Author: Rajat Sharma

With my recent move across continents, my life has become a bit, shall we say, ‘sedentary’. Okay, very sedentary. In Delhi, I used to get at least 15,000 steps in on a daily basis, I was at work for at least 8.5 hours a day, and ate properly. It wasn’t a glamorous lifestyle, but it was certainly a healthy one. These days, one day feels like any other, and if I were to be brutally honest with myself, my productivity has taken a bit of hit. This is a consequence of ennui (for the most part), but I’m being a…

I’m not much of a mobile gamer. I enjoy playing games just as much as the next nerd, but the need to use a touch-based interface isn’t particularly appealing. I’m used to the freedom afforded by a keyboard and mouse, or a controller. Every once in a while, however, a game comes along that fills a niche for me that I didn’t know even existed — quick, fun gameplay that would help pass the time that I spend on a tram or a bus. Podcasts work just as well, but every so often, you feel the need to do something.…

Ah, Evernote… How the mighty have fallen. Once the automatic choice for everyone who wanted a digital repository, Evernote has fallen from grace since their new pricing strategy came into effect last year. One of the greatest advantages Evernote had was that although the Free tier (Evernote Basic) did not include all the bells and whistles of ‘Plus’ and ‘Premium’ tiers, it still allowed multi-platform sync on as many devices as you owned. That changed last year, with it being restricted to only two. I can’t help but feel this was a cynical move, since most people would have a…

It’s celebration time for us here at Beautiful Pixels. We’ve already given you the lowdown on why Spark is such an amazing app on iOS. It is the best designed, most fully featured, most fluid email client for your portable devices, and its Natural Language Search will change your life. As of today, Spark is also available on the Mac App Store for your downloading pleasure. With pretty much complete feature parity, you’re getting everything the iOS app provides, including, quite splendidly, swipes. I love being able to achieve Inbox Zero nirvana with a swipe to the right. More on…

Netflix Now Allows You To Download Shows and Movies for Offline Viewing Netflix has just announced that the latest versions of their iOS and Android apps will now feature a ‘Download’ Button, allowing you to save your favourite shows and movies for offline playback. A quick caveat – this feature is not universal. This means that, for now, only some titles will be available for you to download. Not to worry, however – Orange is the New Black, Narcos and The Crown, among several others, are part of the initial launch. They also promise to add more titles to the…

Readdle’s Black Friday Sale If you’re a citizen of the Earth, and don’t know what Black Friday is… Allow us to explain : It’s the time when behemoths of the retail industry – such as Amazon – offer amazing discounts on gadgets, software and gear. It’s the best time to do your shopping, whether you’re technologically-inclined or know someone who is. Readdle has some of the best Productivity Apps out there, with several of their apps featured frequently and prominently in the Editor’s Choice sections of multiple publications, as well as Apple’s itself. They are so confident of their flagship…