Skype is retiring the Modern UI version of the app on July 7. On that date, users of the touch-friendly version app will be transitioned over to the traditional version of Skype. Previously Microsoft maintained two versions of its video conferencing software Skype.
The Windows 8 Store version is being discontinued which will pave way for a universal touch friendly desktop version of Skype in Windows 10. This ends the consumer confusion for customers who had both version of Skype installed on their computer and sometimes notifications and messages got mixed up.
This moves comes after Microsoft announced Windows 10 where one app runs on all devices. Plus the Windows 8 (Modern UI) version of Skype was unpopular and usually laggy.
The newly announced iOS 9 will enabled users block advertisements on websites in the Safari browser. This comes after Ricky Mondello (an Apple Engineer) tweeted a developer session where developers can create extensions for iOS 9 to block “content”.
Did you know you can write a web content blocker on iOS 9? There’s a session about it on Friday at 11AM. More info: https://t.co/vqM9qnCBF5
Ricky added that content Blocking works in Safari and SFSafariViewController which means that content blockers would be able to block some ads in iOS 9 apps that use the SFSafariViewController library to show webpages. The blockers will work pervasively unlike Javascript implementations which are triggered per page.
This announcement comes after Apple launched a revamped Newsstand app which curates content from multiple publishers during the WWDC 2015 conference.
It is absurd that Apple is allowing Advertisement blockers in its native browser considering that thousands of digital publishers struggle to monetize their content through paid advertisement and blocking adverts means less revenue generated.
I am personally not a fan of portrait (tall) video recordings because they looked cropped and in fact the Google Camera app had found a way to disable you from recording portrait video. But due to the trending of live streaming and short video sharing apps like Vine, portrait and cropped videos had become the trend and twitter adopted them when it introduced native video recording in its app.
Twitter tweeted that Twitter users on Android and iOS are now able to capture and share video recordings in landscape views (wide) , something that was previously not possible for God knows what reason.
It’s nice that users can snap and share video in its proper view.
A few days ago, 3rd June to be exact; Ugandans were all talking about that balloon thingy that was floating around in Namugongo.
This sophisticated piece of equipment caused a lot of noise among Ugandans about how it works, how much it could have cost and it also made it to headlines on every single News bulletin cross the country and am pretty sure also some nearby countries were in shock as well.
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Let’s get the details down for this alien that appeared a few days ago. This balloon or blimp is considered to be the best equipment for monitoring borders, facilities and army bases. Similar to drones and those spy-flying devices in movies, this balloon comes with cutting edge cameras and sensors that enable you to zoom down on an ant walking on the ground. Yes, don’t argue.
These blimps provide real time surveillance and intelligence essential for protection and carrying out tactical operations. They are made by an Israel Company called RT Aerostats that was founded in 1996.
The biggest argument this balloon raised was about how much it cost. This 2-person controlled, helium floating, high-tech camera having balloon doesn’t cost a couple of thousand shillings, not even millions of Shillings but a few million dollars about 20. Uganda isn’t broke it’s probably your head that is broke.
So, these Ugandan affandes deployed this bad boy at Namugongo and all these terrorists, phone snatchers and drunkards failed to report for business. The brave ones that managed to report for duty had their eyes locked on the floating thing in amazement. All went well; even I was there at Namugongo. There you have it folks.
Skylake is a code-name for a micro architecture processor of Intel as we can say for now. This Skylake micro architecture is scheduled to be launched in 2015 and will replace the Broadwell Micro architecture.
This will of course be an Upgrade in Intel’s micro architecture design. This will definitely bring in more CPU and GPU performance and of course reduced power consumption. The Skylake is scheduled to be released at the Intel Development Forum to take place on 15th August, 2015.
Intel has gone ahead to consider Skylake to be its “most significant processor” for a decade simply due to the enhanced power efficiency and wire-free capabilities.
The Skylake will come in four variants SKL-S, SKL-H, SKL-U and SKL-Y. An overcloackable SKL-K variant will also launch around the same time.
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Skylake chips will not be released when Windows 10 becomes commercially available on July 29th. Intel though, has built Skylake to work with the core features of Windows 10 including biometric authentication allowing fingerprint or face to replace a typed password.
Many big names in the Tech industry are pretty psyched about Wire-free computing. Intel wants to eliminate wire and cable cluster from PCs by offering wireless charging and data transfer circuitry. This will enable users to recharge their laptops by placing them on tablets that support wireless charging based on magnetic resonance technology. Intel has gotten restaurants, airplanes, cafes and car makers to install wireless charging surfaces.
More on the data transfer in the Skylake chipsets, through a technology called WiGig, laptops will wirelessly connect to portable hard drives, monitors and other external peripherals transferring data at 7Gbps. Thunderbolt 3 will also start with Skylake, a new data transfer technology running on USB Type-C cables transferring data at 40Gbps. Thunderbolt 3 is 2 times faster than its predecessor and four times faster than USB 3.1 technology. You can still plug your USB 2.0 flash disk in the Thunderbolt port but it’s only a question whether you need the blistering speeds.
The Sony CEO Doug Morris has confirmed the Apple’s rumoured music streaming. Service will be revealed tomorrow during the WWDC keynote.
This was confirmed during an interview with the Venture Beat in Cannes where Doug Morris said “its happening tomorrow.”
This has confirmed rumours of Apple launching a Spotify competitor but the Sony Music CEO did not give details on the pricing packages but he was clearly quoted to have preferred paid models.
MTN Uganda has reduced prices of some data bundles for its mobile subscribers. The data bundles affected include the Daily 100MB bundle which now costs 1,800/- instead of 2,500/-, the Weekly 50MB bundle now costs 1,800/- from 2,500/- and monthly 1Gb will cost 35,000/- instead of 39,000/- among other reductions as shown below.
MTN will also reward users with an extra 15MB upon the use of the first 30MB in a month effective 1st July 2015.
Unfortunately the mostcommon Daily bundles were untouched and still remain the highest on the market currently. Considering that the average consumer loads the Daily bundles of 50MB and 20MB which have not been touched, users will need to buy bigger bundles to take advantage of these price drops.
Here is a list of the Reduced MTN Uganda Internet / Data bundle prices
Bundle
Validity
(UShs)
15MB
Once every month after using your first 30MBs that month
The sound of a 512GB MicroSD memory is really mind blowing considering that it can easily get lost in you pocket or messy hand. A memory card is so small and delicate that even a baby could probably break it or a bunch of dudus (*read tiny insects) could carry it.
But Microdia though it wise to announce a 512 GB (Oh boy, you read that right, GB not mb) MicroSDXC card at Computex. This comes after SanDisk announced a 200GB Memory card in March this year and considering that Microdia was the first to create a 64 GB MicroSD card back in 2008, shows us the amibitiousness of the company to squeeze large storage amounts on physically smaller media.
This 512 MicroSD card will be available in July and it will cost around $1000.
Multichoice Uganda has slashed decoder prices to 99,000/- just in time for the digital migration rush whose deadline is 21st June.
This however comes with an additional cost of installation fee of 50,000/- as recommended by Multichoice Uganda
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With 16 days to the Digital Migration deadline, we have vowed to be by your side! Get a fully connected HD decoder and dish set at UGX 99,999. *Inclusive of 1 month on Access bouquet #FeelEveryMoment
– As posted by DSTV Uganda
The Digida promotion from Vodafone Uganda which offered a free data on purchase of am LTE enabled device has had some changes.
The 4G modem which used to cost 149,000/- is now costs 99,000/-. This how ever comes with less free data. Previously the 4G modem can with free unlimited data for one month and it now comes with a mere 5 GB.
This is still remails the cheaps 4G LTE dongle in the country.
The 4G mifi remains at the same price of 149,000/- but it now comes with 5GB free data for a month instead of the old unlimited internet package.
The Indoor CPE router remains at 350,000/- with free data worth 10GB.
Well these changes come after a couple of incidents of 4G MiFis running out of stock when the telecom granted users a free unlimited bundle on the purchase of every device. But you with the trends of telecoms, free things tend to have a limit.
We shall be doing a second review of the internet experience to evaluate changes now that Vodafone has gained a couple of customers and we have to test thing like congestion.
As of now you can take advantage of new offer at a less cost but a smaller bundle which still has value for money.
