Collage of five discontinued Android app icons, once beloved on Google Play

Five beloved Android apps we loved and then lost

Every platform changes over time, but this year’s forced retirement of previously indispensable Android apps felt particularly sharp. A combination of policy friction, corporate consolidation and fickle priorities made tools that quietly powered our daily lives disappear. I’ve tried out more newcomers than I can remember, but these five missing faces leave a very specific…

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Moga police return 250 mobile phones recovered to owners, warns against undocumented purchases

Moga police return 250 mobile phones recovered to owners, warns against undocumented purchases

The police today handed over 250 recovered mobile phones to their rightful owners. The recovery was made possible through a technology-driven tracing initiative that utilised Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR), a national portal developed by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to help citizens track and block lost or stolen mobile devices. According to SSP Ajay Gandhi,…

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