Former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Passes Away

 Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and also known as "Missile Man" and Peoples President, 84 Collapsed while giving a lecture to the students at IIM- Shillong. He was taken to a private hospital in Shillong in very serious condition. Latter in the night he was confirmed dead after fighting death for more than two hours in ICU.

According to the reports, he suffered a massive Cardiac arrest during his lecture at IIM.

As per the Governor of Meghalaya V Shanmughanathan, who moved to the hospital as soon as he got the news. He said " Dr. Kalam died at 7.45".

There were efforts made by the hospital doctors as well as the Doctors from Army hospital and also from North Eastern Indhira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Science but this efforts could not save Dr. Kalam.

This was Dr. Kalam's last tweet: 

On Monday morning, former President of India had taken to Twitter to announce his visit to Shillong to attend an event.

A seven day national mourning was declared by the Centre and both the Houses of Parliament will be adjourn as a mark of respect for the former President. President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the sad demise of Dr. Kalam.

APJ Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931. A student of physics, he was obsessed with aerospace engineering.He spearheaded India’s missile development efforts. For 4 decades he played a pivotal role in the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He also played a major role in the Pokhran-II tests. Scientifically, Mr Kalam put India on the map.In 2002 he was elected as India’s 11th President.

The Government of India has honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1981 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1990 for his work with ISRO and DRDO and his role as a scientific advisor to the Government. In 1997, Kalam received India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, for his contribution to the scientific research and modernisation of defence technology in India. Dr. Kalam's 79th birthday was recognised as World Student Day by the United Nations. In 2005, Switzerland declared 26 May as "Science Day" to commemorate Kalam's visit to the country

Srijan Pal Singh was with him for the event. He told That Dr. kalam was talking with him while coming to shillong about his concern for the adorning of the Parliment and Parliment not working properly. He wanted to ensure that this houses of parliament work properly without any difficulties. So he told Srijan that he will ask students in IIM about the solution for this.

In his last speech he was talking on the topic of "Liveable Planet". How to make this earth more liveable. Till his last breath he was concern about the country and people living in this country. He spent his whole life among people. He denied his second term in the office of President as he wanted to live with common people.

Dr. Kalam loved guiding people, giving lectures and to work as a teacher and he died doing what he loved. 

Today Our nation has lost one of her most influential, most dedicated, and most down to earth person. We lost our wings of fire that inspired millions with a message of hope and excellence. He always dreamt of making India a superpower. In his book "India 2020" he gives a framework to do so. This has been one of the biggest loss for this nation.

" You have to dream before your dream can come true" - Dr.  APJ Abdul Kalam

So now, we the people of this nation should work to fulfil his dream. The dream to make India a Superpower. Superpower in all the aspects form Nation security to economic empowerment to science and development to Ground level development.  

  

 

Micromax's Yu Yureka Plus

Micromax YU just launched , the company’s latest smartphone in the YU series named as YU Yureka Plus. YU Yureka Plus is the next generation version of YU Yureka which was the first phone launched by Micromax new brand YU. YU priced this phone at Rs. 9,999. This new phone will be on sale on Amazon on this Friday 24 July from 12 pm IST,  and will be open for registration from 20 July on Amazon.

Now talking about its specification, its a next version of YU Yureka. As we know Yureka was one of the best smartphone in its price range. The customizable OS i.e. CynogenMod OS is its plus over other phones. Still it also has powerful hardware with 64 bit Snapdragon processor. 

Yu Yureka Plus has 5.5 - inch full HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection   

has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, compared to a 5.5-inch HD display on the YUREKA. It is powered by a Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (4×1.5GHz + 4×1.0GHz) processor and runs on Cyanogen OS 12 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash, Sony IMX214 sensor, compared to Sony IMX135 sensor on the YUREKA and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

Other Features:

• 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
• Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) (ARM Cortex A53 – 4×1.5GHz + 4×1.0GHz) processor with Adreno 405 GPU
• 2GB DDR3 RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
• Dual SIM
• Cyanogen OS 12 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
• 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, Sony IMX214 sensor,  5P Largan Blue Lens, 1080p video recording
• 5MP front-facing camera, 1.4 micron pixel size
• 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, USB OTG
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
• 2500mAh battery

The Smartphone wil be available in Albaster White and Moondust colour varients.  The company notes that both the colours will be available for first flash sale on Friday. 

Commenting on the launch, Founder of YU Rahul Sharma said, " With Yureka we ushered in the revolution that is  YUPlayGoa and we couldn't have asked better response from our community". 

Net neutrality in India

The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) on Thursday issued their report on Net Neutrality in India. After a lot of protests and discussions against the Net Neutrality all over the internet, the result is in favor!

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The Net Neutrality Committee said that the user rights on the Internet need to be ensured so that Telecom Service Providers/Internet Service Providers (TSPs/ISPs) do not restrict the ability of the user to send, receive, display, use, post any legal content, application or service on the Internet, or restrict any kind of lawful Internet activity or use. 
In Their report they said that net neutrality is very important for the good internet experience and also stressed in their report on inheriting  some core principals of net neutrality.
DoT will be working with the TRAI (telecom regulatory of India) for incorporating some of the important principles of net neutrality and safeguarding of net neutrality.
The DoT report consist of more than 100 pages and is the clear notification from the government on net neutrality.

The international best practices along with core principles of net neutrality will help in formulating India specific net neutrality approach. India should take a rational approach and initiate action in making an objective policy, specific to the needs of our country. The timing for this is apt, taking into consideration the exponential growth of content and applications on the internet," noted the report.

More significantly, it addresses the question of over the top (OTT) services like WhatsApp that telecom operators allege have an unfair advantage because they are not licenced. But the report says "specific OTT communication services dealing with messaging should not be interfered with through regulatory instruments."

This debate on net neutrality in India was started in April this year. Thousands of web users posted against this on social media to show their displeasure at this idea of going away from net neutrality.

You can read full net neutrality report by DoT here.

New Horizon - NASA

View of Pluto from Horizon

New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched on January 19, 2006, as part of NASA New Frontier program.  The ambitious mission aimed to send a lightweight, cost-effective spacecraft to Pluto, later evolving into a Kuiper Belt Object mission named Pluto Kuiper Express.

The goal of the mission is to understand the formation of the Pluto system, the Kuiper Belt, and the transformation of the early Solar System. The spacecraft will study the atmospheres, surfaces, interiors and environments of Pluto and its moons. It will also study other objects in the Kuiper Belt.

New Horizons made a close flyby of Jupiter in Feb. 2007 in order to get a gravitational boost enroute to Pluto, shortening its cruise time by about 3 years.  The instruments were exercised successfully and returned exciting Jupiter science to earth, including images of a 200 mile high plume from the active Tvashtar volcano.

The moment, played out on Tuesday to the sound of The Final Countdown by the 1980s glam metal band Europe, marked a historic achievement for the US, which can now claim to be the only nation to have visited every planet in the classical solar system.

“It feels good,” said Alan Stern, lead scientist on the mission. “So many people put so much work into this around the country. We’ve completed the initial reconnaissance of the solar system, an endeavour started under President Kennedy.”

John Grunsfeld, head of Nasa’s science mission directorate, said that images beamed back from New Horizons on its approach showed Pluto to be an “extraordinarily interesting and complex world”.

“It’s just amazing. It’s truly a hallmark in human history,” he said of the encounter with Pluto. “It’s been an incredible voyage.”

Horizon

Bristling with cameras and other instruments, the New Horizons probe was programmed to gather a wealth of images and data as it sped past Pluto and its five small moons, Charon, Styx, Nix, Hydra and Kerberos.

For more details visit NASA.

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How to convert a website into an Android app

Hello, This article will guide you to setup android environment using Android Studio and also explains you how to convert your website into an android app in few simple steps.

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Step 1:

First and foremost, Download the Android Studio to set up an Android development environment.
you can download it from  this link.
After Downloading Install this software.

Step 2:

After installation, open the folder in which android studio is installed. It will be installed in the program files. And open SDK manager from that Android Studio folder.
Mostly the path will be C:\Program Files(x86)\Android\Android-Studio\sdk\sdk manager but may differ as per your installation.
You can also open SDK manager from Android Studio. go to Tools>android>SDK manager

Step 3:

After opening SDK manager install all the tools and also install at least one API of  an Android version you want to target.
See the Image for more details

SDK Manager: Installing Tools

SDK Manager: Installing API

Step 4:

Open android Studio and create a new project

Give your application a name starting with a capital leter
Select the minimum API you want to target.(e.g. 4.2.2 API 17)(just remember lower the version you want to target lesser will be the features).
Select a Blank activity.

Step 5:

You will see your project open on the android studio
you will need to change three files from this project to serve your purpose.
activty_main.xml(this file will be there in layout folder under res)
MyActivity.java(this file will be there in java folder)
AndroidManifest.xml
So open this three files from the project.

Step 6:

Go to activity_main.xml file
add lines of code and do the changes as shown in the image. (selected portion in the image)

activity_main.xml

Step 7:

Go to MyActivity.java add lines of code as shown in the image in onCreate function
In this, add the URL of a site which you want to convert it to an android app.
In my case, I have given my site URL i.e. shreeontechnology.blogspot.in

MyActivity.java 

Step 8:

Same way go to AndroidManifest.xml and give permissions.

AndroidManifest.xml 

Step 9:

Open AVD manager from android studio i.e. Go to Tools>android>AVD manager
Create one Virtual Device there. To create Select the create option and follow some simple steps.
Once you have created the Android Virtual Device start it. to start the device select the device and click on start.(if (it will take some time so have patience)

Step 10:

Once your AVD is started go to the Studio and run your app. Go to Run>run'app'
this will install your app in your AVD.
Your app will open on the AVD(have patience, may take some time)

So this is it, your website is converted into an android app in this few simple steps. If you think  this post is worth sharing please share. Also leave me a comment as how can i improve this post as well your experience while using this post.Thank You.

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Shrikrishna Parab is founder of The- WeOnTech. He is a researcher in the field of Computer Science and Technology. He is 25 and lives in Goa. You can Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.