- The foldable smartphone market in the country and globally has grown these past few years but their high price has kept most people from getting themselves a unit. This is why Samsung is making a cheaper Galaxy Z Fold6 and now we have more details about this device. Samsung is feeling the heat with…
- The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Services (KUCCPS) has reopened its portal for the first Revision of applicants’ choices for placement to unfilled programmes in Universities, TVET Institutions, Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) and the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC).…
- Data from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) shows LinkedIn is the least-used major social media platform in Kenya. LinkedIn, which is owned by US tech giant Microsoft was used by only 0.7% in the three months to December 2023. LinkedIn differs from other social media platforms in its focus…
- Google Cloud and NVIDIA joined forces to supercharge generative AI development. The partnership brings cutting-edge NVIDIA AI tech, including the Grace Blackwell platform and NVIDIA H100-powered DGX™ services, to Google Cloud. Google becomes one the first cloud providers to offer NVIDIA’s next-…
- Telegram secured $330 million last week through a well-received bond offering. Making the announcement, CEO Pavel Durov, highlighted the strong investor demand and the favourable terms secured for the company. “This bond offering was oversubscribed, and we were delighted to have global funds of the…
- Generative AI is transforming the ways content is created. Due to the enhancements, creators can develop videos that seem real but are not. However, YouTube believes that “viewers increasingly want more transparency” about whether the content they’re seeing is altered or synthetic. For this reason…
- The world’s biggest search engine, Google, has a new Head of Search, Elizabeth Reid. Previously, Liz Reid was the head of Core Search Experiences. In another significant change, Pandu Nayak is leaving his role as Lead of Search Quality and Ranking. However, he is not leaving the company but moving…
- There’s no denying that there has been significant growth in terms of 5G adoption and to access that network you need a 5G smartphone. There has been impressive growth since the trial phase that started in early 2021 with Kenya’s leading telco finally launching its 5G network in late 2022. Airtel…
- Game engine innovator Jabali has secured $5 million in funding. Led by BITKRAFT Ventures, the round also saw participation from industry giants like Sony and Amazon. This injection of capital will fuel Jabali’s team growth, refine its unique AI models, and bring its product to market sooner. Jabali…
- Against the backdrop of 2023 which was termed as a “funding winter”, Founders Factory Africa hosted a live version of The African Pre-seed Podcast. According to Disrupt Africa’s African Tech Startups Funding Report, investment in African startups fell by around 27% in 2023, while the number of…
- In State House Nairobi today, Kenya’s President Ruto hosted Facebook’s President of Global Affairs, Mr Nick Clegg. The meeting of the two was also attended by various digital content creators from the country. From the discussions, it has been revealed that Kenyans will soon be able to earn from…
- Infinix Note 40 series is finally here after much teasing. This is the company’s latest midrange offering in the Note lineup and includes the Note 40 Pro Plus, Note 40 Pro(4G and 5G) and base Note 40. The company unveiled the trio in Malaysia at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor to keep…
- Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 13 series early last month and the whole lineup got significant upgrades over their predecessors including the Redmi Note 13 Pro. Read our review here. The Note 13 Pro now has a new 200MP setup which is an upgrade over the 50MP from the 12 Pro. The primary camera…
- WhatsApp Status has been getting a slew of features this month and now there’s a new one copied from Instagram stories that’s now available on the messaging app. WhatsApp now has over 3 billion users worldwide with users sending over 300 billion messages and 8 billion voice messages across the app…
- According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is engaged in active negotiations with Google regarding the potential licensing of Gemini, Google’s leading generative AI engine. This development signifies a potentially groundbreaking shift in the smartphone AI landscape and could have significant…
- Kenya is barely using half of total available Internet bandwidth capacity in the country. According to the latest industry report from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), Kenya has a total available bandwidth capacity of 17,293.743 Gbps. Of this, only 8,041.632 Gbps is utilized in the…
- Over 8,000 Australian taxi and hire car drivers have emerged victorious in a class action lawsuit against ride-hailing giant Uber, securing a settlement of A$271.8 million (US$178.3 million). The class action was filed against Uber in 2019 in the Supreme Court of Australia’s Victoria state. It…
- xAI has made Grok’s foundation public on GitHub. This open access allows a wider range of developers to build upon the model, potentially accelerating its development and shaping its future iterations as it rivals tech from OpenAI, Meta, and Google. This development comes a week after xAI,…
- A Silicon Valley startup that was only registered as a corporation 2 months ago may have made a huge breakthrough. Cognition AI is reported to have developed an AI platform with the capabilities to reason. The platform named Devin, is a system that goes beyond auto prediction. According to a report…
- Samsung wants to use its own smartphone application processors (APs) more often. The reason behind the incorporation of its Exynos chips in its Galaxy lineup is that the price of chips keeps going up. According to a Samsung report, their mobile device division spent a lot of money on APs in 2023.…
- A judge in California found that plaintiffs in a class action suit against Apple AirTag had “made sufficient claims for negligence and product liability.” On Friday, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco quashed Apple’s bid to dismiss the lawsuit. Originally filed in December 2022,…
- If you are on Facebook, the Meta owned platform tracks as many activities of your day as it can. At the very least, it will try to know all about you. A tech journalist has revealed that data from her own Facebook account shows she was tracked an average of 33 times a day. What […]
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- If you are on Facebook, the Meta owned platform tracks as many activities of your day as it can. At the very least, it will try to know all about you. A tech journalist has revealed that data from her own Facebook account shows she was tracked an average of 33 times a day. What […]
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- Networking giant LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, is known for professional connections, learning, and recruitment. With over a billion users, they’re venturing into a surprising new territory: games! Hard to imagine that in the midst of a job search one would be looking to complete a puzzle. The news…
- Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook is under probe for allegedly profiting from the sale of illegal drugs. Federal prosecutors based in the state of Virginia, USA are looking into whether the platforms owned by Meta are facilitating the trade. Media reports indicate that the company was…
- Adult site Pornhub disabled its website in Texas, USA on Thursday. This was done after a federal appeals court upheld a new state law requiring adult sites to verify a user’s age. Hence, residents of Texas are finding it difficult to access the site. Currently, anyone who has a Texas IP is blocked…
- As traditional media houses seem to struggle with online readers and viewership, a French founder of the media outlet Hugo Décrypte, has captured the attention of a young audience on social media. Hugo Travers, 26, founded the French media start-up that delivers news aimed primarily at young…
- A number of countries across Africa experienced Internet outages on Thursday due to damage to submarine fiber optic cables. A total of 13 countries were reported to be initially affected. Of the 13, some including Ghana and Nigeria, are still suffering from nationwide outages. The source of the…
- Midrange camera smartphones have gotten so good, going tow to tow with the best flagship smartphones around. We’ve gotten to review some of the best midrange camera smartphones and here are our best picks: Vivo V29 5G – Ksh 58,500 When it comes to midrange camera smartphones, vivo’s V series never…
- The Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G is the middle child in the just launched midrange Note 30 series from Xiaomi. It brings an upgraded design, a new and faster processor, a brighter and high-resolution screen, a bigger battery, and better cameras. Redmi Note 13 Pro comes in a white box and inside you get the…
- The United States government is planning to ban TikTok, a short-form vertical video platform popular among its 170 million American users with half this audience being under 25. This possibility became real when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill that could potentially ban TikTok or…
- The Youth Digital Readiness Index report for Eastern Africa is now out for 2023. The index by digital transformation and innovation management company Qhala showcases how the youth population is digitally ready across Eastern Africa With a score of 26.75, Kenya clinched the top spot in terms of…
- Flutterwave now has new executives. The African payments technology company has appointed a new chairman and non-executive director. Flutterwave which was launched in 2016 and through its APIs, builds customizable payments applications for businesses across 34 African countries. They process…
- itel has officially unveiled the P55 series of smartphones headlined by the P55 Plus in Kenya. This is the company’s latest smartphone and packs quite the specs. Itel P55 Plus has a 6.6-inch LCD screen with a 90hz refresh rate and HD+resolution of 720 by 1612 pixels. The screen is slightly…
- There has been positive growth in terms of subscriptions especially 5G in the country according to recent data from the telecommunications regulatory body, CA Kenya. Second quarter sector statistics report financial year 2023/2024 shows significant growth across the board – from data and internet…
- Streaming giant Spotify is now adding a new option to listening to music on its app besides just audio. Spotify is adding music videos to its apps – both smartphone, desktop and TV apps. You can now be able to watch the music videos in Full HD resolution on the platform by simply tapping the […]…
- UPDATE: The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the bill that could potentially ban TikTok or force its divestment from ByteDance. It passed with 352 votes supporting it and 65 members voting against it. “We are hopeful that the Senate will consider the facts, listen to their constituents, and…
- When it comes to buying smartphones, the sweet spot if you’re under a tight budget is in the 25K range in Kenya – a little under or over. Tech companies have realized this and their budget smartphones under 25K come packed with value features that make using a phone at this price point less of […]…
- The Reno11 and the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ are the latest midrange smartphones from OPPO and Xiaomi that were launched in late January and early February this year respectively. OPPO has the base Reno11 and Reno11 Pro available in the country while Xiaomi has three models in the Note 13 series – base…
- Infinix is bringing its latest midrange smartphone later this month – the Note 40 series. The Note 40 series is bringing ultrafast charging to the midrange lineup with the launch planned at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. Note 40 Pro Plus will have either 100 or 200w wired charging…
- In the dynamic world of transportation and finance, strategic partnerships often pave the way for groundbreaking innovation. One such partnership that has been making waves is the collaboration between Uber and Moove, a Lagos-based mobility fintech startup. With Moove emerging as Uber’s largest…
- In the fast-paced realm of global venture capital (VC) funding, Africa has long been hailed as the next frontier of innovation and entrepreneurship. However, recent trends signal a significant slowdown in startup funding across the continent, posing challenges to its burgeoning startup ecosystem.…
- OPPO Reno11 series is finally available in the country. This is a mid-ranger that is easily the flagship for the company, at least in the Kenyan market where Reno is more prominent than the pricier smartphones above it from OPPO. The new mid-range series follows up on the Reno10 and Reno8 and…
- In a move that could redefine the landscape of global Human Resources management, Deel, the all-in-one HR solution for international teams, has announced its acquisition of PaySpace, a cloud-native payroll and HR platform. The deal valued at an undisclosed sum believed to be around $100 million,…
- This year, OPPO has focused on exploring new opportunities in the field of AI and has made significant progress in this area. AI has long been a core area of investment and development for OPPO, and the company is now taking several steps to elevate AI to the core of its long-term growth strategy.…
- Industries are reshaped by innovation and creativity thanks to the 50 million startups launched each year and the existing 150 million startups across the world. But it’s a tough market with 1 in 5 startups failing in the first year from multitude of challenges – ranging from poor product-market…
- Britam General Insurance has partnered with AiCare Telematics Ltd to introduce Motomatics, a motor insurance cover aimed at rewarding safe and low-mileage drivers. At the heart of this innovative product lies telematics technology, which changes the way driving data is collected and analyzed for…
- TikTok, the global sensation in video-sharing apps continues to captivate users worldwide with its innovative features and expansive reach. Recently, the platform announced its intention to introduce the “Add to Music App” feature to users in 163 new countries, including significant markets across…
- The long-awaited Android 14 and ColorOS 14 update is finally rolling out to the OPPO Reno10 and Reno8 in Kenya. OPPO Reno8 and Reno10 launched in October 2022 and September 2023 respectively. OPPO Reno8 came with Android 12 and ColorOS 12 straight out of the box. It got Android 13 and ColorOS 13 in…
- Infinix is gearing up to launch its latest midrange offering – the Note 40 Pro Plus alongside the rest of the Note 40 series slated for this year. Infinix Note 40 Pro Plus is already packing heavy even outing the incredible Note 30 VIP[Full Review] from last year. The phone is rumoured to be…
