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Between early classes, evening workouts, late study sessions, and everything in between, a smartwatch can do a lot of the mental math a student doesn’t have time for. Whether it’s tracking sleep, reminding you to move, or keeping notifications off your phone during lectures, a good smartwatch can be both a silent organizer and a health tracker for students. If you’re in the market for a new smartwatch this back-to-school season, I’ve got seven recommendations for you, each with a few unique aspects. From a $69 budget pick to the newest Apple Watch, every one of them earns its keep,…
A semester’s worth of notebooks, printouts, and loose assignment sheets can turn your backpack into hefty luggage. This is where the iPad steps in, not by making your reading list shorter, but by making your academics less cluttered. Add an Apple Pencil, and the same tablet can handle handwritten lecture notes. It’s not all work and no play, as the iPad can double as a handheld gaming console or streaming device. But at the end of the day, the real question is, “Which one is right for you?” With the various models under its belt, Apple has an iPad for…
The back-to-school season often turns into a laptop, especially the budget ones that aren’t too heavy on your wallet. Due to the ongoing memory crisis, most manufacturers have already bumped up their laptop prices, including Apple. However, that doesn’t mean that I won’t help you get a new machine. So, for this one, I spent time digging through spec sheets, customer ratings, and price tags, finding devices that don’t just look cheap in an Amazon listing, but actually hold up. From a flexible touchscreen Chromebook to the least expensive way into macOS, these six laptops balance price and performance well.…
A dorm-room desk can disappear surprisingly quickly beneath a laptop charger, phone cable, Apple Watch puck, and the growing collection of adapters required to power them all. Add textbooks and other academic materials, and finding enough room to study becomes the first assignment of the semester. A wireless charging stand can consolidate several of those cables into one station. It also gives your phone a dedicated place to sit, which helps when you are checking the time or watching a lecture. Every charger here still needs one connection to the wall. So finding a peripheral that works with all of…
Apple’s MacBook lineup has become much broader in 2026. The MacBook Neo brings the entry price down considerably, the M5 MacBook Air remains the obvious all-rounder, and the MacBook Pro covers students whose coursework can push a laptop to its limits. But with a wide range, choosing one becomes harder. Spending more can bring a better display, faster storage, additional ports, and considerably greater performance. However, plenty of students will never take advantage of those upgrades. So, I have narrowed the current lineup down to three models, each aimed at a distinct kind of buyer. Apple MacBook Neo Best affordable…
The webcam built into your laptop might be good enough for a quick call with friends and family. But its shortcomings become much harder to ignore when you are presenting a semester project, interviewing for an internship, or maybe if you’re planning to stream for fun. Laptop cameras also tend to sit far too low, especially when the computer is placed directly on a desk. Meanwhile, a dedicated webcam lets you position the camera closer to eye level. This improves the framing and brings larger sensors, better microphones, and more effective low-light processing. The right choice depends on how much…
Most people don’t spend too much time deciding which laptop bag to buy for school. They usually buy the cheapest one on the shelf and hope it’ll hold up. Then a few weeks into the semester, the laptop has an unexplained ding, the strap seams start to give, the main zipper won’t close, and the side pocket has already stretched out and no longer keeps the water bottle secure. Something you use every day deserves more than an afterthought, but that doesn’t mean you have to spend a fortune on a backpack that’ll last. Back-to-school season is when well-built bags,…
Motorola has revealed the Moto Pad 70, a new mid-range Android tablet with a large display, stylus support, 5G connectivity, and a sizeable battery. The tablet will launch in India on August 8 through Flipkart. Its 12.1-inch 2.5K display, included Moto Pen, 10,200mAh battery, and 68W charging give it several features that could appeal to people considering Apple’s base iPad. However, the mid-range Dimensity 6400 processor means it is unlikely to match the iPad in raw performance. Could it be a cheaper iPad alternative? Motorola appears to be competing on value rather than processing power. The 12.1-inch screen is larger…
Samsung is making the lock screen much harder to break on Galaxy devices launching with Android 17-based One UI 9. Enter the wrong PIN, pattern, or password 13 times, and the phone will stop accepting attempts. A full factory reset will then be the only way to use it again. The change is designed to stop brute-force attacks, where someone repeatedly guesses different passwords until one works. It is a major shift from older One UI versions, which mainly relied on temporary waiting periods rather than a mandatory final lockout. How is One UI 9.0 changing failed unlock attempts? On…
I want you to sit with this for a second. Qualcomm, the company whose Snapdragon chips sit inside your Android phone and tablet, your Windows laptop, your Meta smart glasses, your Galaxy Watch, and your wireless earbuds, reportedly sent a letter to every major customer telling them prices are going up by double digits. The price hike will be in effect from September 1, 2026, a recent Bloomberg report claims. Essentially, all the companies placing their chip orders after that will pay a higher price. Why is Qualcomm raising prices now, and who is actually to blame? Qualcomm isn’t doing…