Author: Rojan Rajbhandari

I'm a tech writer, blogger and overall easygoing person based off Kathmandu. When I'm not blogging, you can catch me chilling out to music or hitting helpless punching bags till my hands feel sore.

When you think of ordering food online to be delivered on your doorstep, most of you would first think of Foodmandu. Be it to satisfy a quick hunger pang, save a dinner party at your place or to order that latest tastiest of the tasty pizza you just saw your favorite Instagram foodie post online, Foodmandu has got you covered. But apparently, a thing Foodmandu was not so quick to cover was the security of its own users. A database breach, which happened earlier today, has compromised the personal data of over 150,000 Foodmandu users. This data includes the user’s…

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Marking the occasion of International Women’s Day, Daraz is launching its new initiative: “Jagriti”, this year. Setting an aim to promote women entrepreneurs and sellers through Daraz’s shopping portal, Jagriti will commence from March the 8th all the way to the 16th. If you live under a rock and aren’t familiar with Daraz, this beloved online shopping platform has never been one to shy away from a good campaign or initiative. This time too, to mark the occasion of Women’s Day, the “Jagriti” initiative has set a goal of promoting the womenfolk who use Daraz to market their products. Per…

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Marketed as the ‘Smart Desh ko Dumdaar Smartphone’ (that’s Nepali for ‘Smart Country’s Powerhouse’ for all you non-Nepali speaking folks out there), Xiaomi’s New Redmi 8A Dual seems to be making a bit of stir in our Nepali market as well. Following its release on the first of March, this entry-level powerhouse has been quite well received by Mi fans nationwide. Coming in with dual rear cameras now, and the new improved Aura Xgrip design, this phone is the new kid in the block right now and definitely looks like it has something to prove. As for us, let’s dive…

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With online stores increasingly hiking in popularity, a lot of services have popped up in Nepal recently. Opening up their loving arms to fulfill the needs of their customers, there seems to be a local online shop for every niche nowadays. Need some fresh milk ASAP? Click a button, add to cart. Check. Need to send some Nepali artifacts to someone living abroad? Checked too. Want some fresh veggies to brighten up dinner but too lazy to visit the market? Check again. Too lazy to even cook and want some mouth-watering ready-made goodness at your doorstep? Check, Check, Check all…

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Redmi’s K20 Pro PUBG gaming event might just be the biggest mobile-centered gaming event to happen this year so far. And better yet, this event has been reported to be a positive experience for the organizers and players alike. Gathering mobile gaming enthusiasts together in one place is no easy task, let alone PUBG players that hole up in their beds in their dark rooms and free WiFi restaurants and dread sunlight like the plague. Okay, okay, maybe not all of them are like that. Maybe it’s just me. 😛 Event overview: Well, to start off, there was an overwhelming…

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Your internet speed could actually be slow on purpose With the bored and frustrated Nepali population turning towards the arms of the Internet for comfort, the internet has become a very essential commodity during this quarantine. Whether it be to binge-watch the latest season of Money Heist, to work from home, or to learn a hobby you’ve been putting off for longer than Nepal has had democracy, the internet is playing its part in keeping people busy during these hectic and panic-stricken times. But as we mentioned in our last article, internet speed has been on the decline recently due…

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Samsung has never been one to back off from new innovative visions. The company bought us the S-pen, AMOLED displays, Knox, Wireless charging, Infinity display… the list is pretty long, to be honest. But with the recent calamity that they called the Samsung Fold, things got pretty heated pretty fast. The hype of being the first foldable smartphone, coupled with the inch-to-inch race with Huawei’s Mate X disappointedly left us something pretty incomplete. With plastic screens that chipped away or looked falsely removable, to dust claiming civilization under the hinges, it really didn’t live up to its hype. Needless to…

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite was released just last month, the Lite variant of the Note 10 has been getting quite some critical acclaim from reviewers, users, and critics alike. With many dubbing, it as Samsung’s “best for less”, the peeps over at the Korean tech giant Samsung have managed to balance price points and trade-offs from the original Note 10. And naturally so, tech fanatics in Nepal have been itching to get their hands on this gizmo as well. Well, good news has just rolled in, folks! Samsung Nepal has partnered with Daraz, the leading online shopping portal, to…

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Remember the Nokia C1 from the old days? The num-pad one, with Sudoku and our old-but-gold Snake game? Well, Nokia has just launched a new budget phone bearing the same name. Only this time, it’s a touch smartphone with nifty modern features and sports Android 9, Go edition. Nokia C1 Overview: Nokia’s new C1, which has just been launched across stores in Nepal, seems to be geared towards a very budget audience. The major plus point to this piece seems to be that it sports the Android Pie’s Go edition. Go is built geared towards entry-level smartphones and runs reimagined…

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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, folks. Ahhh… the season of hugs, kisses, overpriced bouquets whose flowers wither away after a day, and electronic gizmo surprises! But with all the overpriced mobile phones floating around the market right now, one might feel a bit too empty in the wallet to give their loved ones a proper gift. Yes yes, we all know the cliché “Love finds a way”. But most of the premium phones on the market are just too damn overpriced! Redmi K20 Pro – Pricing and Availability: Luckily for all of us lovebirds hovering around the gizmo…

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