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Popular messaging application WhatsApp crossed its all-time daily record by processing 27 billion messages in a single day. The declaration came through a tweet from the service’s official Twitter account. new daily record: 10B+ msgs sent (inbound) and 17B+ msgs received (outbound) by our users = 27 Billion msgs handled in just 24 hours! — WhatsApp Inc. (@WhatsApp) June 12, 2013 To look at the figures more closely, the company refers to 10 billion inbound sent messages and 17 billion outbound received messages. There is a difference between the two figures because of the existence of group chat. When…

Desperate Venezuelans are now using a smartphone app, that helps in finding toilet paper, currently scarce in the country. The app, few weeks ago, uses crowd sourcing technology to enable users to let each other locate stores where stocks haven’t run out. Abasteceme – meaning “Supply Me” in English, is a free Android app which has already been downloaded more than 12,000 times, mostly by residents of Caracas (the capital city), said the Creator, Jose Augusto Montiel. He said: “Lots of things are in short supply, but what people are most worried about is finding toilet paper.” Economists blaming scarcity…

Like Uganda, Angola is out of this years season of Big Brother Africa. After Uganda’s Denzel and LK4 were sent flying out of the house, Angola has followed suit. Today, Biguesas and Neyll who were holding the Angolan flag got evicted from Africa’s number one reality show after they failed to get the majority vote from Africa. Neyll who was clearly surprised about the eviction was quoted as saying, “I was cool all the time, had swag and they swapped me” Whether he was cool and had swag is an issue to reckon. Biguesas who quit his job and studies…

The controversial reign of Phiona Bizzu as beauty queen comes to a curtain fall; with an even intensity of drama as her first day as on the beauty stage as queen. When the innocent beauty endowed with an infectious smile; was crowned, the disapproval of the public was significant. The issue turned comical following tabloid reports that she had been rejected at Miss World contest in China.All this while the MUBS fresher admiringly exhibited a deep sense of self esteem and courage befitting her cromn that turned subject of debate. However, its not only the public that loathes but also…

Radiocity’s top 10 countdown show host is no ordinary man in the entertainment industry. On the dark soothing Thursday night, the beaming chubby birthday boy-like the moon attracted a host of stars at the Bugolobi based Gato Mato restuarant as he launched his new business venture-”Kella PR” , a public relations company with the tagline ” We’ll do it”, which coincided with his 27th birthday and the introduction of a cocktail dubbed ”kella cocktail”; an awesome threesome! According to MvKenzie, the company in its first phase of operation will concentrate on events management, social media marketing and artiste promotion before…

Hashtags are coming to Facebook to help users better surface conversations. Support for the all-but-ubiquitous topic organization system was rumored in March and will roll out to a small percentage of users Wednesday. Facebook will roll out hashtags to more users in the coming weeks. The social network wants to make it easier for users to find content already on Facebook, and functional hashtags are the first step. According to Facebook, many users already post hashtags anyway, so why not make them work? Hashtags will be both clickable and searchable, so, for example, topics like #NSALeaks or #NBAFinals will now…

Today, over 250 students from a cross Uganda are set to take part in an online aptitude exam to win a fully paid scholarship from MTN Uganda. The winners will be announced on the 21st of June. Students from the 50 participating schools represented their schools in this online quiz where they stand a chance to win a fully paid scholarship for a year in MTN Uganda’s 21 Days of Y’ello Care initiative ’21 scholarships in 21 Days quiz’. MTN Uganda and Gayaza High School this year re-launched and opened up a national e-learning platform that enables students from schools…

Well! Well! Well! The question that haunts the minds of almost all the women and many of the men, is indeed thought-provoking. What are the reasons for a man dumping a woman, (and sometimes women doing the same with men)? When I asked this question to a white South African, she replied, “Men dump women because men are men and women are women”. Oh God! This intriguing and quite amusing answer really left no doubts in my mind about various unusual aspects behind this riddle. Let us discuss some of the basic causes for this Dumping act: 1) As we…

Many thought it was a gamble at success when together with Bebe Cool, she released ‘Cease and Sickle’ a song that made a super mark on the Ugandan airwaves. In fact, few people even realized that she was one of the voices behind the Sambagala hit collabo by Bebe Cool and Halima Namakula. To the un-observant, un-keen followers of the Ugandan music scene, they think she’s new to the industry. But to musical analysts, it was just the time for Rema to prove her lyrical prowess. With ‘atuuse’ promising to be a hit song like ‘Oli Wange’, critics can write…