Category Archives: IT News
IT PARK@ PALA
In this Information technology era, an IT park is the first step for a place on the path of development. It provides enormous job opportunities for the thousands of professionals passing out every year. Also the entire outlook of the place changes as it brings the people from distant places and paves the way for the development of different sectors there.
And this formula is going to workout for Kottayam also. The city renown for its literacy is now taking its first step in the IT field. Three IT parks were to launch in Kerala and it has been almost certain that one of them is coming at Pala. The other two places are Malappuram and Thodupuzha .
It was during the term of the LDF government that it was decided to start IT parks not only at big cities but also in small towns. As per this decision a technopark was started at Kundara and Infoparks at Cherthala and Ambalapuzha. IT parks are also being constructed at Kasarkode and Kannur under Cyberpark. The project is to change the existing Technopark at Thiruvananthapuram, Infopark at Kochi and Cyberpark at Kozhikode into hubs and to arrange the new parks around them.
If the major Indian companies come forward with the IT business and new projects, it will certainly accelerate the speed of development of the place. It will not only benefit computer science students, but also the students of other trade will be able to find their careers building there. Pala will also take its starting step in the IT sector.
When the park launches here, it will be beneficial for the professionals of the neighboring districts now working in Bangalore and other metros. It may also pave the way for the emergence of IIT level higher education centers too.
The main challenge before this project is that it requires atleast a 100 acres of land and Valavoor has got the first preference in this respect.
This dream is not far if we blend our determination and imagination in our work. It also require the support of the natives. The most important advantage Pala has is that it is the joining place of four state highways.
The fulfillment of this project calls for the joined effort of everyone, from common people to the officers at the higher level.
Facebook Questionnaire Service Started
Facebook has started a new service for its customers called the Facebook Question Service. This new technology will facilitate you to get answers from millions users from facebook and vice versa. The main advantage of this service is it helps us get answers for very simple and day to day questions. Usually Internet affinity is to endow with answers for professional and technical questions. This new kind of service will give you answer for questions like “which restaurant in your area provides best Chinese food?” or “Is there rain in your area?” or “Did you know anything this particular movie?” etc. This helps you get answers for a particular question among your friends or family without using any other traditional way of communication in this 4G world. After the activation of this service it will be placed in the news feed of your facebook page. 
The news feed is placed top middle position of the facebook which also consists of status, photos, links and videos. Once it activated you can ask question just clicking “Question” and post your questions. Your question will then get added to your friends news feed. Like this when you see a question on your news feed, and if you like to answer that question, click on the question to pop up to new window and answer the question. Facebook also provides you options to follow your friend’s questions. This is done by clicking the follow link. Also don’t ask personal questions if you don’t want everyone see it. Your questions should be specific if you need correct answers and don’t expect answers to the hypothetical and generic questions. This service is not a private questionnaire for some group of friends. So all your questions and answers are visible to users of facebook.
IBM and Oracle to Technopark
International Computer giants IBM and Oracle are coming to Trivandrum Technopark. They are having plans of establishing a unit in the IT centre of Kerala. Both of these companies had discussions with Kerala IT department regarding the plans and possibilities. The arrival of these well reputed companies can create great effects in industrial sector of Kerala. Technopark of Trivandrum was established in late 90’s and now there are about 185 companies running there. About 30000 people are working in this IT Park. These 2 companies are capable of creating about 4000 job opportunities in Technopark. The interests shown by multinational companies in Trivandrum Technopark is an added advantage for the mission of making Kerala the fastest growing IT destination of the country.
BPO in Jail
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- Jail BPO
The technology hub Andhra Pradesh is introducing a new concept to meet the demands of the IT and ITES sectors. They are now setting up BPOs in Jails where the prisoners are the professionals of the company. The new venture is to utilize the potentials of educated prisoners. This concept is a joint venture of Andhra Government and Radiant Info systems. Every activities of the company in Jail will be under close observation by the authorities. The working procedure will be as of normal BPOs Itself.The Company will be working round the clock in 3 shifts. In the first stage 250 prisoners will get the opportunity. The worker of this BPO will get a decent remuneration of 120 Rs/day. This is a welcomed amount as food and accommodation are free in jail already. Sometimes the prisoner may also get the experience certificate so that he can find a similar job when he is out of Jail.
vFlash from Virgin mobile
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- vFlash
Virgin mobile, the joint venture of Virgin group and Tata Teleservicesmobile have launched its wireless internet service vflash in India which can be accessed with vflash usb modem. The interesting thing is that the modem also has a storage space of 8gb.
Sad thing is that even though it vflash supports speeds up to 3mbps there is no unlimited connection. so it is not so good for the heavy users. The Hi-speed USB Modem vFlash is priced at Rs. 3499 and the tariff options range from Rs. 250- Rs. 1100 per month. In addition to this user can also subscribe to special nigh offers and annual rental plans.
The very basic plan is to pay 1 RS/min(250rs rental) of usage. Two other tariff plans at RS 500pm(500mb free) and RS 750pm(2GB free usage).Other tariff plans are 950pm (2gb day+10gb night), 1100pm(10gb), 1500pm(15 gb), 3000pm(30gb) and 650 pm(1 gb) Browsing beyond the limit in all traffic plans will cost .5 Re/min.
Buy a vFlash and get free on demand TV vFlash TV containing 40 channels and live feeds from various other channels. You can stream live TV, record shows and play them any time later. vFlash TV is free for first month.
Monthly subscription charges are
1 Channel – Rs. 4/-
10 Channels – Rs 29/-
All Channels – Rs 75/-
Live Channels:Star News, Manorama News, TV9 Gujarati, Aaj Tak,NDTV24X7, TV9 Kannada, CNBC Awaaz, NDTV India, TV9, CNBC, TV18, NDTV Profit, India TV, CNN-IBN, Raj Music, India Vision, Star Ananda, Raj TV, Makkal TV, Star Majha, Headlines Today, Times Now and IBN7
On demand channels:ESPN, WWE, MotoGP, CNN, CARTOON NETWORK LOOP, POGO, ZOOM, India News Haryana, Bolly Theatre, English Movies, India News, Jaihind TV, NDTV Imagine and Sakshi TV.
Currently Vflash have coverage in:
Andhra Pradesh: Hyderabad,Visakhapatnam, Warangal
Bihar: Patna
Delhi: Delhi, Gurgaon
Uttar Pradesh: Noida, Gaziabad, Fareedabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Dehradun
Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Baroda Surat, Vapi, Mundra Ankleshwar Daman, Silvasa
Himachal: Shimla, Solan, Baddi, Ponta, Sahib
Karnataka : Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli, Belgaun, Bellary
Kerala: Cochin, Trivandrum
Maharashtra: Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Kolhapur, Navi Mumbai
Punjab: Chandigarh
Rajasthan : Jaipur, Jodhpur
Tamilnadu: Chennai, Coimbatore
West Bengal: Kolkata
INSET 2010 IT fest
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- Inset 2010
MG University School of Technology and Applied Science (STAS) Pathanamthitta is organizing an IT fest Inset 2010 on 4th and 5th of March 2010. The fest will be held at Aban Arcade . The inauguration will be done at 10 am on March 4th by university vice chancellor Dr. Rajan Gurukkal. The fest includes seminars, projects and competitions that bring before us the latest trends in the field of Information technology. Various cultural activities and programs are also included in the fest. There will be a class about Advanced Networking by Dr. Tanudas of V.S.S.C Trivandrum on 4th March. On 5th there will a seminar on Cyber crime and Forensics by S.P K. Sanjay Kumar. Seminar on Biocomputing by Dr.Raju is another major attraction of the day. The afternoon section is for games and competitions that add color to the tech fest.
e-learning website launched
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- e-learning
www.kerala.skool.in, which is the e-learning website from Kerala Government for school students launched yesterday (21-02-2010). The website provides an Online platform for both teachers as well as students for understanding Mathematics and Science related subjects. The website is based on Intel’s educational package. The website includes various interactive tools for learning different topics. Multimedia presentations are also included. Students can have a new experience of e-learning through this portal. The website also has options to upload the contributions and feed backs of the visitors. The e-learning website is a new milestone in improving the quality of education in Kerala.
