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WhatsApp Calling goes public for users with version 2.12.19 with no need for an invite

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Boses Muhinda
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WhatsApp has publically made the WhatsApp calling feature available to the general public on android for now since we can since the feature is server controlled and it has been running in form of an invite cycles that opens and closes after some time.

Previously, an invite window required users to have the lastest WhatsApp apk version installed and they had to receive a call from someone who already had the feature. But as of yesterday, all you need to do is download the latest version of WhatsApp from the WhatsApp website or the Apk Mirror and install it then your menu will automatically change to show a call tab on the extreme left.

To install this new apk, you need to enable installation from ‘Unknown sources’ by going to your security setting on your android phone. This will update your current version and boom you can call.

You will notice new features like tapping a small contact photo showing a pop up with the contacts profile photo and 3 call-to-action buttons for calling, messaging and information.

You can download the apk from these sources.

[vc_button title=”WhatsApp website” target=”_blank” color=”default” href=”http://www.whatsapp.com/android/”]

[vc_button title=”Apk Mirror” target=”_blank” color=”default” href=”http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/whatsapp-inc/whatsapp/whatsapp-2-12-19-android-apk-download/”]

Source: AP

LG set to unveil a new flagship device on 28th April

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Boses Muhinda
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LG has sent out email invitations tagged “Save the date” inviting media for a press conference which might be the launch of LG’s new flagship device. If the South Korean manufactures continues to use its ‘G’ series for naming its flagship smartphones then we might finally the LG G4.

The unveiling is set to take place in many locations with New York, London and Paris on 28th April and Seoul, Singapore and Instanbul on April 29th.

 

The invite also teases a leather background with the words “Feel the Great” which could be hinting at a leather back on the upcoming LG flagship. Some Publications in Korea have revealed rumours of a 2K Quad HD display.

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We will be giving you updates as the event is running, so please mark your calenders.

Must haves from the online Kaymu Fashion Week

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Boses Muhinda
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Kaymu, an online marketplace is Uganda is having an on going fashion week for all the fashion enthusiast and the beauty is you won’t need to burn some fuel or leave your ‘couch’. Just pick up your smartphone or computer and visit Kaymu and enjoy the discounts from the fashion week.

Here are the Five Must-haves for every Girl!

A lady’s wardrobe is an extension of her personality. Stocked with everything from essentials to frivolous knick knacks, it is equipped with everything that a lady needs for her wardrobe. Kaymu brings you some top picks which are absolute must-haves that every lady needs to have in her closet.

Red Lipstick

A rich red or burgundy shade of lipstick is something that you are most likely to find in any lady’s hand bag. Whether it is a casual brunch or a date after work, red lipstick can work wonders and change your look from casual to classy. Be sure to take note of your skin tone when buying your lipstick though. Luckily, there are many shades of red to go around, so go for it!

 

Pastel Shirt

A pastel or white shirt is one of those evergreen classics which will never go out of style. This too can be versatile and can help you work the look in an office environment or even a casual night out. Most women prefer a blouse which is slightly fitted because something that is too loose could make you look boxy and that’s definitely something you do not want!

 

Trusty Heels

The term “killer heels” is a cliché for a good reason. A pair of heels can absolutely transform any outfit that a lady may choose to wear. Whether it’s a business meeting or a night out in the town, nothing helps boost your confidence like a pair of heels! The best heels strike between balance and comfort and at the same time manage to add the extra oomph!

 

Blue Jeans

Another classic like the white shirt is the pair of classic blue jeans. Fitted, versatile and high on the comfort quotient, blue jeans fit in with every season and every kind of outfit – moreover they can also transition from casual to formal in a jiffy!

 

Little Black Dress

When in doubt, go for a little black dress, like the legendary Coco Chanel. Before a night out in the town every girl spends at least an hour debating over what to wear – which is where the trusty little black dress comes in! It is important to get the best fit and style so the dress is indeed trusty.

 

Kaymu’s fashion week is just around the corner on March 19, and you can find all of these must-haves or fashion essentials for your style online!

 

About Kaymu

Kaymu is the leading online shopping community, and the safest platform on the market. It connects and empowers buyers and sellers to allow them to take advantage of the best deals on an extensive range of products including electronics, mobile phones, fashion items and tons of gadgets. Thanks to a fixed price system, Kaymu guarantees that users will always find the lowest prices on the market.

 

About AIG

Africa Internet Group introduces and accelerates the online shift in Africa – for its people and its culture. It is committed to running successful and vibrant internet companies which boost the evolution of African online culture. AIG is the parent group of nine successful and fast-growing companies in more than 25 African countries, accounting for over 3,000 staff. AIG cares about entrepreneurship and brings together all the key elements required to build great companies: team, concept, technology and capital. Its network of companies includes JUMIA, Kaymu, Hellofood and Lamudi.

 

 

 

 

Google announces Android 5.1 Lollipop

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Boses Muhinda
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Google has official announced an new lollipop update to Android 5.1 despite having appeared on some Android One devices prior to its launch. The new update brings features like high definition (HD) voice calls, native support for multiple SIM cards, device protection and they claim that stability has improved.

Android 5.1 comes with device protection that requires users to sign in with your Google password even if they restore restore factory settings when it is locked or stolen. This will however work on some devices especially those that will come with 5.1 pre-installed and a few such as the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9.

Dual SIM users can now select what SIM card they would like to use to place a call when dialing. This is important for Google’s Android One line up considering most of these devices are dual SIM.

The recent apps bug has been fixed and users can also select WiFi networks directly from the notification bar rather than having to open the WiFi app to select a WiFi network to connect to.

Currently Google has posted Android 5.1 factory images for the Nexus 5, Nexus 7 2012 (WiFi), and the Nexus 10 and an over the Air update should roll out shortly.

I will be updating my Android Lollipop experience to match this new Android 5.1 update shortly

 

This is the All new 12 inch MacBook

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Boses Muhinda
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Apple today announced an all new Macbook at its Apple Spring Live event. The New MacBook comes with a 12 inch retina displazy at a resolution of 2304×1440 with a 178 degree viewing angle at a 16:9 aspect ratio all packed in a first time ever all metal MacBook. Apple also claims the new LED technology uses about 30% less energy than any other battery

The new MacBook is incredibly thin and it comes with an edge to edge keyboard that is fitted with Apple’s all new butterfly mechanism technology that makes typing easier. The keyboard is also coupled with a single LED light under each key to create a clear and sharp display of keys. You will notice that the keys are actually bigger and Apple claims that they have increased the key size by 17%.

Apple was boastful about its new battery technology that used custom designed sheets so as to fit the MacBook with an evenly distributed battery in all areas of the uni-body because “they don’t want to ship air they want to ship a larger battery.” This battery will last up to 10 hours on iTunes Movie playback.

Apple also announced the Force Touch track pad which unlike any other track pad uses a haptic engine and force sensors to respond to track pad actions based on the amount of force used while touching the track pad. Apple demoed a hard press which brings a pop up of details about a particular word in a browser, or setting an appointment by hard pressing on an appointment. This new track pad also has an electronic haptic magnet that provides responses when you touch the track pad and the sensitivity can be adjusted through software.

The MacBook comes with no fan and Apple pushed its engineers to the limit to reduce component size by up to 40% and since the it has no moving parts this beauty will be silent. You’ll find the fifth-generation Intel Core M “Broadwell” processor — the first chip designed with 14-nanometer process technology.  This new MacBook features 8GB of fast, power-efficient 1600MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory (RAM) together with either 256 GB or 512 GB of flash storage.

As rumored this Macbook comes with only one port for Power, VGA, USB, and HDMI using the new USB Type-C technology that comes with a reversible cable. This however means that you will need to spend extra dollars on accessories if you want to use the port for more than one purpose at the same time.

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This elegantly designed MacBook will come in 3 colors namely; Silver, Gold and Space grey and it will mine $1299 and $1599 out of your pocket for the 256 GB and 512 GB models respectively.

 

Here are the winners of the 2015 Social Media Awards 2015

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Boses Muhinda
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The wait for the Social Media Awards 2015 came to a glorious end at the properly organised red carpet event at Golf Course Hotel Kampala. The event was graced by artists like Ruyonga, DJ Crisio and international artist Tiwa Savage and winners took home several prizes from selfie sticks, mifi routers, and smartphones from Smart Telecom and Smile Telecom.

Here is a list of winners of the Social Media Awards 2015

Crisis Management Award – UMEME
Best civil service /public sector – KCCA
Best Social Justice 40/40
Besy Photography – Oscar Ntege
Best Entertainment website – Bigeye
Best Customer care service – NSWC
Best Innovation – Pearl Guide
Best YouTube Channel – Katoto
Most Influential Personality – Amama Mbabazi
Best Media Outlet – NTV
Best Campaign – MTN Egg hunt
Best Brand – Airtel Uganda

The event was sponsored by Jumia, Smart Telecom, Smile, African Woman, NTV, Centenary Bank, Airtel Uganda, Talent Africa, Seemless Events and Urban Television. The main event was organized by Bluflamingo.

The Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Egde revealed

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Remmy Bisimbeko
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Samsung just announced the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. The S6 boy has so far left jaws open with yet more mind blowing specs from the Samsung engineers.  These guys never run out of mad tricks.  This version comes whipped with an inbuilt wireless Charging. The available colors so far are Shimmering gold and white; that is for the S6 and Edge. The build quality is so on point there no way it will try going on a bending strike.

The User interface is said to be material based moving away from earlier versions that where inspired by nature and other less interesting inspirations.  This has in some twist of events ruled out scrolling in its camera User interface and one touch auto reply using fingerprint-insane.

Justin Denison got up and gave an insight on the spec. A 64bit 14nm processor, DDR4 RAM a 5.1 QHD 577 ppi which is unbelievably 77% more pixels than its predecessor the S5.

It charges half the time an iPhone uses to charge and with a 10 minute charge, you can get up to a 4hours usage. The camera is always on stand-by and launches in just 0.9 seconds packed with 16 MegaPixels and front camera having a 5MegaPixel f1.9 lens… Quiet a selfie machine right there, let’s not forget the Real-time HDR. Being the king of gimmicks, you can take selfies by tapping the heart rate sensor.

The Samsung completely slammed the NFC for mobile payments. It won’t have any retailers supporting it. Samsung pay is going to use NFC, MST and bar code reader support meaning you can swipe your S6 just like you would swipe a ordinary credit card.

The Software experience has been improved and the finger print sensor uses a tap to unlock as opposed to quaky swipe to unlock on the S5.

Its an improved design and we only need time to prove announcements such as battery life.

 

Galaxy S6
Galaxy S6

 

S6 Edge
S6 Edge

 

Tech Specs

  Galaxy S6 Galaxy S6 edge
Network LTE Cat.6 (300/50Mbps)
Display 5.1’’ Quad HD(2560×1440) 577ppi, Super AMOLED 5.1’’ Quad HD(2560×1440) 577ppi, Super AMOLED, Dual edge
AP Quad 2.1GHz + Quad 1.5Ghz, Octacore application processor
OS Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
Camera 16MP OIS(rear), 5MP (front)
Video MP4,M4V,3GP,3G2,WMV,ASF,AVI,FLV,MKV,WEBM, VP9
Audio Audio Codec : MP3, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC, OPUS
Audio Format: MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA
Camera Features Quick Launch, Tracking AF, Auto Real-time HDR(Front & Rear) ,  F1.9, Low Light Video(Front & Rear), High Clear Zoom, IR Detect White Balance, Virtual Shot, Slow Motion, Fast Motion, Pro Mode, Selective Focus
Additional Features Ultra Power Saving Mode
Download Booster
S Health 4.0
Samsung Pay
Smart Manager
Microsoft Apps(OneDrive 115GB for 2 years, OneNote)
Sound Alive+
Themes
Quick Connect
Private Mode
S Finder, S Voice
Google Mobile Services Chrome, Drive, Photos, Gmail, Google, Google+, Google Settings, Hangouts, Maps, Play Books, Play Games, Play Newsstand, Play Movie & TV, Play Music, Play Store, Voice Search, YouTube
Connectivity WiFi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5GHz), HT80 MIMO(2×2) 620Mbps, Dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile hotspotBluetooth®: v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X, ANT+USB: USB 2.0NFCIR Remote
Sensor Accelerometer, Light, Gyroscope, Proximity, Compass, Barometer, Fingerprint, Hall, HRM
Memory RAM: 3GB, LPDDR4Internal Memory: 32/64/128GB, UFS 2.0
Wireless Charging WPC1.1(4.6W Output) & PMA 1.0(4.2W) compatible
Dimension 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8mm, 138g 142.1 x 70.1 x 7.0mm, 132g
Battery 2,550mAh 2,600mAh

Smart Telecom is now giving less data. Here are the changes!

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Boses Muhinda
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Smart Telecom which has been the most generous telecom when it comes to giving data bundles are a ridiculous costs has made a few changes.

The prices didn’t go up but rather the quantity you get has gone down by a lot of megabytes. You will definitely need to adjust your browsing habits, less “nothing” and kitten videos.

Here are the changes to the Daily bundles are;
249shs – 25MB from 50MB
499shs – 120MB from 350 MB
999shs – 500MB from 1.5 GB

Here are the changes to the Weekly bundles are;
1999shs – 120MBs
4999shs – 1 GB

Here are the changes to the Monthly bundles are;
4999shs – 400MBs from 1GB
9999shs – 1 GB from 2GB

The new prices have been posted on Twitter account of Smart Telecom

Vodafone Uganda’s deals will give your internet steroids

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Boses Muhinda
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Vodafone has decided to take on the telecom war in Uganda by introducing cheap unlimited internet bundles and bundling these bundles with a free MiFi, dongle or Indoor router for new users who register purchase unlimited data bundles.

The new unlimited data bundles begin at 149,900/- shilling for a 2 Mbps connection which comes with either an LTE dongle or Free MiFi and 199,000/- for a 6mbps bundle and a juicy 10mbps at 349,000/- which comes with a free Indoor CPE Router. This is among the first internet package that worth the money considering the speeds are really fast. Youtube videos don’t buffer and they usually automatically load at a 1080p quality on when will 3 devices are connected to the mifi router.

These deals are so attractive considering that no initial payments are required to buy the router then pay for the internet bundle like other telecoms are doing. You are basically paying for the unlimited bundle and walking out with a free dongle or router.

Another shocker is how the mifi comes with 2 sim cards that are one number and are connected to the same data package meaning you can decide to plug the sim into your phone and leave the mifi working at your home. This however saw a reduction in connections speeds since the speed cap had to be shared between several devices. The Vodafone website says you get a 2mbps package when you buy the mifi at 149,000/- but users are actually getting the 6 mbps bundle.

Vodafone also has unlimited data bundles that last a day, week and month unlike its competition, for example you can either pay UGX17,900 or UGX69,900 for the daily and weekly unlimited data plans.

vodafone internet deals
Here is a screenshot of Vodafone Uganda’s internet deals

 

 

Its not all sweets and candy

The unlimited Internet bundles have speed caps and Fair Usage Policy (FUP) caps meaning you are granted access at the purchased bundle speed for a particular amount of data that is subject to the particular bundle then your speeds are dropped to 256kbps once you exceed the FUP cap.

Product Download Speed* Validity FUP Cap Price (UGX)
Unlimited 2mbps/ 1day 2mbps 24 hours 1.5GB 17,900
Unlimited 2mbps/ 7days 2mbps 7 days 8GB 69,900
Unlimited 2mbps/30 days 2mbps 30 days 35GB 149,900
Unlimited 6mbps/30 days 6mbps 30 days 50GB 199,900
Unlimited 10mbps/30 days 10mbps 30 days 60GB 349,900

At the end of the day

You are taking home a fast internet connection which comes at a great value.

Image Source: Vodafone.co.ug

 

 

 

 

The new Raspberry Pi 2 has more RAM, faster performance and support for windows 10,

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Boses Muhinda
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A new Raspberry Pi dubbed “Raspberry Pi 2” has been announced. The Raspberry Pi is low cost computer that has been meant for use in electronics projects, assisting experiments, and teaching kids how to code.

The new Raspberry Pi 2 comes with twice the amount of ram and improved performance (6 times faster) compared to its predecessor without a change in its price. The new Pi will cost $35. My geeky friends have even more reasons to celebrate since the new Raspberry Pi 2 comes with support for windows 10, something that developers haven’t been able to do properly without use of outdated windows versions.

The new Pi packs 1 GB of RAM, quad-core ARMv7 processor clocked at 900MHz which can be overclocked, 4 USB ports, an Ethernet and HDMI port.This leave us wondering about the possibilities of a $35 computer considering that windows is giving out a free Windows 10 license for the Raspberry Pi through Microsoft’s Windows Developer Program for IoT later this year.

What this means for Africa?

We are generally excited because we have something relatively cheap to use as we build and experiment on computer and electronic projects that developers have found difficult to execute due to financial implications. The Developer community can now focus on the code rather than optimization for performance. Bringing Windows 10 on board will have cheap computer solutions built for rural areas in Africa which will boost ICT

Via: The Verge

 

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