Its 2020 and you can still choose from a wide selection of Android One smartphones for a nice clean stock version of Google’s OS with the other benefit of 2 guaranteed years of OS and security updates. There are also a few manufacturers that make Android One smartphones. So what are the stock Android smartphones you can buy in 2020? Nokia 4.2 If you’d prefer to keep your budget lower, one phone worth considering is the Nokia 4....
However, if you still choose to carry on with helping Google fix bugs and perfect their latest Android OS, here is how you can go about it. SEE: Here’s why Your Phone Hasn’t Received the latest Android operating system update How To Get Android Q Beta As a reminder, you have to have any of Google’s Pixel phones to be able to do this and if you do, there are two ways to get your hands on the Android Q Beta OS....
Although previous editions of the Apple Watch had heart monitors, the latest Apple Watch 4 sports a more sophisticated, FDA-approved ECG (Electrocardiogram) feature which can detect atrial fibrillation (i.e irregular heart rate), measure the real-time electrical activity of the wearer’s heartbeat and generally detect heart failure. The Apple Watch 4’s ECG heart monitoring feature is so sophisticated that some cardiologists affirmed that it is way better than ECG you’d get at your doctor’s office....
The African automobile market is enormous and growing larger each year. The trade in new and used cars, buses, motorbikes and big trucks is now a multi-billion-dollar business in Africa. Countries like Nigeria spend over $5 billion dollars every year on importing automobiles. However, most of the cars imported into Africa are second-hand from first countries like USA, Asia, Canada and Europe. In Uganda, almost 80% of all cars on the roads....
Rooting grants a smartphone user permission to modify administrative-level system settings. Users can also replace or delete system apps, and just about any other tasks usually denied the average Android user in an unrooted smartphone. In this god mode, you can just as easily replace the operating system if you so wish. However, here’s a word to the wise: rooting is serious business. Smartphones have been consciously optimised to run in their most stable conditions....
Setting up an online ecommerce might be easier, but the hardest part of it is choosing the right payment method for you, the best that build trust with your customers, attracts clients, and meet your business needs. Remember a poor payment method may lead to loss of orders on your store. What is a payment gateway? A payment gateway is an e-commerce application service that authorizes payments processing for online retailers, e-businesses, clicks and traditional bricks....
But for some time now, ride-hailing companies have had a series of tussles and faced bottlenecks from regulatory authorities. For instance, in July, the authorities proposed regulations that would compel bike-hailing companies to pay an annual licensing fee of N25 million ($70,000) per 1000 bikes. But who knew more mysteries were still coming their way? The Outright Ban on Bikes The Lagos state regulatory authorities, this week decided to place a permanent ban on motorcycles in some regions in the state....
Billable hours — a first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa — is a small Enterprise Resource Planning system for law firms that computerizes the entire workflow of a law firm; right from the moment a client walks in, opening of a case file, to detailed step-by-step carrying out of the tasks pertinent to the case, to actual costing in relation to time. Finally, calculation of expenses accrued to final generation of a completely itemized bill....
The other path is the smart home security camera solution which stores its footage on the cloud, in a micro SD, or in the built-in memory. This footage can be accessed and viewed remotely via a smartphone app or a web interface. In the recent past, there has been some considerable extent of overlap between the functionality of these two distinct security solutions. For instance, it is not very hard to get a CCTV system with some smart features like you would find with smart home cameras....
The strap, which is made from silicon, comes in Pink, Blue, Green, White, and Black. Besides the touchscreen display, the Redmi Watch also has a side button. This side button works alongside the touch display to navigate through the apps and menus and select options in the watch interface. The Redmi watch can also be operated by means of the Mi Fit app on any paired smartphone. Other features present in the new Redmi smartwatch include water resistance (up to 50 meters), over 120 watch faces, Near Field Communication (NFC) which helps to make payment processes seamless, a heart-rate monitor that monitors your heartbeat all day long, and Bluetooth 5....
My goal was to figure out if Chromebooks have come of age enough to become my daily driver. I’ve got a review of the Galaxy Chromebook Go coming up but I thought I needed to share my experience and thoughts about the operating system that powers Chromebooks first. Chromebooks are a fairly new breed of laptops that run on Chrome OS, a heavily tweaked Linux-based operating system. At the center of the Chrome OS is as you would have guessed — the Google Chrome browser....
Konka Group Co., Ltd. is a Chinese manufacturer of electronics and telecommunication products based in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. The Company is principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of color televisions (TVs), set-top boxes, Fridges and major appliances. When we visited the Konka store on Jinja road Kampala, they had flat screen TVs ranging from Ugx 1.9m to 6 million, free-to-air decoders or set-top boxes, smartphones and fridges of all sizes....
Although there is no Coronavirus (COVID -19) case that has been reported so far in the country, this is seen as a move to minimize the damage in case of an outbreak is in high gear. In Kenya, Safaricom and Airtel Kenya have already waived fees off mobile money transactions. MTN Uganda has initiated the move in Uganda that could result in less handling of physical cash in favor of cashless transactions....
AI text-to-video tools not only automate video creation, but also the editing process. Usually, you don’t need any editing experience to create HD videos with these tools. So in this article, we’ll be looking at some of the best AI video generators you can use for your next project. Make-a-Video by Meta In September 2022, Meta launched a system that allows you to turn descriptive texts into video. Unlike most AI video generators that have a static face simply repeating the words in a conversational tone, Meta takes a different approach....
This announcement came shortly after the platform received certification from the Crowdfunding Accreditation for Platform Standards. Jumpstart Africa is a pioneering start-up dedicated to connect people with a passion for Africa, directly to the local entrepreneurs creating innovative projects. Led by an advisory council comprised of industry experts and trailblazers, CAPS is dedicated to protecting both the innovators launching crowdfunding campaigns and backers who help fund or invest capital in those campaigns....
Building Cross-border Internet Interconnection in the East Africa The Internet Society, in partnership with AfriNIC, successfully conducted the inauguration of the Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP) and Regional Internet Carrier (RIC) best practice workshop under the AXIS Project, UGO reports. Internet traffic exchange among regional regional Internet Service Providers could translate into numerous benefits to the end-users including faster downloading speeds and fluid browsing. Liquid Telecom Completes Fiber Ring Boosting Internet Liquid Telecom Group has just completed the build of the East Africa Fibre Ring that connects Kenya Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and back into Kenya, making the first fully redundant regional fibre ring Kenya’s Techmoran reports....
Two years ago…… As I bought something from the kiosk, I happen to come across an elderly gentleman possibly in his fifties who was quit engaged watching the 10 o’clock news (Agataliko Fufu) off his Chinese phone. At the time, simcard registration was something the Uganda Communication Commission was pressuring telecom companies to wrap up with or otherwise their customers faced imminent disconnection. On top of that, Chinese phones had been rumored to be banned off the network grids in an effort to fight counterfeit phones....
It’s like composing an email. Even when there’s no data, your email client simply puts the message in the “outbox” folder waiting for a data connection at which it’ll automatically send your message. Here’s the full Facebook version 10.0 for iOS changelog: Review what your post will look like and choose whether to remove any suggested links before sharing what you’re reading, watching or listening to. Create posts even when your connection is weak or you’re in airplane mode, and they’ll be shared once your connection gets strong enough....
Besides making a rather unexpected switch to Yahoo that will be visible to users in North America, the organization is also kicking Skype on the bat. They are introducing a built-in vdieo chat feature dubbed “Firefox Hello” that lets you call your other friends using Firefox without installing additional software or Add-ons. Firefox Hello is powered by a fairly new web standard called WebRTC that we predicted would spell trouble for VoIP providers such as Skype about 2 years ago....
However, the functionality of each Fitbit varies and you need to find the right fit for you. In this article, we’ll look at some of the top Fitbit series available in the market today along with their functionalities and price. We hope the comparison will help you make a more informed decision. Keep reading to find out more Fitbit Sense 2 Key Specifications Google wallet and Fitbit payExercise and activity trackingBuilt-in GPSDaily readiness score and wellness reportsECH monitor and heart rate notificationsEDA and skin temperature SensorVoice assistantsStaircase and floor climbsOn-wrist Bluetooth callsAlways on displayFast charging6 days battery life...
