Author: Cyrus

You have now been in twitter long enough or you just joined recently. If you are new, it might not be so hard for you to get to know these info but for those of us who have thousands of followers and have tens of thousands of tweets, you might want to know many of your firsts. Here are some great tools to help you in the journey. 1. TwitterStorm: Do you want to know your First Tweet TwitterStorm is such a great but so simple Twitter application which will enable any twitter user to find out what his/her first…

iPad iPad 2 Display 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD Resolution 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 Processor 1GHz Apple A4 1GHz dual-core Apple A5 Graphics PowerVR SGX 535 ? Memory 256MB RAM ? Storage 16GB / 32GB / 64GB 16GB / 32GB / 64GB Front camera none VGA Rear camera none 720p Cellular radio EDGE plus triband HSPA EDGE plus quadband HSPA or CDMA / EV-DO Rev. A WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n 802.11a/b/g/n Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR 2.1 + EDR Accelerometer 3-axis 3-axis Gyroscope No 3-axis Thickness 13.4mm 8.8mm Weight 680g (WiFi), 730g (WiFi + 3G) 601g (WiFi),…

Apple seems to be updating its store with details of iPad 2. The company is set to launch iPad today with techies predicting additions of usb port and cameras on the successor to the original iPad. Just moments ago, the Apple Store seems to have been taken offline.

Just as we promised you yesterday, Orange Kenya seems to be entering the local price war ring. The company has launched a new promotional tariff called Jienjoy na Mbao which is set to last for 60 days (2 months). Through the new bundle, Orange Mobile customers will enjoy a daily 200 minutes on-net calls, 100 on-net SMS and 10MB of data at a cost of only Shs. 20 per day. Telkom CEO says that teh prmotion targets the user who is more focused on calls and sms and not much intensive on data as you can see data allocation is…

Kenya ICT Board is set to host the Connected Kenya Summit 2011 in partnership with Safaricom . The event will be happening at Leisure Lodge Resort from the 18th of April to 21st April 2011. The event was previously called the Connected Government Summit and it will this time include a bigger representation of the private sector. The underlying theme for this year’s event is, “Innovating for the Citizen”.  The event is sponsored by Safaricom, IBM, CIO East Africa, Orange Telkom, Equity Bank, Seven Seas and Huawei Kenya.

Orange Kenya is set to launch lower calling rates tomorrow. Sources tell me that we might see major reductions in data and SMS rates. Orange has previously fought hard against price wars and lobbied the Ministry of information and communications to regulate how much low a player can lower its rates. Orange, just like Safaricom, might be throwing in the towel and bowing down to price wars. Lets wait and see what Orange will unveil tomorrow.

AOL is in overdrive to increase its African influence. The company which has recently acquired two major blogs, Techcrunch and HuffingtonPost, is now courting Nation Media group (East and Central Africa largest media house) to be its agent in the region. AOL honchos based in India have been talking to Nation Media managers. The arrangement will see Nation media sell advertising space to clients in East Africa on behalf of AOL. This will see visitors on AOL products who are based in the region see relevant ads instead of seeing those from Google Ads and other platforms. NMG expects to…

The theme was One Nation, One Country, One People at One. It was happening today, 28th Feb, at 13hrs East African time and Kenyans from all walks of life stood together in Kisumu, New York, London, Mombasa, Mogadishu and anywhere else they were just to sign the national anthem and remind themselves of the priviledge of living in such a beautiful country. The whole event was organised by some Kenyans through the Kenya 28 Feb umbrella. It started through twitter and spread to Facebook. I was at Kencom Bus Stage and recorded this small video on my cybershot and also…

Microsoft is trying in the best way possible to involve students in the search for solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. That is why the tech giant has been running the Imagine Cup contest which calls for students to use technology to help achieve UN Millenium development goals. Today, 28th Feb, marked the day when Kenya signed peace with itself and restored sanity after a very acrimonius 2007 general elections. The same 3rd anniversary saw Microsoft come out to call on Kenyan students to create solutions to UN Millenium Development goals by participating in the Imagine Cup.

Profesor Munyaradzi Gwisai is a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe’s law school. He has gotten into trouble with the Zimbabwean police all for the wrong reasons. I mean, he didnt do anything universally wrong. He was caught showing internet videos about the North African revolt to some of his students and civic society activists. Security officers burst into his office and seized lots of stuff including DVDs, Projector, laptops and also arrested hist 45 friends among them students and activists. The 45 have been charged with Treason and risks life in prison just for watching viral video. Munyaaradzi has…

Vertex Standard, a leading Japanese maker of two-way radios and communications solutions has announced new product range for its East African clients. The products offered include VX-1400 HF mobile radio, VX-231 and VX-350 series portable radios, and VX-2100/2200 mobile radios. The company has partnered with New Edge Solutions Ltd, an African company located in Kenya, will be introducing its new product portfolio in Nairobi for the very first time.

RIM has launched a new update to Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones that adds features users have been asking for – including geotagging, which allows users to identify their location with their tweets; new language support; cleaner interfaces; new notifications and more. Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones v1.1 is a beta download available through BlackBerry Beta Zone (www.blackberry.com/beta). New Twitter for BlackBerry v 1.1 features include: @mention Push Notifications – Users are now alerted with push notifications to the ribbon when they have @mentions, helping users quickly reply to @mentions Direct Messages – Renamed “Messages,” direct messages are now threaded in the…

A London judge has ruled that the controversial Wikileaks head, Julian Assange,  to be extradited to Sweden for further questioning on allegations of sexual offences. The court has granted Assange 7 days to appeal against the deccision. Assange’s case had been adjourned for todayon January 11. He first had to stay at a friends mansion in Norfolk, London, but that was amended later to a different location in London. He would have to pay a £200,000 cash deposit, then a further £40,000 in sureties of £20,000 his movement is restricted for teh 7 days awaiting his appeal.

Safaricom is upgrading its systems on Saturday for a better experience to its over 17 million subscribers. The upgrade will start from 8 pm on Saturday 26th to 10 am on Sunday 27th February 2011 and will result in the migration from the current billing system to a new platform. Safaricom says; During the period of the cut-over, customers will have access to a limited menu of services, namely making and receiving calls, calls to customer service lines 100 and 200, sending and receiving SMSs, balance enquiry by dialling *141# and also send and receive transactions under M-PESA. The system…

Samsung will be having an IT experience event at Westgate Mall in Westlands. You need to be there from 9am to 6pm and you might just get a chance to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab. The company will be showing various Samsung laptops, printers, smartphones and the Galaxy Tabs. If you have some time to spare, be there.