The Smartphone Toolkit Our smartphones are…incredibly smart. But they have been with us for years now and so it’s a little difficult to be wowed by them anymore. We take these pocket supercomputers for granted – and just whine when they take that extra second to magically summon information (or kitten videos) from the […]
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Measure anywhere…mostly
The latest duelling ground between Apple and Google is in the realms of Augmented Reality. Apple with its ARKit is ahead of Google’s ARCore at the moment (did both companies have a secret meeting and decide to forego the space after ‘AR’?) evidenced by their demonstrations during this year and last year’s Apple World Wide […]
HP Envy
I wanted a thin and light laptop, something i can carry around easily and can be stuffed into a backpack. There’s quite a big lot of options for thin and light laptops, so choosing one is really a huge undertaking. A few Rs 500 or 1000 up or down changes the configuration of the laptop […]
OnePlus features you probably didn’t know about
OnePlus is one of the most popular mobile phone brands in India. Starting with the now iconic OnePlus (which my dad still uses), to the most recent OnePlus 5t and the upcoming OnePlus 6, they have rarely had a misstep (barring the forgettable OnePlus 2, and OnePlus X). The secret to OnePlus’ success has not […]
The logitech g213 Prodigy
Today we’re reviewing the Logitech g213 Prodigy Keyboard. The keyboard is made of a matte black plastic, unlike aluminium on most premium gaming keyboards. This is because the prodigy g213 is a casual gaming keyboard. It costs Rs 4995 but on offer is available for Rs 3494, as of the release date of this video. […]
Google changes gears on its India mission
Google changes gears on its India mission Google has always been aggressive with rolling out its products in India – probably influenced by the fact that the CEO and many of the product heads are Indian. So it has been kind of disappointing that many of its hardware products like the Google Home, Chromebooks, and […]
DBrand Grip Case – First Impressions
Today we’re unboxing the DBrand Grip case I ordered for the Galaxy S8+. DBrand generally makes skins, and this is something new, and is not available normally as they had a campaign running on Indiegogo, where you could back it. I backed the campaign in November 2017 and had to wait for it to […]
BOSE Soundlink Color Bluetooth II
Today we’re unboxing the BOSEsoundlink color 2, a budget friendly option from BOSE, if you call Rs 11,500 budget friendly, currently at Rs 9200 on both amazon.in and flipkart.com. So is it worthy of the Bose name, let’s find out. In the box once open, we find the speaker, under a protective foam pad, also […]
Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus Unboxing and Setup!
Being Unboxed today is the Galaxy S9+ , the new larger variant of Samsung’s latest flagship. It has design cues from the s8+ before it, with major tweaks to its internals, and design changes on the outside too. On the box the MRP is printed a 70,000 but i bought it for 64,900. Getting the […]
High5: Prepare for power cuts
Summer doesn’t just mean mangoes and vacations for many of us. The literal dark side of the coin is the power cuts that are often part and parcel of the season. #5. Invest in a good power bank Sure your phone has that new ultra rapid superfast blazecharge ™ built-in, But fat lot of good […]