TechMoran: Kenya Government To Burn Sh50 Billion On Laptops For Naked Kids 22 May 2013 - The government of Kenya is set to inject some Sh50 billion in January 2013 on class one kids (4-6 year old) to fulfill its pre-election pledge. According to a report by The Standard, the Sh50 billion won’t even be enough if the government will buy software...
CIO: Big Data -- How to extract value from the information explosion 22 May 2013 - With the volume of digital data predicted to reach four zetabytes in 2013, almost 50 percent more than 2012 volumes according to IDC, the need for an effective enterprise-level information optimization strategy has never been more important.
IT News Africa: Africa is innovating – but must keep balance in mind 22 May 2013 - Innovation means different things to different people – and the same goes for the enterprise. There are challenges to the rollout of innovative ideas within an organisation and a balanced, carefully...
TechMoran: Kenyan Youths Launch Pamoja Mtaani, A Game To Help End HIV/ AIDS 22 May 2013 - Momentum Core, a Kenyan gaming startup known for Malaria prevention 2D casual game Mosquito Hood launched last year by Allan Clinton Mukhwana has today announced a new HIV/AIDS awareness game dubbed “Pamoja Mtaani Puzzle” available on the Google...
Techweez: Say Hello To A Brown Galaxy S4 22 May 2013 - Article by Emmanuel ChenzeIt was meant to be a video showcasing the various features that are packed in the Galaxy S4 as shown in the screenshot above but while just doing so, Samsung Mobile blew it all up: there’s a Brown Galaxy S4 somewhere in the dark corners...
Nation Tech: New Xbox One unveiled as home entertainment hub 21 May 2013 - Microsoft on Tuesday staked a claim to the Internet Age living room with an eagerly awaited new generation Xbox One console touted as a home entertainment hub that goes far beyond games
Techweez: SRS, An ATM Security Solution from Jailed Romanian hacker 21 May 2013 - Article by Carlos Ageng'ohttp://www.youtube.com/embed/Bs7VQVcDATY Valentin Boanta has served six months of his five-year sentence. His crime was supplying gadgets to an gangs who used them to conceal ATM skimmers. According to him, the devices were made for the...
TechMoran: Microsoft Unveils The Xbox One 21 May 2013 - Microsoft Corp. has unveiled the Xbox One, calling it an all-in-one gaming and entertainment system, the firm says the Xbox One puts one at the center of all their games, TV, movies, music, sports and Skype. Don Mattrick, president, Interactive Entertainment...
Techweez: Orange CEO calls for revenue share between Google and network operators 21 May 2013 - Article by Carlos Ageng'o Orange Kenya CEO Mickael Ghossein has called on search giant Google to consider sharing revenues accrued from traffic which runs on other providers’ networks in order to enhance partnerships and the development of the digital...
TechArena: Microsoft unveils the Xbox One 21 May 2013 -
The gaming industry is getting competitive by each passing day, sometime in March, a new Android gaming console, the OUYA, was unveiled to take on
TechMoran: The African Virtual University Wants To See More Students Learning Online 21 May 2013 - The African Virtual University is hosting a Computer Science and Teacher Education Curriculum Design Workshop in a move to review its math and science teacher education syllabus and address the obstacles to adoption of online learning in Africa. The workshop,...
IT News Africa: Microsoft unveils new Xbox One gaming console 21 May 2013 - Technology giant Microsoft unveiled its latest gaming console to the world at a lavish launch event at its Redmond campus in the USA. The Xbox One, dropping the familiar 360 suffix, employees the...
Ushahidi: We use BRCK 21 May 2013 - We already use BRCK. The Ushahidi team spends a lot of time on conference calls. It’s what you do what you have a team spread across seven time zones. Every Monday the whole team gets on a call, but today, as is often the case, the net was down in Nairobi.
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TechMoran: M-Pesa Cash Transfer Service Launched in Mozambique 21 May 2013 - M-Pesa, a mobile-phone based money transfer service for Safaricom and vodacom, has now been launched in Mozambique by a leading mobile phone company Vodacom- SA According to the governor of the Bank of Mozambique, Ernesto Gove, the existence of a strong and...
Techweez: SSD Storage now gone Enterprise for servers and Data Centres, see how 21 May 2013 - Article by Martin GicheruSamsung today announced that it’s already gone into mass production of high performance SSD (Solid State Drives) for Enterprise Servers and Data Centres. Going up-to 950 GB in storage capacity, these 2.4 inch Enterprise SSD will...
CIO: Ruckus implements the bells and whistles of Wi-Fi 21 May 2013 - This year’s East Africa Com conference puts a magnifying glass on how the telecommunication industry has changed and of course, where it is headed with the latest innovations. Despite the various industry movements and changes, one topic seems to be a constant...
CIO: Orange Kenya wants Google to share content revenue 21 May 2013 - Orange Kenya CEO, Mickael Ghossein, has called on search giant Google to consider sharing revenues accrued from traffic which runs on other providers’ networks in order to enhance partnerships and the development of the digital ecosystem.
IT News Africa: Enterprise social collaboration on the rise 21 May 2013 - Avanade, a global business technology solutions and managed services provider, today released results from a global survey on adoption of social collaboration technologies by 4,000 end users and...
Techweez: Samsung Smart App Challenge is back, with focus on Group Play 21 May 2013 - Article by Martin GicheruA year and a few days ago, Samsung opened it’s first Smart App Developer Challenge to get Applications developers to develop Galaxy Note and Galaxy Tab specific apps. The aim here was to boost the user experience for the two range...
Techweez: First Sailfish OS Smartphone by Jolla revealed 21 May 2013 - Article by Martin Gicheru
Jolla has finally come of age and they have something to show of their months of work for the platform that was killed by Nokia. Remember Meego and the Nokia N9? Well the guys who were working on the OS left after Nokia CEO announced...
