A Newly published patent listing has showed a Samsung tablet with foldable display; the tablet display can fold up to two times to forms a single device. Samsung has been working on foldable display for a while and recent reports suggests that the company’s Internal Project Valley (or Project V) which would bring a smartphone […]
Facebook Messenger for Android app has joined the league of over 1 Billion downloads this week. The Facebook Messenger app for Android joins the likes of the Facebook app itself, Whatsapp, Google maps, Gmail, Youtube, and Google Search which have all scored over a billion downloads. The app currently has a 3.9 Star rating out […]
The Jumia Mobile Week Megathon for 2015 has come and gone; the online e-commerce platform along with its partners MTN and MediaTek managed to stage one of the best and biggest mobile sales in Africa. Jumia made sure the event was everywhere from the television stations, radios, blogs, social media and the newspapers were also […]
At the WWDC 2015, Apple announced the WatchOS 2.0 – the latest OS for the Apple Watch. The update brings several updates including third-party app support and also developers would be able to build native apps for the smartwatch. The WatchOS 2.0 is already available to developers however the native Apple Watch would start appearing […]
Apple has announced that Apple Pay would now not only be available in US, it would now also be available in the UK by July. The company is partnering with Eight of the most popular UK Banks on the payment service and more would be added over time. Over 250,000 locations should accept Apple Pay from […]
Apple has finally announced the long rumoured Apple Music, the music streaming service combines on-demand streaming, online radio and social media. The service could be said to be a mixture of iTunes Radio and Beats Music integrated into one. The service comes with a free three-month trial and subscriptions starts at $9.99 for individuals or […]
Leading Chip maker, Intel has announced it is acquiring Altera, another maker of programmable chips in a $16.7 Billion deal ($54 per share in an all-cash transaction). Intel sees Altera’s low-power chips such as field-programmable gate array (FPGA) as reprogrammable and the company would explore the avenue of editing ans customising them for different functions. […]
Facebook has officially announced the Facebook Lite app, a much more optimised version of the the Facebook for Android app. It is basically an app targeted at helping Facebook users in areas with slow networks (especially developing countries). Some countries in Africa and Asia – Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and […]
Oppo and FC Barcelona has announced they have entered into a partnership agreement. The smartphone maker would be one of the official partners of the spanish football club for the next three years. Commenting on the new partnership, the CEO of Oppo, Tony Chen said; “The company chose FC Barcelona not only because of their […]
Earlier this week, Twitter announced the standalone Periscope app for Android officially; the live streaming app allows users broadcast videos directly from their smartphones. Periscope was purchased by Twitter back in January when the service was still in the beta phase. The Periscope app for iOS has been made available since March 2015 and about […]