Gadgets

PRESERVING YOUR RIGHT TO REPAIR YOUR GADGETS

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN your drop your phone and shatter the screen? Or when its battery starts to grow noticeably weaker? These common technological woes are things that you should be able to remedy yourself—just buy some parts, get some tools, and fix your device. But it’s not that simple. Gadget manufacturers have been increasingly restricting access to the parts, tools, and ... Read More »

MWC 2019: The coolest gadgets and tech that impressed us in Barcelona

Attendees take pictures of the Mate X foldable phone just outside of Huawei’s booth at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. (Express photo by Anuj Bhatia) Another MWC is over. The world’s biggest mobile show, held annually in Barcelona, Spain, had a lot to offer this year. We saw many new smartphones and gadgets over four exhausting days. Some felt ... Read More »

TRAI Extends Deadline to Select New DTH Plans to March 31

TRAI has given time till March 31 for consumers to opt for channels of their choice under the new framework for broadcasting and cable services, the telecom regulator said Tuesday. In a statement, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said it has also asked all distribution platform operators (DPOs) to create ‘best fit plan’ for its subscribers who have not exercised ... Read More »

TOI Gadgets Now Awards; Samsung Galaxy M10 and M20 launch; RComm files for bankruptcy and other top tech news of the week

1 / 9 TOI Gadgets Now Awards; Samsung Galaxy M10 and M20 launch; RComm files for bankruptcy and other top tech news of the week This has been an exciting week in the world of technology news and for us, this has been a special week as well. Team Gadgets Now hosted its first technology awards dubbed as the Times ... Read More »

Japan To Survey 200 Million Gadgets For Cyber Security Ahead Of Olympics

Japan will check potential vulnerabilities in items like routers, webcams and web-connected home devices. TOKYO, JAPAN:  Japan is preparing a national sweep of some 200 million network-connected gadgets for cyber-security lapses ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, an official said on Tuesday. The government-backed National Institute of Information and Communications Technology will start the survey from February to check ... Read More »

Last Day of Amazon Great Indian Sale: 15 gadgets available at 70% discount or more

1 / 16 Last Day of Amazon Great Indian Sale: 15 gadgets available at 70% discount or more Today is the last day of Amazon’s Great Indian sale. The four-day sale started on January 20. This may be your last chance to get best discounts from Amazon from various categories including electronics, smartphones, mobile accessories, laptops and more. Here is a list of 15 ... Read More »

CES 2019: Top gadgets trends to watch out for at the world’s biggest tech show

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is set to kick off at Las Vegas, US on January 8. Billed as the world’s biggest tech trade show, CES showcases the latest and best of what the technology has to offer. This year’s edition is going to be no different. While the 2018 edition focused on smart assistants, CES 2019 is set to be grander with ... Read More »

Flipkart Launches 2GUD Refurbished Goods Platform After Shutting Down eBay India

Flipkart on Wednesday finally launched its new e-commerce platform for refurbished goods that it had revealed late last month, when CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy announced the shutdown of eBay India. Called 2GUD, it is the company’s first foray into the refurbished goods market – which it says is expected to be a $20 billion (roughly Rs. 1,39,740 crores) market in 5-6 ... Read More »

December patch coming to fix Google Pixel 3/3 XL issues

This year’s Google Pixel launch was a mixed bag – the phones are great but the number of issues that popped up in the first few months ruined the user experience for a lot of owners. Luckily, the December patch aims to fix most of those growing pains. The most persisting ones like errors in the third-party camera apps, memory ... Read More »

Lenovo Z5s leak hints at a version with Snapdragon 845 and 12GB of RAM

Lenovo Z5s is about to be released and according to a new leak on Weibo, the phone will come in two versions – a standard one that’s supposed to be with Snapdragon 678 and a more powerful Z5s Ferrari Edition. The latter is believed to sport the Snapdragon 845 chipset. But wait – there’s more. The photo was taken from ... Read More »