Anish Chakraborty

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“Do not go gentle into that good night” Calcutta University, drinks coffee, owns a fountain pen, knows how to write about things lucidly. Anish Chakraborty no longer works with NewsBytes.
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Latest News Articles

05 Mar 2018

Technology

Does our brain have a "GPS" neuron?

In a breakthrough development, scientists have now identified a neuron in our brain, which might play a significant role in our ability to navigate through our environments.

04 Mar 2018

Technology

Robots with manners and social skills? That's possible, say researchers

Futurists believe that within the next 50 years, human-robot interaction will become a necessity to carry on with our daily lives.

04 Mar 2018

Technology

2030 would be all about human-machine partnerships, says study

If you are worried about the future of your business, start acting today.

04 Mar 2018

Technology

Fake or real? Your smartphone app will let you know

Not sure if you're being given the real deal for your money? Well, now there's help at hand.

04 Mar 2018

Microsoft

Tech promises that never came true, much to our disappointment

When it comes to technology, I am a believer. However, there is a big difference in believing and being blind.

03 Mar 2018

Technology

World's first video game: two lines and a dot

This story goes 60 years back in the past when the world's first video game was created.

03 Mar 2018

Hollywood

Hollywood movies which were copied from Bollywood!

Inspired, plagiarized, official remake, unofficial remake - these are some of the words that are used when a Bollywood movie plot closely mimics that of a Hollywood production.

02 Mar 2018

Android

Phone went missing? Find your lost Android phone easily

Ever had a mini panic attack because you couldn't find your phone? We all did. The smartest thing you can do to prevent your phone from going AWOL is to setup some nifty measures.

01 Mar 2018

YouTube

Tech predictions that were wrong and thank god for that!

Tech trends are very unpredictable. When a new thing appears in the market, there's always a debate. We have pundits, giving their verdict on it and saying whether it's going to work or not.

11 Oct 2017

Smartphones

Phones should be more than just fads

Someone should say it already. Majorly hyped phone launches are blown-out-of-proportion because there's nothing new in them.

11 Oct 2017

Smartphones

TV is on its way to become obsolete, indicates report

Come 2020 i.e. three years from now and only one out of ten consumers will watch television content on a traditional screen.

10 Oct 2017

Microsoft

Microsoft calls it a day for Windows 10 Mobile

Sometimes the mature thing to do is to let go of something that didn't work great, to begin with, and direct focus elsewhere. It's just the smart thing to do.

10 Oct 2017

India

QR codes are changing India, one transaction at a time

Indians are familiar with the concept of a barcode. Every time someone shops at any supermarket, the shopkeeper scans the barcode of every purchased product and hands over the total bill.

10 Oct 2017

Alibaba Group

Amazon gets beaten by malls and Alibaba in Singapore

US e-commerce giant Amazon's bid to expand into Southeast Asia has landed the firm in a bit of a pickle in Singapore.

09 Oct 2017

India

Saudi Aramco eyes Indian demand, plans JV by 2018

State-run oil giant Saudi Aramco has reportedly launched its unit in India. The world's largest oil exporter wants to cater to the rising energy demands of the world's third-biggest oil consumer.

09 Oct 2017

TCL

BlackBerry Motion: all you need to know about it

Just a few days after the leak by Evan Blass about BlackBerry's latest offing, the firm has gone ahead and launched it.

09 Oct 2017

Money Laundering Case

New threshold for gold transactions will be provided soon

In the last GST meeting, the Centre revoked the order that it had issued on August 23, where it had notified jewelry dealers that they were required to report on buyers, who make purchases beyond a certain limit.

09 Oct 2017

India

Suzuki Motorcycles plans to sell 1 million units by 2020

Suzuki Motorcycles is ready to do things right this time. The Japanese two-wheeler maker said, it was on "the wrong bus" but now it's aware of the Indian market's demand.

09 Oct 2017

WhatsApp

WhatsApp Business app, all you need to know

WhatsApp Business is still in the making. Although the messaging platform has said that it'll be rolling it out to organizations soon, the service is still being worked upon.

09 Oct 2017

Elon Musk

Tesla and Google come to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico's aid

Hurricane Maria has had its toll on Puerto Rico. Majority of the area still lacks power, there's an acute shortage of running water and the communication services are in a disarray.

09 Oct 2017

Google

Google clarifies why it dumped the 3.5mm headphone jack

When Apple dumped the headphone jack its Senior VP-Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller said, "It comes down to one word...courage. The courage to move on and do something better for all of us." Majority of us disagreed.

08 Oct 2017

India

World Post day: Do you remember the postman?

Ten years down the line, we'd have a hard time explaining, to the future generation, what a landline phone is or what the job of a typist was. It's already difficult now.