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Pawan Kalyan

Pawan Kalyan entered the Telugu movie industry with the 1996 film Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi as Kalyan Babu. His second movie was Gokulamlo Seetha in 1997, which was a remake of the 1996 Tamil film Gokulathil Seethai. This movie was directed by Muthyala Subbaiah and produced by G.V.G. Raju. In 1997, he also appeared in Suswagatham, a remake of 1997 Tamil film Love Today.

Android this week: 4.1 for Nexus; Galaxy S III reviewed; Swype and SwiftKey improve

Google’s annual developer conference is next week, but some Android news is leaking out in advance. For a brief time period on Thursday, anyone purchasing a GSM Galaxy Nexus direct from Google got the tip: The Jelly Bean version of Android is definitely 4.1 and it will first appear soon on Google’s Nexus. Details of what Jelly Bean will contain are still a mystery but Galaxy Nexus owners will have the initial look at the software.
Similar to the Nexus is the Galaxy S III, although it shows many improvements both in the hardware and software. Both are made by Samsung, hence the similarities, but those looking for cutting-edge performance in a thin 4.8-inch high-resolution smartphone should certainly check out Samsung’s new phone. My own experiences show a device that many people will be happy to use for quite some time, even if they purchase on a 2-year contract. I don’t think Samsung’s competitors will catch up that quickly on the software front.
The trick is, however, finding a Galaxy S III. Even though the device is launching on five U.S. carriers, it’s already playing hard to get. This week both Sprint(s) and AT&T announced they were experiencing inventory shortages due to high demand.
Verizon never planned to deliver the phone until early July, possibly expecting or planning for such a situation. T-Mobile does have the Galaxy S III in limited markets, but is charging $80 more per handset; even after a $50 mail-in rebate. Still, I think the phone is worth the wait. And if it weren’t for fast Android updates direct from Google, I’d likely buy one myself.

One of the appealing features of Android as a whole has two updated options this week: Both Swype and SwiftKey improved their keyboard software for Android devices. Swype gained XT9 predictive text technologies to improve the keyboard’s ability to guess the word you’ve swiped. It does so through sentence context. Even better: The keyboard learns to better predict phrases by scanning your prior communications, helping to automatically insert the right text.

SwiftKey actually offered that same learning technology last year in a similar fashion, but now improves with a range of small, but useful features: smart spacing, two new themes — including the Android 4.0 “Holo” look — larger spacebar, dedicated comma key, and faster access to common punctuation.
I’ll go back to try the new Swype, but I find SwiftKey to be a better option for my fingers. You can find SwiftKey in the Google Play store for $1.99 (half price this week) while registering for the Swype beta will get you a free direct download.

Tech News - Delhi Police launches website for women | Techgig

Delhi Police launches website for women

For women in distress, Delhi Police is now just a click away.

In a bid to make police more approachable, the Special Police Unit Women and Children (SPUWC) today launched its official website here.

Launching the website, National Commission of Women (NCW) Chairperson Mamta Sharma said this initiative should be replicated in all the states across country.

"There are many laws and acts in our country but lack of implementation is the reason for problems faced by women", Sharma said.

"This pattern is a step toward implementing policies. This pattern followed by Delhi Police to help women should be replicated by all the states so that a women at Panchayat and block level can also benefit from it", Sharma said.

Emphasising the need of communicating in local languages with the women and children, she said that a website should also be made available in Hindi.

"This website should be translated in Hindi, that ways more people will be able to utilise it", Sharma said.

The website will help women in getting all the information about redressal and process of complaint filing at SPUWC, said Suman Nalwa, Additional DCP SPUWC. "We are available on Facebook and Twitter also, you can contact us through any medium", Nalwa said.

A booklet titled "Your Right at SPUWC" was also released by Tripurari Saran Director General Doordarshan.

U K Choudhary, Additional CP SPUWC, Arvind Deep Jt CP SPUWC were also present at the event held at SPUWC office in Nanakpura.

Tech News - Indian salaries to rise 12% ; fastest in Asia | Techgig

Indian salaries to rise 12% ; fastest in Asia

Indian salaries are set to rise by 12 per cent this year, the largest jump among Asian nations for the 10th year in a row, according to a survey released Tuesday by human resource consultancy Aon Hewitt.

Rising salaries broadly reflect India's economic growth and its resilience in the face of global economic headwinds, which Aon Hewitt says will likely shave just 0.3 to 2 percentage points off last year's pace of wage growth.

The rise also points to a troubling paradox of plenty in this nation of 1.2 billion.

India is teeming with young jobseekers, yet salaries continue to spiral upward because so few Indians are actually employable, said Sandeep Chaudhary, practice leader for compensation consulting at Aon Hewitt.

He said just 15 per cent of the working age population is employable in the private sector- a skills deficit that the government is trying to address through programs like the National Skill Development Corporation, a public-private partnership focused on worker training.

"If they were to come into the private sector, you'll see salary increases become more muted,'' he said.

In the meantime, skilled workers have plenty of opportunity. Staff turnover in India is nearly 20 per cent, with the highest attrition rates in finance, information technology and retail, according to Aon Hewitt.

Despite their rise, Indian salaries are still among the lowest in the region, he said. "We've always operated at a lower cost base,'' Chaudhary said. "The quantum of compensation in India its far less than what gets paid in Southeast Asia, Singapore and China.''

Chaudhary said Indian manufacturers have been able to handle rising salaries because they largely serve a domestic market, unlike China's export-driven companies.

"In manufacturing, 80 per cent in India is for domestic consumption,'' he said. "These kind of increasing wage costs are going to be difficult for organizations to justify if they convert that to export, where the entire focus is on cost arbitrage.''

So far, Indian growth has been fast enough to support double digit salary increases, which have managed to outpace India's high inflation, according to the survey.

India's projected wage increases outpace China's 9.5 per cent rise and the Philippines' 6.9 per cent increase.

Salaries are anticipated to grow fastest, at 13.3 per cent, in the pharmaceutical sector, as India's generics manufacturers take advantage of patent expirations. Telecoms and financial companies have projected the slowest salary increases, at 11 per cent and 10 per cent, due to regulatory hurdles, policy issues and the global slowdown, Aon Hewitt found.

Aon Hewitt, the human resource consulting and outsourcing division of Aon Corporation, surveyed 550 organizations across 19 industries to come up with its forecasts

Tech News - 8GB Nook Tablet to challenge Kindle Fire | Techgig

8GB Nook Tablet to challenge Kindle Fire

Barnes & Noble may launch an 8GB version of its Nook Tablet at the same price point, or perhaps even cheaper than the Amazon Kindle Fire.
The as-yet-unannounced device will go on sale in Wal-Mart stores at midnight on Wednesday 22 February, according to documentation leaked to The Verge.
The current iteration of the well-reviewed Nook Tablet has 16GB of storage, just like the Kindle Fire, but the $50 price difference has pushed buyers towards Amazon's Android device.

Evening the playing field

The scaled-down slate is likely to match or maybe even undercut the phenomenally successful Kindle Fire and give Barnes & Noble a better shot at competing in the budget table.
The original Nook Tablet launched late last year arrived packing a dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM, along with a version of Android 2.3 skinned with B&N's own UI.
The 7-inch 1024 x 600 IPS display was a hit and played video at 1080p.

Upgraded Aakash 2 tablet will be available at same price

HRD minister Kapil Sibal said that Aakash, the world's cheapest tablet, will be fully indigenous and its improved version is likely to be launched by the government at the same price.

Sibal said Datawind - the manufacturer of the product - will not be associated with it anymore and the government has roped in C-DAC and ITI for further development of the tablet computer.

''There have been some problems with Datawind I must confess. Therefore, I have got into the act. IT ministry has got C-DAC and ITI into the act and I am going to ensure that this product is fully indigenous and truly an Indian product," he said.

On whether the new tablet will be available within the same price range as that of the earlier product, he said, "Yes that's what we hope. It is to be upgraded."

On the possible timeline for launching it, he said, "Well, 2012 should see the sun... Aakash-II should be launched. There have been some hiccups in the way. Remember when you do a project of this nature and when your dream is as big as this, things are never that smooth."

Welcoming competition from market for development of the tablet, he said the objective is to give a quality product to the children. "I think it's a great thing if there is competition. Ultimately my objective is to get a quality product in the hands of the children. I have set the benchmark, it has changed the mindset of the world, I can tell you that," the minister said.

Everybody wants to produce a tablet which is of quality and which is reasonably affordable, he noted. "So if the whole world wants to produce, I don't care who produces, if ultimately it is produced by somebody for children," he added. The Aakash tablet is priced at approximately $49 (Rs 2,414).