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Pshh! What’s so interesting about another smartphone brand on the market, you ask? Nothing, really. Only that these homegrown Pixan smartphones, powered by Android, are designed by a team of ambitious developers in Uganda. The mere gymnastics it takes to achieve one of the most complex supply chain systems is mind-boggling. More on that in due course. Pixan Corp., in partnership with Fund Africa Inc., is hosting its first ever convention at Innovation Village....

Founded in May last year, Realme estimates that it has more than three million users in India, which in itself is an amazing achievement. The budget smartphone brand directly competes against the Redmi line of Xiaomi who only recently debuted into the Kenyan market. The brand’s international expansion initiative marks another example of how China’s major smartphone companies are taking a leaf out of the car industry’s playbook, as they introduce new devices under separate brands that target specific consumer segments around the world....

In other words, it is a matter of what your budget is and what it is you’re looking for in a tablet. The Realme Pad is the first tablet from Realme and it embodies the budget nature of the brand. Elsewhere, there is the Xiaomi Pad 5 that offers better features and more powerful specs at an affordable price still. Read More: Infinix Zero X Pro Vs Tecno Phantom X: Which One Should You Buy...

It is very clear that last year’s Note 7 fires could not have done any much damage, as the manufacturer was quick to react with the Galaxy S8 earlier this year, and now with the Note 8 – a perfect replacement. The Note 8 announcement comes with a theme of “Do bigger things”, and the rumoured specs include; A 6.3-inch screen with 18.5:9 aspect ratio, Snapdragon 835, 3300 mAh battery, 6GB of RAM, Dual cameras, and an S-Pen....

Samsung continues to hold the largest market share of global Smart TV shipments, occupying 26 percent of the market. Its total investment of 20 million USD until 2018, the plan demonstrates the company’s effort to satisfy customers in South Africa. “This project is the result of close collaboration between Samsung and the South African authorities – at National and Provincial level. Samsung remains the leading consumer electronics brand in South Africa and we are determined to add value to the South African community in which we operate,” says Matthew Thackrah, Deputy Managing Director of Samsung Electronics South Africa on bandwidthblog, a South African publication....

Now Wyze has a free tier where you can choose to store footage on your camera’s Micro SD Card or the cloud. You get motion detection so the camera will record footage whenever it senses motion. The result is a long list of motion detected footage including insect and animal and object movements. This isn’t smart. You end up with a long list of video snapshots that you have to filter through to for instance find a person or pets....

Read More:Spotify is now Samsung’s new go-to music service provider Coming at a time when tech giants like Apple are under fire from foreign government and personnel like Senator of Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren who proposed a break up of these big companies. She also proposed that the control of the App Store be taken away from Apple citing that it offers an improper advantage for Apple’s app on the platform....

Smart bulbs, smart appliances and so on are nice and all but perhaps the most notable smart ‘thing’ in the house is the TV, the center of entertainment in the home. The TCL P725 is a pretty solid smart TV that punches well above it’s weight and in this post, I will be taking you through the review of this product after using it for the better part of the past 2 weeks....

Let’s take a look at the specs of the device before I tell you why this model is great. The Techno Phantom Pad N9 comes with: 8” screen size 1.2GHz quad-core processor Runs Android Jellybean 4.2.2 1GB RAM 5MP rear facing and 2MP front facing cameras What I love most about this product is that you can get it from the low price of ₦20,000 ($115.34). If you’re looking at an iPad you’ll have to pay more than six times the amount at a whopping ₦132,000 ($761....

Here are two quick-to-pull-off ways to connect a Smart TV to the internet so you catch up with new episodes of YOU. (God, I love that TV show). We discuss the wireless and wired options used to connect a Smart TV to the internet. Many modern Smart TVs are WiFi enabled. This means that they have a wireless adapter built-in. This makes it easy to connect them to the internet....

Researchers at the University of Washington have invented a cellphone that requires no batteries at all to work. The prototype built using commercial-off-the-shelf components on a printed circuit board harvests power from RF signals transmitted by a custom base station which in ordinary terms is a cellular tower or telecom mask about 10m away. The researchers also get power from ambient light with tiny photodiodes embedded into the circuitry of the phone....

1. Does Charging your phone overnight kills the battery? This tops our list of top 8 questions about smartphone charging. Recent smartphones are smart (of course). They possess built-in smart chips that prevent them from further charging when the battery hits 100%. Consequently, this safeguards the phone from taking in more charge than what it needs. The smartphone battery charges battery charges to 100%, the protection chip inside the phone will stop current from coming in and consequently turn off the charger....

Various restaurants that provide Rolex on their menu such as Ugaroll have taken their businesses online and that makes it easy to order a Rolex online. You can make use of platforms such as SafeBoda Food and Jumia Food to order a Rolex. Jumia Food Related Article: Jumia Unveils Delivery Subscription Service in Uganda — Jumia Prime Using SafeBoda Food Are you craving a Rolex but can’t locate a ‘Rolex merchant’ near you?...

The following table shows cross-platform transaction charges by all three Mobile money solutions. Transaction costs between T-kash and M-PESA and between T-kash customers Transaction charges between AirtelMoney customers and Safaricom M-PESA Airtel Money customers should note that; Maximum Account balance is Kshs. 140,000 Maximum Daily Transaction value is Kshs. 140,000. Maximum amount per transaction is Kshs. 70,000 Withdrawals for both on-net and off -net customers cost the same Customers from other networks cannot withdraw more than Kshs....

However, while Face Unlock (or Face ID or Facial Recognition or its other variations) is now an integral feature and selling point used by many manufacturers to entice [potential] buyers, many smartphone users are oblivious of the fact that face unlock technology comes in different types; with, of course, varying level of sophistication and security. We highlight two common types of face unlock technology used by many smartphone manufacturers on their devices, what they are made of, and how they function....

With significant growth visible in this industry, and the public seemingly welcome, the company joins SafeBoda and Taxify that are also plying the same trade. How does uberBODA work? uberBODA will exist alongside uberX on your Uber app, and the option to use will automatically be visible to you when you are within the uberBODA service area. Read About: The SafeBoda pairing feature BODA service areas At the moment, uberBODA is available but not limited to the following areas: Makerere, Mulago, Lubiri, St....

The chaps over at the Directorate of Immigration and Citizenship Control (In other words, Immigrations) appear to have cracked the oyster open. Now the Pearl of Africa will be more accessible by all wishing to visit Uganda for business or pleasure. Or a little bit of both. Immigrations will completely scrap the current visa processing on arrival system by 31st July 2016 in favour of the e-visa system. We are not so sure this would be a wise decision, seeing how not everyone who flies is tech-savvy....

This post takes you through a guide on the features and usage of business accounting software, Accounteer. Accounteer for Entrepreneurs There are different features available to entrepreneurs to make accounting very easy for them. Some of these include: Professional Invoices: You can create and send professional, digital invoices on the platform. Accounteer also allows for proper tracking as it would also let you know when your invoice has been opened by the recipient....

MiFis in Uganda can be gotten from the usual suspects – the telecoms. MTN, Airtel, Africell, Vodafone and Smile all have MiFis with great data offerings. We are going to look at each of the telecoms or ISPs and the MiFis they offer. (In no particular order) 1. MTN Uganda MiFi Among the many MiFis MTN Uganda is offering, there is one that stands out. The Huawei 4G Mobile WiFi E5573 that is going for the price of Ugx 125,000 with 10GB data valid for one month....

This post would give you the right answers What Is a CAPTCHA? CAPTCHA is an acronym that stands for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. Simply put, CAPTCHA is a programmed test to determine if your input is from a human or a robot. Surprised? I hope not. You must have come across it in the form of word solving, pictures, audio, math solution, drag and drop, and Tic Tac Toe....