Safaricom, Kenya’s leading mobile network operator, has unveiled its latest promotion that aims to encourage customers to enjoy discounts of up to 75 per cent on calling charges. Dubbed Wakenya Tuongee (Kenyans let’s talk), the new promotion will run between July 24 and August 23, 2012. The company said subscribers will only pay Sh4 for… Read More: Safaricom launches new promotion “Wakenya Tuongee” lowering call rates »
Microsoft reported its first ever quarterly loss as a public company as the software giant made accounting changes relating to a troubled online services business. The loss was triggered by a previously announced $6.19bn charge for writing down the value of aQuantive, an advertising business Microsoft bought in 2007 in an attempt to catch up with… Read More: Microsoft reports first public loss since 1986 »
According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Google are close to reaching a deal that would force Google to pay a $22.5 million fine for allegedly tracking user behaviors in iOS’ Safari browser. The fine would be the largest in history that the FTC has ever put upon a company in… Read More: FTC to dish out largest fine in history to Google… »
Earlier today, Twitter released an update to its iOS app (App Store link) that adds a number of new features and updates the app with the company’s new logo. Among the improvements include push notification support and “ambient notifications,” which appear in the status bar while using the app itself. [adsenseyu2] Full release notes: Twitter… Read More: Twitter updates iOS app with new logo and features »
Over the last week, analytics firm Net Applications released its mobile operating system statistics for June 2012, revealing that Apple’s iPhone hit an all-time high in market share with 65.27%. This came after the iPhone actually lost market share in May (62.65%). Google’s Android platform gained slightly from 19.69% to 19.73%. Finally, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry platform dropped below… Read More: iPhone market share hits all-time high, BlackBerry hits all-time low »
In a report by VisionMobile, the Android operating system is most favored by developers and users around Africa. Google announced that its operating system, Android has now achieved over 400 million activations worldwide and adds over one million activations every day. Android has become a leading mobile platform over the years due to its open source nature… Read More: Android OS most favored in Africa »
Kenyans will have to wait longer for mobile calling rates to come down, after the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) board failed to approve the new charges as expected. Mobile phone operators, CCK and the Ministry of Information had already agreed back in May to reduce the Mobile Termination Rates (MTR), which is the amount… Read More: Kenyans to wait a little longer for slashed termination rates »
According to a report from Reuters, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has granted Apple a preliminary injunction that bans the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the United States. This news comes just days after the same judge granted Apple an injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab. [adsenseyu1] This new injunction will go into place as soon as… Read More: Apple granted preliminary injunction against Samsung Galaxy Nexus sales in… »
Lots of news at the Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference. Android Jelly Bean will feature Google Now, a revamped mobile search experience with improved voice search and increased integration of Google’s Knowledge Graph. Here’s a recap of the biggest stories today from Google I/O 2012 in San Francisco. Google Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Details Google… Read More: Google I/O: Latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Nexus 7 Tablet,… »
In a move to curb bullying, fourteen smart and innovative students Metropolitan Business Academy have developed an app that victims can use to report bullying they’ve experienced .The app: named BOB which stands for “Back Off Bully,” as a technology class project, and under their newly created school company “Spontaneous Tech,” they turned it into… Read More: New Haven Students’ Anti-bullying App »