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This season, in the Premier League we can observe a tense struggle for places in the Champions League zone. In the first three positions are Liverpool, Leicester and Manchester City. They feel quite comfortable there, but the most intense fight of the second part of the distance is expected for the last vacant ‘ticket’ to the coveted tournament.

One of the contenders for it is Tottenham Hotspur. After the dismissal of Mauricio Pochetino, the team has changed and became much better in scoring points. Jose Mourinho managed to improve the effectiveness on the defensive line, while the attack managed to achieve good results thanks to the individual skills of players.

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 So far, the Spurs often earn points due to the individual skills of the leaders. But the main thing is that they are gradually gaining confidence, which was not seen case during the last months of Pochchetino’s term.

As a result, the team from the second half of the tournament table managed to get as close to the Champions League zone as possible. This is the result of both improved club results and multiple misfires by direct competitors that can’t boast of their stability.

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Before the start of the season, no one doubted that the Spurs would finish in the Champions League zone. Now they’re just catching up, but there is still almost half the distance ahead to break in and gain a foothold in the top-4.

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Goodbye Windows 7

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After nearly 11 years since it’s launch in New York to fix the failures of Windows Vista, Microsoft is finally dropping support for Windows 7

Windows 7 has been so popular, in fact, that it took Windows 10 nearly four years just to pass it in market share.

Even today, millions of PCs are still running Windows 7, and the operating system still runs on a massive 26% of all PCs according to data from Netmarketshare.

Microsoft spent years trying to get people to upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge, but tens of millions of PCs will now be left vulnerable to exploits and security vulnerabilities.

Businesses and education Windows 7 users will be able to pay for extended security updates, but it could be a costly venture for some. Extended updates for Windows 7 Enterprise is approximately $25 per machine, and the cost doubles to $50 per device in 2021 and again to $100 in 2022.

Microsoft has been notifying Windows 7 users throughout 2019 about yesterday’s end of support, so people still stuck on the OS can’t say they haven’t been warned.

A full-screen notification will appear for Windows 7 users today (Wednesday), warning that systems are now out of support.

Microsoft is trying to convince existing users to upgrade to machines running Windows 10, a trend that caused the global PC market to have its first year of growth since 2011.

Uganda’s Parliament Set to go Digital With Development of an App

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The digital world is slowly but steadily growing in Uganda. This is visible by the recent digital interventions by many Government agencies to ease access of information and services, such as the newly launched online passport platform.

The Parliament of Uganda is also set to take technology to a whole new level after Speaker Rebecca Kadaga accepted the development of a mobile application that will enable Ugandans to follow plenary, committee proceedings and other activities of the House.

The development comes at a time when the Speaker is attending the 25th conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the commonwealth in Ottawa, Canada where Parliament of Uganda was hailed for its transparency and openness in the deliberation of issues that affect Ugandans.

“Uganda’s Parliament has done quite a lot in being open to the public with a live broadcast that has been done for over 10 years, giving all Ugandans an opportunity to follow in real-time, the goings-on in the House,” the conference convener said while commending Kadaga.

Besides the live broadcast that is shown on the national television, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), Parliament also runs the annual Parliament Week that welcomes members of the public to access Parliamentary Chambers, obtain necessary information and interact with MPs about the affairs of their constituencies. 

Parliament is now set to make a quantum leap, giving both MPs and Uganda an opportunity to contribute to the debate, submit on topics and access parliamentary resources on-the-go via a mobile application.

Although MPs already have iPads which make it easy for them to use the application, send and receive messages and also research extensively on matters they intend to contribute about on the Floor of the House, Kadaga said public input into the legislative processes in the House is still lacking.

 “I am not yet satisfied with the public input into our legislation. I asked ICT people to prepare this App, but it is taking a long time. I hope during this third meeting they will deliver because it is essential that we are able to reach out to the public on relevant discussions about the bills in committees,” Kadaga argued.


Could This Be Samsung’s Successor to The Galaxy Fold???

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Pictures of a phone resembling the Samsung Fold have leaked and every tech guru is wondering whether this might be the Fold’s successor.

Samsung just launched the nearly $2,000 Galaxy Fold in September, but there has already been plenty of speculation about it’s next foldable smartphone.

Now, we might have an idea of what the phone could look like thanks to newly leaked photos that recently surfaced on a Chinese social media website.

The photos, which were shared on Twitter by reliable leaker Ice Universe, show a phone that snaps shut similar to a flip phone.

The phone resembles Motorola’s $1,500 revival of the Razr it announced in November, which features a clamshell design with a bendable screen that folds shut vertically.

When closed, the device displays the time and other information in the bottom corner of the device’s cover. Like the new Razr, it opens vertically to reveal a single, foldable screen that bends in half near the middle. 

There isn’t any visible branding on the device indicating it’s a Samsung phone, except for the Samsung Pay app shown on the phone’s screen.

But it’s worth noting that the Ice Universe Twitter account has published credible information about upcoming Samsung devices in the past. Before the Galaxy S10 was unveiled in February, the account correctly posted the screen sizes of all four variants of Samsung’s latest flagship device

It’s also not the first time reports have indicated that Samsung is already working on its successor to the Galaxy Fold. Back in March, Bloomberg reported that Samsung has been working on two new foldable phones: one that folds vertically like the one pictured in the supposed leak, and another that folds out similar to Huawei’s Mate X. 

Safe Boda Launches Food Segment as Part of New Update

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SafeBoda has today launched SafeBoda Food where customers will be able to order for food via the app, from a wide number of vendors and restaurants and as a promo, have it delivered for free.

With this update, SafeBoda is mainly focusing on local and street food such as katogo, and rolex and hence SafeBoda Food is mainly made up of local restaurants.

The company argues that SafeBoda Food is everyday food that is affordable by the average Ugandan.

Although, it looks like a Jumia food replica, SafeBoda food is offering customers an opportunity to even pay within the app with cashless. Also the aspect of local and street food makes it step away from the usual high end restaurants that are on Jumia Food.

The Update is however only active on Android currently, but expected to be rolled out to IOS soon. Update your app now, and grab a bite.

Uber’s Safety Report Pins Nearly 500 Rapes in 2 Years, Millions Fail Background Checks

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By cnet

After dozens of allegations of sexual assaults committed by its drivers, Uber promised in May 2018 to publish a “safety transparency report.” The idea was to release data on the number of alleged assaults that occur during its rides in the US. Now, a year and a half later, Uber has finalized that report. 

In its 84-page report, Uber said 99.9% of its rides ended without any safety reports and that the remaining 0.1% mostly detailed minor safety issues, like harsh braking. That leaves 0.0003% of rides that had “critical safety” incidents. 

Of those critical incidents, there were 464 rapes in 2017 and 2018 combined. In 2018 alone, there were 235 rapes, which averages out to four per week. Over the course of the two years, there were more than 5,500 other incidents of sexual assault ranging from unwanted kissing to attempted rape. The most common sexual assault was groping, with 1,440 reports in 2017 and 1,560 reports in 2018.

“Voluntarily publishing a report that discusses these difficult safety issues is not easy,” Tony West, Uber’s chief legal officer, wrote in a blog post Thursday. “Most companies don’t talk about issues like sexual violence because doing so risks inviting negative headlines and public criticism. But we feel it’s time for a new approach.”

Drivers were also victims of alleged attacks 45% of the time, according to the report. But in the case of alleged rape, riders were the victims 92% of the time. Uber also reported 19 non-sexual fatal assaults over the two-year period. 

Each of those incidents represents an individual who has undergone a horrific trauma,” West told NBC News in an interview. “But I’m not surprised by those numbers. And I’m not surprised because sexual violence is just much more pervasive in society than I think most people realize.”

Hundreds of passengers and drivers have come forward over the past few years alleging sexual assault during rides. Several lawsuits have been brought against Uber by people saying they were raped, kidnapped and groped by the service’s drivers. Similar allegations have been made against Uber’s rival Lyft, which has been sued by at least 56 women since August alleging sexual assault by its drivers.

Lyft also pledged in May 2018 to publish a safety report, but it’s unclear when that will be released. A company spokeswoman said it’s still committed to creating a report. “It is Lyft’s goal to make the US ridesharing industry the safest form of transportation for everyone,” she said.

In its report, Uber said more than 1 million prospective drivers didn’t pass its background checks in 2017 and 2018. And since it launched its continuous background checks in 2018, more than 40,000 drivers have been removed from the app. Some advocates for victims say Uber could still do more by requiring its drivers to undergo fingerprint background checks, something the company has long resisted.

Several advocacy organizations applauded Uber on Thursday for releasing this data. Those organizations include the National Network to End Domestic Violence, RALIANCE, the National Crime Prevention Council, It’s On Us, NO MORE, Jane Doe Inc., RAINN and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

“As an advocate who has been working in the movement to end sexual violence for the past 20 years, I welcome this unprecedented report,” Karen Baker, CEO of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, said in an email. “By releasing this data publicly, Uber is confronting these challenging issues head-on rather than shying away from or minimizing the numbers.” 

Uganda Scoops 94th Position in Mobile Video Streaming Experience

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According to a report from OpenSignal, Uganda has been ranked 94th in terms of mobile video experience out of the 100 countries surveyed. New apps continue to launch on mobile first —most recently TikTok—while video has become a part of the fabric of social networks that started out distributing just text and photos: on Facebook and Instagram, now watch video on their smartphones.

Mobile is now a central part of multiscreen TV streaming services because smartphone screens are larger than ever, and everyone has a phone with them at all times to enjoy mobile video experience. Netflix has reported that 25% of total streaming is happening on mobile networks.

However, consumers often have to use streaming apps’ offline functions to download programs or movies ahead of time to sidestep potential issues with the cellular connection. But having to remember to download a mobile video onto a smartphone is inconvenient for consumers because it’s easy to forget to download a movie ahead of time.

Mobile video traffic is a headache for engineering teams

Wireless operators understand that mobile video is of critical importance to their business. Carrier technical teams know that video makes up the vast majority of the data traffic on their networks and telecom vendors forecast video data traffic will continue to rise.

Telecom equipment supplier Ericsson forecasts video will rise from 60% of mobile data traffic in 2018 to nearly three quarters by 2024. The technical challenges of this enormous amount of data traffic mean many operators treat video differently than other kinds of data traffic to ensure video does not overwhelm everything and cause the experience of other activities like voice calling, gaming, or even web browsing to suffer.

Ads are now playing on mobile

Full-screen mobile video ads now create vital revenues that support many otherwise free apps. The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) has quantified the scale of mobile video advertising: 62% of total moving ad starts are happening on mobile; similarly, 63% of total video ad revenue is from mobilephones as part of an online video ad market that grew 37% between 2017 and 2018 to reach $16.3bn. Upshot, it’s not only consumers, media companies and wireless carriers that care about this experience but mobile video is also increasingly important for advertisers.

The Global rankings

Opensignal’s survey was measured based on the average video experience of users on 3G and 4G networks for each operator. Their methodology involved measuring real-world video streams and uses an ITU-based approach for determining video quality. The metric calculation takes picture quality, video loading time and stall rate into account. The result was a report based on video experience on a scale of 0-100. Countries like Norway, Denmark and Austria are at the top five of the survey in terms of having the best quality of the mobile video experience scoring between 75.9 – 78.5.

Uganda ranked at 94th position scoring 37.2% falling into the poor mobile video category according to OpenSignal. The Uganda internet market is dominated by mobile internet. The mobile internet subscription now stands at 14,360,847 up from 13,569,354 reflecting a growth of 5.8%. The total market (this includes both Over the Top OTT and web access) internet penetration now stands at 37%.

Iraq, Ethiopia, Libya were among the countries at the bottom of the list scoring as low as 19.3% in terms of mobile video experience. The highest-ranked African country is SouthAfrica, which falls into the Good category.

It should be noted that the differences in the results for Download Speed Experience and mobile video experience are often because of the technologies that wireless operators routinely deploy to manage the vast quantity of data traffic which mobile video viewing creates. In short, streaming is not treated the same by wireless operator networks as a file download test and this shows through these analytics results.

Credit: Roger Bambino from TechJaja

Here are the winners of the Apple’s ‘Best of 2019’ Awards

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Boses Muhinda
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Every year Apple recognises the best apps according to the editors of the Appstore. Apple recognizes the best designed, iPhone, iPad and MacOS apps at the end of the year.

This year, Apple has added awards such as the best Apple Arcade Game of the year and introduced the first-ever Apple Music Awards which will be live streamed on 4th December at 5:30pm GMT+3 (Ugandan Time).

The Apple Music Awards will honor achievements in music across five distinct categories and winners are chosen through a process that reflects the service’s editorial perspective, combined with what customers around the world are loving most.

Here are the winners of the Apple’s Best Of 2019 Awards

iPhone‌ App of the Year – Spectre Camera by Lux Optics ($2.99).

This AI-powered app leverages a dizzying amount of tech to let anyone take stunning long-exposure photos.


‌iPhone‌ Game of the Year – Sky: Children of the Light by thatgamecompany (Free)

Draw and sketch in this elegant digital notebook app, whose graphite pencils, chisel-tipped markers and more have been meticulously tuned to mimic the real thing.

Apple Arcade‌ Game of the Year – Sayonara Wild Hearts by Simogo (Apple Arcade)
‌iPad‌ App of the Year – Flow by Moleskine (Free)
‌iPad‌ Game of the Year – Hyper Light Drifter by Abylight S.L. ($4.99)
Mac App of the Year – Affinity Publisher by Serif Labs ($49.99)
Mac Game of the Year – GRIS by Devolver / Nomada Studio ($4.99)
Apple TV‌ App of the Year – The Explorers by The Explorers Network ($4.99)
Apple TV‌ Game of the Year – Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap by DotEmu ($7.99)

Fintech App Cash Chat Integrates Financial Solution With Social Media To Give Users Economic Freedom

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Remmy Bisimbeko
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A local financial technology (fintech) solution called Cash Chat, a digital and social network mobile application developed by Bold Cashers Limited, a Ugandan technology company, has arrived on the market with over 20, 000 Ugandans accessing the much needed financial freedom and social media experience like they have never known before.

The Cash Chat mobile app, the first if its kind in Uganda, is powered by PesaMoni, a global payment gateway. Over 400, 000 global users have signed up on the mobile app.

Mr. Edgar Ofoyuru, the Products Designer at Bold Cashers Limited, speaking at a press conference held at Eureka Place Hotel in Kampala on Thursday said the Cash Chat mobile app which has been in development for two years helps users to transfer money, advertise products, chat with people in their phone contact list and professional networks, upload statuses and make voice and video calls

“The Cash Chat mobile app is unique in a way that you can chat and promote something you are interested in through a new business dimension that involves advertising on the mobile app. As a designer and technical division team, we have focused more on providing a good and unique user experience,” Mr. Ofoyuru stated.

“The app is easy to use once you have finished downloading it from Google’s Play Store and installing it in your gadget. All you do is register to open and activate your account normally like with any other platform you have seen before but our messaging, chatting, making audio and video calls, uploading statuses all come in a unique way. And with Bold Cashers we have added financial features that enable you the user to transfer money as you chat with your people,” Mr Ofoyuru remarked.

The App, now available on Google Store and will be available on Apple Store in the next six months, and integrated with Bold Cashers, provides customers with a digital wallet (My Bold Cashers Bank) that gives them access to their savings and key financial transactions like buying airtime, paying for utility bills, sending and receiving money and depositing money to save.

The Chief Executive Officer of Bold Cashers Limited and developer of the Cash Chat mobile app Mr. Asher Namanya Asanasio says that this is the start of an ambitious attempt to make Africa go cashless.  Mr. Namanya, speaking at the same press conference, said they are working with the leading telecommunication companies and commercial banks in the world, Visa and MasterCard to enable Cash Chat users access their money anywhere in the world. 

“We are an authentic company that believes that the future of developing countries like Uganda and others in Africa is in investing in technology and in innovations like Cash Chat mobile app. We are facilitating the process for Africa to become cashless. We are looking at having a unified one stopover product where you can be able to chat, transfer money and many other things. Our vision is to connect the world through financial technology and social media,” Mr. Namanya told journalists in Kampala.

“The Cash Chat mobile app has a Bold Cashers wallet in the chat that enables users to transfer money to their Airtel and MTN mobile money accounts, from their wallet to other users’ wallet anywhere in the world, carry out airtime top-up, withdraw money, pay bills, make savings, share sponsored ads-to all users and chat with friends and in groups of up to 1000 members instantly,” Namanya said.

Mr. Namanya explains that with a vision and mission to connect the world through financial technology, the focus now is that mobile phone and social media users must do more than chatting but also have access to different financial liberating services like savings and earning through targeted advertising.

“We want to make communication and money transfers easy and affordable as compared to prevailing financial solutions mainly provided by commercial banks and telecoms. The Cash Chat mobile app gives you that advantage to access all services in one stopover without moving away from where you are as social media users and consumers. It gives you a privilege to access different services and still remain in the Chat,’’ Mr. Namanya noted.

Mr. Kenneth Kimuli also known as Pablo, a Ugandan celebrated comedian, who is the Cash Chat mobile app brand ambassador, explained at the press conference that Bold Cashers is planting two trees with one seed.

“If you have noticed, people today literally move with their phones in their palms; this means that mobile phones are driving people’s lives. And at Bold Cashers we thought of how we can help them live a productive life instead of them talking about everything and saying nothing,” Mr. Kimuli noted.

“On Cash Chat, you can chat and still make money and as you know, online business is the way to go. Cash Chat helps when it comes to online business in terms of shopping and saving. The plus is you can multitask – you can run your business on your app and socialize,” he added.

Bold Cashers Limited, the parent company of Cash Chat mobile app, is well aware of the cyber security concerns and why protection of people’s data is a serious issue in the fintech business and has therefore put in place strong security measures to guarantee safety of customer data, money and privacy.

“The safety of our customer data and privacy is paramount. We have put in place all security measures required for this type of business and we have been approved and certified by National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U). We have the greatest certification on PCI SSC (Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council), a technology that ensures users security and safety of data worldwide,” Namanya said.

About Cash Chat

Cash Chat is a worldwide Social Media and financial technology app that enables and gives users ability to chat, talk and earn to have financial freedom in the same platform. It helps businesses, companies and individuals to have targeted Ads on Statuses where users post their status.

About PesaMoni Limited

PesaMoni Limited, founded by Asher Namanya Asanasio (CEO), Andrew Angulo (CTO) Susan Gimono (Corporate Business), was incorporated as a company under the laws of Uganda and Kenya in 2016. From then, the company has been innovating and continues to innovate demand driven technology solution that address the needs of digital communities.

PesaMoni is a global financial technology platform that facilitates payments, enables money transfers from wallet to wallet, mobile and bank. The company’s main goal is to replace mobile money platform and be the best option for consumer money Transfer Company all over the world.

PesaMoni has operations in both Uganda and Kenya.

We will are currently reviewing the Cash Chat app and we shall share our experience with the app.

Seacom partnered with Raxio, to boost Uganda’s first carrier-neutral data centre

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Pan-African Internet service provider, SEACOM, has partnered with Raxio Data Centre Ltd, Uganda’s first carrier-neutral, enterprise-grade data centre scheduled to launch in Q1 2020.

SEACOM recently launched Enterprise connectivity solutions in Uganda. Raxio Uganda’s world-class facility will become the cornerstone of digitisation in the country, enabling customers to seamlessly cross-connect within the data centre.  This will help to provide a consistent and reliable experience for SEACOM’s customers in the region.

As the global carrier partner, SEACOM will drive the Internet in Uganda closer to businesses, offering affordable, reliable and quality Internet connectivity – highlighting the mutual benefit of the partnership. 

Raxio Uganda was established by First Brick Holdings Inc, as the first of its network of state-of-the-art data centres across the region. As an open-access data centre, Raxio Uganda will offer a wide variety of connectivity options, providing diversity and flexibility for SEACOM’s customers. The new data centre, which is currently under construction and is set to be completed in Q1 2020, will operate according to Tier III standards facility. At full capacity, Raxio Uganda will be able to accommodate up to 400 racks and deliver 1.5MW of power, in a fully redundant, high-security environment.

Tonny Tugee, MD of East Africa SEACOM explains, “This partnership with Raxio Uganda will be key as we drive to expand our business in this important market. Raxio Uganda’s new enterprise-grade facilities will ensure the delivery of a full range of services, in a stable, ‘always-on’ environment, to our customers in Uganda. We’re also excited about the potential to extend our relationship outside of Uganda, further augmenting the geographic reach and network infrastructure we can offer our customers.”

Robert Mullins, Executive Director at First Brick Holdings, Raxio Uganda’s parent company, adds, “Bringing SEACOM onboard is a testament to the growing recognition of Raxio Uganda as the go-to partner for cross-connects, delivering robust enterprise-grade, open access data infrastructure, optimised and deployed to meet our customers’ needs. We are also delighted with the opportunity to explore new opportunities to work together in the broader region”.

Both SEACOM and Raxio Data Centre will be attending AfricaCom – the leading African telecommunications, media and technology conference – in Cape Town on 12-14 November 2019. Raxio Data Centre will be exhibiting at this year’s conference from stand #DC24, showcasing its state-of-the-art data centre facilities and colocation services, as well as discussing key trends for data centre and communications infrastructure investment in Africa.

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