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According to the Mary Meeker's 2014 Internet Trends Report, Mobile Usage in Africa has grown by over 100% in the last 12 months. Mobile usage was previously at 18% in May 2013 but is now projected at 38% in May 2014 and definitely still growing.... Read More

MTN Uganda has confirmed that its Mobile Money service currently also enables its customers to send, receive money and do all other Mobile Money transactions while roaming at the normal local transaction fees. The roaming customer is only charged an additional 80/- for each transaction... Read More

Several users on Twitter confirmed another Whatsapp outage and several others on downdetector.com and isitdownrightnow.com websites. Dignited editors  also confirmed that their messages sent on smartphones were not going through as of today Sunday, May 25th 6:35 GMT. The service came back online after about 25 minutes at... Read More

Google’s YouTube is reported to be very close to buying out Twitch a popular Live streaming gaming Start Up at $1bn in an All Cash Deal. Twitch is said to beat Google in Traffic during peak hours. “ The move, if it succeeds, would effectively... Read More

Began as a personal project in 1991 while  a student at Helsinki University of Technology, Linus Torvalds had no idea how revolutionary his hobby project would be. Today, what's now known as the "Linux Kernel" or simply Linux runs your life, even though you might not... Read More

This is one of those features that you think to yourself "why didn't they implement this earlier on?". Well, ask no more. Whether it's the load shedding akin to Africa, have a weak connection (EDGE) or that you have simply run out of data, Facebook... Read More

LAP GreenN, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Libya Africa Investment Portfolio and majority shareholder for Uganda Telecom Limited, was nominated and won in the category of ‘Growth Story of the Year’ at this year’s TMT Finance & Investment MENA Awards 2014. LAP GreenN’s CEO,... Read More

Its Official that the new entry level Macbook Air has been slashed by $100 and is now selling at $899 from $999. Apple has further reduced the cost of previous models to $799 with several stores in the US selling some models cheaper than Apple CNET... Read More

Airtel Uganda and Samsung Electronics (East Africa) today launched the much anticipated Samsung Galaxy S5 at a cocktail event in the plush gardens of the Serena Hotel Kampala. As part of an on-going global launch of the Galaxy S5 Smart Phone in key markets and... Read More