Monthly Archives: August 2018
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Safaricom and WorldRemit embark on digital money partnership Mobile money transfers booming marketplace
WorldRemit, an international digital money transfer service business has signed a direct partnership with Safaricom. The move will secure and provide instant mobile money transactions across borders. These services will be available for the twenty-eight and a half million registered M-Pesa users in the country. This will is an added advantage to Safaricom as the leading mobile money service in Kenya and draw in more […]
Why is Linux more popular as a server than Windows? There are many reasons actually...
Web developers would argue that Linux is well suited and better to use as a server than windows. This is the windows’ most worthy competitor in this area, and for those who have no idea why we can provide a few reasons below. Stability Clearly, there is something developers are getting out of Linux, that Microsoft just is not providing or providing too well. Their […]
Women in Machine Learning and Data Science Progress and communities in Kenya
Machine learning is the new frontier of the technology industry. Artificial intelligence has already been implemented by some countries to operate self-driving cars and home robots. The new technological developments are both challenging and innovative. The main reason behind artificial intelligence is to facilitate life with simpler methods of dealing with complex solutions. Easy long-lasting solutions that embrace yet again, the future. It is dynamic […]
Android 9 has a name and its PIE! P is for Pie, what you need to know.
The latest upcoming version of Android was introduced to the masses for future release by Google. Android lovers have been guessing the new probable nickname since its reveal. Only, it seems obvious now, because it is a very simple name: Pie. This new version has been available in beta for the past few months for tech enthusiasts to try out the edgy new developments […]
Machine Learning and Data Science in Kenya Bringing women in machine learning and data science together
Machine learning is the new frontier of the technology industry. Artificial intelligence has already been implemented by some countries to operate self-driving cars and home robots. The new technological developments are both challenging and innovative. The main reason behind artificial intelligence is to facilitate life with simpler methods of dealing with complex solutions. Easy long-lasting solutions that embrace yet again, the future. It is dynamic […]
Samsung set to invest $22 billion in AI and 5G Tech Research and Development Being at the Core
Being the number one selling phone on the planet is not enough for Samsung. After shipping over 70 million phones in the last quarter of this year, Samsung has announced their new ambitious venture into AI, 5G tech and futuristic new technologies to grow their customer base and of course, their profits. They have set aside 25 trillion won to make their dreams come to […]
South Africa Drafts a Bill to Tax Cryptocurrencies Now part of taxable income
In April, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced its plan to start taxing cryptocurrencies. The cryptocurrency frenzy has taken over, and investors and wealthy millionaires are all racing for a piece of the blockchain pie. However, some are skeptical that blockchain and especially bitcoin works more like a pyramid scheme. The likes of Warren Buffet and Bill Gates have been keen to warn people […]
Google Acts as a Gatekeeper on the Play Store. Google tightens belt on rogue apps
Android is by far the platform with the widest variety of apps to choose from as well as the most used store for mobile applications. To date, Android is available on over 24,000 different devices offered by over one thousand three hundred brands to users worldwide. These users rely on Android to deliver the more than one million applications on the store main platform, the […]
Huawei Surpasses Apple as the Second Largest Smartphone Seller Shipping 54 million phones the last quarter
Th Chinese based tech firm Huawei has confirmed overtaking apple to become the second largest smartphone seller, after Samsung. The revelation is not a surprise as the company has been doing relatively well across diverse markets building a strong base in developing nations across Africa and Asia. Most especially, its home country China. Marketing intelligence firms IDC, HIS Markit and Canalys all report that Huawei […]
Is Microsoft Office Online similar to Google Docs? The race for cloud-based office productivity services
Google has the Google Drive application, which is home to the Google Docs. Google doc is a suite of productivity applications that include collaborative editing of documents, spreadsheets, presentations etc. that allows for file sharing. This makes it the perfect teamwork tool for the office. These productivity tools are available for free with a limited amount of online storage but enough for an individual to […]
