Articles by Robin Okuthe

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Thu, January 31st, 12:03 · Robin Okuthe

Airtel’s African operations head Kohli to be named Group MD

Integrated telecom services operator Bharti Airtel is today expected to appoint Manoj Kohli as its managing director, in a key top-level management reshuffle. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 10:46 · Robin Okuthe

MTN launches energy-recycling device for off-grid Rwandans

Integrated telecommunications services provider MTN has unveiled a portable solar energy system in Rwanda’s capital Kigali as part of its efforts to improve access to telecommunications services in the East African nation. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 09:17 · Robin Okuthe

REVIEW: Microsoft Office 2013

Software giant Microsoft has unveiled its latest version of the Office software suite, in which it has optimised Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook to work better with touch-screen-controlled computers. HumanIPO had a chance to review the subscription version of the new software. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 08:43 · Robin Okuthe

StarTimes takes its pay TV service to 13 additional Kenyan towns

Chinese digital pay TV company StarTimes has expanded its signal coverage network to 13 more towns in Kenya within less than a year of launching in the East African country. → Read more
Mon, January 28th, 15:21 · Robin Okuthe

Phone hacking latest trend in mobile money frauds

Mobile caller ID spoofing, a type of phone hacking that causes the telecoms service provider to display a number on the person’s caller ID that is not in fact from the originating number, is on the increase globally with some mobile money subscribers terming the practice “malicious and of fraudulent intent”. → Read more
Fri, January 25th, 09:45 · Robin Okuthe

Galaxy sales boost Samsung’s 76% Q4 profit surge

Samsung Electronics, the world's leading consumer electronics manufacturer, has seen its profits surge 76 percent in the last quarter’s financial results ending December 2012, on account of the strong sales of its Galaxy smartphones. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:55 · Robin Okuthe

iPhone sales peak as Mac sales slump in Apple’s Q1 results

Technology giant Apple’s mobile operating system (iOS) division skyrocketed in sales in the last three months of 2012, while sales of its Mac computers fell, the company’s financial results for the first quarter, released yesterday, show. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 12:01 · Robin Okuthe

Ugandan taxman warns on increased cybercrime

Uganda’s taxman the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has warned that cybercrime is prevalent in the country as “it is lucrative and perpetrators use sophisticated technologies to conceal their activities” and urged the police, the judiciary and the public to join forces to purge the vice. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 08:40 · Robin Okuthe

Rwandan government to take charge of E-Soko in February

Rwanda’s government is expected to take full control of E-Soko, a mobile-based app that updates farmers on market prices, during the start of the second phase of its development. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 08:37 · Robin Okuthe

Status updates on Facebook are not that forgettable

Status updates posted on Facebook are likely to be more memorable than human faces or sentences in a book, a new study reveals. → Read more
Fri, January 18th, 09:14 · Robin Okuthe

LinkedIn to scrap ‘Answers’ forum, criticised by users

Professional networking site LinkedIn’s decision to retire its discussion board has been criticised by users, with one describing it as the “worst business decision of the millennium”. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 09:10 · Robin Okuthe

Orange bets on Orange Horizons to expand global footprint

Global leader in mass-market telecoms services Orange has unveiled a subsidiary dubbed “Orange Horizons” to seek out business opportunities in countries in which it is yet to establish a presence. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 08:40 · Robin Okuthe

Facebook launches Graph Search

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new type of search engine on the social networking site, providing users with a new way to search for photos, people, interests and places. → Read more
Fri, December 21st, 07:06 · Robin Okuthe

Which TV works best for you?

With newer TV models to be announced in January during the annual Consumer Electronics Show, should you wait a little longer to buy a new TV? To help you figure out which TV is best for you, let’s examine each one of the television trifecta – LED, LCD and plasmas – while ignoring all possible hypes and advertorials. → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 13:11 · Robin Okuthe

Visa builds groundwork for electronic financial services in Rwanda

Global payments solutions leader Visa has agreed to lay foundations for an electronic payment network in line with the 2011 Charter of Collaboration with the Government of Rwanda. → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 09:06 · Robin Okuthe

New data-stealing malware puts credit card use at risk

A new type of custom-made malware, installed remotely to steal credit card information directly from point-of-sale (PoS) terminals at retail stores, hotels and private parking providers, has been uncovered by researchers from Internet security firm Seculert. → Read more
Thu, December 13th, 12:00 · Robin Okuthe

Increase user-time on your site through clickable videos

In blogging and online marketing, engagement is key, but with hundreds of websites for visitors to choose from, arduous work in achieving visitor loyalty is inevitable. Using clickable videos on your website is a new trend capable of increasing audience engagement and user-time on a site. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 09:02 · Robin Okuthe

Samsung, Apple fortify lead as smart device vendors globally

Samsung and Apple have topped the global "smart connected device" market – which includes PCs, tablets and smartphones - though Samsung has increased its lead over its rival. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 05:55 · Robin Okuthe

The SMS at 20: still going strong in Africa

In Africa’s fast-paced innovative world, few things have proved as defiant to change as the SMS text message, with the 20-year-old technology connecting more people than Facebook or Twitter. → Read more
Fri, December 7th, 10:27 · Robin Okuthe

Digital campaign to stop killing of journalists unveiled

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent nonprofit dedicated to the global defense of press freedom, has started a new digital platform dubbed “Speak Justice: Voices Against Impunity” to campaign against impunity in press killings. → Read more