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.
We...
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...
CIO: ICT, AVU's integral teaching and learning approach 21 May 2013 - For Africa to compete in the global economies, 12 -15 percent of its workforce need to have access to technical tertiary education. This was the opening remark by Dr. Bakary Diallo, Rector of the African Virtual University (AVU) during the African Virtual...
IT News Africa: Flickr unveils new design and 1TB of free storage 21 May 2013 - Popular photo-sharing website Flickr unveiled their biggest redesign to date, providing users with better access to user images, as well as tweaking the navigation aspects. “In the beginning,...
IT News Africa: MTN ranked as highest African brand 21 May 2013 - South African mobile operator MTN has topped the list as the highest ranked African brand in the prestigious Millward-Brown Brandz Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2013 survey, released today....
IT News Africa: Youtube turns eight-years-old 21 May 2013 - The largest video sharing platform worldwide, YouTube, turns 8 this week. YouTube, which was acquired by Google in 2006, has become the go-to destination to find video content on almost every subject...
IT News Africa: Africa technology on the rise say Tech Demo delegates 21 May 2013 - Africa is unique and home to seven of the ten fastest growing economies globally and, from a mobile point of view, exhibits the second fastest growth outside of Asia. Decision makers across ICT...
Capital Tech: Asus VivoBook laptop is a touch above the rest: Review 21 May 2013 - The unique selling point of the S400 is the 14 inch touch screen that blends in so well with the Windows 8 operating system.
The first impression you get about the Asus VivoBook is how sleek and stable it looks despite its 1.8kg weight. The S400 notebook has a...
TechMoran: Nigeria’s FriendzDiary.com Wants To Be Your Realtime Social Diary 21 May 2013 - Launched in December 2012, Friendzdiary.com is a real time social diary platform allowing users to share documents, softwares and files. Users can upload, sent or share news, CV’s, mails, photos, videos in realtime. Users can also chat and play games, like...
IT News Africa: Sony Mobile appoints new SA Channel Marketing Manager 21 May 2013 - Sony Mobile Communications has appointed Andrew Fraser as the new Channel Marketing Manager for South Africa. Formerly the Brand Manager for Sony South Africa, Fraser will succeed Aleksander Ristic,...
Capital Tech: Yahoo unveils makeover of flickr site 21 May 2013 - Reinvigorated technology player Yahoo! Monday unveiled a dusted-off design of its flickr photo platform only hours after the company’s dramatic acquisition of blogging site Tumblr.
Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer, maintaining that her ambition was to...
Nation Tech: Yahoo unveils makeover of Flickr site 21 May 2013 - Reinvigorated technology player Yahoo! Monday unveiled a dusted-off design of its Flickr photo platform only hours after the company's dramatic acquisition of blogging site Tumblr
TechMoran: Samsung Launches Samsung Smart App Challenge 2013 20 May 2013 - Samsung Electronics has introduced the Samsung Smart App Challenge 2013, a global app competition aimed at finding new applications utilizing group communication function. It is the second time Samsung has hosted the global contest for android developers. A...
TechMoran: SA’s Payroll On Broadway To Take Centre Stage In August 20 May 2013 - The South African Payroll Association (SAPA) has confirmed that this year’s annual National Conference, under the theme ‘Payroll on Broadway”, is scheduled for 27 August in Cape Town, 29 August in Durban and 3rd & 4th September in Johannesburg. This year’s...
Techweez: Canadian Authorities Discover Risks of Having Too Much Confidence in Security 20 May 2013 - Article by Carlos Ageng'oIn June 2011, the Bank of Canada introduced the polymer bank-note series. The new notes spotted unique security features. With this anti-counterfeiting features people have not been bothering to verify any of this new bills. According...
TechArena: Samsung Galaxy S4 Active Images Leak 20 May 2013 -
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Active may just be unveiled very soon if the rumors about this device are to be believed. According to new images
Ushahidi: Upgrade Day 2.7: May 30 – 31, 2013 20 May 2013 - We’re hosting the 3rd Community-wide Upgrade Day on the May 30 – 31, 2013, to help those of you running older versions of the platform get upgraded to the latest and most secure version of Ushahidi.
Why should you upgrade to v2.7?
v2.7 is compliant with...
TechMoran: Smile Communications Launch Its 4G LTE In Tanzania 20 May 2013 - Smile Communications Thursday May 16 launched its 4G LTE broadband network and services with a promise of the fastest, most advanced, highest quality and most reliable technology available anywhere in the world. Speaking during the launch Group CEO Smile...
