Safaricom, KPLC Ridiculed Online over Service Outages

Kenyans on Twitter spent the better part of Monday mocking corporates Safaricom and Kenya Power over alleged service outage concerns.A section of netizens registered complaints about being unable to access data and make calls on their Safaricom lines in the early morning hours. Their attention got diverted shortly when news of the telco's rumored restructuring plans, set to affect 6,000 employees, hit the interwebs. Safaricom was yet to publicly issue a statement at the time of publishing this article.

Safaricom is slowly losing it's Sim 1 honors?.

— Kijana ya TUK?? (@comradefyat) April 26, 2021

Telkom CEO waiting for Safaricom to restore their network so that he can go online ?? pic.twitter.com/g4QFezKmyp

— Landlord™?? (@jayp__morgan) April 26, 2021

It is unacceptable for Safaricom to come up with new models of management that would end up affecting the lives and livelihoods of many. As @COTU_K we are opposed to such models considering they go against ILO conventions on protection of jobs. pic.twitter.com/fYHRiSMQSi

— Francis Atwoli NOM (DZA), CBS, EBS, MBS. (@AtwoliDza) April 25, 2021

Electricity distributor Kenya Power followed suit with a technical hitch that saw Kenyans unable to make token purchases online. The company pointed to a "high number of customer transactions" that led to delayed vending of tokens.

If Kenya Power was selling tea, their billing be like:

Tea unit - 1 cup

Amount KShs- 150

Tea amount - 15

Serving fee - 10

Milk - 20

Water - 15

Tea leaves - 18.50

Cooking gas - 9

Coffee admiration fee - 23

Rent - 5.50

County license - 13

Adjustable taste - 14

Sufuria levy - 7

— Chad Bironga (@chadbironga) April 25, 2021

If Kenya Power was a person! pic.twitter.com/fp4CuZwjSE

— Miss Pett (@petronillakham) April 25, 2021

iOS 14.5 is Here!

Apple has released its latest software update, iOS 14.5, bringing exciting new features to iPhone, including the ability to unlock iPhone with Apple Watch while wearing a face mask, more diverse Siri voices, new privacy controls, skin tone options to better represent couples in emoji, and much more. The iOS 14.5 latest software update is also compatible with the best webinar platforms like Zoom, gotowebinar, Livewebinar & Everwebinar, etc.The updated Siri now allows users to choose the voice that speaks to them when they first set up their device to promote diversity and inclusion. A new capability also includes support for Group FaceTime, making it easier to initiate calls with multiple contacts.App Tracking Transparency requires apps to get the user's permission before tracking their data across apps or websites owned by other companies for advertising, or sharing their data with data brokers.The new software update introduces new exciting emojis, including the couple kissing emoji and couple with heart emoji, with the ability to select different skin tones. Other emojis include characters for face exhaling, face with spiral eyes, face in clouds, hearts on fire, mending heart, and woman with a beard, among others.Additional iOS 14.5 features include fully redesigned Apple Podcasts and Apple News Apps, recently launched AirTag and 5G improvements for iPhone 12 models.

? iOS 14.5 is out now with these new emojis https://t.co/Z9Tr0ZfMKp pic.twitter.com/ug5S0pwYwq

— Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) April 26, 2021

Dementia Part II Trailer Released

Dark Star Pictures has released the official trailer for upcoming flick Dementia Part II. The comedy horror follows Wendell (Matt Mercer) who receives a threatening phone call from his parole officer Reggie (Graham Skipper). If he doesn't find a job immediately, he will face serious legal repercussions.Wendell wrangles some home maintenance work for a seemingly benign older woman, Suzanne (Suzanne Voss). But she persists in giving him increasingly absurd tasks to complete around the house. As the workday progresses, Wendell is thrown into an ever-escalating nightmare and comes face to face with an unexpected evil. Suzanne hides a dark secret. And it's up to Wendell and Suzanne's daughter, Sheila (Najarra Townsend) to put an end to her madness.Dementia Part II arrives in theaters May 21st. Check out Collider's exclusive trailer below.