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Presidential Debate Trend Worldwide on Twitter For 5 Straight Hours

Yesterday was a milestone for Kenya, after a Kenyan hashtag trended worldwide on Twitter for 5 straight hours, despite serious competition from Justin Bieber

February 11, 2013

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Google, Huawei, Samsung, Boeing And Other Companies Set To Build In Konza City

The Konza Technopolis has attracted major local service industry players, boosting its chances of success as foreign firms also line up for space in

January 24, 2013

Business·tech news

Safaricom Launches Africa’s First Android Phone With Intel Inside For Sh 11,000

The first smartphone to be launched in Africa and powered by an Intel chip has been unveiled as the Yolo, a new device with

January 24, 2013

tech news

Toyota Selling This Bomb Proof Luxury Car For Only Sh 14 Million

The owner of a run-of-the-mill Toyota wasn’t satisfied with the style and protection the car came with off the belt, and spent £100,000 to

January 17, 2013

tech news

Reddit Co-Founder Commits Suicide

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Government and academic officials who pushed for the prosecution of Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz played a role in his decision

January 13, 2013

tech news

Beats By Dr. Dre Maker And EA Sports To Make Gaming Headphones

LAS VEGAS — Monster, the company that launched the super popular Beats by Dr. Dre headphone, announced on Monday it is getting into the

January 7, 2013

tech news

Thief Breaks Into Microsoft Facility And Ironically Steals iPads

Microsoft’s Mountain View campus, San Francisco A THIEF targeted a major Microsoft complex over Christmas – but made off instead with iPads made by

January 6, 2013

tech news·weird

Billionaire PayPal Founder To Build A City In Mars

THE billionaire co-founder of PayPal plans to build a futuristic settlement on Mars for tens of thousands of space explorers. Visionary Elon Musk, whose

January 6, 2013

tech news

The Internet Is Now 30 Years Old

Shopping, banking, booking a holiday – even just staying in touch with friends – wouldn’t be the same without it. So it seems hard

January 2, 2013

tech news

2012 Most Popular Stories On Nairobi Wire

2012 In Review It has been 9 months since nairobiwire.com was launched.. that’s right, 9 months. Time in which this news blog has outgrown

December 31, 2012

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Antivirus Millionaire John McAfee Arrested For Murder

John McAfee — the millionaire who created McAfee Antivirus software — was arrested in Guatemala yesterday for entering the country illegally … while still

December 6, 2012

News·tech news

Facebook To Buy Whatsapp.

Whatsapp, the multiplatform mobile messaging app that has been one of the runaway success stories for ad-free, paid services, has been in talks to

December 3, 2012

tech news

Fury as Safaricom Scraps Unlimited SMS

“Bob con me more must go bring mikol jose home..” Disgruntled subscriber Kenyans were over the weekend shocked to learn that Safaricom has just

December 2, 2012

featured·lifestyle·tech news

Raila Unveils ‘ Raila For President’ Mobile App

Available for iPhones, Android and Blackberry Prime Minister Raila Odinga has just released a mobile phone application strategically targeting the tech savvy youthful voters.

November 29, 2012

featured·Politics·tech news

River Road Businessmen Switching ON Switched OFF Phones

CCK Warns Unscrupulous Businessmen Several businessmen along the busy River Road in downtown Nairobi have seen an opportunity in the recent fake mobile phone

October 8, 2012

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All DSTV Channels Free For Everyone

For A Few Minutes Before Snitches Alerted @DStv_Kenya Last night, DSTV subscribers were treated to a rare ‘all channels free’ moment after everything ‘opened

September 23, 2012

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John Harun Mwau: Kenya’s Undisputed King of Facebook

Kenya’s Overlooked King of Facebook Social media accounts and specifically Facebook and Twitter have become a must have for everyone. They are especially important

September 9, 2012

featured·Social Media·tech news

How The Media Helped ‘Campus Divas For Rich Men’ Gain 40,000 Likes In One Week

3,000 Likes At The Beginning of The Week.. 45,000 Likes At The End of The Week. For the last one week, one Facebook page

September 2, 2012

featured·News·Social Media·tech news

Dennis Itumbi Charged After Exposing Dangerous State Of Jetlink Planes

Jetlink Tries To Silence Blogger Blogger Dennis Itumbi was once again on the wrong side of the law after he was charged of intercepting

August 30, 2012

featured·News·tech news

Campus Divas For Rich Men

University Girls Take Prostitution To Facebook Campus Divas For Rich Men is a Facebook page that has elicited lots of interest especially after receiving

August 29, 2012

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