Smartphones Archives

Dear Blackberry, you were more than just a phone

Gadgets today look, sound and feel like each other, but only a decade ago, one of them stood out from the rest, most incredibly for seeing the future but failing to jump on its wagon.

Mugdha Singh May 15, 2016

Modern Family

How I Lost My Kids to Technology (And Later Won Them Back)

One day you’re the centre of your children’s universe – and then suddenly, you’re not. You’re never quite prepared for the way technology steals them away from you. They sit, their faces aglow in the light of their phone screens, chuckling to themselves. Like my kids, my overactive imagination is not my friend either.

Ashwina Garg May 3, 2016

Modern Family

The Best Gift Today’s Mothers Can Give their Children is Some Unmonitored “Me Time”

The constant supervision to create a model kid, robs children of solitude: A solitude that will overwhelm them with its monotony before getting them to move their ass to experiment in the kitchen, scribble Rupi Kaur-like poetry on their notepads, and perhaps discover the true meaning of life.

Purba Ray April 20, 2016

Features

The OPPO Reno4 Pro, is as Powerful as All the Avengers Rolled Into One

While my predecessors have all been lookers with a great sense of fashion, let me very humbly submit that I, the OPPO Reno4 Pro, am the best looking in the family. A 3D Borderless Sense Screen with 90 Hz refresh rate is the human equivalent of having Hritik Roshan and Tom Cruise’s genes in one body.

Arré Bench April 2, 2016

Technology

You Used to Call Me on My Landline: Remembering Hotline Bling of the ’90s

Twenty years ago in India, there was one box-like device with numbers on it that bonded families together like a viewing of Hum Saath Saath Hain. The landline had a wire that kept you rooted – but it could also set you free if you chose to be unavailable.

Yash Pawaskar March 14, 2016