Why technology is important for this era? what is best to buy,download and use?

Technology is the boon of engineering . We all study engineering to take the technology to next level and to provide services and inventions so that our life is at more ease.

There is a pool of electronic gadgets being launched everyday in which few are revolutionary which leaves its impact on us.

So lets get started-

Laptop the common necessity for all the students. In this era this section has transformed so much. Recently Acer unleashed the fastest chrome book ,yet with only i5 processor.

Apple recently launched macbook pro  15.5 inch retina display  with a blazing speed , innonative touch pad and super long battery life .  The best part is the thickness which is just 0.71"  and weight bieng 4.5 pounds and its range starts at 2199$.

For students, depending on functions they want to use ,the laptops may be sorted .

some good laptops in market are-

1.HP 15-G002AX ( Rs 34990) "own it , experience it and love it "

2.Dell Inspiron 3542 (Rs 39720) "performance at its best"

3.Acer Aspire E1-572 (Rs 39200) "One of the best selling in this price range"

4.Dell Inspiron 15 5547 (Rs 67590) "A cumulation of style and power"

5.Lenovo Y50-70 (Rs 79990)  "Beast-This laptop is considered as entry level alienware (best gaming laptops)"

Next section is mobiles,tablets and phablets--

Recently the world's largest exhibition Mobile World Congress took place and remarkable products with cuttting edge technology came out

and over 2100 companies showcased:

1. Samsung galaxy S6 and S6 edge having announced, offers premium feel with a glass and aluminum body, next-gen 64-bit processor.

2.HTC has unveiled the HTC One M9 with minor changes to M8, a 20 MP rear camera and snapdragon 810 processor and lollipop based android.

3.Sony revealed two new devices (neither of them are the Xperia Z4 smartphone), these being the midrange inspired Sony Xperia M4 Aqua and the high-end Xperia Z4 Tablet.

The Omnibalance design with metal and glass is apparent on the cutting-edge Z4 Tablet, while the M4 Aqua looks like a solid mid-tier device housed in plastic, with 2 GB of RAM and octa-core Snapdragon processor.

4. LG also introduced their Android Wear Smartwatch LG Watch Urbane with features like voice calling and 4 mid range smartphones.

Next few cool devices in market  are Sony Z3 (only device with IP68 certification), Iphone 6 ( impressive device but battery life very poor and also priced high)

Note 4 ( top notch device), moto x(2nd generation) ,LG G3 , Samsung galaxy S5, Nexus 6 "the beast phablet"

Recently lambhorgini launched lambhorgini 88 tauri at a price of Rs 4.5 lakhs in category of luxury smartphone.

But these are smartphones priced over Rs 30000 but to name a few good budget gadgets we have-

One Plus One  probably the best and high performance with cyanogen custom ROM at a price of Rs 18999 for 116 gig version.

MOTO E (2nd gen) recently launched with lollipop interface and a secondary camera at a cheap price of Rs 6999 and its competitor Lenovo A6000 are cool and MOTO G (2nd gen)

too launched earlier at a price of Rs 12999 is one of good budget smartphones.

and again the chinese company Xiaomi with a powerful performance hits indian markets like Red MI2,MI 4.

Huwaei Honor 6 and Lumia 730,1320 , Sony Xperia ZR, Blackberry Q5, Samsung Galaxy Grand2 are also some good mid range smartphones present in the market.

Even a pletora tablets are there in markets but here are few cool ones which one should be  considered before buying-

Apple ipad Air 2 (Rs 35900) "elegant, superfine " ,

the new HTC nexus 9( Rs 25000) for those who want to have a true android experience with quick updates,

Samsung Note 10.1 (Rs 44000) ,

Apple Ipad Air ( Rs 27400) The Apple iPad Air improves on literally all areas of the iPad- screen quality, performance, battery life, and most importantly its weight and dimensions

Asus Google Nexus 7 (Rs16000)- The 2nd gen Nexus 7 is our choice for the best 7-inch Android tablet to buy in India. Its pure Android UI is silky smooth, high resolution screen ensures a premium experience for browsing, gaming and video.

THOUGH ALL THE GADGETS ARE USEFUL BUT IT TOTALLY DEPENDS ON USERS NECESSITY

With the advancent of technology the softwares has advaced too from Windows 95 to the new upcoming Windows 10 , from android 1.0 to android 5.1 ,it has changed the way of usage , blazing speeds,improved multi-tasking. To name a few apart from what we all know "Windows" are-

1.Ubuntu (an open source  software) is a mixture of macintosh and windows

2.Fedora ( best os ) all softwares are out of the box  and you can install multiple operating system in fedora.

3.Linux Mint - its free and one of the lightest os ever handled with good built packages like vlc player and video drivers.

4.Mackintosh OSX - a unix based os which is quite easy to use .

5.Android -"virus protected and speedy"

Some of the best apps to download for android are-

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1.Zinio- provides the reader with all popular magazines. It has rich media, exclusive content and beautiful UI.

2.Moon+reader- is a feature-rich eBook reader that also offers access to a huge online library of free eBook.

3.Sing! Karaoke By Smule-

Sing along to a large collection of popular songs by yourself or with other users and then share your song with your friends.

4.Cubed- It is one of the most gorgeous looking music players you’ll find on the Play Store.

5.Moves-It’s a pedometer apt for your smartphone. It keeps an activity log, can differentiate between walking, running and cycling.

You can track your active and sedentary times and monitor your moves!

6.My Dawaai-A must have app for Indians, My Dawaai lets you know the alternatives for expensive prescribed medicines.

Find medicine counterparts with generic names sold locally.

7.Foodpanda - Food Delivery:The Foodpanda app helps you quickly find good restaurants to order home delivery or take away.

8.Bloomberg- This app provides a comprehensive view of stock markets from around the world along with relevant business news.

For the gamers here are the  amazing games which one should play- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare,Bioshock Infinite,Comapany of heroes,

Gone Home,Fifa 14,Batman :Arkham Origins, Far Cry 4,NFS Rivals.

Some great achievements in 2014 are-

1. 3D Printing

2. The Supercomputer the Size of a Postage Stamp:IBM unveiled a micropship which can store a million computational units into the area the size of a postage stamp. These are based on our understanding of how the brain works.

3. Self Driven Cars

4. Magic Bos- This Box dries your wet phone.

5. Google Glasses- This can be set to any presciption.

6. The Guide to Undo tech mistakes-  We can unsend an email.

7. World’s  first Smart Suitcase- "hell yeah "

8. Screenless displays.

 The technology today is at par and evolving at great pace and we being  engineering students should try to do something innovative and conribute.

 "Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of art and of sciences."

 by-

 GAURAV SINHA