Articles by Mercy Makumi, Page 3
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Tue, June 11th, 15:07 · Mercy Makumi
LG and Hotpoint sponsor artificial Prosthetics
LG and Hotpoint Appliances have given KSh2.5 million (US$29,000) in sponsorship to patients with physical deformities to obtain artificial limbs. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 14:05 · Mercy Makumi
MTN re-launches IP telephony service in Kenya
MTN Business Kenya has re-launched its internet protocol (IP)-based communication, which allows for seamless integration of both desktop and mobile phone. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 09:57 · Mercy Makumi
Apple introduces iTunes Radio
Apple has announced the launch of its streaming music service iTunes Radio, offering over 200 stations with “an incredible catalogue of music from the iTunes Store”. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 14:49 · Mercy Makumi
Apple streaming WWDC live
Apple have added an events channel to their TV screens and a link on their website to allow people to stream today’s keynote address at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). → Read more
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Thu, June 6th, 14:38 · Mercy Makumi
Turkish Twitter users arrested
Turkish police have raided 38 homes with the help of IP addresses and arrested 25 Twitter users who were sympathetic to the anti-government demonstrations in Istanbul. → Read more
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Thu, June 6th, 07:30 · Mercy Makumi
Premier social media awards launched in Kenya
OLX has launched its first Social Media Awards (SOMA) in Kenya that will see celebrities, media personalities and companies win cash and other prizes for using Facebook, Twitter and blogs. → Read more
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Wed, June 5th, 15:02 · Mercy Makumi
BlackBerry unveils mobile computing service for automakers
BlackBerry will preview a new solution for automakers that lets them manage and deliver over-the-air (OTA) software updates to vehicles. → Read more
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Wed, June 5th, 09:38 · Mercy Makumi
60% of global population to have LTE services by 2018
Overall data traffic is expected to grow 12-fold by the end of 2018, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. → Read more
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Tue, June 4th, 07:56 · Mercy Makumi
Sony opens new showroom in Nairobi
Sony with its authorised distributor Anisuma Traders has launched a Sony showroom at the Thika Road Mall. → Read more
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Mon, June 3rd, 14:31 · Mercy Makumi
Motorola designing pill and tattoo authentication
Motorola is working on a digital tattoo and once-daily pill, both of which can be used as passwords. → Read more
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Mon, June 3rd, 14:15 · Mercy Makumi
Turkish PM blames social media for political unrest
Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed Twitter for demonstrations in Istanbul, saying social media was “the worst menace to society”. → Read more
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Thu, May 30th, 13:30 · Mercy Makumi
Galaxy S4 Mini unveiled
Samsung has unveiled the new Galaxy S4 Mini ahead of its June 20 event in london to launch new Galaxy and ATIV brands. → Read more
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Thu, May 30th, 09:58 · Mercy Makumi
Google updates Calendar, Gmail inbox
Google has updated its Android Calendar app and introduced a new inbox for Gmail which arranges new mails in tabs. → Read more
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Wed, May 29th, 13:19 · Mercy Makumi
Ericsson calls for clearer regulations at Mobile Money Africa
Rajiv Bhatia, head of EMEA sales for Ericsson’s m-commerce division, Ericsson has called for closer collaboration and clearer regulations of the industry to give mobile commerce a boost on the continent. → Read more
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Tue, May 28th, 14:50 · Mercy Makumi
LG introduce Nexus 4 White
LG has launched the white Nexus 4 smartphone, developed in collaboration with Google. → Read more
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Tue, May 28th, 13:30 · Mercy Makumi
African Virtual University holds computer science education workshop
The African Virtual University (AVU) has held a computer science and teacher education curriculum workshop, reviewing continent-wide mathematics and science teacher education and developing a new applied science computer programme. → Read more
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Tue, May 28th, 11:59 · Mercy Makumi
Huawei releases fifth Sustainability Report
Huawei has released its Sustainability Report for 2012, laying out its commitment to supporting stable and secure network operations in order to bridge the digital divide. → Read more
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Mon, May 27th, 14:37 · Mercy Makumi
Airtel launches 3.75G internet in Burkina Faso
Airtel has launched a 3.75G network in Burkina Faso, saying it plans to build the biggest 3G network in Africa. → Read more
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Fri, May 24th, 12:16 · Mercy Makumi
Windhoek to host e-learning conference
The 8th annual eLearning Africa conference is to be held in Windhoek, Namibia, from May 29 to 31, with Microsoft as the leading sponsor. → Read more
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Tue, May 21st, 10:55 · Mercy Makumi
Ex-Nokia employees announce Jolla smartphone
Finnish firm MeeGo, made up of former Nokia software developers, has unveiled its first smartphone, Jolla. → Read more
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