David Okwii

According this Google support page, the search giant will be retiring one of its products -- Google Reader which is an RSS feed aggregator -- come July 1, 2013. Google Reader will be retired on July 1, 2013. If you'd like to download a copy of all... Read More

Facebook unveiled a whole new news feed on Thursday morning and the revamp comes with a host of fresh features. Among the chief advantages: bigger images, multiple feeds for different interests and a more consistent user experience across mobile devices. Facebook continues to push the boundaries of new... Read More

If you walked into any office and glanced at any computer screen, what operating system will you see? The answer to that question is obvious. Without doubt, Microsoft through it's operating systems (Windows 7 being my favorite) has brought computing to the masses across the... Read More

Abdu Sekalala is a low spirited man who likes to keep things simple. Together with several other students in the School of Computing and IT Makerere University got an opportunity to be trained by Nokia to develop market relevant applications for the Mobile giant’s OVi... Read More

In 2011, with the launch of Mozilla Firefox in Luganda, the Mozilla community in Uganda was also born. The community brings together key contributors in Uganda from all fields in order to consolidate their efforts and make them more significant. They inspire and give an... Read More

Today, I wanted to load airtime on my phone. So I went to the store next door and asked the lady whom I'll call Mama Frank to get me airtime for 10K UgShs. When I pulled out a 20,000 Shilling note, I was immediately told I... Read More

UPDATE: There is a new mandatory re-registration of SIM cards by all telecoms. Any SIM cards not re-registered by 20th April 2017 will be deactivated  as per Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). We have written a step by step guide on how to re-register your SIM card... Read More

Telecommunications has and continues to radically change every other day with the evolution of network technologies, devices and software. At first we used Telegraphs to send messages over long distances. But this soon changed to the telephone developed by Graham Bell in the 18th Century that... Read More

WhatsApp Messenger is a proprietary, cross-platform instant messaging application for smartphones. In addition to text messaging, users can send each other images, video, and audio media messages. The client software is available for Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Series 40, Symbian, and Windows Phone. The company by the same name was founded in 2009 by Brian Acton and Jan Koum,... Read More