Rishabh Chakravorty, Author at BGR India

Twitter launches Twitter Alerts for emergency situations

Twitter has become the go-to source of information when it comes to breaking news stories or emergency situations like a disaster or natural calamity. However, during such situations, one can get lost in all the noise that is generated on the micro blogging site.

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Rishabh Chakravorty

12:26 PM
Sep 26, 2013

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Samsung launches ISOCELL technology for next-gen camera phones

Samsung has announced ISOCELL, its new advanced pixel technology for CMOS image sensors, which will grace next generation smartphones. The S5K4H5YB with an 8 megapixel imager will be the first Samsung image sensor to have the ISOCELL technology. It will have a 1.12um ISOCELL pixel and a 1/4inch optical format. The S5K4H5YB is being sampled at the moment to customers with plans of mass production in the last quarter of 2013.

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Rishabh Chakravorty

03:13 PM
Sep 25, 2013

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Videocon VT71 7-inch tablet with ICS launched in India for Rs 4,799

Videocon has expanded its tablet range with the VT71 tablet, which has been launched in India for Rs 4,799. The seven-inch tablet runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, has a 1.2 GHz processor and has a 3200 mAh battery.

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Rishabh Chakravorty

03:00 PM
Apr 03, 2013

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MTV and Swipe telecom join hands and launch the MTV Volt for Rs 12,999

MTV and Swipe Telecom have joined hands to launch their first Phablet the MTV Volt for Rs 12,999. It will be the first Phablet device to have an in-built TV player and live access to MTV.

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Rishabh Chakravorty

06:04 PM
Feb 13, 2013

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70 percent of Indian YouTube users below age of 35: Google

According to the survey conducted by Google, more than 70 percent of YouTube viewers in India are below 35 years old and about 72 percent have a college degree or higher. One third of the YouTube users access YouTube from their mobile phones and spend up to 48 hours on the site.

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Rishabh Chakravorty

06:01 PM
Feb 13, 2013

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Nimbuzz launches BlackBerry 10 app

Nimbuzz announced the release of its Nimbuzz messaging app for BlackBerry 10. The new and improved app is the only messaging platform that has integrations with GTalk, Facebook and Yahoo . It s single point of entry that enables the user to send virtually unlimited number of IM s, photos and videos to other devices using the above-mentioned services.

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Rishabh Chakravorty

04:19 PM
Feb 13, 2013

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Opera founder sells shares, way clear for potential acquisition

Almost nine months ago there was a lot of buzz that Facebook was about to buy Norwegian browser company, Opera. The basis of that news was not solid and most speculation died down when Opera s founder, Jon von Tetzchner expressed his longterm goal. This was however not possible as Tetzchner still held a 10 percent stake and he could have shot down any possible acquisition. But that scenario has changed as an Opera spokesperson confirmed that von Tetzchner s shares are now at 5.18 percent in the company according to GigaOM.

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Rishabh Chakravorty

12:44 PM
Feb 13, 2013

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Micromax A27 Ninja now available online for Rs 3,399

Micromax has started selling their a dual-SIM A27 Ninja Android smartphone in India which is now available online for Rs 3,399. The device was spotted online on Micromax s website but we are still waiting for its official announcement and information about its availability in stores.

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Rishabh Chakravorty

11:00 AM
Feb 13, 2013

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LG teases Optimus G Pro on Facebook, reveals curved glass design

In the lead up to MWC we normally see a truckload of leaks. Even the LG Optimus G Pro was leaked a couple of weeks ago. But now LG has broken cover and teased the device on its Facebook page. LG has revealed a curved glass design for the 5.5-inch device.

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Rishabh Chakravorty

10:49 AM
Feb 13, 2013

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SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD launched in India starting at Rs 10,558

SanDisk has launched the Ultra Plus SSD in India which was launched at the recently concluded Consumer Electronic Show. It is designed to improve reliability and power efficiency in SATA standard 2.5 form factor. It is the ideal product for customers who want to boost the performance, boot and shutdown time, data transfer and application launch times in their laptops and PCs.

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Rishabh Chakravorty

02:13 PM
Feb 12, 2013