mParivahan App: Digital Driving Licence and RC Guide
How to use the mParivahan app to add your driving licence and vehicle RC, get the QR code, and what to check about the rules before leaving paper copies.
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How to Scan Documents to PDF With Google Drive
Scan documents to PDF with the Google Drive app on Android or iPhone: simple steps, tips for clear scans, sharing the file and keeping it small.
How to Use Google Maps Offline in India
Download Google Maps for offline use before a trip: steps for Android and iPhone, what works without internet, and how to save data and storage.
How to Report Spam Calls and SMS in India (and Actually Reduce Them)
“Sir, pre-approved personal loan…” “Ma’am, your credit card limit has been increased…” “Congratulations, you’ve won…” If your phone is anything like mine, you get a few of these every day. Some are just annoying. Some are outright scams. I used to just hang up and grumble. Then I spent a weekend setting up the tools … Read more
What Is eSIM and Should You Switch in India?
A friend of mine switched to eSIM on his new phone, felt very futuristic for a week, and then dropped the phone in a lake in Gandipet. Phone gone. SIM gone with it. He spent the next morning at an Airtel store getting his number back. That story pretty much sums up eSIM: genuinely convenient … Read more
Moving to a New Android Phone: How to Transfer Everything Properly
New phone day is the best day. The box, the smell, the shiny screen. And then you spend the next three days discovering what didn’t transfer – your authenticator codes, your UPI apps asking to re-register, the photos from your old SD card. I’ve moved phones enough times (and helped enough family members) to have … Read more
How to Lock Your Aadhaar Biometrics and Check Who Used Your Aadhaar
A neighbour of ours runs a small grocery shop. One day he noticed small withdrawals from his bank account that he never made – no OTP, no card used. It turned out someone had misused his fingerprint data through an Aadhaar-based payment system. That story made me check my own Aadhaar settings, and I realised … Read more
Passwords Made Simple: How to Create Strong Ones and Use a Password Manager
Confession time. For years, my “strong” password was my nickname, my birth year and an exclamation mark. I used it on Gmail, Facebook, two shopping sites and a random forum I joined in 2012. When that forum got hacked, I spent a very stressful weekend changing everything. If any part of that sounds familiar, don’t … Read more
Google Lens Tricks for Students, Shoppers and Travellers
Google Lens is one of those features sitting quietly on almost every Android phone, and most people only use it to scan a QR code or figure out a plant in their balcony. Which is a shame, because it can do a lot more. I use it almost daily – to copy text from a … Read more
How to Set Up Google Family Link on Your Child’s Phone (Without Making Them Hate You)
My sister handed her 10-year-old a phone during online classes and, for a while, it was fine. Then one day she found him at 1 AM watching YouTube Shorts under the blanket, phone brightness on max. That’s when she called me asking about “that Google parent app”. That app is Google Family Link, and it’s … Read more