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Google results have shown how Uganda’s 2021 elections presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine was searched most during the internet shutdown in Uganda. According to Google Trends, the National Unity Platform president was this year searched for mostly between January 10th -January 16th 2021 and it’s within this period …

By Leens Witts When it comes to living your best work life, it’s not always easy to stay on task especially when there are so many distractions around you, There are ways to increase your productivity through some different means, How you get to be productive depends so much on …

The government has maintained a shutdown on Facebook, despite opening all other social media platforms, a month after they were frozen. The government blocked Facebook after the microblogging site pulled down accounts of pro-National Resistance Movement users. During the same time, the government blocked all other social media sites, among …

A Facebook report released yesterday indicated that it had pulled down 220 Facebook accounts, 32 Facebook pages, 59 groups, and 139 Instagram accounts in Uganda. The report confirms that all these accounts were all linked to the Government Citizen Interaction Centre at the Ministry of Information. According to Facebook, the …

When President-Elect Joe Biden takes office next month, the @POTUS Twitter account will be wiped of its followers, The Verge reports. As Biden’s digital director Rob Flaherty revealed on Twitter, the social media platform has informed Biden’s team that the @POTUS and @WhiteHouse accounts will start with zero followers. By contrast, the Trump administration’s official accounts “absorbed” …

The Rwanda Media Commission (RMC) has begun registering YouTube channels in a new crackdown on content deemed ‘unprofessional’ where registration requires Rwf 50,000 ($52) for owners who must prove that they are trained journalists, an authoritative source revealed Friday to APA in Kigali.The RMC fashions itself as the local media’s …

A number of Ugandans on Twitter have come out to reveal that they are receiving several messages of intimidation and death threats from unknown numbers warning them to stop talking bad about the ruling government. One of the victims is Namanya who took to his twitter saying he was getting …

News reaching us reveals that the Uganda police website has been down for several hours following a hack by an international Hacktivists’ group; Anonymous. We visited the site; https://www.upf.go.ug/ and realized it is redirecting to a different address which shows nothing. We can not ably establish for exactly how long …

NBS TV news anchor is currently recovering from a cyber attack by Ugandans on Twitter(UOT) who have given the former headache over his account usage. Apparently it all started when Samson(in a tweet) that the current generation has wrong values praising his workmate Canary Mugume for standing out in such …

Astro is debuting its first set of in-ear headphones, the A03. It’s an unexpected step for the company, which traditionally makes over-ear gaming headsets, like the new A20 Gen 2 and the mainstay A40. They’re $49.99, so while not the most affordable wired option, it’s a reasonable price considering they offer punchy sound, and a…

Home News Mobile Phones The Google Pixel 5 (Image credit: Google) The Google Pixel 5 is the latest flagship from Google, and the successor to 2019’s Google Pixel 4. But the new phone isn’t as much of an upgrade as you might expect – in fact, it's arguably not an upgrade at all, as the…

We are less than 24 hours away from Launch Night In and have already seen some last minute leaks. The latest comes from the Canadian Google Store, which this evening briefly revealed how Chromecast with Google TV buyers in that country will get six months of free Netflix. A Reddit user spotted the unannounced Chromecast…

Home News Computing (Image credit: lenovo) The Lenovo ThinkBook 15 Gen 2 i (note the i) looks relatively unimpressive from the outside but this new laptop has pioneered a new way of consuming multimedia-content on the move.In what is one of the most unique features we've seen for a while, the device offers branded integrated…

Adobe is adding a new advanced color grading feature to Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Camera Raw, bringing a tool more commonly associated with video and cinema editing to its pro photography apps. Lightroom will now have a new color grading panel similar to the Lumetri panel from Adobe’s Premiere Pro video editor, letting you separate…

OnePlus has confirmed that there won’t be a OnePlus 8T Pro.The company is directing users to the OnePlus 8 Pro instead.OnePlus has offered a Pro variant of the OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7T, and OnePlus 8 series, but a major leak earlier this month pointed to the company skipping out on a OnePlus 8T Pro.Now, OnePlus…

The next chapter in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the battle royale game Warzone is about to unfold. The Season 6 update for the popular multiplayer shooter has gone live, and the patch notes are also out--you can read them below. Infinity Ward senior communications manager Ashton Williams previously said in a tweet that…

The Monster Hunter World expansion, Iceborne, has received several major free updates since its launch, and the next one will make some big additions. Update 5 is coming on October 1, and a new trailer has been released to show off the new monsters, outfits, and events it brings to the game.There are two new…

Titanfall 3, the long-awaited third installment to Respawn Entertainment’s explosive Titan based FPS franchise, is very “real” and reportedly already in early development, according to rumored sources from a known Apex Legends leaker.Respawn has long denied the existence of Titanfall 3, which originally became Apex Legends during the height of the Fortnite-led battle royale craze.A…

Home News Smartphones (Image credit: EveryApplePro/Samsung) Samsung may tout the Galaxy S20 FE as an extension of the Galaxy S20 lineup it introduced earlier this spring. But the timing of the release of the new phone seems designed with one rival in mind — Apple's iPhone.After all, since the Galaxy S20 FE adopts many of…

Zotac's GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity uses POSCAP capacitors, which are lower quality than the MLCC capacitors used by Nvidia and a few other OEMs. This may cause problems when overclocking. (All images via Igor's Lab)It's no secret that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 seems to have trouble with stable overclocks. The fly in the…

Bandai Namco has announced Kunimitsu as the first Tekken 7 Season 4 downloadable content character. She will launch in this fall alongside the “Vermillion Gates” stage. The following free updates are also due out this fall: Online play enhancements. New moves for all playable characters. A new top level rank “Tekken God Omega.” Tekken Prowess:…

You'll soon be able to change the way your app icons look. Angela Lang/CNET The iPhone's ($699 at Amazon) home screen has looked just about the same since the very first iPhone, with app icons perfectly lined up in rows, all the same size. That's finally changed with the new iOS 14 update, which lets…

After the retail packaging was revealed last night, the Chromecast with Google TV has been unboxed. We get a very good and up-close look at the device just under a week before the September 30 announcement. From another source on Reddit, we see the new “Google Chromecast” in a stark “Snow” that encompasses the oval…

After a day of Chromecast with Google TV leaks, the Nest Audio is getting its own unboxing. This is a more straightforward hands-on, but did reveal the presence of touch controls. Oddly, all the Nest Audio speakers spotted on store shelves have been in Charcoal. The box from a throwaway Reddit account touts “crisp vocals…

You might be wondering: “Did Amazon just break Apple’s App Store guidelines by bringing a cloud gaming service to iPhone?” And I can understand why, given that I told you just last week how Apple doesn’t permit Google Stadia in anything close to its current form, and Amazon’s just-announced Luna is a lot like Stadia.…

If you’d rather pay just once for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, you can still get Office 2019 for $150. However, it remained unclear for quite some time if it would be the last perpetual release and if Microsoft would transition to a subscription-only model for the Office suite. Thankfully, that won’t be the case —…

Microsoft’s first 1TB expandable storage drive for the Xbox Series X / S will be priced at $219.99. Best Buy has started taking preorders for the accessory, revealing a final price that had leaked recently. These expandable storage cards slot into the rear of both the Xbox Series X / S to match the internal…

Samsung's Galaxy S20 FE starts at $699, which is $300 less than the regular S20. Samsung Samsung's got another Galaxy S20 in store for its fans, and the device has been tailored for our unusual times. The Galaxy S20 Fan Edition, also known as the Galaxy S20 FE, packs some high-end features found in the…

The pink puffball looks to be returning by Liam Doolan 4 hours ago Kirby Fighters Deluxe (2014) Well here's something we weren't really expecting any time soon...a new Kirby game! And the listing for it is live, so all we need now is an official announcement from Nintendo. As spotted by multiple Twitter users, it…

Home News Gaming (Image credit: Microsoft/Sony) After months of breathless speculation, you can finally pre-order the PS5 and the Xbox Series X. Or, at least, you would be able to, if you could make heads or tails of the pre-order process.For those who haven’t followed the whole debacle, the PS5 pre-order process went so poorly…

For the first time in more than 20 years since Apple began its operations in India, the iPhone-maker has started selling its products directly to consumers in the world’s second largest smartphone market. Apple launched its online store in India on Wednesday, which in addition to offering nearly the entire line-up of its products, also…

After months and months of waiting, you can now pre-order the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Microsoft's next-gen consoles aren't scheduled for release until 10th November, but you can already ensu…

Royole Compared to its competitors, Royole has once again priced its phone-tablet hybrid rather aggressively. In China, Huawei’s Mate Xs — which also uses an outward-facing flexible screen — costs 16,999 yuan or about $2,510, which is significantly more than even the higher-end FlexPai 2. Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 2 is only asking for $1,999…

As far as design goes, the MX Anywhere 3 is almost exactly the same size as the Anywhere 2s but it has new silicone side grips and a slightly higher bump on its back that helps it fit into your palm a bit more easily. As someone who’s used to a larger mouse like the…

Increased competition among Apple's suppliers for mini-LED display chips will accelerate the company's adoption of the advanced technology in its iPad and MacBook lineups, according to a new research note from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo seen by MacRumors. Kuo says that while Epistar had been predicted to be the exclusive supplier of mini-LED chips for Apple…

In iOS 14, Apple introduced ‌the concept of Home Screen‌ widgets, which provide information from apps at a glance. Widgets can be pinned to the Home Screen in various spots and sizes, allowing for many different layouts. Despite the relative lack of 3rd party widgets at launch, iOS users around the world have been busy…

Home News iPhone Smartphones (Image credit: Phone Arena/Tom's Guide) For a phone that caused a lot of chatter when it debuted three years ago, you don't hear much about the original iPhone X these days. Maybe that's because the once radical design has since appeared on six iPhone models since the iPhone X's debut. Or…

New updates are being added at the bottom of this story……. Original story (published on August 22, 2020) follows: At its latest UNPACKED event, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 20 and the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. The company appears to have cut many corners with the standard Note 20 which has led many enthusiasts to…

Did Nintendo just hint at a new Nintendo Switch? Since last year, there have been rumors of a "Nintendo Switch Pro" and "Nintendo Switch 2." This year, these rumors have elevated to reports from some pretty credible sources, but right now, that's all they are: rumors and reports. That said, while Nintendo hasn't officially confirmed…

Image: SonyWith retailers royally jumping the gun on PlayStation 5 pre-orders, count yourself lucky if you managed to snag one before they sold out everywhere. Unless you got yours on Amazon. In which case, you might still be screwed.An email Amazon sent to numerous pre-order customers on Friday warns that their console may not arrive…

Epic Games is currently engaged in a heavily publicized legal battle with Apple over Fortnite, which is currently unavailable on iPhone, iPad, and Mac following Epic’s App Store violations. Epic now has to deal with a much bigger problem than the antitrust action against Apple. The US government is supposedly investigating how various US companies…

Apple has been pushing out new software updates at a blistering rate, with the latest such update being a new iOS 14.2 developer beta. This beta update comes with several notable changes, including a redesigned now playing music interface in Control Center. Watch our hands-on video walkthrough as we explore new iOS 14.2 beta 1…

Home News Gaming (Image credit: Sony) We now know pretty much everything there is to know about the PS5: its price and release date, its hardware specifications and its controller features. Thanks to an informative post from Sony, we also know the system’s first-party launch library. And, to be frank, there’s not much there. The PS5…

Super Mario 3D All-Stars is now available on the Nintendo Switch and there's even a day-one update to go with it. If you're still on the fence and are curious to know more about the anniversary collection from a technical standpoint, it might be worth watching Digital Foundry's analysis of the collection in the video…

Today Sony is following up on one of its newer form-factors that the company had introduced last year with the Xperia 5. The new Xperia 1 II (read as mark two), follows up on the smaller flagship sibling device, retaining its form-factor, but also substantially improving its design as well as maintaining an almost complete…

We've been waiting for more details on the PlayStation 5 since it was announced in 2019, and we're finally in touching distance. The PS5 will ship on Nov. 12, and we know it'll cost $400 for the digital-only version or $500 with Blu-ray. Despite being scheduled to kick off on Sept. 17, many retailers are already…

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Home News Mobile Phones iPhone 11 (Image credit: TechRadar) So the iPhone 12 didn't show up at Apple's September event. That's what we were expecting, although some were holding their breath for a surprise unveiling. We'll likely now see the phones announced at an event in October instead.Four major devices were launched though: the new…

Nintendo has announced the next round of games to be added to the ever-growing Nintendo Switch Online retro library. The headliner is Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest, the 1995 sequel to the original Donkey Kong Country that was added to Nintendo Switch Online back in July. I will be straight with you and…

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