Towards the end of each year, we host our awards ceremony to reveal the best gadgets from the previous 12 months. The EE Pocket-lint Gadget Awards is now in its 13th year and we’re now ready to reveal the products that have caught our eye so much they have made our final shortlist. These are the products for each of the 19 categories that you can vote on yourself. Your vote, plus those of industry experts, will be combined to find the overall winner for each category come the official EE Pocket-lint Gadget Awards ceremony on 14 November. You can register…
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The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has declared the results of entrance test for admission to its research programme (MPhil/PhD)on its official website. The exam was conducted on August 20, 2017. Steps to check the results: 1) Visit the official website of IGNOU 2) Click on link for entrance test result for admission to research programme(MPhil/PhD)in the alerts section 3) Enter nine digit enrolment number 4) Click on submit 5) Result will be displayed on the screen 6) Take a printout and save it on your computer Note: The entrance test is qualifying in nature. Qualifying the entrance test does not entitle the candidate…
Not only in schools, but teachers will now also be able to track whether students are actually studying at home. Around 5000 students of Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country studying in class 8 are being provided tablets on a pilot basis. Students will use them especially for science and mathematics. According to a senior KV official, the tablets are enabled with multi-device management software that can be used by the teachers to find out whether the student used the tablet at all for studying, what material was accessed and for what duration. The Union human resource development (HRD) ministry will…
The All India Management Association (AIMA) has announced the results of the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) September 2017 exam. Those who have taken the examination can check their results on the official website of the AIMA. Steps to check the results: 1) Go to the official website of AIMA 2) Click on ‘MAT Result September 2017’ written below the blue box in the middle of the page 3) Fill in roll number and form number on the log in page that opens 4) Click on submit 5) Candidates’ result will be displayed on the screen The examination was held in September this year.…
Since its launch back in March, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been riding a high, breaking a number of new milestones over the past couple of months. After beating non-Valve games in daily playtime hours earlier this month, and briefly stripping Dota 2 of its peak concurrent players record, the game has hit another milestone by reaching the highest peak concurrent player count on Steamever. PlayerUnknown’s twitter account on Saturday tweeted that the game had 1,342,857 players online at the same time, yet again surpassing games like Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which recorded 1,295,114 and 854,801 players at the time, respectively. This comes after it…
FIFA 18 and other EA games may not be exclusive to Amazon India any more. Two years ago, Amazon India had announced that games from Need for Speed and FIFA publisher EA would be exclusive to the e-commerce giant in the country. However, this no longer appears to be the case. Multiple retailers and sub-distributors have confirmed with Gadgets 360 that Amazon India has enlisted Zupitex, a Delhi-based distributor to sell EA games to stores across the country. “Zupitex approached us to buy FIFA 18 from them. They wanted us to pay Rs. 3,800 per copy on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, and wanted…
In the run up to Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Nintendo announced the Poke Ball Edition New Nintendo 2DS XL during its Nintendo Direct video. Aside from looking like a Poke Ball that’s used to capture Pokemon in the long-running series, the Poke Ball Edition New Nintendo 2DS XL release date is November 3 and could cost $149 (around Rs. 9,600), which is what 2DS XL consoles usually retail for. As for Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, a trailer showed off 3D graphics similar to Pokemon Sun and Moon, but Nintendo stressed on new additions. These include new areas like a…
Nintendo announced that 2016 first-person shooter Doom will be coming to the Nintendo Switch. Doom for the Nintendo Switch will be out this year, although no exact date has been announced just yet. Prior to this, Bethesda’s VP of Marketing, Pete Hines hinted that the company had an unannounced game due this year. Doom for the Nintendo Switch appears to be it. Considering how well optimised Doom was on all platforms, we won’t be surprised to see Doom on the Nintendo Switch to be equally slick despite its hardware limitations. In our Doom review we felt that Bethesda had the right idea in mind when…
Super Mario Odyssey for the Nintendo Switch headlines September’s Nintendo Direct. Previously, Nintendo Direct events showed off Splatoon 2 and Pokemon to name a few. With a duration of 45 minutes, there’s definitely more to it. Here’s what you need to know. Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo Direct time and date The Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo Direct begins at 3pm PT on September 13 (3:30am IST, September 14). It will last for 45 minutes. Like other Nintendo Directs, it is a pre-recorded video of what games to expect from Nintendo on its consoles – the Nintendo Switch and 3DS. Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo…
The IITs have revoked a ban, which they had imposed on 30 companies, mostly start-ups, barring them from participating in campus placements. The ban was announced after these firms withdrew their offers made to the students last year. The decision to revoke the ban was taken on Wednesday at a meeting of the All-IIT Placement Committee (AIPC), where the members unanimously decided to withdraw it. They body was of the opinion that the placement committee in each of the IITs should consider the track record of a particular company, before inviting it to take part in the campus placements. “As…