Thursday 22 October 2015

Thursday 8 October 2015

HCL Off Campus for B.Tech 2014/2015 Passouts on 09-10-2015




http://www.knowajob.com/2015/10/hcl-off-campus-for-btech-20142015.html


Program Name: Young Engineer Program
Description: HCL TalentCare is looking for graduates from the BE & B.Tech streams for its Young Engineer Program (YEP). YEP gives you all the skills and professional experience you need to start a successful career!
Qualification: B.Tech/B.E (CSE, IT, EEE, ECE0 , E&I)
Experience: Freshers - 2014/15 Passouts







Tuesday 29 September 2015

Google launches Huawei Nexus 6P

Google finally took the wraps off its 2015 flagship phone, the Huawei-made Nexus 6P on Tuesday, at its annual Nexus event in San Francisco. The long-rumoured Nexus 6P is the successor to last year's Nexus 6, which was made by Motorola. This is also the first time that Google has collaborated with a Chinese OEM – Huawei – for a flagship Nexus smartphone.
The new Nexus 6P starts at 499$ for the base 32GB model in the US. The flagship Nexus 6P will be available for pre-order starting today in the US, UK, Ireland and Japan. Shipping will begin later in October. The Nexus 6P will be exclusive to Google Store in the US.
The new Nexus 6P is likely to launch in India sometime during mid-October with availability expected in a week or two post announcement. Outside the US, Google will be partnering with other retailers making the Nexus 6P available via other channels as well, in addition to Google Store.
The Nexus 6P was demoed on stage by Dave Burke, VP engineering for Google Android. Let's take a look at its features.
The Huawei-made Nexus 6P takes a step back from last year's Nexus 6 in size and dimensional specifics. While the Nexus 6 was close to 6-inches, the new Nexus 6P comes with a smaller 5.7-inch display. That said, it's still very much in phablet category, and retains the resolution of last year's Nexus 6 as well. To sum it up, the new Nexus 6P comes with a 5.7-inch QuadHD display with a 1440x2560 pixels resolution.
The Nexus 6P ditches the plastic-make of last year's Nexus 6 and becomes Google's first Nexus flagship to sport a metal unibody design made of anodised aluminium with diamond cut edges. Also the screen is protected by Corning's Gorilla Glass 4. All this makes the Nexus 6P – 7.3mm thick and 178 grams – slimmer and lighter than the Nexus 6.
The Nexus 6P is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with 3GB RAM. It will be available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB internal memory variants. Expandable storage is not supported.
The Nexus 6P comes with a Nexus imprint fingerprint sensor on the back for added security. It supports Android Pay. You can also use your fingerprint to authorise app purchases in the Play Store on the Nexus 6P.
The Nexus 6P includes a USB Type-C port for faster charging and data transfer. The Nexus 6P’s USB Type-C port can charge the phone in half the time as iPhone 6 Plus, claims Google.
The Nexus 6P sports a 12.3-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 lens and laser detect auto focus but no optical image stabilisation. It also sports an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. The rear camera can shoot slow motion videos at 240fps and 4K videos as well. Meanwhile, a smart burst feature can capture photos at the rate of 30fps. 
Google says the Nexus 6P's rear camera can outperform rivals in brightness, detail and tone mapping, in low light situations.
Moving on, the new Nexus 6P comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallow out-of-the-box and a promise to receive the latest updates directly from Google.
It includes an Android sensor hub that knows when the phone is picked up so it can turn on the ambient display, and offer notifications on the go, without having you to power it up. This is much like what we get in Motorola's Moto X phones.
The Nexus 6P comes with reduced number of pre-loaded apps with over a quarter of the apps being post set up, which means you can uninstall them.
The Nexus 6P uses a 3,450mAh battery that supports Qualcom's quick charge feature. There's no wireless charging though.

iBall Splendo review: Windows in your pocket

 
Could you have imagined a world where you'd have a smartphone that's as powerful as a high-end PC? Well, that's what the first reviews of the iPhone 6S claim. It is supposedly as fast as Apple's new retina MacBook, which was introduced only months earlier. Yes, that's the world we live in. But it is also a world where you can get a powerful computer inside a gadget that is barely as big as a pen drive or a bar of chocolate. This gadget is called a 'Compute Stick' and it was introduced by Intel earlier.
Its premise is simple: A full Windows PC that can be carried in your pocket and hooked up with a keyboard and a monitor with almost no setup. Intel has released the 'Compute Stick' like a reference design for manufacturers and local vendor iBall has jumped on the bandwagon. Its Splendo is one of the first devices based on Intel's turnkey solution.
The big question out here is if it's a viable computing solution. Well, that's what we intend to find out.
What is it?
The Splendo is a tiny little device, which is just slightly bigger than a USB drive. One end has a HDMI jack and on the sides it has two USB ports and a micro-USB, which doubles as a power port. There's also a microSD card slot and a dedicated power button. That's it.
iBall hasn't specified the dimensions of the product, but we can confirm it is tiny. It is bigger than both the Chromecast and the Teewe, but only slightly. The build quality of the device is quite nice for the price and the shipped keyboard is of good quality. That said, the keyboard and mouse shipped in our review box did not work. The problem was likely with the Bluetooth.
How to set it up?
Intel promises that there is almost zero downtime in setting up the Compute Stick and it wasn't kidding. All you need to do is hook it up with any type of screen that has a HDMI port. Be it a TV, or a monitor. You connect the device to power and turn it on and boom, you have Windows running on the monitor. Or in the other words, your TV is now your computer.
Of course, when you set it up for the first time you need to go through the usual Windows setup process, but once that's done, it is as simple as turning on a Windows PC.
The Splendo comes with a wireless keyboard and mouse, which works through Bluetooth. As Bluetooth and Wi-Fi is inbuilt, iBall claims that you don't even need to setup the keyboard and mouse. The review unit we were supplied had a faulty keyboard and mouse, but we exchanged that with our own trusty Logitech K260.
Does it work?
Yes, it works. And that is magical! To be honest, this is a low-end PC, a basic, barebones setup, which should be good for browsing the web, email, watching movies, Microsoft Office and listening to music. You can't play high-end games with the Splendo or do video editing. It is too slow for that. But for normal workload, it is good enough.
Anyone who invests in the compute stick should realise that as this makes for a great first PC or a travel computer for someone who doesn't want to carry something more valuable like a laptop or tablet.
The Splendo is powered by an Intel Atom processor - a 4-core processor -- that is similar to the one we've seen on mobile phones. The CPU is coupled with 2GB RAM and 32GB of storage, which is a bare minimum you'd need for a Windows computer.
Thankfully, it has a two USB ports, so if you think you are running short on memory you can always hook up your external hard drive or a high capacity thumb drive for more. It also supports USB on-the-go.
In our usage, we found it to be a slow computer but then keeping the low price in mind, we feel it is a product that offer adequate functionality. We found the performance to be adequate for basic tasks like browsing the web on Chrome. We even managed to have more than 10 tabs open simultaneously. The only problem was that the app launch times were rather slow.
The compute stick even managed to play 1080p MKV video and we had no issues running the latest Microsoft Office 2016 on it. We tested Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook, which are the Office apps used by the large majority.
We even managed to edit images on Adobe Photoshop. Again, this wasn't heavy duty image editing, but rather basic stuff cropping and resizing of a high resolution image so that we could upload to Facebook.
Software
The Splendo comes with Windows 8.1 installed on it out-of-the-box and can be upgraded to Windows 10. It comes with the basic version of Windows 8.1 - Windows 8.1 with Bing, but for this sort of machine it is adequate. Thankfully, it was bereft of any manufacturer level bloatware. At the end of the day, it is a Windows machine - if you like Windows then it is fine, but if you don't there really isn't an alternative option.
Should you buy it?
Depending on your use-case, the iBall Splendo makes for a great basic computing experience. It may not have the bells and whistles of Apple's latest MacBook or some of the new Windows 10 PCs, but it is a simple - ingenious little gadget that will get you the full power of Windows.
Largely, we believe it is a great solution for someone looking for a Windows PC experience who probably doesn't want to spend more than Rs.10,000. Such a person can easily hook up the Splendo to a TV, considering the TV has a HDMI port, or a compatible monitor. It is also a great travel companion as you don't need to carry an expensive gadget to get connected to the world

Monday 28 September 2015

Vivo X5 Pro review: The overpriced iPhone lookalike

Let's admit it, the iPhone has done a lot for smartphone design. It is, in a way, perhaps the most copied smartphone design. When Apple releases a new smartphone design, it normally lasts for at least two years and that gives smartphone makers all around the world the opportunity to create devices that are inspired by it.
Well, Chinese brand Vivo has taken things to a different level. Its latest smartphone - the X5 Pro -- is quite brazen about its iPhone influence. However, that's besides the point. What the user needs to know is if the phone is worth a buy or not? We figure that out in this review. 

Design and build

As we mentioned before, the Vivo X5 Pro has a design inspired from the iPhone 6. Vivo wouldn't admit it, but the stark similarity between the iPhone 6 and the X5 Pro is palpable. From the rounded edges, to the machined speaker grills, everything about the fascia and the sides of the phone has been aped from Apple's flagship product. That's never a bad thing for a smartphone per se, if implemented well and Vivo has done a great job.

Things change on the back. Gone is the iPhone 6 influence, and you'd see a glass finish that, while attractive to the eye, is also very fragile. Our review unit took a bit of tumble and we ended up cracking the glass on the back. So, that's something potential buyers will need to keep in mind.
Vivo has done an admirable job of keeping the phone super slim. It measures just 6.44mm thin, which is slimmer than the iPhone 6. It weighs 147 grams, which admittedly is quite a bit more than the iPhone 6 and also the new iPhone 6S.
It uses dedicated capacitive buttons for the navigation of Android and doesn't come with virtual software keys. This is a subjective design choice as some people prefer the software keys, while others like the tactile feel of capacitive buttons.
The phone feels great in the hand and is quite easy to carry around. It doesn't feel excessively big like some other phones in the market. The fit and finish of the phone is also top class. 

Display

Perhaps, the biggest difference from the exterior between the iPhone 6 and the Vivo X5 Pro is the size of the screen. The Vivo has a much larger 5.2-inch screen. It is an AMOLED screen, a type of technology usually seen in Samsung's smartphones, and it also packs vastly more pixels than what Apple has in its halo device. By that we mean, it has a Full-HD screen, which is plenty dense for reading text and you'll never see jagged edges while reading text.

AMOLED screens by nature are more vibrant than LCD screens found on most phones. Colours pop more and seem more exaggerated and on most occasions seem more pleasant to the naked eye. Largely, the screen is very nice. Videos and games look gorgeous on the Vivo X5 Pro.
Even under direct sunlight, the legibility of the screen is pretty decent. The phone also has the protection of Corning's Gorilla Glass, which is a super tough cover-glass that makes the phone somewhat resistant to scratches and drops.
It can also be argued that the screen of the Vivo X5 Pro is actually better than the iPhone 6. Impressive!

Camera

Vivo is quite loud about the cameras on the X5 Pro. On the back, the phone has a 13-megapixel camera and the front has an 8-megapixel camera. Does this mean the cameras are better than the one on the iPhone? The answer is a resounding no. The Vivo X5 Pro perhaps has the most inconsistent rear camera we've seen on any phone that's priced less than Rs.30,000.

In day light, the camera on the back is capable of some very good results. Often, there will be a lot of details and the colours of the photos would be very saturated. So much so that at times you will feel that the screen has an HDR like effect, which can be good or bad depending on the scene you are hoping to click. The phone is also very good at taking close up photos. While good, things can't be compared to a phone like the iPhone, which plays in the same price category. The camera is also inferior to Xiaomi's Mi 4, which is significantly cheaper.
Things start going south when we talk about low-light photography. It is not that the phone is taking dark photos, it is a case of it reproducing photos that look overexposed and unnatural with blown up highlights. Images are also very grainy, which is always bad news for a camera.
But the good thing is that the camera app is very easy to use just like an iPhone's app. That's because it is modelled exactly like an iPhone's camera app. We noted the same thing when we reviewed the X5 Max.
The selfie camera on the front is also pretty good. It is better than the one on the iPhone. So, if you're a selfie addict then this is not a bad phone to own.
As for FullHD video, the quality is decidedly average. The camera struggles to change focus, when you're changing perspective and as it lacks optical image stabilisation, the video often is jerky if your hands shake a lot. The recorded audio quality is garbled and it is advisable to not use the phone to record videos in loud ambient environments. 

Software

In terms of software too, Vivo's phone is inspired by the iPhone. The software; which while is based on Android Lollipop is very similar to what you get on an iPhone. The Android implementation is modelled just like iOS on the iPhone.
By this we mean that all the apps are on the home-screen and you have to swipe left or right to find more. The Android widgets too co-exist in the same environment. But this is common on many Chinese Android phones. What's different is the way you multitask and find the quick toggle settings on the phone. You have to swipe from the bottom upwards to trigger a menu which hides the app switcher and quick toggle setting for a bunch of things.
The notification shade on the top is exclusively for notifications. That's about it and this system is almost identical to the iPhone.
Not that we are complaining, because this works pretty well. Additionally, despite the major overhaul of the core Android experience, the phone is lag-free and smooth to operate.