AliExpress has always been a go-to marketplace for low-value, utilitarian items. However, since time immemorial, there have been two primary concerns about AliExpress – quality and delivery. Many years ago, I remember the sellers being abusive and you didn’t always get what […]
Biometrics has made device security really accessible, though it doesn’t alleviate security concerns as a whole due to the limited number of publicly viewable (and accessible) body parts that each one has at their disposal. Still, it managed to revolutionise the world […]
There are some items that you hold fond memories of but there comes a time when you have to let it go. I suppose I am attaching a bit too much emotion to an inanimate object, but the Saitek R440 Force Feedback […]
Lately, I have been in to Qlik Sense and was looking to create a single page dashboard for publicly available information. The most logical place to head to was Kaggle and keeping in line with my previous post concerning US-India, I decided […]
Despite rampant globalisation, there are always a few things that are seemingly out of reach. On the flip side, you can almost get anything you want if you are prepared to the pay the price for it. Custom duties make importing a […]
Purchasing cables online is a tricky proposition. This is the reason why I have a USB voltage/current tester in my possession to ascertain a cable’s mettle. I normally restrict myself to Amazon fulfilled orders so that I can return a cable should […]
A bump in the road! A bumper case is a sweet compromise between using the phone as manufactured and sheathing it in a figurative armour. The RhinoShield CrashGuard has done well in this space and while price is a genuine concern when […]
A small device with big sound on a budget. The removal of the headphone jack on phones is a recent phenomenon but I have been dilly-dallying with clip-on, stereo Bluetooth headsets for quite some time. The excuse for doing so was convenience, […]
Good design, let down terribly by software and connectivity Update #6 (Oct 30, 2017): For the first time in a long time, an update is not about the latest firmware. I recently got my hands on the Fiio BTR1, so stay tuned […]
As I had mentioned in my review of the Redmi Note 3, it was good value for money. However, MIUI proved to be a hindrance for the target user because of which I had switched the device to LineageOS while not rooting […]