Apps & Gadgets
Electronics are getting smaller and smaller, and we all have our own special must-have gadgets. Smartphones and tablets are the most obvious examples of electronic gadgets. Other examples of electronic gadgets include e-book readers, smartwatches, digital fitness trackers, GPS devices and video game machines.
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Mobile phone cameras have come to stay and are now big part of our daily lives. I have no doubt that LG has the best pro phone camera in the market with the new G4 which has a 16 MP sensor, F 1.8 lens, ability to shoot in raw file (.dng) and manual Control function. The LG…
Jumia is about to set off probably the biggest online mobile sale ever in Nigeria. The eCommerce platform has released details of its forthcoming ‘Mobile Week Megathon‘. So what is the Jumia Mobile Week Megathon? Simply put, it is a week-long sale of mobile phones, via the Jumia mobile app, at (promisingly) crazy discounts. Throughout the Mobile…
Samsung and Jumia have partnered with World Reader, a non profit organisation, in an initiative that will promote literacy and education by pre-installing 15,000 free e-books in Samsung entry level smartphones. The select smartphones include, Ace 4 Lite, Ace 3, Trend Lite, J1, Star 2 Plus and Ace 4 Neo. Customers can download about 15,000…
Dubai based Chinese OEM, InnJoo will be launching a new entry level device – InnJoo Fire – at an event Lagos today. The InnJoo Fire promises to offer exceptional value for its affordable price (to be revealed tonight), and “blow all other budget-concerned handsets out of water”. Featuring a 5 inch QHD display, 2GB RAM,…
Since Facebook made Messenger a standalone app, they’ve been pulling out all the stops to make the app as compelling as possible; from video calls to friend-to-friend payments. Well, clearly there is even more to come. Facebook is currently in talks with several developers to make games for the app. Facebook’s Messenger, which already has…
Say you were on a budget, how much would you be willing to pay for a (close to) premium smartphone experience? The Gionee Elife E7 does a good job of lowering the barrier to entry for premium devices, as you will soon find out. Spec Highlights The Gionee Elife E7 features a 5.5-inch HD display (720…
Covenant University launched an app that serves as an educational platform for learning, obtaining academic information and also as a social platform for its students.With the rebranding of the institution which involves the provision of Samsung tablets to every student, the app seeks to foster an environment that encourages intellectual capacity building. The EduSocial…
The Infinix Hot edged out competing devices from the likes of Nokia and Samsung, the become the best selling smartphone for the month of March A total of about 539,000 phones were sold in March 2015, 21,368 of which were units of the Infinix Hot. That’s about 4% of the market share. What’s interesting to note…
The reason I’m such a huge fan of Snapchat as a social media platform and as a blooming startup is because of the extent at which they actually listen to their users. They really have their ear to the ground and it shows in their latest update, which includes a long-awaited feature of being able to zoom…
The LG G4 is South Korean OEM, LG’s flagship 2015 smartphone. Featuring a premium true leather back design, a 5.5 inch display with impressive 538 ppi density, 3GB of RAM, 32GB internal memory, a 16MP shooter and 8MP front camera, it’s certainly a device to die for. Following probably the most secretive pre-release campaign since…
Last week, at an invite-only event held at the CcHub, eTranzact launched the new PocketMoni Mobile payments application, a retake of what mobile money can be with a new mobile experience, and some new features on its mobile money network. Of all the features, 3 really seemed to stand out and may just attain the…
Yoruba101, the Yoruba teaching app, released by Genii Games’ Asa brand of African culture is targeted at kids in order to promote the African culture among them through mobile technology.But, and I’m looking at all of you English-speaking 21 and 22 year olds, that cannot speak Yoruba, everyone should get in touch with their culture.…
Here are 4 projects by the African Dev Community that really got us talking and we believe you will find interesting: Cruncher At the top of the list is Cruncher, an app made with Ruby on Rails and Angular to “make sense”/ analyse your GTB transaction statement. Maybe you can find out what you’ve been…
Ok, I just watched Samsung’s latest ad for its Galaxy S6 Edge, and I hate to say it – no, I really don’t – but they seem to have really stuck to their tradition of unoriginality. Wait, before anyone calls me an Apple fanboy – which, to be very honest, I am – just look…
Snapchat just launched a new update that lets users message content to their friends from within Snapchat Discover. Yeah, you probably don’t even know what Snapchat’s Discover is, well, this update will likely change that for a bunch of users. Discover, is Snapchat’s news and editorial platform that delivers daily stories and videos from the…
As the popular saying goes, uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, and as with previous democratic presidents of Nigeria, it’s definitely note going to be an exception for the incoming president, General Muhammadu Buhari. The president-elect will have more than social and traditional media to worry about, as the available media already got an…
The last Star Wars movie was released about 10 whole years ago, and with the reboot so close it might be a little difficult for fans of the franchise to fully remember details of that very vast universe. Well, Google just made it a whole lot easier to brush up on your Star Wars knowledge.…
Konga’s CEO, Sim Shagaya, in a tweet yesterday evening, invited everyone to find bugs on the Konga Android/iOS app, and get paid for it. He has got quite a response. https://twitter.com/SimShagaya/status/595278891507396610 Basically, find fault with the Konga app and get 10,000 for your troubles. This is a first of it’s kind Google-esque call in Nigeria;…
Microsoft has created a pretty fun, but wildly inaccurate website that tells you how old you look just by analyzing your photo. Well, sometimes the ‘How Old Do I Look’ app manages to be accurate, but other times it’s just ridiculously wrong (LMAO at Madonna). The process is pretty basic. You go to the site here,…
Over the week, I was trying to shop for a printer on one of the leading online marketplaces in the country. The printer I wanted to go for had no model number in the product details, so I tried getting across to the support team of the store on every available channel but couldn’t get…