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AT&T  announced on Dallas that they will be launching the Sony Xperia TL on November 2, with a very attractive $99 price tag and a 2 year service agreement. AT&T press release says that they will give everyday people the chance to live like James Bond with the launch of the Sony Xperia™ TL for $99.99 with a two-year agreement. Featured in the upcoming 007 film, Skyfall, Xperia TL features Sony’s best HD capture and viewing experiences and the ability to share content across multiple devices through One-touch connectivity with near field communication (NFC).

Xperia-TL $99 AT&T

With an Xperia TL you can experience the movies, videos, and pictures on the vivid 4.6” HD Reality Display (1280×720) powered by the Mobile BRAVIA® Engine with razor sharp clarity and brilliance.Android 4.0(ice cream sandwich) OS is used in dual-core 1.5GHz processor. Capture the perfect shot and record video with the 13MP camera and HD video recorder. Plus, you can easily access movies and more from Sony Entertainment Network™ and MHL connectivity. The viewing experience on Xperia TL is made prominent by a stylish, sleek form factor that emphasizes the display. For those looking to take their content from their smartphone screen to the TV screen, Xperia TL connects through HDMI with MHL support or wirelessly through DLNA.

It is featured in the upcoming James Bond film Skyfall. As the official Bond phone, it will come stuffednwith exclusive Bond content which includes behind the scenes footage, interviews, clips, wallpapers, ring tones.

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Instagram is  one of the most popular apps for smartphones..Instagram is a free photo sharing program that allows users to take a photo, apply a digital filter to it, and then share it on a variety of social networkingservices, including Instagram’s own.

There are few good tools available to backup Instagram photos

1 . Copygram

Copygram – sign in with your instagram account, once you’ve signed in, you can use Copygram like a instagram web interface to view photos, comments, likes etc. Click the Backup option at the top to backup your instagram photos to computer. Enter your email id and select the number of photos to be backed up. You can select all your instagram photos or first 100, 200 photos like wise. Once done, you get the download link to your email address to download your instagram photos to your computer.

2 Followgram

Just sign in with your Instagram account, verify your email address. Once entered you will have access to all features: view photos, management of followers and following, activation vanity url, creating the follow button, enabling and creating RSS feed and create your photos album. One of the best ways to backup instagram photos on the web and also lets you to browse through instagram photos in a nice interactive way.

3.Instaport

Instaport is one beautiful app that allows you to download all your Instagram photos to your computer or you can even directly transfer instagram photos to facebook, flickr etc.

The Wall Machine is a free app that lets you to create funny fake facebook wall messages. You can create a facebook wall message, add friendship requests, photos, comments, likes etc. Check out the above image to know more

Fake Facebook Wall  The Wall Machine

And also it is to be used as an entertaining application only and for good fun and not for any illegal or to hurt others

The wall machine

ubuntu 11.04

Ubuntu 11.04 Released….Canonical has announced the official release of Ubuntu 11.04 ,its codename is Natty Narwhal. This major update introduces the new Unity desktop shell, which is designed to improve ease of use and deliver a more modern user experience.

You can upgrade from Ubuntu 10.10 or download Beta 2  from here

In addition to delivering the new Unity shell, the new version of Ubuntu also brings some improvements to desktop theming and bundled software.

Try Ubuntu 11.04  today itself ..

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/beta

An Initiative to Enhance Employability of Information Technology Professionals

1. Industry Context

• Large Business Potential confronted with Talent Shortage

• FICCI survey reveals that Employability is a great concern for today’s students

• McKinsey and Company Survey – Roughly 25,000 IT graduates every year, of whom

about 25% are likely to be employed

• Study by Harvard University – 85% of Jobs and Promotions are because of the

candidate’s Attitude and only 15% due to facts and figures a candidate has

2. iElite Programme Objectives

• To enhance the standard of fresh IT graduates so that they become ‘industry ready’

• To create a platform where students can work towards accessing their skills required

to get into the industry

• To bridge the gap between industry expectations and education curriculum and

methodologies

• To provide both technical and soft skills to students to enhance their employability

• To reinforce the skills of a student on a continuous basis and acquire industry specific

knowledge from experts from Industry

3. iElite Programme Benefits

• University / College

o The University / Colleges will be able to attract better corporate placements based on the efforts and results delivered at the end of the iElite programme implementation

o Improved brand image of the University / College within the Industry

o Minimal overhead in terms of Training Logistics. iElite Management will ensure complete end to end roll out of the programme.

• Students

o Acquire IT Industry Exposure and Experience

o Access to Industry oriented curriculum that enhances the employability of a student in an IT enterprise

o Opportunity to get Certified on the IBM Product Platform

o Opportunity to undergo Soft Skills Training with strong focus on Attitude,

Communication and Etiquette

o Training and Mentoring by Industry Experts who have a proven track record of 15+ Years in Top 10 Indian IT Companies

o Access to Case Studies, Competency Assessments, Query resolution as well as Professional Networking within the IT Industry

o iElite Courseware will be designed and updated on a continuous basis keeping in mind the current Industry Trends

o Opportunity to learn Tips and Tricks to crack Industry Interviews

4. iElite – Programme Deployment

o Organize Workshops for creating awareness about Industry Oriented technology + soft skill competency

o Prepare iElite Programme Rollout Plan

o Review the roll out plan with the respective College / University

o Announce the Programme Schedule

o Deliver Training and Courseware

o Assess students’ performance

o Record Progress

o Provide feedback to students

o Mentor / Counsel students

o Issue Certificates

o Collect feedback regarding iElite Programme from Students, College and Industry

o Incorporate feedback to improve iElite

 

5. iElite Curriculum

An indicative curriculum has been outlined below:

• System Implementation Skills

o IBM Platform Training

• Soft Skills

Attitude

o Understanding the Big Picture of a Project – Asking the right questions

o Personal Accountability and Taking Responsibility

o Understanding Project Performance Expectations

o Time Management

o Wearing multiple hats and ensuring Project delivery

Communication

o Preparing for Business Communication – Understanding the Objective and Audience

o Listening Skills, Body Language

o Presentations, Meetings, Interviews

o One to One communication visa-vis Group Communication

o Proactive Communication

o Status Reports, Appraisals / Feedback

Etiquette

o Basic Email and Phone Etiquette

o Preparation for Customer Visits – How to behave in front of your client

o Global / Multi lingual / Cultural Team – DO’s and DONT’s

Contact:

iElite (http://iElite.in)

ph: +919840343707 alt: +918088530576
email:contact@iElite.in
First Floor, Sarathy Nagar, Second Street
Pallavaram
Chennai, Tamilnadu 600043

Sometimes you may be bored of seeing your old facebook login page.Here is the chrome extension for customize this.Facebook Refresh extension for Google chrome lets you to customize your login screen with the images you want.first of all install this extension on Google chrome browser and go to Tools> Extensions > Facebook Refresh > options and set your custom image URL as your Facebook homepage wallpaper.

Change facebook login screen using facebook Refresh Extension for chrome

Download this extension from here

Facebook Refresh extension customizing

We all know that Internet is the network of networks.Internet usage is increasing everyday.Just check out the infographic about the prediction of internet usage in 2020.

Infographic about internet in 2020

The Cr-48 is the test laptop that designed for the Pilot program.According to Google, it takes seven seconds to boot up Chrome OS and three seconds to log in. The company also claimed that laptops which are turned off completely can be powered back up in 10 seconds

The Cr-48 is the test laptop that designed for the Pilot program.According to Google, it takes seven seconds to boot up Chrome OS and three seconds to log in. The company also claimed that laptops which are turned off completely can be powered back up in 10 seconds.The Cr-48 is available exclusively to participants in the Pilot program.pilot programme distributing prototypes to schools, businesses, developers and other users with the intent of collecting feedback.You  have to apply to join the program, and there are going to be a limited number of the laptops available retail Chrome OS models from Acer and Samsung will be available in the middle of 2011 for the public.Its specifications are

• 12.1-inch screen.
• Full size keyboard.
• Oversized clickpad.
• Qualcomm Gobi 3G chip for Verizon data in the US, your carrier of choice internationally.
• 802.11n dual-band WiFi.
• 8+ hours of active use.
• 8+ days of standby.
• Webcam.
• Flash storage.
• Intel Pine Trail processor.
• 100MB of free Verizon data(US customers).

Another important feature is that you can download thousands of web applications that support chrome OS from Chrome Webstore.The Chrome laptop seems to be an attempt for Google to break into the laptop space

Stay Focused is a browser extension for your chrome browser, It will help you to set the maximum time you want to spend on a site in a single day, after that ,it will block the site, don’t worry if you are still so restless you can Unblock it from the options. .You always Promise your self to reduce the time you spend On internet But Always End Up the wrong way.

Stay focused chrome addon

There is also a option of permanent Kill ,by using which once you cross your time limit on a site, it will be blocked for rest of the day,and it cannot be changed So beware while Setting this option. This extension will help many people who are not able to control themselves from logging into there Facebook,twitter and other social accounts!

the Link for this add-on is  Stay Focused

Stay focused chrome addon