Huawei is developing its own mapping service called Map Kit, China Daily reports, and this may be an alternative to Google Maps. A catch to it though is that the service is not exactly meant for consumers. Alternatively, the idea is...
Facebook has updated its Group privacy settings and added admin controls for group safety because it wants to make it easier for users to understand its Group privacy settings.
The social media site is doing away with the public,...
Marques Brownlee who is otherwise known as MKBHD recently launched a podcast named Waveform with the help of friend and MKBHD producer Andrew Manganelli. Waveform, which is being produced in conjunction with the influencer agency Studio 71, marks one...
Samsung rocketed to over a 40% market share in Europe in Q2, its highest for five years, as it shipped 18.3 million smartphones., according to a new report from research firm Canalys.
Samsung shipped over 12 million A series units...
It's the first HarmonyOS device.
Huawei launched the Honor brand's first smart TV, which is also the first product powered by the Android alternative (HarmonyOS) that the company launched at its developer conference in Dongguan over the weekend.
HarmonyOS can be used...
Twitter is working on a snooze button that can pause notifications from flooding your phone, according to app researcher, Jane Manchun Wong.
For those of you who have a gift of creating tweets that go viral, you most likely enjoy...
Instagram and WhatsApp are about to be renamed as Facebook tries to be clearer about its ownership of the two services.
The two services will be renamed "Instagram from Facebook" and "WhatsApp from Facebook".
These new titles are to appear on...
iSabiDeliver, an online on-demand delivery service based in Abuja and Ibadan is ramping up its operations to expand to more cities in Nigeria.
The on-demand delivery platform doing food delivery, parcels, items or errands for both individuals and companies allows...
Chinese budget smartphone maker that leads sales in Africa, Transsion Holdings, has received approval to go public on Shanghai’s new Nasdaq-style stock market, reported the South China Morning Post.
According to an announcement on the Shanghai Stock Exchange website on...
The African Development Bank has unveiled a new digital platform for the African Investment Forum connecting investors to investment opportunities in Africa, with up-to-date information and documentation about the deals.
Known as the Platform, the portal will provide Transaction...
WhatsApp, an instant messaging app used by millions of users globally by both iPhone and Android users is set to launch a voice message preview feature for iOS according to reports.
One of the primary reasons for this stems from...
Softbank'$100B Vision Fund is set to take substantial stake in Glovo‎, a Barcelona based online delivery start-up which rivals Sendy, Uber Eats, Bolt and various other players in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria according to a report by Sky News.
SoftBank's...
While the Essential phone was the first
smartphone to debut with a notch, many people attribute the design trend to
Apple. Most manufacturers have gone to great lengths to reduce or entirely remove
the appearance of a notch on their more recent...
HongMeng OS is the name we’ve come to know as the ‘soon to be ready’ solution to Huawei’s problems in the event the Android ban became a permanent move. That scenario unfolded a few weeks ago when the Trump administration placed...
Today, Samsung Electronics said that profits for the three months that ended June more than halved from a year earlier following continued weakness in the price and demand of memory chips.
Memory components, which are used in mobile handsets and...
Forbes Africa very recently released the fifth edition of its 30 under 30 list, honoring some of the continent's most accomplished young artists, entrepreneurs, and tech stars.
This year, the popular magazine has released the names of 120 young...
If our calendars are right, we are three months away from September which is usually the month Apple announces its new lineup.
This September, we are expecting Apple to launch three iPhones, successors to the iPhone XS and iPhone XS...
The impact Huawei's blacklisting by the U.S. government will have on its smartphone business has been quite a hot topic for weeks.
According to reports, the impact will be huge, considering Huawei had just overtaken Apple for the number...
In 2019, who doesn’t have a YouTube channel or two that they simply can’t live without? Doesn’t matter if it’s about food, design, entrepreneurship, gaming or just about anything.
From a group of friends I talk to, just about everybody has...
Huawei confirms it has built its own operating system just in case US tensions disrupt use of Google’s Android
Unfortunately or fortunately, being put on a U.S. Department of Commerce blacklist has a way of forcing a company's hands.
Huawei...
Wondering what are some of the Free MS Word Alternatives are available out there? If yes then I am here to help you out. You cannot deny the fact that MS word is the most used writing software out...
Did you know that this year, 2019 marked a decade of Samsung's Galaxy Series? Coming into the year the pressure to give something great and innovative from Samsung was quite high. Samsung’s flagship smartphones have always been among...
Huawei’s P-series has had a singular focus of pushing the frontiers of smartphone photography as far as possible. The devices are truly stunning, both in looks and in camera quality.
The recently launched P30 Pro is stuffed to the...
For Samsung, this year’s affordable flagship is the Galaxy S10e. It’s a direct competitor to Apple’s iPhone XR, and offers just about the same Galaxy S10 experience without the eye-watering price tag.
The 'e' in Samsung Galaxy S10e stands...
Over twenty startups from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa have been invited to London to take part in the first Go Global Africa programme in a move to improve their business skills and capability, and connect them with UK’s...
Microsoft is planning to double the number of people that can participate in a Skype group video call. The software maker is testing a new change to Skype that will raise the limit from 25 people all the way up...
There is definitely no doubt that 2007 marked the dawn of a new era in the global smartphone market. Industry giants like Nokia, Microsoft, and BlackBerry, which was at the time called Research In Motion, all scoffed when Apple...
Early this month, Samsung Electronics unveiled a new line of premium smartphones: Galaxy S10. With four unique devices, the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+ , Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S10 5G. While late last year, Apple Inc. released three upgrades...
Pesapal yesterday announced the integration of Samsung Pay, Apple Pay, FitBit Pay and Google Pay payments on its new tap-and-go, contact-less Sabi M010 terminals. Business owners across East Africa will now be able to conveniently accept digital wallet payments...
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23 inch Full Screen display (19:9) with notch, Full HD 1080p resolutionRear camera: 16 MP with LED flashFront camera: 25 MP with AI beauty modeColor OS 5.0 UI running on top of Android 8 OreoCPU: Octa core Mediatek...