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TECHGOAL | JULY 2014
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Google I/O 2014 Did you miss some or all of the
news out of Google I/O 2014?
ere’s a summary of what Google
showed off, ranging from a new
version of Android to bringing its mobile
software to cars, televisions and your
wrist. Google unveiled everything from
Android to wearable news at its annual
developers show. Here are the develop-
ments that matter most.
Android version "L"
This year, Google decided not to officially launch a new version of Android, but to showcase the "L"-named preview
instead. This will give developers more time to bring their apps up to speed before Android "L" is released. What's
new? Well, there are some design changes here and there (some minor, some more important, coming from Android
4.4 Kit Kat), the ART runtime is now set as default (bringing extra battery life and graphics performance), search is
better, security is improved courtesy of Samsung's Knox, tweaks to notifications are being added, and developers .
Android Wear
As the name suggests, Android Wear is designed for wearable's. It works with touch-enabled devices, and was show-
cased on smart watches. It offers Google Now with voice support and apps mirroring (install an app on your Android
smartphone or tablet and a wearable companion app is automatically installed on Android Wear). You can already
buy two smart watches running Android Wear, from LG and Samsung (the latter pictured right), with Motorola's offer-
ing, Moto 360, coming a bit later.
Android TV
Android TV was a very expected announcement but it didn’t disappoint. I’d say Android TV looks like what Google TV
should have been: A great 10-foot user interface with voice search and Android phones or tablets as remote controls.
I was very impressed by the search feature: A request to see all of the 2001 Oscar-Nominated films quickly returned
the right results, making it easy to watch any of the films or see more information about them. Sony and Sharp have
already committed to including Android TV functionality in their upcoming 4k television lines.
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Android ONE
Android One is a new “brand”, for lack of a better word, but what is it?
Android One is a program similar to the Google’s
Nexus effort; however, it’s aimed at a different
type of market. Where Nexus devices are meant
to show off the pure Android experience in rela-
tively high-end hardware, Android One is for low-
cost devices. Google is setting hardware specifica-
tions for Android One devices, which will run
stock Android. Handset partners will produce the
phones for markets where feature phones are still
in the majority: These are for first-time
smartphone buyers. That means the cost has to
stay down. Google showed off an Android One phone from Micromax that costs under $100. It still has a 4.5-inch IPS
display though, supports two SIM cards and includes an FM radio. Since Android 4.4 was rewritten to run better on
lesser hardware, the overall experience should still be good for the price.
ANDROID TV
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Infosys welcomes new CEO nfosys Ltd, India's second - largest IT services export-
er, has for the first time picked an outsider as chief
executive officer, as it seeks to boost sales of high-
margin services like cloud computing and stem a staff
exodus.
Vishal Sikka, a former member of executive board at
German software company SAP AG has the technical sav-
vy to herald what analysts expect will be a strategy over-
haul at Infosys, which, like its competitors Tata Consul-
tancy Services Ltd and Wipro Ltd has relied on labor-
intensive, low-margin
contracts from West-
ern clients.
But it could be at least
a year before Sikka is
able to turn around a
company that was
once a poster child of
India's $100-plus bil-
lion IT services indus-
try. Some investors
say Infosys failed to move up the value-chain because of
its risk-averse management culture.
"Infosys needs some change and with his track-record in
emerging technology areas, high value services, Sikka
will be able to bring that change," said Juergen Maiar, a
Vienna-based fund manager for Raiffeisen Euroasien Ak-
Being appointed by Infosys, Vishal Sikka is expected to
introduce new innovative projects in the IT sector as well.
As Sikka lead the development of the HANA
product, that was the quickest to reach $1 billion in sales
in the company's history.
“Vishal brings valuable experience as a lead
of a large, global corporation. His illustrious
track record and value system make him an
ideal choice to lead Infosys,” Murthy said.
As part of the reshuffle,
N. R. Narayana Murthy
and S. Gopalakrishnan
will voluntarily step
down as executive chair-
man and executive vice
chairman of the compa-
ny, though they will
continue on the Board
until October in
non-executive roles for an orderly transition.
Shares of Infosys surged as much as 3.75% on BSE follow-
ing Sikka’s appointment. At 11am, however, the shares
reversed gains to trade 1.25% lower at Rs.3,138 apiece,
while the benchmark Sensex gained 0.31% to 25,553.55
points.
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Tizen A Google free OS ?
izen is a Linux-based open-source operating system
(kind of like Android!) that wants to be the brains
of every gadget you own. It's existed since 2012, but is
finally starting to show up on actual gadgets you can
buy.
Tizen isn't trying to reinvent smartphones from the
bottom up. Like Android—or more specifically the An-
droid Open Source Project (ASOP)—it's born out of good
old fashioned Linux. Even better, Tizen is supposed to
have great battery life.
Samsung already controls 65% of the Android-
device market, so why should it even bother with Tizen?
Because it uses Android, Samsung's current mobile-
device strategy relies on Google. What's more, the fu-
ture direction of the platform is shaped by Google, not
Samsung. With Tizen, Samsung has the opportunity to
build its own platform.
Not only can Samsung customize this
platform in ways that Google won't let it
(say, put in a different default mapping cli-
ent or make changes to the interface), it
also has the potential to build its own app
ecosystem — one that Samsung, not
Google, can profit from it.
However, from an offering side of things,
Samsung has a challenge ahead of them. To
get the same reach as Google, Tizen will
need to offer or provide alternatives for all
the Google services that have become an integrated part
of Android. Otherwise, they will have a barrier that will
inhibit consumers from adapting to this latest OS.
And so we ask you: what do you think will
happen with Tizen?
T
the point of Tizen isn't to steal business from the 1.5 billion users who already have tablets, smartphones it's to attract the next 2 billion smartphone users.
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Weakening Indian PC market number of PC companies have invested in sales and marketing and manufacturing in India, citing the country as
one of the fastest growing markets. The slowdown in
the Indian PC market forecast by IDC is not likely to make
them change their plans. A Dell spokeswoman, for example,
said Thursday that the company remains committed to in-
vesting in India. The company has increased its market share
in the fourth quarter, taking second place for the first time.
Demand from business customers has been the worst hit in
India, with shipments to this segment shrinking sharply, said
Kapil Dev Singh, country manager of IDC India. PC sales have
fallen in recent years, hurt by surging demand for tablets and
other mobile devices. But quarterly figures released Wednesday by the research firms Gartner and International Data
Corp show the global slump is easing. Consumer demand, which had not been affected so far, is also beginning to
slow down.
Flipkart acquires Myntra arking the biggest consolidation in the e-commerce space in India, homegrown e-retailer Flipkart has acquired
online fashion retailer Myntra in an estimated Rs 2,000 crore deal. While the companies did not disclose the
deal size, sources suggest the deal could be worth about Rs 2,000 crores. While Flipkart is perhaps the closest competi-
tor to Amazon in India, its acquisition of Myntra is expected to
play a major role in it gaining market share in the online fashion
retail sector. Myntra claims to be the biggest fashion portal in
India’s e-commerce industry.
"It is a 100% acquisition and going forward, we have big plans in
this segment. Flipkart and Myntra are getting together to create
one of the largest e-commerce stories and together we will
dominate the market," Flipkart co-founder and CEO Sachin
Bansal told reporters .
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Most Tweeted Football Match he semifinal 7-1 Germany vs Brazil World Cup match was so
painful, that you didn't even have to be watching to know Brazil
was getting destroyed on its home turf. As it turns out, you
probably didn't need to be watching to join the discussion, either.
According to Twitter, there were 35.6 million tweets about the match
at last count, making it the most-talked-about sports game on the
social network ever. And yes, that's "most-discussed sports game,
period," not just the most-discussed football match. Which makes
sense: This was no ordinary game. Germany became the first team to
score five goals in the first 29 minutes of a World Cup match, and its
total of seven goals is also the most scored ever during a World Cup semi-finals face-off. Just goes to show that the
people like goals as much as they enjoy embarrassing losses.
Unlimited Storage lobal search engine Google is offering unlim-
ited storage, advanced audit reporting and new
security controls for businesses" through its
new Drive service at $10 per month ,the company
said. As businesses want more control, security and
visibility to check how files are shared, our new ver-
sion of 'Drive for Work' offers unlimited storage for
businesses at a nominal subscription," the company's
Indian subsidiary said in a statement here. As a cloud
storage service, Google Drive allows users to store
documents, photos, videos in one place and access
documents to create, share and collaborate from any-
where online. "Though a workplace is full of files that capture the best ideas and the most productive collaborations,
they (files) are not useful if users are unable to access or share them effectively. The new Drive keeps all users' work
safe and makes it easy to share," the statement noted.
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From Professors Diary
- DR. R.KAMATCHI
Impact of Social Networking in
education
he social networking sites are basically a solution
for teachers to be constantly in touch with the stu-
dents. The main role of social networks is to coagulate
virtual learning communities within the scope of discus-
sions on topics such as scientific subjects, virtual experi-
ments or other various themes as exams preparation.
The technology has brought the information to such an
extent that the information can be retrieved from any-
where, anytime and any format. It is also provided
through the educational websites which can be upload-
ed and downloaded through the mobiles and various
PDA devices.
In the area of social networking, recent surveys high-
lighted that 30% of Facebook users and 37% of Twitter
are using the networks from mobile devices
Features
Create Custom list:
The educational and social websites maintain the custom
list of students and mange them in related to the subjects
or topics. The students belonging to a single group can
exchange and post their ideas and the subject related
information within the forum.
Exchanging information:
The laboratory experiments, theoretical questionnaires
can be exchanged in the form of multimedia files which
can encompass the figures and tables along with the
comments.
Research assistance:
The blogs and the forums can be used for conducting sur-
vey and to understand the current trends in the market
through discussions. This can also be used to collate the
related information in a single place from where the
different patterns can be retrieved and published for fur-
ther discussion.
Collaboration:
This kind of web groups provides an easy collaboration
among various similar web groups. For example a person
may have an account with Facebook as well twitter.
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Survey report on social network usage through mobile devices
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In both the social sites the group of user would vary. The participation on both different groups will increase the scope
of information exchange and improve on the quality of information through more discussions.
User friendly:
Today’s web media is made so simpler that the access can be made from anywhere through any devices and in any
format. Most of the sites are made in a simple way which can be accessed with minimum technical background. These
sites are information driven rather than technology. So anybody can easily enter and access the information inde-
pendently without much technical assistance.
Open access:
As the current generation is moving towards the open source, the social websites promote the open access to the in-
formation to all levels of users. The communities participating in the forum belongs to different levels of understanding
and working culture. An educational website or the forum may have the members like the teacher, students, lab ad-
ministrators, tutors, parents etc. Every user can openly post and correct the comments.
Social cognitive theory, connectivism and open thinking were the three major philosophical influences for the develop-
ment and facilitation of “open, connected, and social”. The open connectivity provides an independent access towards
the content. It also raises the concern about the security and the accuracy. As a whole by implementing a strong secu-
rity backbone and an intellectual third party verification, it can enhance the benefits of the social web applications to
the educational community. It can also bring a seamless education environment wherein the intellectual exchange and
enhancement would become easy.
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PROF. BHARATI . V. WUKKADADA
MCA , MCM, Pursuing PhD (networks)
Is an Assistant Professor in IT- MCA department at K. J. Somaiya Insti-
tute of Management Studies and Research. She has over 20 years of
teaching experience in the field of software engineering, Software
Testing, software project Management and Information systems ,
Management and related subjects. She has done visiting in several edu-
cational institutes in Mumbai. She has written and presented several
research papers in National and International conferences. Hobbies are
reading, writing , cooking and listening music.
1.Spanish language has been introduced in 3rd Semester of MCA.
2.Placement committee for the year 2014-16 has been formed. Team Techgoal
congratulates the selected members.
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