22  May 2013iGate sacks CEO Phaneesh Murthy over sexual misconduct.....Apple uses firms outside US to avoid taxes according to Senate report.....Google unveiled a new Google Maps, by far the biggest redesign since it introduced Maps eight years ago....Microsoft will be rolling out an update to Windows 8, provisionally code-named 'Windows Blue', by the end of this year....Amazon launches Android app store in China....Reliance Communications, India's third-biggest mobile phone carrier by customers, has raised call tariff by 20 percent....Telecom gear maker Huawei will set up a new research and development (R&D) centre in Bangalore with an investment of $ 150 million (about Rs 813 crore) by September 2013...




ENGINEERING & RESEARCH NEWS »

Engineering Colleges in Kerala 2013

Engineering Colleges in Kerala with Address, District & University wise Lisiting, Branch wise Courses offered for 2013-14 B.Tech Admission in Government, Self Financing ,Private Engineering Colleges in Kerala

KEAM 2013 - participating colleges for engineering and architectural streams

Self financing engineering colleges participating keam 2013 in engineering and architectural streams have been listed here. Students rushed for allotment in some of these excellent grade colleges while some opt

Researchers develop nicotine-free, disposable e-cigarette

Researchers have developed a new electronic cigarette which they claim has none of the nicotine found in many existing e-cigarettes.

Study reveals ordinary glass's extraordinary properties

Researchers raise the possibility of designing ultrastable glasses at the molecular level via a vapor-deposition process. Ultrastable glasses could find potential applications in the production of stronger metals and in faster-acting pharmaceuticals

News »

Facebook Home - now fb features amazing

Facebook Home is now available in India. It is a software for your phone designed to put your friends above everything else. Main Features of Facebook Home includes a cover feed that rotates through the most recent photos, status updates and links that your Facebook friends post; a redesigned notification center; and "Chat Heads," which are chat bubbles that pop up when someone messages you on the social network.

Shocking New Invention: Electric Underwear to Prevent Rape

Anti-Rape Underwear, which can shock a would-be rapist with 3,800 Kilovolts of electricity and send emergency text messages to the police was created by three engineering students in India.They are calling it Society Harnessing Equipment,SHE

Rocket powered by nuclear fusion could send humans to Mars

University of Washington researchers and scientists at a space-propulsion company are building components of a fusion-powered rocket helpful for Humans to travel to Mars in future.The project is funded through NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts Program.

Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio becomes new Pope

Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected as the new pope.He has chosen to be known as Pope Francis I.Before entering the seminary, he studied chemistry and graduated as a chemical engineer


Social media »

Best Games Releasing in 2013

We've rounded up a few highlights with the best games releasing soon in 2013.Many of this games will be released in 2013 for the four best platforms as Microsoft Windows (PC),Android, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

How to write in blue font on facebook?.

It is possible to write facebook status and comments in blue colour. we are providing tips and tricks to write facebook updates in various colors.coloring fb is simple,just copy paste code given in this page..

Technology »

Locata-New positioning technology could compete with GPS

An Australia-based company, Locata, is featuring a ground-based system using stronger signals than GPS for pinpointing a person's location indoors or outdoors. In place of satellites, Locata has developed technology that features ground-based equipment to project a radio signal over a localized area.


Telecom;

100 Million Mobile Internet users in India May 2013

India is expected to have close to 165 million mobile internet users by March 2014, up from 87.1 million in December 2012 as more people are accessing the web through mobile devices and dongles, a report by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB

How to make Voice Mail from Bsnl?

ISD facility is limited to Prepaid users in India

Telecom companies de-activate the international calling facility in pre-paid numbers and restore it only after a subscriber gives his explicit consent to avail this facility as per instruction by Telecom regulator authority of India.

Gadgets »

Will Ultra Pixel Camera technologyover take Mega Pixels?

Ultra Pixel is a latest camera technology inrtoduced by HTC One in which Image sensors are covered in photodiodes that convert light into electricity, which is processed and recorded as data.Ultra pixel camera better clarity than mega pixel cameras and can be used in Cheaper Smartphones

Toshiba smartphone camera sensor comming this year

Toshiba may be targeting the end of 2013 for the launch of a new camera sensor for smartphones and tablets, where the picture taker can choose a specific area of focus in the photo after having taken the photo. .

 Smartphones & Hottest Gadgets launching in 2013  

 

 



Exams »

Engineering Exams in India 2013 - Comple Entrance List

Exam Details of all Engineering Entrance Exams organized by various state governments,deemed universites in India of B.e/B.tech Admission 2013-14 with official websites

IES-2013:Indian Engineering Services Exam on 28th June,2013

Indian Engineering Services Examination, UPSC (Union Public Service commission) conducts Engineering Services Examination for recruitment in various engineering services/posts in various Government Departments.Apply before 15th April,2013

Science & Tech»

3D imaging:how birds manage to sing so tunefully?

3D imaging helps science understand just how birds manage to sing so tunefully.Birds have a syrinx, a special organ evolved for their singing.Magnetic imaging and micro-computed tomography help to create 3D model

Engineered bacteria make fuel from sunlight

Chemists at the University of California, Davis, have engineered blue-green algae to grow chemical precursors for fuels and plastics — the first step in replacing fossil fuels as raw materials for the chemical industry.


transportation »

World's longest Bullet Train service launched in China.

China launched world's longest high-speed rail route, a 2,298-kilometre (1,425-mile) line between Beijing and Guangzhou means passengers will be whisked from the capital to the southern commercial hub in just eight hours, compared with the 22 hours previously required.

MECHANICAL »

Transonic Engine has New Injection System but No Ignition System

Transonic Combustion, a start-up company is developing a more efficient ICE technology that could lead to further increases in efficiency."Transonic Engine has New Injection System but No Ignition System.


ELECTRONICS »

GraphExeter revolutionise electronics industry.

The most transparent, lightweight and flexible material ever for conducting electricity has been invented by a team from the University of Exeter. Called GraphExeter, the material could revolutionise the creation of wearable electronic devices, such as clothing containing computers, phones and MP3 players.


Software/mobile apps »

How to create Cinemagraph in iPhone,Android & Windows?

Cinemagraphs are still photographs in which a minor and repeated movement occurs. Cinemagraphs, which are usually published in an animated GIF format, can give the illusion that the viewer is watching a video. Although the "Cinemagraph" is available only to Lumia users, Windows Phone users now have apps like "Super Camera" for company. "Flixel" and "Fotodanz" are best cinemagraphs app for iPhones & Android respectively.

 

How to upgrade your Android smart phone to 4.1 Jelly Bean?

CAREERS »

Engineering Interview Questions you can Expect?

Some of the common questions with answers if you are attending Engineering Job Interview is listed here for reference in technical interviews

Why Engineering Graduates rush for Bank Jobs?

 



Engineering & Technology 

  • Biotech researchers successfully harvest quantum dots from earthworm poop.British researchers at King's College in London have succeeded in creating quantum dots by feeding earthworms soil laced with certain metals and then collecting the material excreted.Quantum dots are nano-sized semiconducting materials with characteristics defined by their crystal shape 

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  • Services like Google Maps use algorithms to determine the fastest route from point A to point B—even factoring in real-time traffic information as you travel to redirect you if, for example, a parade is blocking part of your route. Now, a team of researchers from Spain and Japan achieved this kind of traffic control for the connections in optical networks by using a new dynamic

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  • Long predicted atomic collapse state observed in graphene.Researchers led by scientists with the U.S. Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) have imaged the "atomic collapse" states theorized to occur around super-large atomic nuclei.Atomic collapse is one of the holy grails of graphene research, as well as a holy grail of atomic and nuclear physics..

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