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Multiple accounts and docs supported on Gmail Opera Mini update
The world's fastest and most used mobile browser--Opera Mini--has updated Google's mail client, Gmail. The Gmail update on Opera mini embraces a flat mobile user interface, supports Google docs, multiple accounts, tabs and all recently added features on the mobile version. However, given the statical nature... Read More
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Airtel and Warid Innovate as Sim Registration Deadline Draws Near
Airtel Uganda today at a press conference announced an a couple of innovations that it hopes would speed up the SIM card registration process of its customers as the deadline draws closer. Among these is; “Partial” Registration introduced. If you register you get 20 minutes... Read More
Firefox Flicks: Here’s What some African film makers think of the upcoming Firefox OS
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
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Team Code 8 From Uganda Wins For Africa At The Imagine Cup Finals
News coming in from Russia at the Microsoft Imagine Cup Awards Ceremony, Team Code 8 from Uganda won the Women’s Empowerment Award. This was the 11th annual Microsoft Imagine cup which premiered competition from technologists, developers and aspiring entrepreneurs to create innovative projects and ultimately bring those... Read More
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More Than 15% Price Cut For The Cloud Computing and Information Security Conference
In a little under a month, the Cloud Computing and Information Security Conference Africa 2013 will be commencing in Zimbabwe from the 24th-26th of July at the Rainbow Towers Hotel & Conference Centre. The CCISC Africa 2013, a platform to get in depth knowledge on... Read More
A total communication and electricity shutdown.
The Impending Super Solar storm! Imagine living a life today without any form of Digital Communication, no TV and radio signals and no power. Today as I was preparing to go to church, I tuned in to BBC World Service and there was a program... Read More
The Day Has Come, Meet The Pivot East Contestants
East Africa's premier mobile startups conference, Pivot East, is here. The mobile startup pitching competition that started in 2011 officially kicks off on Tuesday, 25th to Wednesday 26th July at Kampala Sheraton hotel. This year's major objective is “To facilitate discovery of the next wave... Read More
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Facebook introduces Clickable Hashtags, 7 Years After Twitter
Social media giant, Facebook, on Wednesday announced that it will start supporting clickable hashtags (#) from its users. This comes 7 years after Twitter started supporting them. Similar to other social networks like Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr or Pinterest, hashtags on Facebook will allow appearance of... Read More
Big Data, Advertising And Spying Are Partners in Crime: Discuss Their Collaboration
The internet, since 5th June has been awash with conspiracy theories of close collaboration between NSA and major technology companies in Silicon Valley. These nefarious ties' allegations publicly leaked by a former NSA IT guy, Edward Snowden in unprecedented series, have been denied by the... Read More
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