Causes of Death of journalist Waweru Mburu

Death of Journalist Waweru Mburu

Veteran journalist Waweru Mburu, famous for his show ‘Yaliyotendeka‘ on Radio Citizen, died on Wednesday at MP Shah hospital in Nairobi.

The veteran broadcaster is reported to have succumbed to cancer related complications.

The Royal Media Service confirmed the death on its website and on the news bulletin on Citizen TV shortly after.

“Royal Media Service Ltd Chairman Dr SK Macharia, Vice Chair Mrs Gathoni Macharia and Group Managing Director Wachira Waruru condoled with the family terming Mburu’s death as a blow to Royal Media Services and the media industry,” the announcement on Citizen Digital explained.

Waweru Mburu rose to celebrity status for his pithy commentaries on his show ‘Yaliyotendeka‘, that ruled the airwaves for more than a decade.

The show earned him admirers, critics and an almost unrivalled audience in radio.

He was also a panelist on “Cheche Show“, a weekly political talk show on Citizen TV.

The hoarse voiced presenter, whose unique narration style earned him popularity, was rumoured to be on the verge of joining politics.

Blackberry will end it own phone making

It's the end of an era for BlackBerry. The company, famous for making cellphones with physical keyboards that were once so popular people nicknamed them Crackberries, has decided to stop making its own devices.

BlackBerry said on Wednesday that it will rely on partners to manufacture the phones, which will still have BlackBerry's look and feel.

The company announced a joint venture with an Indonesian telecom company that will start making them. BlackBerry plans to turn its attention to software, a move it has made gradually in recent years as sales of its phones have slid.

Shares of BlackBerr (BBRY, Tech30)rose 4% in early trading after the announcement. But the stock price is well below its peak from several years ago.

BlackBerry was once the phone of choice for Wall Street traders, politicians and celebrities, thanks in part to its well-regarded security system. President Obama was spotted with a BlackBerry. So was Kim Kardashian West.

But the company was too late to the touchscreen game, and customers left in droves for Apple' (AAPL, Tech30)iPhone, Samsung' G (SSNLF)alaxy and other devices running on Google' An (GOOGL, Tech30)droid system. Even Microsof has (MSFT, Tech30) moved ahead of BlackBerry with its Windows Phones.

CEO John Chen has tried to turn the company around since joining in 2013. But even as he has pushed BlackBerry toward mobile and security software, apps and the plethora of connected devices known as the Internet of Things, BlackBerry has bled red ink, posted sharp sales declines and lost customers.

Chen has even done what was once unthinkable, opening the BlackBerry to other operating systems. The company now sells phones that run on Android. It also killed off its BlackBerry Classic line of phones this summer.

So Chen deserves credit for stabilizing BlackBerry and refocusing it on higher growth areas.

The company is also no longer in danger of going under, a legitimate concern investors had before he took control. BlackBerry now has about $2.5 billion in cash and investments on its balance sheet -- money for a proverbial rainy day.

BlackBerry will need all the cash it can get. The company also reported Wednesday that its latest quarterly sales fell about 30% from a year ago.

And BlackBerry said that it expects to break even this fiscal year at best. That's still better than the loss analysts had forecast.

But if Chen can't get the company's sales growing again and return it to profitability, there could be more pressure on him to sell BlackBerry.

That's exactly what Chen has done in the past. He sold the struggling software company Sybase to SAP (SAP, Tech30) for a hefty premium while he was CEO of Sybase.

There has been chatter about a BlackBerry sale for years.

The rumor mill may start turning again, though. BlackBerry also announced Wednesday that CFO James Yersh was stepping down and that he would be replaced by Steven Capelli, who worked with Chen at Sybase.

Chen and Capelli also worked together at Pyramid Technology in the mid-1900s, a company that was sold to Siemens under their watch.

So BlackBerry investors might be hoping that lightning will strike three times and Chen and Capelli can pull off another sale.

How to make money on Instagram by selling products

how to make money on Instagram

If you’re a retailer who hasn’t tried to make money on Instagram, you’re missing out on some serious potential. Instagram has more than 500 million users, 300 million of which are daily active users. The photo editing and sharing app has a huge user base that is also actively engaged. Every day, users “like” more than 4.2 billion photos and share more than 95 million images.

So if you have products to sell and you’re not on Instagram, you better think about tapping into this massive community. Ready to get started? Here’s a guide explaining how to sell on Instagram and the benefits of a robust platform.

How to make money on Instagram

In order to effectively make money on Instagram, you’ll need to make sure your account is up to par. Creating a profile isn’t enough to get you followers, let alone sales. So even if you don’t think that hashtag is necessary, think again.

Bio

Your Instagram bio is your chance to introduce yourself. You have 150 characters to explain what you do and why your audience should care. As you write your bio:

• You don’t need to write in complete sentences.
• Use two to three keywords that relate to your industry.
• Feel free to use emojis.
• Include your unique selling proposition and/or product differentiation.
• Include a call-to-action(usually to click on the link in your bio).
  

Pretty simple, right? All of that information is highly beneficial, and your customers will thank you for taking the time to include it.

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Bio link

You only get one active hyperlink on Instagram (all other URLs are inactive), and it’s in your bio. Use it wisely. Add a link to the next piece of content you want your ideal shoppers to see. That could include a link to a coupon, free opt-in, feature products, shop page or more — whatever it is, make sure it relates to your business.

Captions

If you want to make money on Instagram, you need to use your captions as an opportunity to describe your products, tell a story, attract users to your page, and engage your audience.

Plan your captions. Don’t rush this process because it’s more important than you think. Make them punchy. Engage your audience.

Don’t shy away from using lengthy Instagram captions. Experiment with writing longer captions that act as mini blog posts that share useful and/or entertaining information.

Put the most important info at the top. Always highlight vital info at the top where users are most likely to see it.

Include a call-to-action. Tell users what you’d like them to do next, which might include commenting, liking the photo, tagging a friend, or visiting the link in your bio.

Use up to five hashtags. Hashtags are important. They help users find your posts through search (more on that later in this article).

Also, make sure your captions are easy to read. No one wants to be greeted with a wall of text — that’s hard on the eyes, and people will bounce faster than you think.

You can’t add line breaks while writing copy directly through the Instagram app. Write captions in a notes tool then copy and paste it over to Instagram to add line breaks.

Photos

Photos are at the core of an Instagram presence, so as you share images, create a signature look that matches your branding. Choose a filter, color scheme or theme that runs throughout all of your photos and makes your profile feel cohesive.

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Use geotagging when relevant. Geotagging shows the location of where your photo was taken, which creates another searchable lead back to your images.

Don’t make your account all about your products

Even if you create your account just to sell products on Instagram, your profile needs to be more than that. Think of your Instagram feed as a branded publication. Share editorial content that is interesting and useful to your audience as much as you share ads that promote and sell products.

Hashtags

Use the right hashtag strategy to engage users and help them find your content.

• Use a database like Hastagify.me to find popular hashtags related to your industry.
• Create your own branded hashtags that guide users to see more from your brand or topic.
• Use hashtags at the end of your captions, so they are out of the way but available to help with search.
  

Stories

In early August, Instagram took a page out of Snapchat’s book and added a story feature to the app. Instagram Stories allows users to upload a series of photos and videos (and edit them with text, drawing tools and emojis) that are visible for 24 hours.

Engagement

To make money on Instagram, your profile can’t be all about you. You must engage with other users and connect with them in authentic ways.

Follow users that use hashtags related to your industry. Users with similar interests will be likely to follow you back.

Use a geotag search to find users who are near you. When you geotag a location, you can click on it to see photos from other users who have also tagged that location. Follow or engage with this list to build relationships with nearby users.

Comment on other photos. Don’t write generic, copy-and-paste messages. Write authentic notes that relate directly to the user’s post.

Run contests that focus on user-generated content. Get your followers involved by asking your users to create content around your brand and then sharing their content through your page.

Plugins and add-ons

There are also additional tools that can help you make money on Instagram.

LiketoKnow.It— Retailers can add a LinktoKnow.It link in a photo caption. When a user double-clicks on a photo to like it, they receive an email with information about the product. This is only useful for connecting with users who have a LiketoKnow.it account.

Have2Have.it— Like LiketoKnow.It, this tool makes it easier for users to follow a path to purchase items from an Instagram feed. But Have2Have.it does not require the user to sign up for an account. Have2Have.it generates one URL (that should be placed in the bio link field) that takes users to a page that looks like the Instagram feed and includes options for purchase.

Instagram Layout— Use one Instagram post as an opportunity to showcase multiple products with Instagram Layout. The free tool allows you to create grid layouts to show multiple angles of your photos, tell a story, or create an interesting look.

Boomerang— Another tool from Instagram that helps create extra-interesting content, Boomerang enables users to create mini videos that loop back and forth.

Instagram advertising— The tips in this guide primarily relate to what you can do to make money on Instagram without spending advertising dollars. But you can also take it one step further by using paid Instagram advertising to connect with the platform’s 500 million users.

There you done! You have understand how to make more money on Instagram, it's to build your community now. If you need help about putting your business online and make more profit contact our expert using information on Contat us page.

Ms Tanzania: A spying android application which has going viral in social media in Tanzania

Ms Tanzania has become viral in social media especially in WhatsApp group chat where many people are asking the validity of the application. Some people have shown their interest in this application since the application is said to be able to spy other users chat messages in WhatsApp and other messengers application.

The application is claimed to help to reduce the number of people who are not faithful in their relation ship especially in marriage as users will be able to follow how their partners communicate in socila networks.

Here are some coated description from some websites about the application.

“The description of MS Tanzania

Iwapo kama unahisi mume wako au mke wako sio muaminifu anawasiliana na wapenzi wengine. Download application hii itakusaidia kufuatilia simu yake pasipo yeye kujua”

Here is a screen shoot of users review in Play store

In facebook some people have making some post blaming their fellow for spending to much time online to download and spying their partners chat.

Here is one post which has touch the heart of many Tanzanian in Facebook.

Have you try this application? What is you views about this application? Share with friend in comment box below.

UDOM students have come up with a system to solve electricity problems in rented houses

Electricity is very useful for daily life activities,it is used in home for lighting, ironing, operating home appliances and many more. Apart from home uses electricity is used in industries, hospitals and mining areas.

Due to economic status in Tanzania many people live in rented houses especially in urban areas. In Tanzania big cities like Dar es salaam there are many quarrels in rented houses most of them being related to electricity.

In rented houses people who live in a single building they do most of things in collaborative manner but when it comes to electricity bill things become tough,since every body must contribute an equal amount of money for paying LUKU electricity.

People contribute equal amount of money but they do not have similar uses of electricity,some people have more home electrical appliances than others so they automatically consume more electrical power than others.

In these case there is no fair use of electricity in rented houses which lead to quarrel when electric LUKU units fished before the end of a month where every personal has to contribute again for electricity.

To solve this problem and other related problems university students from the University of Dododoma (UDOM) have made a system which will ensure equal and fair use of electricity where by user will use electricity in proportional to amount of money contributed.

The system is called “Rented House Power Distribution Controlling System (RHPDCS)

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Among other functions the system has ability to monitor power usage in house automatically.

Full details about this system may be found at the University of Dodoma(UDOM),from the students how did they system and some documentations are available from our fellow at his blog. Click the link below to read full documentation.

Rented House Power Distribution Controlling System (RHPDCS) 

How do you say about these system? Are you ready to use it? Tell us in comment box below and share with your friends.