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mashable.com A team of designers and IT engineers are showing off their concept design for an iWatch amid much speculation about Apple’s plans for a smart watch. Italian design team Ciccarese Design envisioned a modern look for the smart watch in its mockup renderings Apple has reportedly been hiring for work on its iWatch team, but it never explicitly confirmed that such a watch is in development. Recently, however, we learned that Apple hired fitness consultant Jay Blahnik, who worked on Nike’s FuelBand. The Italian iWatch design concept incorporates iOS 7 on the screen. The design teams says it has started prototyping the concept in both white and black versions. Apple is not…

Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, has made travel to Dubai much easier, with 48 hour UAE visa processing. This has reduced the amount of time for travelers to  acquire a visa to the Middle East nation. The process handled by Emirates Uganda office requires a traveler to book their travel with the airline and fill in the required forms for the Visa and pay the necessary fees. Successful applications are submitted by the Airline on behalf of the traveler, and once approved the Visas are ready for collection from the Emirates office within a maximum period of…

mtnfootball.com Uganda head coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has said he does not fear The Teranga Lions of Senegal whom they face on September 7 in a crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier. “They are a very good team that we respect, but we do not fear them. They have good individual players playing in top leagues, but we shall be facing 11 players whom we shall be very prepared for come September 7th,” said the Serb. Speaking about the absence of Senegal’s leading striker Papiss Cisse for the crucial match, the Ugandan coach said it is good because it reduces their fire power in…

supersport.com Ugandan striker Geoffrey Massa has is excited by the return to the Premier Soccer League (PSL). The former Yenicami (Northern Cyprus) forward on Wednesday completed a move to the University of Pretoria side, AmaTuks, for an undisclosed fee. Massa, in his late 20s, is making his return to South Africa having previously spent a year at Jomo Cosmos from June 2008 till 2009. He scored just one goal while there before moving to Egyptian side Etisalat. “It’s been a while since I played in South Africa and I’m excited to be back,” Massa told AmaTuks official website, adding, “I…

supersport.com Uganda’s oldest sports facility, the Nakivubo War II Memorial Stadium, will undergo a facelift next month. According to the stadium management, the Park Yard part of the facility will by the end of September have a new look thanks to a partnership with Ham Enterprises tuning up to Shs350m. The dressing rooms have already been refurbished and in a move to enhance further re-development, a perimeter wall fence is also set to be constructed. The new arrangement also brings good news to netball fans as they will have new stands set up just close to their courts. “We want…

standardmedia.co.ke Brandy was not having a good day on Saturday after she found herself performing to a crowd of no more than 40 people in a stadium that seats 90,000 people. The sultry singer was supposed to be the surprise grand finale of the Mandela Sports and Culture day held at the FNB stadium in South Africa. The promoters on the other hand had not bothered to inform the tens of thousands of concert goers that there was a surprise artist to perform. So the people left the stadium thinking the day was over. That is how Brandy, an international…

techcrunch.com With hashtags, trending topics, verified profiles, and now the ability for anyone to embed public posts on external websites, Facebook is making a big push to become a primary source of real-time news, both for journalists and readers. It opened post embeds to a few partners last month. Now anyone can grab embed codes from public posts, and Facebook’s added in-line video playback, and better mobile display. Facebook is chasing Twitter, which has positioned itself a critical host of candid first-person news accounts as well as breaking dispatches from journalists and their outlets. Embeds, which Twitter launched back in 2010, have helped…

A welcome cocktail, an enormous boxing ring and good music met the guests at the official launch of MNET’s first telenovela, Kona hosted at Crowne Plaza. Set to air beginning August 26th, the show that tells the story of the Oyanges and their gym located in Nairobi’s Dagoretti “Kona” is a labour of love. Watch Kona at 7:30 pm, Monday to Friday on Africa Magic Entertainment Channel 151 and Africa Magic 154 and GoTV Plus Channel 1. Follow on Twitter: @KonaTV Hashtag: #KonaTvSeries Below are the photos from the launch!

By Stuart G-khast The much anticipated concert of the year is a few hours away. Unlike Mavado who shunned his Ugandan concert, Konshens and Alaine arrived last night ahead of their concert slated for Friday August 23 at the Cricket Oval, Lugogo. The duo was welcomed by the concert organisers―pepsi, led by Jeff Ssekandi who escorted them to Sheraton hotel where they spent the night. Konshens and Alaine will to hold a press conference today, before they visit Kololo Secondary school where Konshens will supply the school with scholastic materials like textbooks, color pencils, pens, dictionaries, notebooks, rulers and many more…

In line with MTN’s Vision of creating a bold, new Digital World and of its commitment to supporting education as a key enabler of development, MTN Uganda in partnership with Luzira Prison management has commissioned an ICT resource center with a fully connected internet Hot spot at Murchison Bay Prison in Luzira. This initiative is anticipated to enable the nearly 2000 inmates at the facility to have an ICT understanding as well as utilize the center to access the MTN sponsored Uganda Secondary School E-learning Platform (USSELP) for their education during their time of incarceration. Speaking during the commissioning of…