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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The International Space Apps Challenge is an annual 2-day hackathon that brings together developers, technologists, scientists, designers, artists, educators, entrepreneurs and students, with a focus on utilizing publicly available data – sourced from NASA’s Open Data Initiative – to proffer locally and globally relevant solutions to problems relating to life on earth and space exploration.…
Developed by Taofeek Adeshina and his team, all Computer Science Students from the University of Lagos, Slangz is a mobile dictionary for pidgin English and commonly used internet slangs in Nigeria. Sort of like the Urban Dictionary, but for Nigerian colloquials. In recognition of the obvious fact that pidgin and slangs are developed informally with…
Online shopping website, Konga has announced its collaboration with SuperGeeks; an after-sales tech support and gadget repair service provider, to offer Nigeria’s first Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) supplementary warranty service called the Gadget Protection Plan (GPP). This special insurance package will be available at the point of purchase for many devices sold on Konga’s online…
According to Blackberry, when measured against 22 other messaging apps, including WhatsApp and Snapchat, BBM is shown to hold on to over 93% of its users after first 30 days of installation. Even after the 60 and 90-day marks, BBM still shows higher user loyalty than most apps. As reported by The Information and CNBC,…
Blackberry 10 users have begun noticing a call button appear within active chat screens of WhatsApp messenger. You will remember that WhatsApp calling recently became publicly available to all Android users, after weeks of beta testing. It would appear that the feature has also gone public for Blackberry 10 users. The implementation of this new feature is native to…
For a while now, the tech blogosphere has been abuzz with news of WhatsApp’s voice call feature finally arriving, albeit reserved only for a select few. Before now you needed to have an invite – a call from a contact who had the feature enabled – to be enabled to start using WhatsApp voice calling.…
Samsung Electronics West Africa has announced that its latest collection of smartphones, the Galaxy S6 edge and the S6 duos are now available for pre-order in Nigeria. The devices will be available in 32GB and 64GB for the S6 edge and 32GB for the S6 duos, and the pre-ordering campaign kicked off yesterday, March 30th,…
The 2015 General Elections in Nigeria are just days away, and there’s much buzz around change and transformation. While the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is heading to the 2015 polls with card reader devices for accreditation, as a way of guarding against election malpractices, Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria also wants us to head to the…
It was the March edition of the CcHub‘s Developers’ Parapo and the final item on the agenda was the usability testing of Jekalo – an application in its demo stage that helps people to offer or join a ride based on proximity. The name Jekalo is a Yoruba phrase for ‘let’s go.’ How does Jekalo help you? The platform uses the…
Eskimi is social networking and messaging app that helps users connect with strangers all over the world.With over 19 million Monthly Active Users globally, Eskimi is most popular among Nigerians who make up about 50% of that number. This has plenty to do with the fact that Eskimi is lightweight and very data-friendly. Which is…
Microsoft yesterday announced the release of the first technical preview of the Windows 10 Software Developer Kit. This preview (not the final release) is aimed at helping developers better grasp Microsoft’s idea for Universal Windows Apps, as they continue to work on finishing Windows 10. A Universal App is one which can run across different form factors –…
Running Windows 8.1 over Intel’s Bay Trail 1.3 GHz Quad-core processor, the Innjoo Leap is marketed with the tagline “Works like a PC, Plays like a Tablet”. But can it live up to that hype? Spec Highlights Full Windows 8.1 PC Operating System 8-inch display 1GB RAM 1.33 GHz Intel Bay Trail Quad-core processor 5 MP back camera,…
The new Infinix Hot Note is as big as phablets come. The 5.5-inch Android powered phone boasts a 4000 mAh battery that can fast charge from 0 to 100% in 90 minutes – if you use the bundled charger – and can take you through nearly 2 days of above average use, on one charge.…
Microsoft just pulled another stunt at the lower end of the smartphone pyramid. Yesterday the company announced a new addition to the Lumia family – the Lumia 430. Retailing at $70 (~ N14,000), it is the cheapest Windows Phone device to date. The Lumia 430 features a 4-inch display, 2MP back camera, 0.3 MP front,…
The Huawei Honor 3C Lite, or Huawei Holly if you like, is a 5-inch Android KitKat device running on a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and GB of RAM. It is not to be confused with it’s predecessor, the Huawei Honor 3C. As the name implies, the Honor 3C Lite is designed to be a “lighter”…
Mobile devices have made life easier, most especially smartphones. Most glaring among the improvements shown from using smart devoces is the increased ease of shopping. The sharp growth in use of personal devices around the globe has changed the face of online shopping in Nigeria. Individuals no longer have to manually browse for products in…
The Lenovo A536 is an Android smartphone from Chinese OEM Lenovo. Spotting a 5-inch Display it comes with 1GB of RAM, 8GB internal memory, a 5MP rear camera, 2MP in front and all this is powered by a 1.3 GHz Cortex A7 processor. Of course it has Dual (regular) SIM functionality. It also comes in…
The Wiko Getaway is a Quad-core Android KitKat smartphone from French OEM Wiko Mobile. Here’s a first look at the device Spec Highlights Dual SIM (micro and nano) 1.3 GHz quad-core processor 5-inch IPS LCD display (294 ppi) with Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection Android KitKat 4.4.2 16GB internal, 1GB RAM, expandable memory up to…
The Innjoo Leap is an 8-inch tablet by Innjoo, the same company that brought us the Innjoo One “flagship killer”. However, unlike its Android-powered smartphone counterpart, the Innjoo Leap ships with Windows 8.1 with Bing, which is essentially the same flavour of Windows that powers full-fledged PCs. Spec Highlights Windows 8.1 Operating System 8-inch 188…
The general perception among smartphone users in Nigeria, it would appear, is that they’re aren’t many “good enough” Nigerian apps. This is probably why if you did a quick anywhere around you, you’ll almost always find that they occupy a very minute percentage of most Nigerians’ smartphones. In my opinion, this isn’t necessarily because Nigerian apps…