The First Africa Wide Online Influencer Award Competition Is Now Open
You can now start submitting entries for the 2014 African Blogger Awards, this continent’s 1st awards' programme that measures online and social influencers’ reach and influence through data analysis....Microsoft, Intel, Safaricom, Equity Bank, Mitsumi, and KPSA Partner For Youth Device Programme
The Microsoft office in Kenya in conjunction with Intel East Africa, Kenya's leading mobile phone services provider, Safaricom Limited, one of Kenya's leading consumer banking institutions, Equity Bank,...Tigo Pesa To Tigo Cash Mobile Money Transfer And Currency Conversion Service In Rwanda And Tanzania
Tigo subscribers in Tanzania will now be able to send money from their Tigo Pesa accounts to Tigo Cash subscribers in Rwanda and vice versa in a new service that will see Tigo automatically convert between...Simiyu The Chicken and Leti Centre From Kenya To Showcase At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain
Two African tech start-ups, Momentum Core* and Leti Arts*, will showcase their apps optimized for Intel® Architecture at Mobile World Congress from today (24th Feb) to 27th February in Barcelona, Spain...Chase Bank Kenya Launches Mfukoni Android App And USSD Service
Chase Bank Kenya has today, (20th Feb 2014), launched Mfukoni, a mobile Android app that also runs as a USSD service. The app can be used to check their account balance and mini-statements, transfer funds...OneDrive Finally Launches Globally, Gives 100 GB Complimentary Storage To First 100K Users
According to a recent Microsoft-commissioned online study, at least 77% of cloud-familiar consumers have content stored on a device and have not backed up that content somewhere. In this same study, it was found...Samsung, Strathmore Launch Locally Relevant Android Apps Into The Kenyan Market
Samsung Electronics East Africa yesterday together with the iLab Africa team at Strathmore University unveiled 6 androids apps developed locally by Strathmore IT students, following a partnership research...Microsoft 4Afrika Youth Advisory Council Is Announced
Microsoft has today, 18th Feb 2014, introduced the first 4 youth members to the 4Afrika Advisory Council to ensure the critical voices of Africa’s large youth demographic are heard. The Microsoft...Recent Posts
Fixing The JAR File Is Over Max Size Error On Feature Phone Installations
I was recently trying to install a custom java app (.jar file) onto a Ch@t333 Samsung device and was faced with this error: “JAR file is over max size” Well, someone found a solution to this error and posted it online just like I am doing here. So first, the reason the device gives this error is because it is default-set to only accept an install whereby the max file size is 500 KB. Changing this is easy though. Therefore, when you download a file and it is larger than 500 KB, you cannot...Continue Reading
The First Africa Wide Online Influencer Award Competition Is Now Open
You can now start submitting entries for the 2014 African Blogger Awards, this continent’s 1st awards' programme that measures...
Samsung Infrastructure Group Picks Big Win With Verizon Wireless
"Samsung’s network infrastructure team has again used MWC to announce a new operator contract. Last year the win was with...
Microsoft, Intel, Safaricom, Equity Bank, Mitsumi, and KPSA Partner...
The Microsoft office in Kenya in conjunction with Intel East Africa, Kenya's leading mobile phone services provider, Safaricom...
Oracle Acquires BlueKai Marketing Big Data Intelligence And Automation...
Oracle has formally announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire BlueKai, a leading cloud-based big data platform...
Cost Of Data Is The Main Barrier To Connecting The Next Billion...
"Zuckerberg argues that the outstanding barrier in connecting people to the Internet in emerging markets is no longer the cost of phones, but expensive data plans. The only way this will change is if more operators introduce unlimited bundles with free access to basic Internet services like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, along the lines of the bundle Globe Telecom offers in the Philippines. Messaging services, social networking, and search will in turn be the key platforms for offering access...Continue Reading
@OvumTechnologies: Samsung And PayPal Embracing Biometric For Online...
PayPal and Samsung have extended their collaboration with a new biometric feature that will allow users of the new Galaxy S5 smartphone to use fingerprint authentication for mobile payments with PayPal merchants. PayPal argues that this is a major innovation in m-payment, introducing a new level of convenience for consumers compared to the familiar login-and-password authentication model. “We think consumers will be wary and need some convincing due to security concerns. In Ovum’s 2013 Consumer...Continue Reading
Galaxy S5 Comments By Ovum Analyst Nick Dillon
“Samsung is betting big on wellness, fingerprint reading and camera autofocus, while keeping a very similar look and feel for its hardware and software. The updates are so minor that on first glance most consumers would be hard pressed to notice that it has changed from the previous version. Still, this should come as no great surprise, given the maturity of the smartphone market and the pressure on the Samsung not to mess with its winning formula. Samsung reminded us quite how successful this...Continue Reading
Tigo Pesa To Tigo Cash Mobile Money Transfer And Currency Conversion...
Tigo subscribers in Tanzania will now be able to send money from their Tigo Pesa accounts to Tigo Cash subscribers in Rwanda...
Intel Keen To Improve Computing And Communication With New Unveils...
Intel President Renee James during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain detailed Intel's expanding portfolio of computing (and communications) assets for the smallest of devices to the most complex mobile networks. The product portfolio is designed to compete in today’s mobile ecosystem and shape the next era of computing commonly known as the Internet of Things. She introduced quite the plethora of new items during a press conference at MWC: 2 Intel® Atom™ processors an...Continue Reading
