Val Lukhanyu, Author at TechMoran

Pay Television operator StarTimes and NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) have announced the introduction of DreamWorks – a 24-hour channel dedicated to kids and family entertainment – on StarTimes platform in...

Entertainment

Facebook introduces Reels, a feature that lets you create fun videos on Instagram

Facebook has today officially announced the introduction of Instagram Reels: a new way to create and discover short, entertaining videos on Instagram. The Instagram Reels feature has been available in...

Entertainment

Netflix introduces playback speed controls on Android devices

Netflix is introducing new playback controls to let users choose what speeds they want to watch something with on phone or tablet. Users on Android mobile devices will stream at...

Gaming

Microsoft reveals a redesigned and much faster Xbox store

Microsoft is rolling out a completely rebuilt experience on its digital store for Xbox that is designed to be faster, safer, easy to use and offers more straightforward navigation than...

Cloud

Google records 43% growth in cloud business for Q2

Google clouds revenue growth shows a slowing growth curve. Google Cloud services generated $3billion revenue in Q2 2020 up 43 per cent from $2.1 billion same period last year. Last...

COVID-19

StarTimes, UNESCO in joint campaign against Mis-Information on COVID-19

UNESCO and StarTimes have joined hands in the campaign against disinformation and misinformation on the COVID-19 pandemic. UNESCO has been saddled with the promotion of freedom of expression and access to...

Tech

Microsoft launches new Family Safety app for iOS and Android

Microsoft has launched a Family Safety app dedicated app for iOS and Android that will help parents and guardians manage kids screentime and app usage. The app was first announced...

Lifestyle

StarTimes secures UEFA Nations League broadcast rights

Pay television operator StarTimes Media has today acquired the broadcast rights for the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League that is set to kick off from 3rd September. StarTimes has secured UEFA Nations...

Mobile

Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 5 can refuel your phone up-to 50% in 5 minutes

Qualcomm has announced its latest innovations in its products " Quick Charge 5" the world’s Fastest Commercial Charging Solution. Quick charge 5 delivers astonishing charging speeds of up to 0-50...

Lenovo launches new Global Partner Hub for its business partners

Lenovo has launched a new Global Partner Hub that marks an important step in the company-wide multi-year digital transformation programme for business partners. The partner Hub launched on July 27th...

Fintech

Airtel Africa partners with Mukuru to speed up international money transfers

Airtel Africa and Mukuru, one of Africa's largest remittance providers have partnered to speed up cross border money transfers in 12 African nations. Mukuru Majorly operates in South Africa and...

5G

Samsung announces Galaxy Z-Flip 5G ahead of August launch

Samsung has officially announced the 5G version of the Galaxy Z Flip 4 version released early this year. The Galaxy Z Flip 5G will be launched on August 5th together...

Facebook is creating new teams to address potential racial bias on its platform

Facebook and Instagram are working on new internal teams dedicated to studying and addressing potential racial bias in different minority groups. The new teams across the two platforms will examine...

LinkedIn to cut off 6% of its global workforce as recruitment falls

LinkedIn has today said that it will cut 960 jobs or 6 per cent of its global workforce. The company boasts about 16,000 employees who work across 30 countries the...

Lifestyle

StarTimes to broadcast NBA 2019/20 games through the ESPN channel

The NBA 2019/20 season is set to resume on July 30th after nearly five months break occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. Pay Television Company StarTimes will broadcast the games through...

Lifestyle

Google Maps reports surge in biking directions, adds new routes

Google Maps is working on adding new routes that incorporate bikes share services Following the surge in biking direction requests last month. The google biking directions was launched 10 years...

Mobile

Samsung set to launch the Galaxy Note 20 series on August 5

Samsung Mobile will be unveiling its next range of smartphones the Galaxy Note 20 series in an online-only event set for August 5 at 10:00 am.ET. via YouTube. In the...

Startups

Students launch “Haraka Haraka” app to link customers with service providers

A new App dubbed "Haraka Haraka" has today been unveiled in Kenya to help customers find the right service providers in their current location within a specified range of choice....

Netflix loses $19 billion in market value, cites weak subscriber growth

Netflix stock fell by 8 per cent on Friday, recording a loss of $19 billion for the video-streaming giant's market capitalization. The revenues fell despite subscriber growth predictions in the...

Facebook rolls out screen sharing feature on Messenger

Facebook Messenger has introduced a screen sharing feature for its Android and iOs users for up to 16 participants on a group call. The feature can be accessed on the...

People

KAM appoints Sachen Gudka as new Chairman

The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has today appointed Sachen Gudka as the new Chairman and Mucai Kunyiha as the Vice-Chair to lead the organization for a two-year term. Prior...

TikTok launches challenge to recognize World Emoji Day

TikTok has launched a challenge in recognition of the World Emoji Day celebrated on 17 July every year. Everyone has experienced the joy that emojis add to day-to-day text conversations,...

Samsung and Microsoft to transform real estate and smart property management

Samsung Electronics Co. and Microsoft Corp. have announced a global collaboration focused on digitally transforming the real estate development and property management industries. The collaboration will team up smart appliances...

5G

Huawei posts revenue growth in first half of 2020 despite US sanctions

Huawei has reported a 13.1 per cent year-over-year revenue growth in the first half of 2020, amid the sales shrinkage due to the ongoing US sanctions and the COVID-19 pandemic...

Mobile

Vivo V19 now available in Kenya at Ksh40,999

Vivo V19 has officially launched in Kenya, retailing at Ksh40,999 after being on pre-order for almost three weeks. The device comes in Gleam Black and Sleek Silver options. Some of...

Video Conferencing

Gmail for Android and iOS is rolling out a dedicated Google Meet tab

Google has today announced that it will be rolling out a dedicated MfMeet tab on Gmail for Android and iOS users to meet the growing demands for video conferencing services....

Cloud

Teraco adds Routed as a local cloud provider on African Cloud Exchange

Data centre operator Teraco has today added cloud infrastructure provider Routed and VMware Cloud Verified partner, as a local cloud provider to join the African Cloud Exchange (ACX). Teraco’s African...

5G

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 865 plus 5G mobile chip

Qualcomm Technologies unveiled the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus 5G Mobile Platform, a variant of the flagship Snapdragon 865 that powered more than 140 devices. Commercial devices based on the chip...

Tech

LinkedIn introduces feature that lets you upload audio clips