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Reports suggest social media has been blocked in Uganda
Governments block social media sites for various reasons and we are seeing reports of such activities from our neighbours Uganda. According to the BBC, Uganda has blocked some social media sites which...
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Game of Thrones opening sequence is one of the top 360 ° videos on Facebook
360 ° video is awesome thanks to how immersive the content is when compared to regular videos. YouTube supported it first then Facebook later on and has become of the best ways to consume video...
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NTV Kenya’s YouTube channel has been terminated
YouTube, the online video behemoth has suspended NTV Kenya’s YouTube channel. When you visit their channel, there is a red banner which explains why you cannot be able to see their content. Here is...
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You can access your Instagram account from your Facebook app
Facebook has grown over the last 1 decade in terms of the number of active users, how the platform functions and the acquisition of popular apps. The Facebook you knew in 2008 for example is no more...
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Manchester United dominated the Premier League conversation on Twitter
Courtesy: Analytics SEO The 2015/2016 season of the English Premier League officially ended last weekend and Twitter was used by fans worldwide to keep up with the events. Thanks to its unique nature...
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Facebook filed a patent where they intend to use your face as an emoji
We have used emojis to express various facial reactions and they are inspired by real life reactions from people. However, it seems like Facebook wants to take this to the next level thanks to a...
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You can watch the Europa League and Champions League finals live on YouTube
YouTube is the biggest online video repository and some channels use its livestreaming feature to broadcast certain events. Sports and livestreams go hand in hand due to the fact that people prefer to...
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Facebook is being sued for scanning private messages
Facebook was slapped with a lawsuit that hinged on the fact that it violated privacy laws in regard to scanning private messages as reported by the Verge. According to the publication, the lawsuit...
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Singer Nyota Ndogo’s Wedding Photos Have Kenyans Losing their minds
Via Twitter Nyota Ndogo, the famous Coast based singer has been trending on social media, specifically Twitter thanks to photos that have surfaced on her wedding. Apparently, the wedding was “star...
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A robber was caught thanks to Facebook’s People you may know” feature
Small world, isn’t it? You’ve probably heard that phrase from a random conversation with your friends when you meet them in real life. But, social media has made the world even “smaller” thanks to the...
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The Emoji Bible is the most millennial thing ever
Emojis are one of the results of the social media use explosion and they are used in the chatting situation to replace facial expressions and mundane things we use everyday. Their use has however...
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Kenya Government Opens Telegram Channel
The Kenyan government has proactively embraced social media in a bid to connect with Kenyans on the digital platform. They have several verified accounts on Twitter and Facebook of various government...
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This Kenyan project is on course to be funded on Kickstarter
Via Kickstarter Kickstarter is a great place to realize your dreams which is financed by total strangers. Hundreds of thousands of projects have been founded by millions of backers within the community...
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Jacob Juma topped the Google search results in Kenya in May
Google gets a lot of search queries every second and since it is possible to group search queries by the country of origin, the company usually releases this data. April’s data was quite interesting...
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Unicode approves 77 new emojis which include ones for bacon and avocado
via Emojipedia Emojis have become part and parcel of our lives and although they are vast in number, some everyday objects still do not have an emoji “representative.” The emoji list fortunately is...
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This Chrome Extension Makes Sure No Game of Thrones Spoilers Make it to Your...
It’s Monday. For the last six weeks, this has meant only one thing: Game of Thrones trending any time of the day depending on the time zone people are in when the show airs or for the millions of...
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The Curious Case of How Kenyans Turn Negatives into Humour
As a country, we experience a lot of downsides every week and despite these unfortunate outcomes, we find a way of creating humour out of the situation. We are a country of optimistic people and this...
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How a Monkey Took over Kenyan Social Media
Via KenGen’s Facebook page Yesterday, a rare thing happened in Kenya. We are usually accustomed to the planned power outages for maintenance and localized outages when there is a fault. This time...
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Facebook User Now Famous for “Predicting” Clinton win Outed by Technology
One of the best thing about social media is that most social networks save whatever we post so that we can look for them later. Some of these posts can be used against you and we have seen examples of...
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See this Hilariously Plausible Visualization of LinkedIn Under Microsoft
Microsoft, the giant tech company made headlines yesterday when they announced that they have bought LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in cash! It made sense due to the fact that LinkedIn is all about...
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