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MTN MuKintu gives you unlimited Twitter & Facebook, Yahoo & Google Talk access for 200/- a day

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Boses Muhinda
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Social Media lovers on the MTN network just got a big reason to smile. MTN has started a promo dubbed MTN MuKintu that enables subscribers pay a mere 200 Uganda shillings for unlimited access to Facebook, Twitter, Google Talk and Yahoo. Unfortunately you can only activate one service at a time and you are prompted for an email address.

“Where is WhatsApp?

Much as MTN has delayed considering that Airtel has had a social pack which gives access to Whatsapp besides the Facebook and Twitter. Users are probably going to take advantage due to a ridiculously low rate, besides MTN subscribers additionally  get access to Google Hangouts, and Yahoo.  All you have to do is dail *177#

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An ad showing details to the promo – Image Courtesy Mtn.co.ug

Its not all jokes since you might want more access to other websites or apps like Whatsapp, Viber, you will need to load a data bundle from the most expensive mobile data network currently (MTN).

Kindly share your  MTN MuKintu experience in the comments below

Kaymu Uganda Review: Shopping just became awesome!

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Boses Muhinda
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Kaymu is an online marketplace which hails from over 20 emerging markets. It launched its services in Uganda launched to make our online shopping experience more awesome by tackling all the challenges previous markets had failed to understand or manage.

Kaymu can be accessed by logging into www.kaymu.co.ug for the dedicated Ugandan portal and Kaymu.com for the other global markets. Am going to share my experience using Kaymu Uganda.

Beyond buying

Buying is as simple as visiting the website and finding an assortment of items you need, logging in or signing up with a pretty simple form, then the magic begins. Items are properly organized into simple and precise categories, and search works and there is great detail compared to their competition. You will realize images by most of the sellers are clear enough, which mean you will receive what you actually see.

For those who love bargaining, Kaymu Uganda,  lets you bid on a product until the seller agrees to you amount.

Simplified Selling

Whether you are the seller who wants to get rid of your old stuff, or a professional merchant, Kaymu has space for you. The website lets you sign up and sell your items and for those who want to take things seriously, Kaymu has a “Verified Seller” program which gives ‘verified seller’ badges to sellers who they have been vetted and have physically verified their location and telephone contacts. This has been done to prevent scams.

Kaymu Uganda is your online shopping saviour!

Legitmate sales

Kaymu knows the pain buyers get when they buy an imitation instead of the original product. Trust me this is common in our emerging markets, so Kaymu has an option in the product description catalog where you state whether a product is original or an imitation. Sellers must specifiy whether a product is Original or a Replica so as to prevent customer complaints.

Delivery and Payment

Kaymu Uganda will deliver to you Home or office depending on the physical address you give them, we got a call on delivery of our order and a delivery agent dressed in a blue, Kaymu branded t-shirt  asked for my ID and gave me my package after a paid in Cash.

Kaymu Uganda supports payment on delivery so you needn’t worry about credit card details. Shout outs to Kaymu Uganda for understanding a Ugandan market that isn’t so VISA payment savvy.

You can also contact the seller and agree on a time and location where to pick up an item if you want to cut delivery costs which some sellers might charge.

Fast and human Support

I have not seen many Ugandan based websites with real time support like Kaymu, and hell no its not a BOT because i tricked it with all kinds of jargon so as to get a response on an inquiry and i got my inquiry answered to alongside a followup email. This support can be accessed from a ‘We Are Here’ popup box on the bottom right of the website.

On your Phone and Tablet

image  Kaymu Uganda on Mobile

I loved their mobile website which gives you the option to switch back to the desktop site so that you never lose your shopping experience. Lets hope an app is in the making!

Some buyers might have trust issues, which brings me to experience these guys have, i asked a guest blogger in Tanzania who assured me their services are exceptional, they even have a well detailed FAQs page to guide users.

Verdict…….

When I contacted these guys they shared the future with me, more payment options with partners, and faster delivery and more that i will share when its public.

When a saviour comes after several prophets have failed, you have all reasons to to sing praises.

Kaymu is Uganda’s eBay!

Kaymu is that service that won’t disappoint you any time you try it. Feel free to let me know about you experience with Kaymu Online marketplace.

What went down at the Solve for X Kampala Event!

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Boses Muhinda
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Outbox was treated to a prestigious visit from the Megan Smith Google VP of Google X. Google X is a collection of Google moonshot projects that seem quite futuristic to the common eye. Google [X] which was started 3 years ago, is responsible for projects like Google Glass, Project Loon and several moonshots.

“At Google X, we focus on the product and then the business model later ” – Megan Smith – VP Google X

Megan Smith shared a few introduction videos of the on the Google [X] project, and she actually emphasized the point that one of the famous “Google search visualization” that shows real-time Google searches, actually shows bright beams from America and Europe but Africa appears dark. She said Africa appears like that because it doesn’t have fiber which means that 98 million talented people are cut off from the globe.

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It was an interactive evening with people in Tech circles in Uganda discussing moonshots such as a feature that would stop you from driving your car if you were drunk. An issue raised by one of the proprietors for Kiira EV and Megan Smith supplementing that it would be nice if  your phone could tell that you were drunk, I mean it has an accelerometer.

Megan Smith was joined by Puneet Program Manager at Google [X] to answer a few questions in the Q & A session at the event. Puneet said there is a website solveforx.com where you can share your moonshots.

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Its only time that will actually tell if Ugandans will actually bring their moonshots to life, I guess their biggest inspiration was this afternoon. Let us know about what you feel about Google’s moonshots and moonshots in general. And just in case you have an X to solve, drop the guys at Google X a message at solveforx@google.com

Reasons why you must Embrace online shopping

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Boses Muhinda
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Its time to kill your hectic trip downtown to buy a new pair of shoes, new phone or wedding gift because you can buy almost the whole world online. Picking up your smartphone or internet enabled device, hit a few clicks select what you want and your loot is at your doorstep.

Which brings me to the point of convenience, Online Shopping won’t make you queue up at a shop, or squeeze yourself in congested streets to get to your favorite designer shop whose costs are low, and hey it doesn’t make you pay for fuel. The best about online shopping is i never have to leave my office, bed, or home to the market because what i buy comes straight to my home or office after shipping at a very slight cost.

Trust me, online shopping has the biggest offers because the seller knows few people use this service so you can actually get up to 50% off your bought item and auctions exist so in case bidders are few you will get your product at a very low cost on sites like kaymu, eBay, amazon, shop247 etc.

There is more detail, you get to see reviews from fellow buyers and rating make your experience even better because you get a chance to make a decision without being pressured by a nagging salesman.

Online shopping also lets users pre-order goods and services before they are released to the market, you will be among the first 100 people to get the latest phone because to took a decision to embrace online shopping.

After sales maintenance, offers and services are done for example if you have come across an iPad, iPhone with engraved words at the back? Then learn today that the engraving is free when you shop online so such offers, services and support are offered to all those who shop online. Sometimes company promotional items come with the bought item.

Feel free to embrace online shopping because its the future and you shouldn’t be left behind.

 

Social Media Day Kampala highlights

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Boses Muhinda
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The Social Media community in Uganda came together to celebrate social media day with the rest of the world. Inspired by meet ups by Mashable. Virtual Trends organized a highly attended event at Hive Colab alongside other sponsors pulled off one of the biggest events for social media junkies.

The event had intense discussions on whether Ugandans understand the internet, and whether social media makes us more anti-social. The panel and audience had a heated debate airing their views offline this time, an off course the hash tag #smdayKla had to trends. Its what you would expect when you put social media lovers in the same room with free internet and promise the tweep with most tweets a tablet and smartphones.

More issues were raised when the question, ‘Do Ugandans understand the internet?’ was paused and Albert Mucunguzi, the founder of Pc Tech, shared his views on how Ugandans have embraced the internet today which wasn’t the case a few years back.

Then Patricia Kahil, a technology editor at Ugo, shared her views alongside Daniel Mumbere of Urban Tv on the issue of, social media being anti social. Patricia said, “If you are seated in the bar and you are on your phone then social media becomes anti-social..” she added that ” Don’t spend a lot of time on your phone because you will miss out alot.” Daniel Mumbere said that “social media amplifies who you are if you are social in reallife, if you are social you will become more social, if you are anti social you might become more anti-social.

The evening ended with a few speeches, gadget giveaways by Smile Telecom and Airtel and a really tasty cake, and yeah i was lucky enough to eat the part that had a blogger logo.

smdaycake

 

Microsoft announces the Nokia X2, they haven’t given up on Android!

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Boses Muhinda
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Microsoft has announced a new version of Nokia’s first android powered smartphone. The Nokia X2 resembles its precedesor  the Nokia X but this time features a bigger 4.3 screen, 1Gb of Ram and a 1.2 Ghz snapdragon processor a 5MP camera and a 1800mAH battery. Nokia even remember to add a Home button which was not there in the old version.

This Android powered Nokia X2 will feature similar features to its precedesor the Nokia X such as the Windows Phone like UI and will come in an array of colors such as glossy green, orange, or black, with yellow, white, and dark grey with more colors expected later. However one of the new improvements is fastlane which will make multitasking faster

You will be able to own a Nokia X2 for about $135 which is 99Euros in the UK and globally in July.

We are however surprised that Microsoft is still pushing for the manufacture of Android smartphones despite the presence of the Microsoft owned Windows Phone

 

Unicode 7.0 just brought us 250 new emoji

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Boses Muhinda
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Don’t you just love using emoji as you text or tweet or chart? Well new emoji have been released which means you get top express your self in a more humorous way. You will soon be able to express yourself in 250 new ways with new emoji such as thermometers, beach with an umbrella and many more.

You’ll however have to rely on software updates by Google, Apple and Microsoft and font and browser updates to be able to use and view these new emoji. This shouldn’t take long but mobile devices may take a little longer however having them available as a standard is a major leap for those who love texting.

You can find the list of Emoji at the source of this post.

 

Its 2014, who still uses a Payphone?

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Boses Muhinda
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It recently occurred to me that I had to a make an urgent call because I was visiting a area I wasn’t familiar with, On arrival to the location of the meeting, my smartphone reminded me that it doesn’t have a designer label for it battery. My Battery had died and I urgently needed to make a call. I decided to return to the times of my Father and look for a payphone.

My quest for a Payphone begun with shops in the residential area I was, Kisaasi to be precise, My hurt was bounty less and I had to move back to a stage, where there is more trade activity and more advanced shops and grocery stores. I can sure you even the Mobile money agents didn’t have payphones that served that purpose.

Alas I find one and he tell me he only uses it for mobile money transactions since everyone bought a phone, luckily he had a battery charging service which I agreed to use to get enough juice for a phone call.

The point……….

This piece of technology is slowly fading based on the steady decline in phone prices and with counterfeit Chinese phones and tablets that come with TVs, woofers and microwaves *kidding. Almost everyone in urban areas has access to a phone.

I happened to survey a few areas in the city only to find a few almost idol machines those that worked didn’t have quite enough customers and most were temporary store boxes for airtime vendors.

You are definitely in for it the next time you need to make a call using public facilities, it’s even harder to ask a stranger to assist you with their cellphone but it doesn’t mean there is no hope, you just have to walk a little longer to find a payphone.

But wait ……

The technology isn’t dead yet, you will find many payphones at schools and a few hospital and even fewer Payphones on the streets. In slightly semi-urban areas you will find a few shop keepers with them. Some countries will have some on the streets.

Well it’s almost time we say goodbye to a technology that has aided many including criminals.

Let us know when you last used a payphone

ShrtUrL just made sharing Internet hoaxes easier

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Boses Muhinda
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Some users who have always had doubts in links posted on social Media using short URLs are going to have more doubts about fishy looking stories because a new web service called SHRTURL just made website defacing quite easy.

Shrturl.co enables users to enter a website url and edit a framed version of any website that doesn’t have fancy javascripts, and you when you are done altering headlines and images, on your popular news websites their is a done editing button that a short URL is given to you. Well the edited pages have nothing to show that they have been altered so sharing fake stories will be very easy, considering that Ugandans love spreading hoaxes, this might worsen things.

Am told you may not mess with certain websites but who care your prank will already make sense. They have even incorporated bit.ly a popular url shortening service so that your story doesn’t look suspisious.

NewVision

The fun ends after 48 hours since the short url links expire, but its enough time to make a good prank, and may be get you in a bit of trouble. We definately had some to play with shrturl.co we just want to see how much trouble we would get into.

Make sure you always check the address bar of any short urls you visit and make sure it is nothing like http://shrturl.co/fWgYL so that you are sure your source is legitmate.

eBay hit with major security breach, asks users to change passwords

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Boses Muhinda
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The online marketplace (eBay) discovered a massive security breach which compromised a database with encrypted passwords, despite this, Ebay says there was no implication on the financial data of its users.

The hackers compromised log-in credentials for a few eBay employees which enabled them gain access to the corporate network of eBay which enabled them access the database with encrypted passwords. After several tests, Ebay determined  that there was no evidence of the security breach resulting in any unauthorised access to users credit card information because this data is stored in a different database in encrypted formats, it added that Paypal information is very secure since it is also separately stored and encrypted.

However, for security reasons are urged to change their passwords and Ebay will be sending out emails asking users to change their passwords and its also asking you to change your password if you used the same password you use on Ebay on other websites.

Update: The message asking users to reset passwords has been removed from their website but the breach has been confirmed so its better you changed your password

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