HMD’s Touch 4G is a dumb-smart-phone

image via theverge.com
image via theverge.com

The new HMD Touch 4G — only available in India for now, and unlikely to ever come to the US — splits the difference between smartphones and feature phones, offering a touchscreen and video calling, but with the small size (and price) of feature phones. It looks mostly like a smartphone, but oddly smushed down: its screen is just 3.2 inches, and the whole thing only weighs 100g.

https://www.theverge.com/news/795993/hmds-touch-4g-is-a-dumb-smart-phone

Linktree goes dark in India — and the company isn’t sure why

image via techcrunch.com
image via techcrunch.com

Linktree, the popular link-in-bio service used by millions of creators and businesses, has been inaccessible in India for several days — and its sudden disappearance from the Indian web remains a mystery, even to the Australian startup itself.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/18/linktree-goes-dark-in-india-and-the-company-isnt-sure-why/