The graphics card market is now having an incredible demand. It best benefits the business data. The biggest names in gaming are AMD vs Nvidia. AMD involves data center and computing solutions to gaming and it releases the latest GPUs. On the other hand, Nvidia is used to create interactive graphics on laptops, mobile devices, notebooks, and workstations. When it comes to choosing nvidia vs amd, tech enthusiasts would love to consider the amd because of the consumer-friendly approach....

Participants can be located anywhere in the world but must choose a country to represent within the 4 different regions: America, Europe, Middle East Africa, or Asia-Pacific. In line with Andela’s focus on helping companies build remote engineering teams, coders will be hacking and designing products that will help solve the problems of the future of work. Consisting of two rounds, teams or individuals will first participate in the EPIC Coding Challenge, where they will be assessed on their coding abilities....

Google has decided it will no longer use dessert names for future Android versions, and in a blog post announcing the change, Google says the decision to switch to a numbering scheme was to make it clearer which version of Android is newer, especially for the global market. The company notes that the change is largely due to how some letters, like L and R, are indistinct in some languages....

The developer preview has realised very early just months after Android 10 rollout which saw a massive shift for the operating system. Currently, it’s only available to download for a few Pixel phones. For example, the Pixel 2,3, 3A and 4 and it’s not a public beta. It can only be installed by wiping and flashing your phone. From a comment on Android Central blog post, “Android 11 looks to be a fairly modest year-over-year improvement compared to Android 10....

Samsung has now settled a problematic course for security reports on its mobile phones: Google’s security that ensures against malware in addition to improving the gadget balance will, in any case, be delivered on the Galaxy gadgets, in any event, three years after their delivery. Samsung itself says it “can’t offer a comprehensive expression” about how long the manufacturer will provide the smartphones with new updates. Considering the standard record of ever new gadgets, which likewise have more grounded hardware ever in the engine, the producer’s treatment is very reasonable....

Android Police claims that Google is working on a new “Panlingual” feature, which is purportedly in development. The feature will allow any Android user to design a language unique to each application rather than the whole system. This new option would display next to “Language and Input,” which you can currently access in the device settings. This means that, for example, as a Swahili-speaking individual, I might be able to take advantage of Swahili as the system language and another language for Android apps without modifying the internal setting of my android device....

Anzisha Prize’s major sponsors, African Leadership Academy and the MasterCard Foundation, have announced this year’s finalists from Togo and Ivory Coast. Five young women make up the 12 finalists running for the $75,000 prize money that will be awarded on 23 September 2014. Winners will also fly to Johannesburg from DRC, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria. The Anzisha Prize scours the continent seeking to find entrepreneurial youth between the ages of 15 and 22, who have identified opportunities to better their communities and done so inclusively....

Cupertino, on the other hand, could have struck even harder. Tim Cook said in an interview with CNBC regarding his company’s revenue: “Despite higher-than-expected supply limitations, which we estimate at $6 billion, we performed admirably. The much-discussed chip scarcity, as well as production disruptions connected to COVID-19 in Southeast Asia, contributed to these limits.” The lack of chips directly impacts the manufacture of the iPhone 13, which has a higher demand than the iPhone 12....

The AirTags were functional from the moment they were published, thanks to the trackers’ operation, which was based on the already well-built network of iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Watch. Because of this, Over 40 million Tiles have been sold. Anyone with an iPhone may put up their tracker as well as a report that another’s had been spotted. Even better, when an Apple-compatible device passes close to an AirTag, its owner may be alerted without the need for the passer-by or passer-by to do anything....

Apple rolled out a privacy update in April that forces apps to show users a pop-up window asking for consent to track their activity for advertising purposes. If users select no, Apple blocks that user’s unique identifier for advertisers – a tool that allows advertisers to build up profiles of people and target them with ads. Lotame, an advertising data company, told The FT that Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Snap collectively lost 12% of their advertising revenues in Q3 and Q4 from users choosing to opt-out of ad tracking on Apple devices....

Normally, Apple gives out awards for the best apps of the year, but this is the first time the company will be hosting a ceremony to hand them out, sounds more like the Oscars of apps! The event also falls one day before Apple announced its best apps of the year in 2018. From what we gather, no new product announcements are expected to be made there, especially given it appears to be a low-key app event....

A smartwatch may perform a range of functions. It’s easier to stay focused on your work when you don’t have to take your phone out of your pocket with every vibration, as long as you’re selective about which notifications appear on your wrist; otherwise, the latter will buzz many times each minute. Let’s get going. Apple Watch Series 7 If you are a die-hard fan of any Apple gadgets and want to buy an Apple watch, then the series 7 is the one you should spend your money on....

Briefly tell us about yourselves, your educational background, team and how you came together to form Beta-Art. My name is Gloria Barasa, the founder of Beta-Art Kenya. I hold an MSc in Strategic Management from Linköping University in Sweden, and Bsc in International Business Administration (Finance minor) from USIU Africa. The team consists of people I had worked together with in the corporate setting as well as individuals I had encountered in the art scene while researching on building the platform....

Bidhaa Sasa (meaning “Products Now” in Swahili) founded by Rocio Perez Ochoa and David Disch, is a Lean start-up based in rural Kenya that helps to improve the quality of life of families by making technology goods accessible and affordable to the less fortunate. They combine financing and last-mile distribution and use Tupperware-style direct selling – by women for women – to deliver goods to clients’ doorsteps. Bidhaa Sasa uniquely combines the financing and distribution of products in a one-stop-shop, offering quality goods and after-sales services....

Without a doubt, 2009 was a memorable year as multiple curious events happened at that time. One of them was the emergence of Bitcoin. The birth of the first-ever cryptocurrency turned the financial world upside down and made the whole planet realise that things would never be the same. Because regular money experiences significant fluctuations for hundreds of reasons, there was a need for a new form of payment that carried the same functionality yet stood apart from the usual volatility factors....

Due to the numerous advantages that Bitcoin has, this cryptocurrency is considered to be the future of payments. Speaking of the advantages, we decided to take a look at all the features that made Bitcoin superior to regular payment methods, but also when compared to other cryptocurrencies. Superiority Compared to Regular Payment Methods Let’s start with the advantages over the regular payment methods. Since we live in a world where cash is starting to fade and every transaction is done electronically/online, we must possess efficient payment methods for these types of payments....

Several years ago people who dived deep into this technology, predicted that we would be looking at revolutionary implementations of the blockchain technology. What was once considered to be something out of a science fiction movie is becoming a reality today. Take China, Russia, and the USA for example. At this point, they are speeding down the racetrack to be the first countries to apply the blockchain technology in the military operations....

The firm this week disbursed its first loan in Tanzania, an important milestone towards its goal to expand to several African countries. With plans to disburse 1,000,000 additional loans to its customers, Branch has served around 150,000 people in Kenya with each customer taking three 3 loans each, ranging from KSh250 to KSh50,000. “Over the last few months we’ve been growing rapidly”, Founder and CEO Matt Flannery said. “With this latest round of funding, we’re able to expand further to meet the huge demand for our credit product in Kenya and enter new markets....

Launched in 2019 and bootstrapped thus far, Prepdia was a platform born from founder Malieh Maxime’s own personal experiences after leaving school in 2015. “I aspired to be an engineer but my parents told me they couldn’t afford it. I told my parents I would be able to take care of myself by tutoring others. I passed the engineering entrance exam and moved to Douala, but couldn’t find a home class to teach in the first year,” he said....

Cameroon has over the past 2 years interrupted internet in English-speaking regions repeatedly in a bid to quelch the unrest following mass protests by lawyers and teachers in 2016. The first shut down happened in January and lasted 94 days before being shut down for a second time in October of the same year, this time lasting 230 days according to Access Now. Following this action, several startup founders fled the hostile environment, a move that is likely to hurt the country’s fledgling startup ecosystem....