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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicSmart phones

Topic: smart phones

Doom-scrolling is a vice. Tax it like cigarettes

Smartphones, social media and the internet are transforming our lives and our culture in ways that are not all for the best. There is too much content, and the content is too cheap — in fact, it’s generally free.

Apps to fight coronavirus are lacking one thing — the human touch

Apps may improve the quality of data sharing and analysis, but manual tracing can get past barriers technology can’t.

What pandemic? Smartphone makers stick to plans for new models despite disruption

Smartphone companies are still on track to unveil new models in the fall, but the actual sales may slip depending on how the pandemic progresses.

Online life is causing people to invest less in memories & long-term sense of satisfaction

It is now far easier to pursue immediate happiness, compared to the available options in, say, 1986.

Women from Delhi’s outskirts are taking selfies to claim their right to the city

Selfies document women's struggles and accomplishments, as they step out from their traditional roles in the home, into the male-dominated public realm of the city.

Samsung targets Indian millenials with cheaper smartphones

The tech giant to launching its new M series, all priced below 20,000 rupees to win back customers in India.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.