Articles by Kamau Mbote

Articles by Kamau Mbote, Page 35

Tue, January 15th, 14:00 · Kamau Mbote

Microsoft Surface RT tablets sales below target in Q4

Microsoft Surface RT tablets sold just one million devices in Q4 of last year, falling well short of the targeted two million, with UBC analyst Brent Thill claiming the low figures proved customers still prefer iPads to Surface tablets. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 09:31 · Kamau Mbote

Ericsson lands deal as supplier of 4G wireless network to Angola’s Unitel

Ericsson has been selected as the chief supplier of next generation 4G network to Angolan telecommunications firm Unitel. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 08:18 · Kamau Mbote

Airtel Kenya to pay utilities for its customers

Kenya’s Airtel customers who top up with more than KSh50 have a chance to have their bills paid by the mobile network operator every week in a new promotion dubbed “Jaza Ushinde”. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 14:42 · Kamau Mbote

Blind student creates iPhone app

J.R. Westmoreland, a senior in computer science at US-based Weber State University, has become the first blind person to create an app from start to finish, in what his lecturers have termed “breaking the visual barrier”. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 11:06 · Kamau Mbote

iPhone 5, Samsung S3 owners largest mobile data users, creators

Users of iPhone 5 are the biggest consumers of data and Samsung S3 the biggest content providers, according to a study by research firm Arieso. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 08:22 · Kamau Mbote

Microsoft to patch older Internet Explorer versions against attacks

Microsoft is today expected to release a new Internet Explorer patch for its older browser versions, which have reportedly experienced memory corruption issues, days after Google patched its browser Chrome to secure it from vulnerabilities. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 12:58 · Kamau Mbote

Cybercrimes targeting banks declined in 2012, but on rise in Africa

Cyber frauds targeting banks decreased in 2012, with the year scoring 2.11 successful attacks per 1000 attacks targeting commercial banking customers compared to 3.42 per 1000 attacks in the previous year, according to the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 08:24 · Kamau Mbote

Court stops Kenya’s TV digital migration until after elections

The High Court in Kenya has suspended the analogue TV broadcasting switch-off until after the March 2013 general elections. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 14:03 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya’s Women Enterprise Fund to issue loans through phones

Issuing loans through mobile phones will ease processing as well as repayment with the default rate increasing, says Women Enterprise Fund’s chief executive Samuel Wainaina. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 10:01 · Kamau Mbote

Google launches election hub in Kenya

Search engine giant Google has launched an election hub portal in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, for updates on campaigns, news and information related to the country’s polls slated for March 4, 2013. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 08:59 · Kamau Mbote

Samsung’s Youm phone brings foldable smartphones to near reality

Samsung has developed a smartphone with the ability to fold, with the company anticipating a growing demand in the market. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 14:02 · Kamau Mbote

Google to launch elections hub in Kenya

Search engine giant Google will tomorrow launch an elections website in Kenya designed to provide information and news related to the March 4 general election. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 12:52 · Kamau Mbote

Airtel Kenya makes SIM card registration mandatory for new subscribers

Integrated telecommunications services provider Airtel Kenya has said new SIM cards will only be activated after registration, to ensure compliance with guidelines laid out by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) on SIM card registration. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 08:10 · Kamau Mbote

No upsurge in set-top box sales despite Friday hearing

Sales of digital TV set-top boxes remain low in Kenya, in spite of warnings that the Nairobi analogue TV switch-off could take place almost immediately after the hearing of a court case set for Friday. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 13:52 · Kamau Mbote

Software developed to catch corrupt employees

Expressions such as ‘failed investment’, ‘nobody will find out’, ‘grey area’ and ‘write off’ are the terms to look out for, according to the FBI and Ernst & Young, who have launched software to curb corporate fraud. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 10:31 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: Kenya’s ICT sector shivers from delayed ICT master plan

It was supposed to be the document providing the details on how Africa’s Silicon Savannah was to kick off, as investors set their eyes on Kenya. Yet news on its launch, originally scheduled for late November but then postponed, has gone quiet. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 07:56 · Kamau Mbote

Free forced to restore online advertisements

France-based telecom company Free has been forced by the government to restore online advertisements on the grounds that the telco lacked the right to dictate its audience’s content preference. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 12:12 · Kamau Mbote

ICT helps reduce university application fees in Tanzania

An online registration system installed by Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) has helped reduce college application fees from about US$709 to US$40, according to the World Bank. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 08:16 · Kamau Mbote

Bill Gates compares M-Pesa model to Microsoft’s

Billionaire software tycoon Bill Gates has compared his company’s model to that of giant mobile money transfer service M-Pesa, which promises supporting companies profitability. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 08:08 · Kamau Mbote

French Telecom company threatens global web advertising

A move by Free, a France-based telecommunications services provider, to upgrade all its users with ad blocking features is expected to cause outcry among companies providing free content as the move is likely to eat into their revenue. → Read more