Apps
All articles about apps, what they do, when they’re launched, or updated or reviewed are found here.
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News
Google Pixel 10 is World’s First Phone to Offer WhatsApp Calls Over Satellite
The Google Pixel 10 series has just launched, and it already has one jaw-dropping feature: it’s the world’s first smartphone…
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Announcements
Google TV and Android TV Apps Must Go 64-bit by 2026
Google just gave TV app developers a deadline: by August 1, 2026, any new Google TV or Android TV app…
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Interesting Reads
New AI Features Google Announced with the Pixel 10
Google didn’t just launch new phones this week. It basically stuffed an AI butler into the Pixel 10 series. From…
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News
Twitch pulls monetization in Kenya, another casualty of Kenya’s chaotic digital tax policy
Twitch just switched off Kenyan payouts. Policy chaos has consequences. Here is why this should worry every digital business.
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Interesting Reads
A Viral X Chat with Grok Shows Just How “Human” Conversational AI Has Become
Every so often, you scroll through X and stumble on a thread that makes you pause, grin, and then reread…
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Startups
Ajua buys Rate My Service to scale localized customer experience tools across Africa
Ajua buys Rate My Service to scale a localized, AWS-powered customer experience platform across Africa.
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News
Has Safaricom Killed Ability to Use M-PESA, MySafaricom Apps Without a SIM Card?
For years, there’s been a little-known convenience in Safaricom’s app ecosystem. Once you set up the M-PESA app or MySafaricom…
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News
The X App on Android Has a Weird Reply-Duplication Bug
If you’ve been using the X app on Android lately, you might have noticed something odd when replying to posts:…
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News
My Airtel App Now Shows Your Live Home Wi-Fi Data Balance
Last month, Airtel quietly rolled out a handy little update to the My Airtel app that brought the ability to…
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News
Gemini App’s Memory Update Means Your Chats Just Got a Lot Less Private
Google’s Gemini app just got a big personality upgrade and possibly a better memory than your best friend. In its…
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News
Google Messages RCS Status Stuck on “Not Supported” for Some Users
RCS in Google Messages has suddenly stopped working for some users worldwide, with the app now showing the “RCS chats…
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News
X is Hiring a ‘Dream Team’ to Rebuild Its Android App
As an Android user of X (formerly Twitter), I have endured years of frustration. From endless buffering and timelines that…
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News
DStv, Showmax, GOtv to Air All Premier League Matches: Rights Secured, Real Access Still the Contest
Rights secured for 2025, 2026, but Kenya still faces price hikes, mobile-only PL and device limits
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News
The M-PESA App Just Got a Font Makeover
Open the M-PESA app today and you’ll spot it almost instantly. The numbers, the menus, the whole interface just looks…
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Opinion
The Hilarious (and Wrong) Ways Grok on X Auto-Translates Kenyan Posts
Back in June, X replaced Google Translate with its own in-house Grok translation tool on the web version. I was…