Emirates is planning to operate passenger services to Jakarta, Manila, Taipei, Chicago, Tunis, Algiers and Kabul in addition to the already commenced operation to London and Frankfurt. These services will facilitate residents and visitors wishing to return home. Passengers will be able to book directly on emirates.com or via their travel agent. Only citizens of the destination country…
Category: Technology
LG announced first-quarter 2020 financial results
LG Electronics Inc. (LG) today announced first-quarter 2020 consolidated revenue of KRW 14.73 trillion (USD 12.45 billion) and operating profit of KRW 1.09 trillion (USD 921.47 million). Although revenue declined modestly compared with the same period last year, operating income improved 21.1 percent from the 2019 quarter making this only the second time in history…
LG Electronics enhances minimalist living with new products
Technology is playing a major role in projecting the minimalist lifestyle. People around the world are increasingly looking for more advanced ways of minimalist living. In minimalist living, storage and freeing up space is key. It all stems from the need to have everything you need within a small space and still have a free…
LG’S new design language taps into nature with visual elegance, tactile perfection
LG Electronics’ (LG) new minimalistic design language for its upcoming smartphone is a nod to the natural world with a visual form factor that differs from the industry trend and features a “Raindrop” camera and front-back symmetrical curves, among other evolutionary design departures from previous LG mobile devices. Contrary to the trend of the squarish camera…
Liquid Telecom offers home users unlimited high capacity broadband at zero extra cost
Liquid Telecom is supporting its Hai home fibre customers (Hai powered by Liquid Telecom) with unlimited high capacity broadband as more people are forced to work and learn from home or remotely in response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Liquid Telecom is offering this free upgrade to current home fibre users at zero extra cost,…
LG puts family hygiene care first
When we delve into the topic of life enhancing technologies, medicine, computing, or even communication advancement always come up. Quite often overlooked are the “mundane” day to day activities that are largely affected by technology, and in turn affect the quality of our lives. Take a washing machine for instance. Currently in Kenya we are…
Minet partners with SASAdoctor to launch telemedicine services
Insurance Brokerage firm, Minet Kenya has partnered with SASAdoctor virtual medical clinic to launch a telemedicine solution aimed at providing online live video medical consultation services for patients. This comes in the wake of the government’s directive to maintain social distancing as one of the ways of curbing the spread of COVID-19 that has so…
Using the power of LG TrueSteam for safer, cleaner clothes and dishes
Maintaining good household hygiene goes a long way toward improving one’s well-being. Home appliances play an important role in this regard because not only can they handle a lot of clothes and dishes at once, they free up time that can be used to do something else. One of the downsides of using machines to…
Nokia publishes People & Planet Report 2019 as it looks to keep people connected through the pandemic
Nokia has published its annual sustainability report, covering the company’s sustainability performance in 2019 and focusing on four priority areas: improving people’s lives with technology, climate, conducting business with integrity, and people. The publication of Nokia’s People & Planet Report 2019 coincides with the COVID-19 pandemic. With entire countries in lockdown, and people asked to stop…
LG embarks on new product roadmap with LG VELVET
With today’s smartphones becoming more and more alike and difficult to distinguish by technical specifications alone, LG Electronics (LG) is answering the challenge by embarking on a new product roadmap that will emphasize distinctive designs and “tactile” elegance to set itself apart. The first device to illustrate this new philosophy is the upcoming LG VELVET,…
Loon internet balloons receive approval to fly to Kenya
Loon, the Alphabet company working to bring balloon-powered Internet to Kenya with its local partner, Telkom Kenya, announce the reception of all regulatory and Cabinet approvals to begin flying balloons in Kenya. The balloons will be dispatched from Loon’s sites in the United States, and it is hoped that they will arrive in the country…
LG NanoCell TV best Easter present
The Easter period is always a time for friends and family to gather with a lot of fanfare. However, 2020 is definitely going to be different. Gatherings and celebrations have been limited by lockdown rules and therefore family barbecues and big meals that involve more than one household are off the table. This means people…