Truecaller

Is Truecaller premium worth it?

Truecaller premium is a subscription plan for users who are disturbed by the frequent spam/telemarketing calls they have to handle. It not only removes ads from the application but also unlocks these features – profile views, premium badge, contact lookups,…

ICICI Direct

Is Zerodha better than ICICI Direct?

Zerodha and ICICI Direct are reputed online brokers. The former started its operations in 2010. ICICI’s subsidiary was started in 1995. If you have shortlisted both of them to open your trading account but want to create an a/c with…

Microsoft Bing chat

Best Quora alternative sites

The user interface of the question-and-answer site Quora hasn’t changed a lot in the last few years but the site has got some annoying features. For example, you will often come across content locker on the pages of Quora. You…

Lenovo Vantage

Is Lenovo vantage necessary? Should you remove it?

Among the many things that my ThinkPad E14 comes pre-installed with is Lenovo Vantage software. When I found Vantage while exploring the system, I thought of removing it. Before getting rid of it, I ran the application to learn what…

Sharekhan Espresso

Sharekhan Espresso review

Espresso is a subsidiary of Sharekhan. Sharekhan has complicated pricing but that of its subsidiary is straightforward. You will be charged 20 Rs brokerage for buy and sell orders if you have profited from the trade. In case you have…

Outlook

Microsoft Outlook vs Gmail

Last week, I made Microsoft Outlook my primary email service i.e every web application I now use is linked to my Outlook account. Earlier, I was using Gmail. Why did I switch from Google to Microsoft email app? My laptop…

Microsoft Authenticator vs Authy

Activating two factor authentication is one of the best ways of securing an online account. Although there are several 2FA applications on the Play Store, iTunes, etc, not all of them are perfect. Let’s consider the example of Google Authenticator.…