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  • iPhone 16e India Price, Specs, and Value: Is It Worth ₹59,900 in 2025?
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    iPhone 16e India Price, Specs, and Value: Is It Worth ₹59,900 in 2025?

    Apple dropped the iPhone 16e on February 19, 2025, and it’s already making waves in India. With the iPhone 16e India price starting at ₹59,900 for the 128GB model, ₹69,900 for 256GB, and ₹89,900 for 512GB, it’s positioned as a more affordable entry into the iPhone 16 lineup. But does this “budget” iPhone deliver enough…

  • iPhone 16e  Explained
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    iPhone 16e Explained

    The iPhone 16e, announced by Apple in February 2025, marks a significant evolution in the company’s budget-friendly offerings, replacing the iPhone SE and positioning itself as the most affordable member of the iPhone 16 family. This review delves into its design, performance, camera capabilities, battery life, and overall value, providing a thorough examination for potential…

  • MobiKwik Denies Security Breach While User Data is Up for Grabs on the Dark Web
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    MobiKwik Denies Security Breach While User Data is Up for Grabs on the Dark Web

    There have been multiple reports circulating for over a month now in regard to a possible breach of MobiKwik’s servers. The company maintains that no breach has occurred. The alleged hack was initially reported by security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia on twitter earlier this month but until recently there were no means to verify the claims.…

  • India Bans 59 Popular Chinese Apps Amidst Tension With China
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    India Bans 59 Popular Chinese Apps Amidst Tension With China

    The government of India has announced a ban on several popular Chinese apps including TikTok with immediate effect. The growing tension with China along the border has led to this unprecedented move. While these apps are among the few that are shady in their behavior it remains to be seen how effective the ban turns…

  • Hathway Mesh Wifi System: Internet To Every Corner Of Your Home

    Hathway Mesh Wifi System: Internet To Every Corner Of Your Home

    A few months back, Hathway reached out to us to test their recently launched wifi mesh solution. I readily accepted it because I’ve never experienced internet in every corner of my home. We’ve reviewed some unique internet connections in the past, but this is different. Hathway is the first Internet Service Provider in India to…

  • Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and the Union Budget 2018
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    Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and the Union Budget 2018

    Arun Jaitely, the finance minister of India, has formally presented the union budget 2018-19 in the lok Sabha today. While we are in no position to either analyze or comment on most of the schemes or announcements made today we need to clarify the stand the Government has taken on cryptocurrency since most of the…

  • Daiwa 40″ Smart HDTV: Review

    Daiwa 40″ Smart HDTV: Review

    Daiwa is not a popular brand when it comes to TVs India. But I did some googling and found some interesting stuff on them. Daiwa TV is from one of the largest TV manufacturers in India, Videotex International. They take care of assembling for most of the other popular Indian TV Brands like Intex and…

  • Open Source Projects in India

    Mozilla Announces Plan To Support Open Source Projects In India, To Invest ₹1 Crore

    Mozilla, known for their Firefox browser, took to their blog to announce their plans to support open source projects in India.   Mozilla has been involved in supporting various open source project over the years but this is the first time they have announced such an initiative for Indians. This comes under their newly launched…

  • Reddit India User’s Satire Post Goes Viral As Propaganda
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    Reddit India User’s Satire Post Goes Viral As Propaganda

    WhatsApp user base is increasing at an unprecedented rate and it is almost impossible to find someone owning a Smartphone without WhatsApp installed on it. It is undoubtedly a good sign for the average Indian to embrace technology but on the contrary propaganda is reaching new heights in digital India. Its been over a year…

  • 3.2 Million Indian Debit Cards Compromised and Nobody knew about it

    3.2 Million Indian Debit Cards Compromised and Nobody knew about it

    Many Indians are falling prey to what is now becoming the biggest breach of financial data in the recent times. Indian debit cards are being used to make payments at various outlets in China! This could very well be the biggest debit card scam in India. Economic Times claims nearly 3.2 millions card details have…

  • Evernote announces localised pricing for India

    Evernote announces localised pricing for India

    Evernote is my tool of choice to get my articles done. Evernote has a significant presence here in India, crossing 5 Million active users last September. While I am a huge Evernote fan, I’ve been very critical of it. They claimed India is an important market but never did anything to improve on that until…

  • Google’s Nexus 6 Pricing leaves Indians disappointed
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    Google’s Nexus 6 Pricing leaves Indians disappointed

    Google finally changed the pricing scheme for its nexus devices with the Nexus 6. The entire Nexus branding no longer seems to do what it was initially intended to do, provide a cheap alternative to emulators to attract developers to help develop apps for the Android platform. Not only about developers, it was also Google’s…

  • How to Preorder OnePlus One in India

    How to Preorder OnePlus One in India

    Starting tonight, the much famed OnePlus One will finally be put on pre orders, just for an hour though. The pre-ordering process does not need an invitation. The launch countries does not include India, but you can still pre-order it and get it shipped via 3rd party re-shippers. OnePlus One launch officially in India is…

  • Android One Smartphones To Enter Indian Market in September
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    Android One Smartphones To Enter Indian Market in September

    “Android One” programme was announced at the Google’s I/O 2014, It gained the attention of all tech enthusiasts and it seems to be the best shot for Google to offer cheap smart phones with the latest Android software updates which would allow a uniform user experience. Sadly, almost all phones, irrespective of the OEM, within…

  • Xiaomi launches 13$ Fitness Band called “Mi Band”
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    Xiaomi launches 13$ Fitness Band called “Mi Band”

    Xiaomi announced the Mi3 successor, Mi4 with all new improved specs and numbers at a event in Beijing, China. This was not the only best thing that was announced during the event, Xiaomi announced it’s 13$ Mi band which is a wearable device available in a range of colors. Mi Band’s primary task is for…