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Every winter the same photograph comes back: Delhi under a grey blanket. Then someone at home asks whether we should finally buy an air purifier. How is air quality measured? India uses the National Air Quality Index, or AQI. It is one number from 0 to 500, and lower is better. The scale runs Good, โฆ
You are at the counter, and the shopkeeper points at a QR code taped to the wall. You scan it, you pay, you walk out. No cash, no card, no signature. That habit started with mobile wallets. What is a mobile wallet? A mobile wallet is an app that holds a small amount of your โฆ
At some point, every one of us has dropped a phone. The lucky ones pick it up and find nothing wrong. The rest of us get that spider web across the screen. How do screens actually break? Almost always in a small careless moment. Pulling the phone out of a tight pocket, or dropping it โฆ
Your phone shows "No Service" for a couple of hours. You assume it is a network problem, or the monsoon. Sometimes it is neither, and someone else is using your number. What is SIM swap fraud? Your mobile number gets moved onto a new SIM card that a fraudster is holding. Your SIM goes dead, โฆ
Your phone rings at eleven in the morning. It is a recorded voice offering you a personal loan you never asked for. By lunch there are three SMSes about flats in a city you don't live in. You are not imagining it, and you are not alone. Isn't DND supposed to stop this? DND is โฆ
We've all received emails that we just don't want. Offers, newsletters, deals, and now and then one that costs somebody their savings. Three words cover almost all of it: spam, phishing and ransomware. What is spam? Any unwanted message sent to you in bulk. Most of it is harmless. A shopping site you bought from โฆ
Everyone has misplaced a phone at some point. Sometimes it is under a cushion, and sometimes it is in the auto that has already driven away. The good news is that both Android and iPhone can put your phone on a map in about a minute. Will this work if the phone is on silent? โฆ
Happy Diwali, everyone! The house has been scrubbed, the old junk is out, and something shiny has been bought. Your phone and your laptop deserve exactly the same treatment. Why do my devices need a clean? Think of that one drawer in your desk. You keep dropping things into it and never take anything out. โฆ
You are looking at a price in dollars and wondering what that is in rupees. Most of us open an app or a website for this. You do not need to. Google answers plenty of these questions inside the search box itself, with no site to visit. Here are four I use almost every week. โฆ
Sale weekend, cart full, and the payment page asks how you would like to pay. Most of us tap the debit card without thinking twice. That is the one habit worth changing. Why is a debit card riskier? Your debit card is a direct pipe into your bank account. The moment you pay, the money โฆ