Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer

Grand Theft Auto- One of the favourite action game series coming up with its latest one titled "Grand Theft Auto 5".

Rockstar Games the publisher of GTA series announced that Grand Theft Auto V was in full development and that the locations will be across Los Santos and its "surrounding hills, countryside and beaches". They believes that like all other in the series this one will also become a hit in the gamers world.

Their plan to release the new version in 2012 was lagged due to some issues and now rumors are there that it will be released in the coming year itself.

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Sabarimala Virtual Queue online booking started

Sabarimala is one of the famous pilgrim spot in south india where millions of people visit every year for the blessings of Lord Ayyappa. The pilgrim season starts in the middle of November ad ends up in the month of January.

Kerala police is the agency who controls and manages the crowd in sabarimala, which is a difficult  and risky task. Due to uncontrollable crowd experienced in last few years, kerala police took initiative in designing a web portal named "Sabarimala Virtual Q-System" and has been successfully implemented last year. So they have improved their portal a little more and now ready for the booking of next season of pilgrimage.

Sabarimala Virtual Q-System is an open window through which we can book our place in the special queue for darshan within a specified time slot. More than one devotee slots can be booked from a single profile in the web portal. Devotees can check the availability of tickets and can select their own time slots from the available through a simple user interface. Devotees who takes the coupon along with them will be directly send to the special queue near the holy 18 steps, so that they can avoid the long queues from pampa to sannidhanam.

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For the booking of coupons we have to submit our photograph and a valid Id card detail in the devotee details form. The coupons will be valid only if the submitted details are valid, and the instructions can be found here- http://www.sabarimalaq.com/content/virtual-q.html

 Registration Instructions can be forund here http://media.sabarimalaq.com/views/en/downloads/Sabarimala-User-Manual.pdf

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Angry Birds Star Wars in apps market

After a short break, Rivio - the makers of popular game Angry birds released their latest version named Angry Birds Star Wars. As the name suggests the fight between the birds and evil imperial pigs takes place in a galaxy.

Markable difference in the newer version is the drastic change came up with the environment. All the other gameplay remains the same except the added warfares, lightsabres and Jedi powers to defeat the evil Imperial Pigs.  The game consists of more than 80 levels including Tatooine and the Pig Star etc. Rovio believes that the angry bird masters will

New Angry bird is available for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 8 and priced as follows,


iPhone and iPod Touch at a price of Rs 55
iPad at a price of Rs 17

Android devices for free (ad supported)
Android devices for Rs 163 (ad less)
Windows Phone 8 for Rs 55-

Available Links:

iOs normal - itunes.apple.com/in/app/angry-birds-star-wars/id557137623?mt=8

iOs HD -  itunes.apple.com/in/app/angry-birds-star-wars-hd/id557138109?mt=8

Android normal-  play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirdsstarwars.ads.iap

Android HD- play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirdsstarwarshd.premium.iap

Windows Phone 8-
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/angry-birds/7f48eacf-1239-4877-88a4-abe9d3ddfad7

 

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Aakash 2 tablet on Rs 1,130 for indian students

India's own tablet Aakash 2 available for students on Rs 1,130 from today onwards. Indian president pranab mukherjie launched the second version of Akash named Aakash 2. Akash is famous for its cheap rate and better performance.

Aakash 2 was developed by Mumbai IIT with the help of C-DAC and the tablet is manufactured by Datawind. The manufacturer supplies aakash2 tablets to the indian government for Rs 2,263 and the government distributes it among the students of india on a 50% subsidized rate of Rs 1,130.

First version of aakash launched in October 2011 was a flop and it lead to the development of cheap rated, highly equipped, better performing Aakash 2. By the launcing of Aakash2 indian govt made a step forward in the education sector of india. Already a large set of teachers from around 250 colleges of india were trained with the new tablet. At first the govt is looking to distribute the tablet among the major engineering colleges across the country.

Abilty to work on Linux platform will be an added advantage. Datawind CEO Suneet Tuli says that, akash2 can remotely control even a robot.

Other specification of aakash2 includes,

•  Android 4.0 , Ice-Cream Sandwich OS 
• 7 Inch capacitive touch screen
• 512 MB RAM
• 1 GHz processor
• 4 GB Internal memory  
• Micro SD Card slot
• USB port
• 3 Hrs Battery life, 3000 mmh Li Battery
• WI-FI and GPRS network connectivity with SIM support

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Top 5 digital photography tutorials

Here are some tutorials of Digital Photography which may help you to improve your photography skills. These tutorials can be a beginners guide for novice photographers as well as a reference for the professionals.

Cambridge in ColourA Learning Community for Photographers

SLR Lounge

Picture correct - Photography tips and tricks

Kelby TV

Photography Mad - Tips, Techniques, and Tutorials

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How to clean your DSLR camera lens

Now a days people dealing with photography increasing numerously, either professionally or as a hobby. Professionals  as they are born for photography, most of them may be familiar with the technical and functional know hows of camera and its accessories. But in the other hand there exist a numerous novice people dealing photography as a hobby, they might not know about how to care or handle their cameras and accessories.

As lens is the main part of the camera, it deserves much care than some other parts of the camera. So the below link will help you to learn how to care a DSLR lens

In this tutorial the author trying to make people know how to clean your DSLR camera lens.

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Google search tips and tricks

Each and everyone using google search for their various needs, but most of them getting a wild result while searching with their keywords. Have you thought why it's like that?. The reason is, most of us don't  know how to search in google for better and more accurate results. This post says how you can improve your search results using certain simple tricks in googling. Using some simple terms along with your search query will make your search result much useful for you.

1) Make your terms simple

Keep your search keywords as simple as possible.

For eg: If you are searching for some specific products in a specific location, you can search with the product name followed by the location you are looking. 

2) Use  web friendly words

Search engines provides output by matching the search terms provided by the user, So a web friendly query can make better outputs from the search engine.

For eg: you can simply replace the serach term "kid of a cat" with a "kitten".

3) Search your stuff in specific website

You can target a specific website for your need using a simple expression along with the search query.

For eg: Suppose you are looking for available data about "sunset" in a website named "www.example.com", then you can write a query like this "sunset site: example.com".

4) Search by a file type

If you are looking for some files like PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT etc.. You can filter your search to list those links having that specific type of file.

For eg: If you want doc files related to "ecological survey", search google with the term "ecological survey filetype: doc".

5) Track your shipment

Track your consignment status by simply typing the tracking code directly to the google search.

6) Get mathematical calculations done easier

Type any of your mathematical equations into the google search box, you will get the result in seconds.

7) Find location using PIN Code

If you have a pin code, but don't know the location. Don't worry, just type the pin code directly into the search box, you will get the exact details.

8) Get flight schedules and timing

Get the schedule of your flight by simply searching in google.

For eg: If you want to know the details of a flight from chennai to bengaluru, just type "flight from chennai to bengaluru" in the search box.

For timing, just enter the flight name like "Air India 466" and search.

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Apple's ipad mini available in india online

Ipad mini - The mini variant of Apples pride Ipad is now available in the online markets of india. Website like tradus makes ipad mini available in indian online market.

Already three variants of ipad mini is available for sale in indian online store, 16 GB, 32GB & 64GB and its price 26,750, 34,990 and 53,990 respectively. All these variants are WiFi only models.

Apple launched iphone5 last week in india, But no sign of ipad mini's official launch in india.The coming soon sign found in their indian version webpage for ipad mini is the only sign of expectation.

Ipad mini's specification includes- 7.9 Inch screen with a resolution of 1024×768, Video recording in full 1080p HD quality, 5 MP camera for still images, advanced WiFi technology with dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) 802 which makes it twice as faster than other ipad versions.

Powerful A5 chip makes ipad mini fast and fluid, and it works on the latest iOS6 version and has a better battery life around 10 hrs. iCloud is integrated as default cloud storage medium for ipad mini.

ipad mini is well known for its thin and light design. Apple says, " it’s pencil thin and unbelievably light. You can easily hold it in your palm. And stash it in your smallest bag without a second thought, so it’s always close at hand".

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Nexus 7 Tablet in India for Rs 19,990

Google's pride Nexus 7 tablet ready to hit the tablet box offices of india. Tablet maker already confirmed the sale of the tablet in india will be on a price of Rs 19,990. Many of the indian tablet lovers already owned a piece of nexus from online resellers and through other connections out of the country. At starting they introducing a base version of Nexus tablet with basic specifications.

Specifications includes 16GB storage, WiFi only and runs on OS Android 4.1(Jelly Bean). Along with this the announced a 32GB version variant of also.
 Other specifications include  a 7-inch IPS with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3 chip. It owns a 1GB RAM also.

Nexus 7 is built under the great name ASUS and comes with a NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 quad core processor this keeps everything faster and pages load quickly, gaming will become an unbelievable experience, and running multiple apps smoothly , moreover it has good battery efficiency also.

 Launch of Nexus fires up the tight competition prevailing in the tablet market of indian electronic gadget industry. Nexus emerged as a tough competitor for the latest released Apple's ipad-mini.

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FREE - Online labs for school experiments

Online Labs is an educational initiative by CREATE @ Amrita a part of famous Amrita University, the Center for Research in Advanced Technologies for Education at Amrita University in partnership with CDAC, Mumbai; under a research grant from the Department of Information Technology, Government of India. The lab hosts experiments in Physical and Chemical sciences for the students of classes 9 and 10 with content aligned to the NCERT/CBSE curriculum.

The Online Labs is based on the idea that lab experiments can be taught using the Internet, more efficiently and less expensively. The labs can also be made available to students with no access to physical labs or where equipment are not available owing to being scarce or costly. This helps them compete with students in better schools and bridges the digital divide and geographical distances. The experiments can be accessed anytime and anywhere, overcoming the constraints on time felt when having access to the physical lab for only a short period of time.

The 'learning-enabled assessment' through the Online Labs, facilitates in the assessment of; the procedural and manipulative skills of the experiment, the concepts and understanding of the experiment and a student's reporting and interpreting skills.

The development of online labs includes the study and use of mathematical techniques to demonstrate the various complex functions in diverse areas of science. The labs make use of cutting edge simulation technology to create real world lab environments. Thorough study and research is done by research personnel's for better understanding of the experimental procedures. Real lab scenarios are captured through live demonstration of the experiment so as to assimilate information on the procedures and lab equipment. Visualisation and development of the graphical symbols are done based on realistic situations and compared with the respective real equipment. Simulations are made interactive using various authoring tools, thus recreating and simulating a real lab environment.

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