Ken on 24th Jan

Software firm SplashData has released the 2013 edition of its annual “Worst Passwords” list, and for the first time, “password” has been displaced from the top spot. The dubious distinction now goes to “123456”, which had been in second place for the past two years. After a year of high-profile security breaches,...

Ken on 23rd Jan

African countries have always lagged behind when it comes to online shopping. This can be attributed mostly to low internet penetration and usage of computers. It is however changing fast, and Kenya is among the elite African countries quickly embracing this new way. We have seen many players open shop in the country, and a few have stood out. Unlike...

Ken on 22nd Jan

Dr. Dre’s music streaming service, Beats Music, has just gone live in the Apple App Store ahead of its upcoming launch in the US (hat/tipGigaOm). The service, which goes up against the likes of Spotify, Rdio, Pandora and iTunes Radio — as well as Mega CEO Kim Dotcom‘s new music streamingservice Baboom – will cost $9.99 per month for unlimited...

Ken on 10th Jan

Samsung will release its Galaxy S5 smartphone by April, and the device might include iris scanning technology, a new report from Bloomberg claims. “Many people are fanatical about iris recognition technology. We are studying the possibility,” Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of the Samsung’s mobile business, told Bloomberg at CESin...

Ken on 06th Jan

Last week, Samsung unveiled the world’s largest Television – a 110 inch Ultra HD TV that will retail at around KSh13 million. As is characteristic of Kenyans, they embarked on ‘investigating’ what is so special with this TV, that it will cost more than a decent house. Here are some of the best Tweets under the hashtag #TvYa13Million #TvYa13Million...

Ken on 06th Jan

(Reuters) – Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos was airlifted from a cruise ship by the Ecuadorean Navy after suffering a kidney stone attack in the Galapagos Islands on New Year’s Day. “Galapagos: five stars. Kidney stones: zero stars,” Bezos said in an e-mail provided by Amazon in response to a Reuters request for comment. Ecuador’s...

Ken on 18th Dec

Google has released their annual Zeitgeist report, that indicates the search trends on it’s various country specific sites.Big stories of the year have dominated Google.co.ke search, with Westgate, Mutula Kilonzo, JKIA fire and IEBC emerging among the top 10.Lucy Kibaki, Nelson Mandela, Uhuru Kenyatta and Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker...

Ken on 11th Dec

The digital TV migration scheduled for this Friday this week has been put off by the High Court till December 23, when the ruling of the case challenging the shift is expected to made.The parties challenging the move include Nation Media Group, Royal Media Services, and the Standard Media Group, whose grievances include the ‘illegal’...

Ken on 06th Dec

Social media users beware: Hackers have busted into at least 2 million accounts and stolen passwords at Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and other sites, a new report revealed this week. The hackers used keylogging software that was surreptitiously installed on an unknown number of computers around the world, data analysts with the cybersecurity...

Ken on 03rd Dec

Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, is testing unmanned drones to deliver goods to customers, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos says. The drones, called Octocopters, could deliver packages weighing up to 2.3kg to customers within 30 minutes of them placing the order, he said. However, he added that it could take up to five years for the service...

Ken on 20th Nov

A parliamentary committee yesterday recommended the rejection of the appointment of John Mututho as chairman of The National Authority for Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA).The decision came after the committee examined a report by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption commission. The former Naivasha MP has pending criminal and civil suits....

Ken on 07th Nov

Believe it or not, but pop star Justin Bieber is financially backing an unheard of social app called “Shots of Me,” which is expected to launch later this week and will target the singer’s teenage fan base. Shots of Me, developed by San Francisco startup RockLive, has secured $1.1 million in seed money, with Bieber leading the way....

Ken on 22nd Oct

Nakuru based chief, Francis Kariuki, is currently in New York courtesy of Samsung.The tech savvy chief, known for his peculiar tweeting habits using the handle @Chiefkariuki, will give a presentation during a Samsung Galaxy event.Just this month, the chief received a brand new Galaxy Mega from Samsung Kenya. The tweeting administrator @Chiefkariuki...

Ken on 22nd Oct

The operator of the popular file-sharing service isoHunt, which the courts have declared a massive copyright scofflaw, is shutting down to settle a long-running lawsuit from the Motion Picture Association of America, according to court records lodged today. Gary Fung, the site’s Canadian operator, also agreed to pay $110 million in damages as part...

Ken on 16th Oct

Are you a Facebook user who wants privacy? Well, too bad, you can’t have it anymore. The site’s chief-executive-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, however, can now have all the privacy he wants, since he just purchased four houses adjacent to his home in Palo Alto, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Zuck dropped more than $30 million in total for...

Ken on 10th Oct

George Njoroge, the Managing Director of East Africa Data Handlers, is offering a cash reward of Sh 500,000 to anyone with information leading to the arrest of a notorious laptop thief. This is according to Robert Alai’s Techmtaa.com.The unidentified man has been caught twice on CCTV cameras stealing laptops and other valuables from two separate...

Ken on 10th Oct

Remember that leaked image of a curved display smartphone from Samsung? You should, considering it popped up under our noses just a few hours ago. Well, in case you don’t, Samsung wants to remind you. The Korean firm has just sent out a press release announcing the Galaxy Round, “the world’s first curved display smartphone.” With the curved...

Ken on 09th Oct

At around 11 PM on Tuesday night, many Safaricom subscribers experienced difficulties making phone calls. This went on till around 11:40 when service was restored for some users.Trying to make a call on a Safaricom line was met with a message that your line is not registered. This message was not selective, as even registered users reported experiencing...

Ken on 09th Oct

Photo::Afromusing.com For about one hour on Tuesday night, Safaricom subscribers were unable to make phone calls or send text messages.Attempting to make a call was met with a message that your line is not registered, and that you should visit your nearest Safaricom shop.This affected even the registered subscribers.The move was seen by many...

Ken on 04th Oct

Abuja — Plans have reached very advanced stage to launch two new Made-in-Nigeria mobile phone brands into the nation’s booming telephony market later this year, the Phone and Allied Products Dealers Association, PAPDAN has disclosed. President of PAPDAN, Mr Godfrey Iyke Nwosu, who disclosed the plan, said that the Made in Nigeria phone brands...