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Postscript wants to be the Mailchimp for SMS

Email is certainly not dead, despite many such exclamations, but there’s no question that it’s a bloated, seeping hog of a platform on which it’s incredibly difficult for businesses to develop meaningful relationships with customers.

Postscript, a startup launching out of Y Combinator’s latest class, wants to learn from what email marketing got right and translate that to the next frontier of B2C…

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Gartner’s top 10 technology trends for 2019

Gartner has revealed its annual technology trends for the upcoming year at this week’s Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando. The research firm produces its Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends list every year to give organizations insight into what they can expect.

According to Gartner, a strategic technology trend refers to a trend that has substantial disruptive potential and is becoming more…

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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Litigation

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are gaining more attention as days pass. Aside from the advantages that cryptocurrencieshave like anonymity and easy international transactions, people are enticed by the fact that it can become a good investment. Apart from trading bitcoins for cash, you can also use bitcoins to buy gift cards, book flights, and hotels, buy furniture, or even buy real estate…

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Google unveils lens for image search on mobile

American multinational technology company, Google LLC has officially unveiled Google search image in US.

Google in a blog post said, the newly launched service Lens to help users do more with what they see; adding that, it will expand to other categories in the coming months.

According to the tech giant, the service will be available in mobile browsers (Chrome, Safari) on Android and Apple…

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Italian authorities fines Apple and Samsung for deliberately slowing down phones

News reaching Smartarenapost.com indicates that, technology giants, Apple and Samsung have been fined €10m and €5m respectively in Italy for deliberately slowing down phones.

According to the Italian authorities, Apple and Samsung Apple and Samsung implemented unfair commercial practices as software updates were said to have slowed the performance of phones.

Antitrust watchdog in statement…

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Linus Torvalds Discusses His Return To Linux Development

Following the release of Linux kernel 4.19, the 4.20 (or 5.0) merge window is now open. Linus Torvalds is also back at the driver seat to take care of the Linux development.

At the Linux’s Maintainers’ Summit in Scotland, Torvalds spoke with ZDNet and discussed the future plans and recent developments.

In the interview, he expressed relief over the fact over that now Greg Kroah-Hartman also has…

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Top four reasons why startups fail - Julius Appiah writes

Top four reasons why startups fail – Julius Appiah writes

A startup is a young company that is just beginning to develop. Startups are usually small and initially financed and operated by a handful of founders or one individual.

Micaisoft, Dream Oval, Mazzuma, OMGDigital, Expresspay among others are startups best known in Ghana.

In the past few years, obviously you might have heard about startups coming up but eventually collapsed in the long run.…

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#Startups #Why startups fail

Huawei Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 X launched

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd has announced Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro and Mate 20 X during an event held in London, United Kingdom.

The Mate 20 X sits at the highest point of Huawei’s new leader line and comes pressing a Kirin 980 chipset, triple camera exhibit, and its most recent custom EMUI 9 programming – an Android fork, similarly as previously.

Huawei is additionally delivering a gamepad that…

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Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Dies Age 65

Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in the 1970s, died Monday after his latest battle with cancer. He was 65. “My brother was a remarkable individual on every level. While most knew Paul Allen as a technologist and philanthropist, for us he was a much-loved brother and uncle, and an exceptional friend,” Allen’s sister Jody said in a statement.

“Paul’s…

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#Microsoft #Paul Allen

Dell unveils world's first 49-Inch curved ultra-wide monitor

Dell unveils world’s first 49-Inch curved ultra-wide monitor

The UltraSharp 49 is equivalent to two Thunderbolt Displays or other 27-inch Quad HD displays side by side. The expansive screen space can be used to display one desktop, or two with a picture-by-picture mode that displays two different Mac or PC sources side by side using the same keyboard and mouse.

The monitor is compatible with the latest 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro models, with…

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#DELL #Dell biggest monitor #IPS panel #LED backlight #UltraSharp

Motorbike Mode on Google Maps now available in Kenya, First for Africa

Google has officially launched navigation service for bike riders in Kenya, first in Africa, Smartarenapost.com can say.

It will offer voice navigation service for motorbike riders on the mainland out of the blue. Most African nations have many engine bicycle clients, with many offering taxi administrations.

“For over a million Kenyans, boda bodas are a convenient and affordable way to move and…

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#Motorbike Mode #Motorbike Mode on Google Maps

Google teams up with Orange to build cable linking France and US

French multinational telecommunications company, Orange has teamed up with Google on a 4,101-mile underwater cable – dubbed the “Dunant” that will link the United States to the French Atlantic coast by late 2020.

According to a post Smartarenapost.com sighted on the Theguardian.com, once it done, it will enhance Orange to send a gigabyte-sized movie in just 30 microseconds and enable Orange to…

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WhatsApp updates "Delete for Everyone" feature: Here’s all you need to know

WhatsApp updates “Delete for Everyone” feature: Here’s all you need to know

Popular messaging app, WhatsApp has updated its “Delete for Everyone” feature, with respect to the time limit in which users can revoke messages.

Recently, WhatsApp updated the bounty bug that reportedly allowed hackers to break into users video call.

READ MORE: WhatsApp fixes bug that allow hackers break into video calls

The new update gives users a window of up to 13 hours, 8 minutes and 16…

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#WhatsApp #WhatsApp Delete feature

WhatsApp fixes bug that allow hackers break into video calls

Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger service has announced that it has fixed the bounty bug that reportedly allowed hackers to break into users video call.

Well, it is yet unknown how many users who actually got affected by the bug which allowed hackers to let the app crash during incoming WhatsApp video calls.

According to a report Smartarenapost.com sighted on ZDNeton Wednesday, Facebook-owned…

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#WhatsApp #WhatsApp bug fixed #WhatsApp Video call bug

HMD Global excites Ghanaians with the new Nokia 2.1

HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones is exciting many Ghanaians with the introduction of the new Nokia 2.1 with its unique features into the market.

The excitement on the new Nokia 2.1 is large because the device combines an incredible two-day battery life with a larger screen and dual front-front facing speakers giving Ghanaians everything they need for entertainment on the go.

Long lasting…

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Samsung unveils world's first smartphone with a quad rear lens camera, Galaxy A9

Samsung unveils world’s first smartphone with a quad rear lens camera, Galaxy A9

Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd has officially unveiled the world’s first smartphone with four rear cameras, Galaxy A9.

The company yesterday, October 11, 2018 launched the new Galaxy A9 with great emphasis on its four rear cameras, the first in a mainstream smartphone. It also packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 processor and either 6 or 8GB of RAM.

The offering purpose of a camera with four focal…

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#Galaxy A9 #Samsung #Samsung Galaxy A9

Facebook has begun testing a Snapchat like map for Nearby Friends

Facebook has confirmed that they are working on a redesign of their Nearby Friends feature that was first introduced in 2015, that shows your friends locations on a map.

Facebook has confirmed to TechCrunch, that the new take on Nearby Friends will replace the list view of the neighbourhoods and cities that your friends are in, replacing it with a map view. The lists of your friends is still…

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#Facebook #Nearby Friends #Snapchat

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