky, Director of the JCSE, says Agile Africa 2014 will revisit the Agile Manifesto and debate the impact that it has had over the past 14 years: “This is our second Agile Africa. In hosting the conference the JCSE is keen to review actual examples of the successes and failures of Agile development in Africa since the release of the Agile Manifesto in 2000. We are inviting African developers and managers to tell their stories and share their agile experiences....

At the moment, the Android TV 12 OS is only available to Google’s ADT-3 developer devices (only available to developers). For the rest of us, we have to wait till an official version is released. That said, here’s what to expect on your smart TV from Android TV 12 when it is released. What’s New? Major updates are coming to four (4) different areas: Media Avoid motion judder during playback using refresh rate switching: Motion Judder happens when the frame rate of the content you are watching doesn’t divide evenly into the refresh rate of your smart television....

Apple Music’s voice plan is a low-end subscription plan that only allows users to use Siri to command their Apple devices. This means that with this plan, you can’t go to physically use the Music app on your device, you can only use the Siri voice commands. READ MORE: How to Cancel Your Apple Music Subscription. How Does Apple Music Voice Plan Work? With this new plan, as Apple puts it, “use only your voice and the power of Siri to access every song, every playlist, every station in Apple Music and across your Apple devices…”....

The Apple Watch Series 8 has just been unveiled and in true Apple fashion, this new smartwatch packs everything but the kitchen sink in terms of features and new innovation. So what does the Apple Watch Series 8 have to offer? Well first, it is going to be a little disappointing for users who hoped for a drastic new redesign of the Apple Watch. The company is sticking to the exact same look and feel that the Apple Watch has been known for even in this generation....

While the idea of beaming internet from satellites via Aquila to people below might come off as an expensive crackpot scheme, perhaps there’s some merit to the project. Looking at distribution of internet across the globe shades light on the genius of Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg’s dauntless project to get to those areas without. On that point, we don’t have far to look. The African continent is home to approximately 1 billion people....

So I requested for the information that I needed to open my account from my in-house finance operations execution only to be informed that the agent would be coming to meet me to expedite the process since I was considered a VIP. Now, please note that I drive an old model Raum and live in a village called Buwate so I in no way consider myself a VIP. Below is the exchange that took place when he arrived at my location with an elaborate folio in hand....

In this article, we shall discuss tips on how to maximize your phone or laptop’s battery life span. Find out what is using your device’s battery First and foremost, before you can fix any poor battery life issues, you need to know what’s causing the battery to die prematurely in the first place. On Android phones, simply go to Settings and then to Battery menu, where you’ll get a health report on whether your apps are running normally....

Current applications sitting on web 2.0 are centralized and with this incoming tech, many jargons, slang, coined words, and other things are coming up that are majorly being powered by Blockchain technology. Here is a basic understanding of dApp. What is a dApp? A decentralized application (DApp, dApp, Dapp, or dapp) is an application that can operate autonomously, typically through the use of smart contracts, that run on a decentralized computing, blockchain, or other distributed ledger system....

I caught up with Charles Muhindo CEO and Founder-BrainShare Ltd to better understand the roadmap of their product. What’s brainshare all about BrainShare is an elearning platform that strategically places teachers, students and parents in one eco-system. Teachers can upload notes, offer assignments and moderate student discussions whereas students can easily access content anywhere anytime with or without the internet. Parents can also use brainshare to keep in touch with their children and their teachers....

This is all cool. What comes out of Barcelona will undoubtedly change the world, especially Africa, that has seen a growth in mobile technologies which now shape the way that people communicate, conduct business, access information among other things. Who would have thought that here in Africa, users could pay for utility bills from their mobile phones, or farmers could access market information from their devices and set the right prices for their products or that a doctor is just a phone call away?...

The new Africa eShop app will allow consumers in 11 African countries (Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Botswana, Uganda, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Mauritius, and Senegal) buy directly from over 200 UK and US-based retailers. DHL will operate the new Africa eShop platform using Link Commerce. Link Commerce is a white label service owned by MallforAfrica. For starters, white label service basically refers to the business of re-branding, marketing, and reselling goods or services produced by another company....

What is Digital Legacy? Simply put, Apple’s Digital Legacy is a program that allows your loved ones to request access or delete your Apple ID after you die. This program is functional on devices running iOS 15.2, iPadOS 15.2, and macOS 15.2 and above. You can add up to five Legacy Contacts under this program. For these Legacy Contacts to access your Apple ID via Digital Legacy, Apple requires proof of death and an access key....

Say, you bought airtime worth UGX 500, the retailer will charge you UGX 100 extra.The more airtime you buy, the higher the topup is, believe it or not. Most affected are people living in the countryside. Being Uganda, we wouldn’t be surprised if this trend catches fire until underlying issues are finally resolved. How Airtime scratchcards are distributed Before we continue, let us explain the distribution chain for airtime scratchcards....

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Knowing the constraints of entry-level smartphones such as memory and processing power coupled with slower internet speeds such as EDGE, Facebook has designed a custom version of its App — Facebook Lite — to address this challenges. The normal Facebook app is usually 5-10MB depending on your device, but the Facebook Lite App is only 252KB which is more than 5-10 less than the usual size. The App is reportedly based on Snaptu, an app that Facebook acquired in 2011, which allows Facebook to run on some feature phones....

In a nutshell, DStv subscribers who have renewed their subscriptions will get automatically upgraded to the next higher package at no extra cost. This will apply to all active and disconnected Access, Family, Compact and Compact Plus customers who renew their subscription packages. What you stand to gain (and save) in upgrade Read more: Here are all DSTV Uganda packages, channel list and decoder prices in 2019DStv Uganda slashes bouquet prices effective 1st September 2019...

For the last few years, Americans compare business gas prices online and have enjoyed friendly prices at the pump. And in many ways, consumers’ lives have been shaped by these fees. The Information available on the National IT Authority (NITA-U) together with Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) and other government agencies has launched ebiz.go.ug, a one stop web portal which will offer government services for investors, traders, and entrepreneurs. Related story: eCitizen....

That is one of the key findings in this year’s eLearning Africa Report, which will be launched this evening (Wednesday) at the eLearning Africa conference in Addis Ababa by the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Dr Debretsion Gebremichael. A sneak preview of the report will also be given to African education and information technology ministers at the 8th eLearning Africa Ministerial Round Table today....

There is perhaps no other company that has fronted Face ID as much as Apple has. As such, we will refer a lot to Apple when talking about this biometric security authentication technology. Apple made news when they completely overhauled their security authentication system and in the process got rid of Touch ID (Fingerprint) for Face ID for unlocking your iPhone and making payments. In true Apple fashion, consumers aren’t given the option to choose whether they like a feature or not before it’s given the boot....

2007 is the same year that internet usage in Uganda began to experience an exponential rise which can be attributed to two factors; the advent of Mobile internet which Africell (Orange Uganda then) popularized and the Mobile-friendly Facebook social networking application. You could say that Facebook gave users something to do with the internet — whether that meant poking their friends, sharing their unfiltered thoughts, uploading and sharing photos or notoriously sharing celebrity nudes....