Both platforms have introduced their web interfaces to let their users send and receive instant messages, media files, etc. on their laptops or desktop computers. WhatsApp introduced this feature to its user sometime in 2015, letting users sync their WhatsApp to their computer. Here’s a simple guide to using WhatsApp Web. In this post, the focus is on Telegram. We will show you how you can use this cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service from your web browser, on your computer....

Although there are other instant messaging platforms (WhatsApp, Telegram, and Hangouts, for example) that facilitates interaction between devices of different OS, you’d be surprised that many Android users wished they could have (and use) iMessage on their phone. Well, since envying something as good as iMessage isn’t entirely a bad thing, AirMessage is bringing that fantasy to reality. Developed by Tagavari, AirMessage is a two-part solution which allows Blue bubble messaging on Android devices....

Mobile network operators in Africa have identified the growing demand for financial services, and micro insurance – a form of insurance designed specifically for low-and-middle income consumers – is no exception. According to a study published by Making Finance Work for Africa, from 2010 to 2012 micro insurance grew more than 200% on the continent. Even so, fewer than 20 million Africans outside South Africa have any form of micro insurance, less than 5% of the potential 400 million customers in sub-Saharan Africa....

In Kenya, 070**,071**,072**,074**,079** all belong to Safaricom. Airtel Kenya runs the 073**, 078** and part of 075** that were left behind by Essar’s Yu. Telkom Kenya runs the 077**, together with all the landline numbers like 020*** from back in the day. Equity Bank runs Equitel as a Virtual Mobile Network on Airtel’s infrastructure under the 076** NDC. Clearly, Airtel for its size, is a little squeezed. The telco, according to a source, is getting new NDCs since they have already exhausted their 07xx prefixes....

The rates have been reduced from a flat rate of UGX 4 per second to UGX 3 per second for clients calling to other networks or Airtel to Airtel. The tariff reduction only applies to prepaid customers as postpaid customers already use the Ush 3 per second across all networks. Airtel Uganda Managing Director Mr. V.G Somasekhar said that “The Smartphone Network” is committed to serving customers with quality network at the most affordable rates....

OPPO A96 The OPPO A96 is an affordable mid-range smartphone that was recently launched in Nigeria. It is the latest addition to OPPO’s A series. Ths device comes with some really interesting features including an IPX 5 rating for dust and an IPX 4 rating for water resistance. Other features include a 90Hz screen refresh rate, 8GB RAM + 5GB virtual RAM, a Snapdragon 690 6nm chipset, etc. OPPO A96 Key Specifications...

Read More: Apple iMac and iMac Pro get additional options SEE: Apple AirPods 2 Unveiled: Features and Price The Apple TV Plus will be Ad free and have contents that you can either download or stream online through the Apple TV app. You will able to subscribe to other streaming services like Starz, CBS All Access, and HBO. However, to include Apple TV Plus, you will have to pay more but how much more has not been revealed yet....

The Bluedio T7+ combine the best of the old and the new worlds. They have wired mode which means you can still fallback to using the good old wired headphone jack to listen to your jams. You won’t have battery anxiety since there’s no need of battery charge in this mode. In wireless mode, the headphones resort to using Bluetooth audio to play music. In this mode, the headphones must be paired to your phone, tablet or PC through the usual pairing process we all have come to hate....

Bolt boasts of being the only operator in the country to guarantee 85% net income in Kenya to its drivers, charging a commission of 15% which is lower than the fees charged by other platforms currently available in the market. Ola Akinnusi, the Bolt Country Manager in Kenya, intimated that, Bolt’s mission is to make urban transportation more convenient and affordable for more people, thus broadening the company’s reach, providing a platform for job creation through its social contribution....

Getting flight information has been a hassle until now. Google last year doubled down on travel industry announcing its own travel product that directly competes with several travel agencies and Airlines dubbed “Google Flight” accessible via https://www.google.com/flights. You can track flight prices with Google Flights using the “Track” button based on your desired destinations. This way, you can always find the cheapest option from a list of different Airlines. Google Flights allows you choose Round trips, One way or Multi-city trips....

Done Deal was an e-commerce platform for connecting service merchants with customers in Kampala. An array of great deals on restaurants, beauty salons, events, cinemas and much more in Kampala. It was basically built on the model popularized by group deals’ website Groupon. The Ugandan startup founded by Iliana Björling in May 2014 has been on a trail of slow and sure progress. Besides signing up a slew of merchants on its platform, it co-led the organisation of the much acclaimed Kampala Restaurant Awards in November 2015....

Using what’s called “Agent banking”, Centenary bank seems to be on the edge of bringing its financial services closer to the people by authorizing independent “Agents” to act on its behalf. With the approval from Bank of Uganda(BoU), Centenary bank is the first bank to taste out the agent banking waters with some pilots launched in Masaka district late last year. Related post: The banks are about to go after mobile money with Agency banking Telecoms have already proved that you can do more when you decentralize financial services using third party agents who accept financial deposits and withdrawals on behalf of a larger financial institution....

Shopify is a dedicated web platform that has been designed to helps you build your online ecommerce store to your taste. It provides different templates that customers can choose from which meets their business branding requirements. Currently, Shopify powers over 600,000 online stores. One major benefit of using Shopify is that users without any design, technical or coding skills can create a store to their taste. Also, Shopify allows users to edit the HTML and CSS of their website, this means that users with coding skills can customize their stores better....

As light as a feather: ColorNote is a light and fully customizable easy to use note app that will work well on almost any Android phone and tablet whether it’s an entry level or high end Droid. At only 839KB and 2.3MB when installed, the app packs a couple of great features that any smartphone user will need. The App for instance worked smoothly when we tested it on an low end droid like the Google Huawei Ideos and on a beastly phone like the Galaxy S2....

To sum up your first week of this month, here are hand-picked stories from Africa and around the globe that we think will interest you. #1. Online company registration website now live in Kenya Africa is slowly embracing the digital world — including governments — according this story on Humanipo. With just the click of button, enterprises that wish to register their companies can now do so; “Entrepreneurs simply fill the details of their companies online at Inc....

Notches: Brief History The history of notches on modern-day smartphones traces back to the Q2 2017 when Essential announced its first flagship, the Essential Phone PH-1 in May 2017. About a month after, Apple unveiled the iPhone X and further popularized the notch trend, even did it better than Essential. Months later, notches became the rave of the whole smartphone world with many industry top dogs and new entrants following in the footsteps of Apple, adding these notches to literarily all of their devices — low-end, mid-range, flagships, you name it....

At best, a VPN or Virtual Private Network will hide your computer’s IP address from prying eyes and encrypt your data so that only you and your recipient are able to know what you are communicating. And that’s not enough. A VPN will also enable you access content or websites that are banned in specific countries. But this is at a small cost; speed and data. We already saw how VPN takes up about 10% more data because of the “encryption overhead“....

The news that 5G be would ready for use this year also contributed to the ecstatic impatience. Now a lot of smartphone owners, as well as potential smartphone buyers, want to know if their (prospective) device or network carrier would support the technology when it eventually goes live. For network carriers While it is a good thing that a number of 5G-ready smartphones were announced at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC 2019), the infrastructures (on the carriers’ side) to run the technology on your 5G phone aren’t ready yet; but they soon will....

In this guide, Let’s look at how DStv Lumba compares to existing packages and if it makes financial sense to consider subscribing to it. Being the cheapest package doesn’t necessarily make it the best package provided the FIFA World Cup season is here. DStv Lumba Channels DStv Lumba has 37 channels you can watch. Below is the list of all channels you can watch when you subscribe to the Lumba package....

If you want help installing the kit, DStv is charging an extra Ugx 50,000 totaling to Ugx 180,000. You would have to add Ugx 38,000 for the initial monthly subscription to actually enjoy the service. This comes to a total of Ugx 218,000 for you to actually be able to enjoy the service. In comparison, let’s see what the competition is offering. Startimes HD decoder with a dish is going for Ugx 144,000 (without installation costs) and it comes with one month of free TV on the basic bouquet....