Tuesday, December 27, 2011

ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS IN VARIOUS ENGINEERING SERVICES (GENERAL RECRUITMENT)

ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION: HYDERABAD
NOTIFICATION NO. 31/2011, Dt. 27/12/2011
ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS IN VARIOUS ENGINEERING SERVICES
(GENERAL RECRUITMENT)
PARA – 1:
Recruitment applications are invited On-line through the proforma Application to be made
available on WEBSITE (www.apspsc.gov.in) from 24/04/2012 to 23/05/2012 (Note: 21/05/2012
is the last date for payment of fee) for recruitment to the post of Assistant Executive
Engineers in various Engineering Services.
The desirous eligible Candidates may apply ON-LINE by satisfying themselves with the
terms and conditions of this recruitment. The details are as follows:-
http://website.apspsc.gov.in/Documents/NOTIFICATIONS/134.pdf

ASSISTANT ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS IN A.P. ELECTRICAL INSPECTORATE SERVICES (GENERAL RECRUITMENT)

ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION: HYDERABAD
NOT I F ICAT ION NO. 2 4 / 2 0 1 1 , Dt : - 2 7 / 1 2 / 2 0 1 1
ASSISTANT ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS IN A.P. ELECTRICAL INSPECTORATE
SERVICES
(GENERAL RECRUITMENT)
PARA – 1:
Recruitment applications are invited On-line through the proforma Application to be made
available on WEBSITE (www.apspsc.gov.in) in from 24/01/2012 to 22/02/2012 (Note:
20/02/2012 is the last date for payment of fee) for recruitment to the post of Assistant
Electrical Inspectors in A.P. Electrical Inspectorate Services

LECTURERS IN GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC COLLEGES (ENGINEERING AND NONENGINEERING) IN A.P. TECHNICAL EDUCATION SERVICE (GENERAL RECRUITMENT)

ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION: HYDERABAD
NOTIFICATION NO. 20/2011, Dt:- 22/12/2011
LECTURERS IN GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC COLLEGES (ENGINEERING AND NONENGINEERING)
IN A.P. TECHNICAL EDUCATION SERVICE
(GENERAL RECRUITMENT)
PARA – 1:
Recruitment applications are invited On-line through the proforma Application to be made
available on WEBSITE (www.apspsc.gov.in) in from 04/01/2012 to 03/02/2012 (Note:
01/02/2012 is the last date for payment of fee) for recruitment to the post of Lecturers in
Government Polytechnic Colleges (Engg. & Non Engg).
The desirous eligible Candidates may apply ON-LINE by satisfying themselves with the
terms and conditions of this recruitment. The details are as follows:-

Friday, December 23, 2011

Mahesh Babu-Kajal Aggarwal share a kiss in The Businessman?

The Businessman
Mahesh Babu and Kajal Aggarwal, who maintained the no kissing policy till date, is breaking the rules set by themselves. The actors are reportedly sharing a lip-lock in forthcoming Telugu movie The Businessman.

Reports suggest that Mahesh Babu has shed all his inhibitions for The Businessman. His decent-boy image will come to an end with the forthcoming movie, as the Dookudu star has kissed his co-star Kajal Aggarwal in an intimate scene.
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Mahesh Babu's The Businessman audio launched in style

The Businessman
It was a rare event, where an audio in three languages were released. The Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam versions of the music of Mahesh Babu and Puri Jagganath's much-talked The Businessman was released on Thursday (December 22) evening with much fanfare at Shilpa Kala Vedika, Hyderabad.

While veteran actor Krishna and his wife Vijaya Nirmala launched the Tamil version, Malayalam version was unveiled by Dr D Ramanaidu and director Srinu Vytla released the Telugu version of The Businessman. Tollywood bigwigs like SS Rajamouli, Achi Reddy, DVV Daniah, actresses

Thursday, December 22, 2011

First OTA update for iOS – 5.0.1 now rolling out to iPhone , iPad and iPod Touch




 Have you updated you iPhone or iDevice ?

Looks like Apple finally has an answer for the battery issue surrounding the iPhone 4S. Apple has released the first Over-the-Air update for all iOS devices running on iOs 5 such as the iPhone 3GS, 4 , 4S, iPad , iPad2 , iPod Touch ( 3rd gen and 4th Gen). The update is available Over-the-air meaning you won’t have to download a 700 odd MB file and use iTunes to update your device. In fact I have managed to update 2 iPhones and an iPod touch in a matter of minutes as the OTA update was just 44.6 MB for my iPhone.It would have taken to few hours or days required to download few GBs of files normally.
Just go to Settings->General->Software Update and you should see an update if you are running on iOS 5.
Here is the change log for the iOS 5.0.1 Software update.
  • Fixes bugs affecting battery life
  • Adds Multitasking Gestures for original iPad
  • Resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud
  • Improves voice Recognition for Australian users using dictation

Spice Popkorn M-9000 Review – Projector in your Pocket





Spice Popkorn M-9000 is a Dual SIM GSM phone that is also popularly known as Projector phone. This phone was launched this March and it is one of the popular phones in the Indian Market for its projector. Other than the Projector, it also has Analog TV and Wireless FM Radio.
Box Contents

Nokia Bots Overview





A few days back, Nokia Beta Labs introduced something called as “Nokia Bots“.
So What is “Nokia Bots”? Well, Nokia Bots is effectively a collection of bots or add-ons that learn your personal preferences over time and then helps to improve the user experience with your daily routines on the phone. These Bots run on your homescreen and observe how you use your phone and then after some time, if it feels that you can benefit from some customization, they automatically configure it and activate themselves.
Currently there are 4 different kind of bots namely,

Holiday Sale: 17 Gameloft iPhone and iPad Games at $0.99





Gameloft is back with their big sale for the Holidays again. This time they offer 17 iOS games for iPhone and iPad at $0.99 each. Their last sale was for Thanksgiving last month.
List of Gameloft iPhone and iPad games at $0.99

Grab EA Games for iPhone and iPad at $0.99



Electronic Arts have started their second biggest sale of the year. This time they offer iPhone and iPad games at up to 85% off and up to 65% off on Android games. Their last offer was for Thanksgiving last month.
List of iPhone and iPad games at $0.99

Firefox for Android v9.0 update brings new UI for tablets



Firefox for Android has been updated to version 9.0 that bring new UI for tablets. This version also brings faster start-up time, HTML5 form validation and more. The previous version 8.0 brought Better Security and Home Screen Bookmarks.
Features of Firefox for Android v9.0
  • New Look for Tablets such as Full-Screen Portrait Browsing, Tab Optimization and new action bar with Quick Access Buttons for easy access
  • Faster start-up time than the previous version
  • HTML5 Input Tag for Camera Access for developers to let users make use of the camera to take pictures, scan bar codes and more without leaving Firefox
  • HTML5 form validation automatically that validates website form fields like numbers, emails and URLs without developers needing to write a custom code or use a third-party library
Download Firefox for Android v9.0 from the Android Market for free.

Samsung GALAXY Y DUOS and GALAXY Y Pro DUOS Dual SIM Android phones announced



Samsung has announced the GALAXY Y DUOS and GALAXY Y Pro DUOS. These are the Dual SIM versions of the GALAXY Y and the  GALAXY Y Pro Android phones that was launched recently and are the are aimed at Younger generation. The Samsung GALAXY Y DUOS 3.14-inch touch screen display and has polished metallic casing. It is 11.98mm thin and weighs 109 g. The GALAXY Y Pro DUOS features a 2.6-inch touch screen display and a full QWERTY keyboard, 3MP camera and secondary VGA camera that was missing in GALAXY Y Pro. Both these phones run on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. 
Specifications of Samsung GALAXY Y DUOS

Swingtel HelloTab 7 inch Android tablet launched in India





Swingtel HelloTab is the new tablet in the Indian market from SWINGTEL Group. This tablet features a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen. It is powered by 800 MHz Qualcomm processor and runs on Android 2.2. It has 5MP auto focus camera and secondary VGA camera and comes with 3G support.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Aakash android tablet full reviews cheapest tablet in world just for $ 35


APTRANSCO Jobs Notification 2012

jobs in aptransco 2012 | APTRANSCO Jobs Notification by 15th December | To fill 6,263 vacancies along with APDISCOMs
Hyderabad, December 10: In line with the Andhra Pradesh Governments target to fill up the one lakh job vacancies by December, the power transmission and distribution companies in the state have geared up to fill up vacancies in their offices. AP Transmission Corporation Ltd known as AP TRANSCO and various distribution companies called as DISCOMs have identified a total of 6263 posts, which includes Junior Linemen, Junior Assistant, Sub-Engineer, Assistant Engineer etc. According to a press release issued by AP Energy Co-Ordination Cell, the notification for the above jobs will be issued by 15th December 2011.
The notification in this regard will be placed in the website of APTRANSCO and http://www.aptransco.gov.in.
Dinesh Kumar, Principal Secretary, Energy, Govt. of A.P. directed the officials that all foolproof arrangements should be made for recruiting the vacant posts with total transparency and without giving any scope for malpractices. APTRANSCO & DISCOMs have taken the initiative for filling up of all the vacancies in transmission and distribution sectors, which would ensure smooth functioning of systems besides improving job satisfaction. He also suggested CMDs to make HRD wings of respective utilities responsible and to closely monitor the recruitment process.
The number of posts to be filled up in APTRANSCO & four DISCOMs are as follows.
AP TRANSCO job vacancies

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Bill to eliminate per-country caps on green card put on hold

Visa
WASHINGTON: A key legislation to eliminate per-country caps on employment-sponsored green card that would have benefited highly-skilled Indian workers seeking to stay in the US has been blocked by an influential American Senator, saying "it does nothing to better protect Americans."

The bill, the "Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act" (HR 3012), which sailed through the US House of Representatives last week on a 389 to 15 vote, had been sent to the Senate for consideration.

Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, who has been fighting for major changes in the H-1B rules, placed a "hold" on the bill, saying "it does nothing to better protect Americans."

"I rise to inform my colleagues that I am placing a hold on H R 3012, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act," Grassley said on the Senate floor

Aakash: World's cheapest tablet launched; to be sold for $60 in retail

NEW DELHI: The wait for the world's cheapest tablet is finally over! The $35 tablet nicknamed Aakash was launched today and will be available at retail stores at a maximum retail price of Rs 2999 ($60), said its maker Datawind.
   

"The Rs 3,000 figure is the 'maximum suggested retail price' of the commercial version of the product which we will offer with an embedded cellular modem and SIM," said Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of Datawind, maker of the world's cheapest tablet.
The $60 tablet for retail sales has an inbuilt cellular modem and SIM to access internet, which will be absent in the $35 device, supplied to the government.
As a business, we need to make a profit, and our distribution channel needs to make a profit, which is all covered in the MRP of Rs 2,999," Mr Tuli told ET.
Both versions of the tablet, will run on Google's Android platform, with WiFi connectivity for internet access and cloud storage. The tablets will have 256 MB of RAM, a 32 GB expandable memory slot and two USB ports.
The commercial version of the tablet would have no duty waivers or subsidy, as in the government's version. An inbuilt cellular modem and SIM card will add to the price of the commercial tablet.
The commercial version of the tablet, is expected be out within 60 days, of its launch on October 5.
Datawind adds that it is supplying to the government at a price of Rs 2200, which includes sales tax and replacement warranty. "The $35 price is achievable at higher volume levels. When we supply the product to the government at $35, then too it will allow us a margin, albeit at higher volumes," Datawind CEO added.
India trails fellow BRIC nations Brazil, Russia and China in the drive to get its 1.2 billion population connected to technologies such as the Internet and mobile phones, a report by risk analysis firm Maplecroft said this year.
The number of Internet users grew 15-fold between 2000 and 2010, according to another recent report. Still, just 8 percent of Indians have access. That compares with nearly 40 percent in China.
Some 19 million people subscribe to mobile phones every month, making India the world's fastest growing market, but most are from the wealthier segment of the population in towns.
Bharat Mehra, an expert on the use of communications technology for development, said the budget tablet could be used to deliver distance learning in rural areas and among students.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Online uproar as India seeks social media screening

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has urged social network companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove offensive material, unleashing a storm of criticism from Internet users complaining of censorship in the world's largest democracy.
Telecoms and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal met executives from Facebook, Google , Yahoo and Microsoft on Monday to ask them to screen content, but no agreement with the companies was reached, he said.
Sibal denied he was promoting censorship but said some of the images and statements on social media risked fanning tensions in India, which has a long history of deadly religious violence. He said the firms had rebuffed earlier calls to take action.
Socially conservative India already censors some films and books considered obscene or likely to stoke religious conflict.
The country of 1.2 billion people created new rules earlier this year obliging Internet companies to

Andrew Symonds to enter 'Big Boss' house

Mumbai, Dec 6 (ANI): Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds is set to make his debut on 'Big Boss', the Indian version of the reality television show 'Big Brother'.
The Australian all-rounder, who was unveiled as the latest contestant in the show, after his arrival here told the media that he expected the atmosphere of the house to resemble that of a cricket dressing room.
"The idea of the game is survival of the fittest and the smartest and the cleverest. So, I'll be playing the same way the rest of the contestants will be and that is part of the way a cricket dressing room works as a whole, with banter and with fun, so you can get the better of another person. It should be good fun," he said

Indian services sector rebounds in Nov - PMI

BANGALORE (Reuters) - India's services sector expanded in November for the first time in three months as new business accelerated despite persistent inflationary pressures, a survey showed on Monday.
The seasonally adjusted HSBC Markit Business Activity Index -- based on a survey of around 400 firms -- stood at 53.2 in November, above the 50-mark that separates growth from contraction.
It had fallen to 49.1 in October after dropping below 50 for the first time in more than two years in September to 49.8.
"The service sector demonstrated resilience, with both activity and new business on the rise," said Leif Eskesen, economist at HSBC.
"Unfortunately inflation continues to tick up as well, calling for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to

India eyes tax information deals with 17 countries: fin secretary

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India plans to enter into tax information exchange agreements with 17 countries, the finance secretary said on Wednesday.
R.S. Gujral also said India sought to amend

Govt suspends foreign supermarket entry after backlash

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government has suspended its move to open the country's $450 billion supermarket sector to foreign firms such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc , backtracking over one of its boldest reforms in years in the face of a huge political backlash.
Coming less than two weeks after it announced the move, the retreat is another nail in the coffin of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's economic reform programme, just as Asia's third-largest economy suffers from a growth slowdown and falling investment.
Both ruling Congress party allies and opposition parties, fearing massive job losses for millions of small shopkeepers, had disrupted parliament for two weeks in protest, stalling some key bills such as increased food subsidies for the poor.
The suspension will help cement a view that the world's biggest democracy is an

EXCLUSIVE - Ex-Lone Pine, Goldman execs plan $1 bln Asia hedge fund -sources

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Eashwar Krishnan, a former analyst at hedge fund Lone Pine, and Tanvir Ghani, former head of capital introduction for Asia-Pacific at Goldman Sachs Group Inc, are setting up an Asia-focused hedge fund, three sources familiar with the matter said.
They are aiming to raise about $1 billion, hoping to break into a very small group of funds of that size in Asia.
The fund will be based in Hong Kong, with an expected launch in April, said the sources, who declined to be named as the plan was not publicly disclosed.
The sources said Ghani, who left Goldman Sachs in November after more than