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Starlink Suspends New Subscriptions To Its Internet Services In Nairobi and Surrounding Areas

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Starlink has suspended new subscriptions to its internet services in Nairobi and surrounding areas following a network overload.  This comes after a number of users in the Nairobi metropolitan area complained of the company failing to provide residential, business, and ROAM service plans. In response, the tech company, founded by the world’s richest human Elon Musk, explained that it was overwhelmed with users and their bandwidth and could not support any additional customers. “Nairobi and neighbouring areas are currently at network capacity. This means that too many users are trying to access the Starlink service within Nairobi isn’t enough bandwidth to support additional residential or roaming customers at this time. No roaming plans are available in Kenya at this time. Starlink is working to restore service in the disrupted areas and a notification will be sent once the residential plan is back.’’ Other affected areas include Thika, Kajiado, Kiambu, parts of Murang’a, Naivasha, Ngong, Machakos and sections of Narok. The company moreover indicated that the affordable packages were out of stock and only those charging above Ksh 130,000 per month were available. In July 2023 Starlink entered into the Kenyan market with a promise of internet connection at low prices, a move that faced backlash in the market. As of August 2024, the package for residential homes in Kenya for unlimited high-speed, low-latency internet data was Ksh6,500 per month. The roaming package goes for Ksh14,000 per month and its features include unlimited mobile data inland, portability, and pause Service.   

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Kenyans Spend Most Time on Social Media Than Any Other Country Worldwide, Research Says

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Kenyans have been ranked as the top country with citizens that spends most of their time on social media worldwide according to statistics. The data was gathered from users aged 16 to 64. The reports showed that Kenyans spent an average of 3 hours and 43 minutes in applications daily. The time was allocated to social media platforms. South Africa was ranked the second with an average of 3 hours and 37 minutes. Brazil on the other hand was ranked the third with an average of 3 hours and 34 minutes. Currently, there are more than 5 billion active social media users globally. According to the reports, women spent 16 minutes more per day on social media than men. The reports also stated that by then, social media users spent 2 hours and 23 minutes on phone. TikTok was ranked as the average social media platform where most people spend their time on social media. You Tube on the other hand was ranked as the overall social media platform where most people spend the time in on social media. Japan was the last one to be ranked as the country where citizens spend their least time on social media with an average of 1 hour and 53 minutes daily.

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Elon Musk Unveils New Robotaxi as Cyberab, Negatively Affects his Stocks

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Elon Musk, a businessman and an investor has revealed a cyberab which has lowered the confidence of his investors. Elon Musk happens to be the Chief Executive of Tesla. Elon Musk is known for his project Space X and the Automotive Company of Tesla. The reason for loss of the confidence of the investors was because Elon Musk had introduced a roadster that had been public since 2017, and production was expected in 2025. Till now, the project’s status is not clear. In the introduction of the cyberab, Elon Musk said on Thursday 10th night that the cyberab was likely to enter production in 2026 or before 2027` which wasn’t likely to please his investor as they claimed that the CEO often delays promises. This led to the fall of Tesla stocks during pre-market trading on Friday 11th October. Gene Muster, managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management affirmed that the company’s shares were likely to fall due to delayed timing. He added that the model which was expected to be available on mid 2025 was still on production being another reason for the stock slide. According to the Tesla Company, they expect the cyberab to be on the market soon and would cost less than $300,000.

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Airtel Discontinues Free TV Service That was Rivaling Netflix, Showmax

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Airtel has ended the free TV streaming up. The free streaming up was initially competing with Netflix and Showmax which was available on both Android and iOS. The apps content had been available in countries like Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya where one only needed Airtel Sim Card and the customers needed to pay anything for the services. A lot of people had started enjoying the app since it allowed navigation between content while already playing something else. They also added that they happy with the app since the app had requests to access their contacts but when they denied the request, the app still worked. The app was good since the signup process was simple the only problem was that the app could only be streamed with Airtel Data. Free TV recently released a statement that they were discontinuing the app. In the statement, they said that they wished to inform all Airtel Networks Kenya Limited customers that Airtel TV services were discontinued on 30th September 2024. We apologize for any inconveniences caused. Should you have any questions or require further information, please reach out to our team on the following channels. Artel TV added as they said that access to the TV channels and content would no longer be available.

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Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa Open to a Partnership with Star Link

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Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa has openly expressed his desire to explore a partnership with Star Link Elon Musk’s satellite internet service. Before, Star Link was said to have interrupted the internet in Kenya since it has faster internet speeds. While speaking to Bloomberg, Peter Ndegwa said that the potential partnership would ensure Star link complement with the local network. The Safaricom CEO said that the satellite internet was effective in providing internet in rural areas and other places that fiber-based technology used by Safaricom and other local providers cannot access. He praised Safaricom’s impact claiming that 4G technology has 95 percentage reach across the country while fiber optic cable was becoming a fan favorite for homes and multinational companies. Peter responded to concerns of curtailing Star link wave after writing to Communications Authority of Kenya asking them to reconsider its decision to grant licenses to satellite internet providers. The CEO noted that there was misconception about Safaricom getting in the way of the satellite. He further said they had expressed their views about how the regulator should ensure industrial players express their views about how it is in terms of public transportation as per the constitution. Ndegwa said that they did not have the ability to prevent anyone from operating in Kenya. President Ruto who had weighed on the matter said in New York that Safaricom had created a healthy competition in the market making Safaricom to provide better services. Safaricom had recently upgraded its fiber internet speeds in a bid to edge the competition as well as packages that offered 1,000Mbps to meet the needs of heavy internet users such as content creators. Star link had also introduced Star link mini kit that would cost Ksh. 27,000 with monthly packages beginning from Ksh. 1300.  

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Huawei Unfolds World’s First Triple-Foldable Phone at Ksh.361k

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While Huawei keeps advancing from time to time, the company has developed first ever triple-foldable phone. It was launched recently but it might first be sold in China. Magical features about this newly launched foldable phone The device has a screen ration of 16 by 11 with cinema level immersive viewing. It automatically switches between single, dual and triple screen modes as the screen unfolds and operates like a tablet. Users can use it for reading books and magazines with double pages spread. The triple foldable phone has four cameras including one with a ten-stop variable aperture telephoto lens that allows users to control how much light enters the camera. The phone is expected to have a hinge system that uses two tracks working in tandem to enable both inward and outward folds. Tripple foldable phone has three battery cells which ate the thinniest battery in the world in each smartphone. The phone will give users experience of having three smartphones in one which will be incredible. Why most people are interested in this smart phone Most people are awaiting this phone since they believe it will save on their work space and it will be a good technology to introduce in their companies. It will be easier to carry as it is described as a pocketable tablet. This triple foldable phone will have a potential to be folded at different angles which will be exciting. Huawei being this creative, people are awaiting other innovations to take place.

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Elon Musk Adds KSh. 12k Charge for New Starlink Subscribers as Congestion Fee

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A new congestion fee has been introduced to new Starlink customers with limited network capacity. The company is owned by Elon Musk, who is an American billionaire. According to him, the new network capacity was going to depend on the place where the person lived. Every customer was to be required to pay Ksh.12899 as an additional fee in order to be able to access the internet. The company had already started charging customers in the United Kingdom where most people had a huge subscription for satellite internet. Elon Musk said that the congestion fee will be a one -time charge for customers purchasing or activating a new service plan. The company on the other hand assured that it would no longer charge the fee to new customers once its network capacity improved. This gave most people hopes to continue using the network hoping for the best in the future.

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Tecno Phantom V Flip 2 And It’s Exciting Features

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In the world of technology, a lot of things evolve every single day. Tecno has upgraded one their new phone brands from Tecno V Flip to Tecno Phantom V Flip 2 About Tecno Phantom V flip 2 This particular brand of tecno has been officially announced on September 13th 2024. It a new brand with exiciting features. The phone comes in two colour ways which is gray and green. While the smartphone weighs 196g, it features 6.9 inch foldable and 120 Hz main display. Most retailer shops claim that the smartphone might be available in the market as from 30th September 2024 even though it might go on sale starting as from September 23rd 2024. Phantom V Flip 2 comes with a wireless Bluetooth 5.3, A2DP, LE, Wi-fi, NFC connectivity and aside-mounted fingerprint sensor. Phantom V Flip 2 has an internal storage of 256 GB and 8GB ram. Why Kenyan who love Tecno are waiting for this new brand Most Kenyans claim that they want to experience the camera extension of the brand. They are excited by the fact that the camera set up is typical for a flip-style foldable with a front-facing selfie shooter and a dual rear lens setup. Kenyan also like the fact that Tecno Phantom V Flip 2 has plenty of Al features to play with and an expansive cover screen. They claim that this type of Flip phone is easy to carry in their arms and cheaper that everybody in all sorts of backgrounds. Tecno Phantom V Flip 2 will be easier to sell in the market as many people are waiting to enjoy it’s exciting features.

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iPhone 16 And iPhone 16 Plus: Unbelievable features in Apple’s new gadget

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iPhone is one of the top most phones in Kenya that are praised because of its features. Although iPhone has been on market, this specific brand has been released two days ago and it has four variants which will be available to pre order from September thirteenth and can be bought from September 20thonwards. About the iPhone 16 The new iPhone 16 comes in black, white, pink, teal and aquamarine. Its available in 6.1 and 6.7 inch. It has legit features that have not been experienced before. It has 48MP fusion camera with a 2x Telephoto option. This gives users two cameras in one which enables micro photography. It has apple built generative models for understanding and creating language and images from personal life to increase everyday tasks. It has summarized notifications which prioritize messages in mail. This feature conveys the information of each email instead of the first few lines. It has the possibility of recalling key points after a phone call. This enables users to record or summarize anything in notepad and phone call apps. Communicating with Siri is much more natural and flexible compared to the other iPhone. Why most Kenyans are excited for the new iPhone 16 Kenyans are excited because they can create their own emojis according to their own likings by typing the description of what they want or selecting a photo of anyone they wish to. Most Kenyans who are in the film industry and tiktokers as well as brand influencers that I have spoken to feel that this new brand will enable them to create more films and boost their creativity. Car users are also excited since the new I phone will have unlock or lock the action button which can access the app functionality. Having known about some of its futures and functionality. I phone 16 will become one of the latest technologies that has not been experienced before forcing everyone to run for it in the market before it is due.

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Oraimo Space Pods

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ORAIMO SPACE PODS by BURNA BOY Burna boy is one of the rising stars in Africa. In recent years,his films have received over a million views country wide. Being this, he has partnered with oraimo space pods as the brand ambassador which has become one of the top most spoken pods in Kenya as of today. SPACE PODS Space pods is one of the trending pods in Kenya even though a few are able to claim it because they believe it is costly. It contains package contents like true wireless *2, Type c- charging cable, pair of ear tips, welcome guide and Burna boy signature card which people have described as lovely and so passionate that they all end up posting on their Instagram. ABOUT SPACE PODS It has a great product overview. It contains a microphone, multi-functional touch sensor, right and left ear bud, case status indicator and type c charging port. It has Bluetooth version v5.2, music play time is seven hours on a single charge case and charging time is approximately two hours. ADVANTEGES OF SPACE PODS Having spoken to a few Kenyans who have used space pods. They claim that they do not want to use any other pod apart from the oraimo space pod. It has active voice assistant that contains Burna boys voice which excites them especially for his fans. They feel it’s a classy bod which they will brag about since the pod contains Burna boy’s name. Space pods have a way of receiving and ending calls. It has a welcome guide that guides viewers on how to use the space pod. In conclusion, space pod is one of the recent pods that have just been branded by oraimo with Burna body as their brand Ambassador. Though they might be expensive, they are easy and durable.

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