David Okwii

In an interview, Qualcomm’s senior vice president and chief marketing officer Anand Chandrasekher  said that Apple’s 64-bit A7 processor found in the new iPhone 5S is a “marketing gimmick” at this point, giving no real benefits to the user. The Exec said that the main benefit of a... Read More

It's no secret that the ordinary computer and mobile user  -- coming from a Windows world on PC -- has no idea what Linux really is. Yet Linux is the engine that runs their shinny Samsung Galaxies smartphones or tablets under the hood. In this... Read More

A new infographic by  InternetServiceProviders.org is predicting that Africa mobile connection will grow at a rate of 6.5% from 2012 to 2017 implying that the connections will go from 683 million in 2012 to 93 Million in 2017. Currently Africa accounts for only 7% of the world’s internet users in... Read More

We've had endless arguments among phone enthusiasts on social media, blogs, comment threads, chat rooms as to why up to now, the once global phone maker has no Android handset. It has even been touted that the day the handset maker adopts Android is the... Read More

Mobile messaging service WhatsApp is rolling out push-to-talk voice messaging today for all of its apps on the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android OS, Windows Phone and Nokia, the company’s co-founder and CEO Jan Koum told AllThingsD. The update is expected to be available to all users within 24 hours. Who doesn't... Read More

Orange has announced a new set of mobile payment services in conjunction with Visa for Orange Money subscribers. Botswana will be the first country to benefit from the new program and will allow easy access to funds 24 hours a day, bringing new point-of-sale, online... Read More

Firefox Flicks is a global competition by Mozilla and it's about people around the globe creating videos that tell the story of how having access to the Web through a mobile device can change the way you see the world and how you function within... Read More

Update: Orange Uganda was sold to Africell Uganda and some of the services Orange offered were discontinued. The saturation of the voice market has pressured the Telecoms to diversify into other sources of revenues in order to stay profitable in a highly competitive industry. Services... Read More

China Unicom has joined the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group(CAG) to shape the priorities of the Ubuntu team delivering our mobile experience. China Unicom is among the world’s largest mobile operators and has nearly 300 million mobile subscribers. The Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group lets mobile operators... Read More