A big part of Bluetooth audio technology is the codec which is used to decode the audio format and encode it for transmission to your Bluetooth audio device. There are different types of Bluetooth audio codecs which varies in parameters such as bitrate, sample rate, bit depth, latency and energy efficiency. All of these factors in what decides how your Bluetooth audio experience will be and here is what they actually mean just in case you were wondering Bitrate: This is the number of bits that are conveyed per second and it is measured in kilobits per second (kbps) or megabits per second (Mbps)....

Placing emphasis on an HD microphone, stereo earphones and not forgetting noise reduction, I would say Blukar delivers on each count. Blukar also promises three-dimensional presence, if you’re one to carefully read all the literature on unboxing. Imagine wearing headphones in cinemas while watching a horror movie, and somebody whispers behind you. That’s a 3-D audio experience. Noise Reduction Blukar provides three sets of rubber tips of varying sizes. Personally, the smallest size provided the best insulation from my immediate environment....

After that a few other bundles cropped up, touting to be unlimited. They, however, had a fair usage policy under which, after exceeding a gives threshold, user speeds would be capped at a predetermined speed for the remaining subscription period. Telkom Kenya’s XL bundles and Airtel’s UnlimiNet bundles are examples of such. Which Bundle should you purchase? So you can either purchase an Unlimited bundle that has a speed limit or you can go for the traditional bundles....

The Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) Rwanda, are organizing an international conference on ICT for Agriculture (ICT4Ag) in Kigali. The ICT4Ag conference will promote the application of ICTs in the Agricultural sector with particular emphasis on value chains, advocacy and policy development as posted on their website. There is going to be a regional hackathon on ICT4Ag solution as one of the activities that will run during the conference....

Health workers have said our best shot at protecting ourselves against the virus is to practice social distancing, wash our hands for at least 20 seconds and avoid touching our faces and eyes with our hands. But have you wondered if you need to clean your smartphone regularly, to keep coronavirus off the smartphone? After all, these devices spend the better half of the day in our hands as we constantly use them to get work done....

MTN Uganda further enhanced its Mobile Money offer to try and minimize the physical exchange of physical cash. The offer is meant to reduce the risk of transmission of the coronavirus that has paralyzed daily life across the globe. MTN Uganda has in the past also launched a data bundle to ease the work of customers who are working from home. The ‘work from home’ data bundle can be accessed through Mobile Money by dialing 16519# or through the MyMTN app....

What is Digital Legacy? Simply put, Apple’s Digital Legacy is a program that allows your loved ones to request access or delete your Apple ID after you die. This program is functional on devices running iOS 15.2, iPadOS 15.2, and macOS 15.2 and above. You can add up to five Legacy Contacts under this program. For these Legacy Contacts to access your Apple ID via Digital Legacy, Apple requires proof of death and an access key....

With online security becoming a day-to-day need, for whichever reasons one may have, people would natuarally want to stay safe while using the Internet – and that’s when the VPN comes in as a solution. But when it comes to this Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology, data usage is one of the most misunderstood notions, and many people have unsolved misconceptions about it. How a VPN works We’ve digested the operation of a VPN before, and you can check it out....

Fezah, a talent booking and market intelligence app, recently introduced its Market Intelligence Suite; A simple set of tools that package data from various products into powerful insights that provide real-time value to advertisers, musicians, and broadcasters. At the Fezah Annual Conference held on June 5th of 2018, Elijah Kitaka the Fezah CEO presented Audiomatch – an advert and song monitor for radio advertisers and artists. This media monitoring technology has the ability to notify musicians every time their music is played on radio in real-time with detailed reports on airplay....

The report intends to help policymakers capture the potential of the Internet for social and economic development – to help them understand how their constituencies already use the Internet, where the opportunities lie, what future potential for social impact the Internet offers, and what their countries need to get there. From the report, she noted that there’re two key pillars that provide the basis for a well-functioning Internet economy: “core infrastructure” and “conditions for usage....

I’ve personally been an ardent and loyal user of the RSS reader more than six year, but the rise of other news aggregators that offer a better way of letting users consume information, have squashed and brought Google Readers to its knees. One of these is Pulse, which i wrote about how it was much more superior than Reader in how it was redefining the way that we consume web content not just on PCs, but also on smartphones and tablets....

Now the Asus X550C rocks an Intel® Core™ i3-2365M Processor and 4GB of RAM which is not bleeding edge, but equipped with two 1.4GHz processors with a total of four threads just might be the machine for basic web browsing, reading and replying emails, word processing. The 500GB hard drive is enough for storing and playing your music and watching videos. So why is it a good deal? Truth is computers are still very expensive to buy in Uganda....

In Africa, few providers are as accomplished as Multichoice’s DStv. These guys continue to dominate satellite TV and while they have since diversified into other fields like home internet and video on demand, DStv continues to be one of the most popular and preferred home entertainment services. Just yesterday, we saw DStv Uganda come out to announce a price increase on their available tariffs and today, DStv Kenya has come out to announce a similar price hike....

For a long time, Kenyan drivers have had to carry with them little booklet-style Driving Licences issued by the government upon passing their driving test. You have also had to renew the license either annually or every three years, at a fee of course. in 2017, the government through the National Transport and Safety Authority embarked on the task of changing from manual booklets to a new card-style Smart Driving License....

A year ago, YouTube Music users were thrilled by the introduction of ‘Recap‘ (its version of ‘Spotify Wrapped‘). Wrapped by Spotify makes available to users a detailed analysis of their listening habits for a one-year period. The analysis includes metrics like minutes listened, favorite acts and artists, most listened-to tracks, and so on. YouTube Music subscribers are treated to something similar in ‘Recap‘. YouTube Music Recap shows users their top streamed artists, songs, and music videos for the year....

Showmax can be viewed across multiple platforms including mobile (Android and iOS), Desktop via the web player, Smart TV and Chromecast. You obviously might want to watch Game of Thrones on a big 40″ screen TV than on 6″ smartphone screen, right? If that’s you, then here are your options; Smart TV Native Apps Most Smart TV have an App store similar to those your smartphone has. It’s a collection of Apps that you download over-the-air to your TV via the internet....

But other innovators were hard at work this year bringing to the market some of the finest products bound to make the lives of ordinary Ugandans better and easier. Here are some of our best Ugandan innovations of 2012. WinSenga Without doubt, this innovation is bound to be a game change in the mobile Health sector. WinSenga is a Windows Phone solution that enhances and extends the functionality of a Pinnard horn (traditionally used by Traditional Birth Attendants – TBAs- for antenatal diagnosis) to deliver timely, effective and affordable antenatal diagnosis and care....

Related Article: What’s a Deepfake and How Do You Spot One Basically, the idea behind Deepfakes is that they create images that strongly resemble a certain subject. Usually, a person that isn’t actually them. I’m not referring to some kind of cheap and obvious Photoshop job that involves cutting and pasting your head onto a weightlifter’s photos. Instead, Deepfakes can be nearly indistinguishable from the real thing to the average human eye....

Of all the ports a TV could sport in this era, the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is arguably the most significant. When you read about the HDMI technology, how it works, its uses and many of its invaluable applications across several devices, you’d understand why. However, sometimes, there’s always the question of “How many HDMI ports you need on your TV?” How many HDMI ports does your TV need?...

What are QR Codes? According to Wikipedia,a QR Code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry. More recently, the system has become popular outside the industry due to its fast readability and large storage capacity compared to standard UPC barcodes. These two-dimensional bar-codes have been in widespread use for well over a decade having started from Japan and south Korea....