Top Tech News of the Week Part-1

1. Sundar Pichai will be the next CEO of Google,Google to be under Parent company Alphabet.

This was the biggest news of the week ,Google's Larry page announced that Indian Sundar Pichai will be the next CEO of Google.

Google unveiled a surprise corporate reorganization Monday, forming a new parent company dubbed Alphabet that will include the Internet search unit as one of several entities.

Google chief executive Larry Page announced the change, saying he would hold the same title at Alphabet, the new holding company for the tech giant's newer ventures such as the research arm X Lab, investment unit Google Ventures and health and science operations.

At the search unit Google, the CEO will be current vice president Sundar Pichai.

"Our company is operating well today, but we think we can make it cleaner and more accountable," said a statement from Page, a co-founder of the tech giant with Sergey Brin 11 years ago.

"So we are creating a new company, called Alphabet. I am really excited to be running Alphabet as CEO with help from my capable partner, Sergey, as president."

Page said Alphabet is "mostly a collection of companies," the largest of which is Google.

Under the new structure, "this newer Google is a bit slimmed down, with the companies that are pretty far afield of our main Internet products contained in Alphabet instead."

Alphabet will include units focusing on life sciences such as a glucose-sensing contact lens and the health research firm Calico, Page said.

Google X, which handles research on self-driving cars and Internet balloons, will also be a separate unit

Other units to be separated include the drone delivery project Wing, Google Fiber's high-speed Internet, the home automation unit Nest and investment arms of the California technology giant.

"Fundamentally, we believe this allows us more management scale, as we can run things independently that aren't very related," he said.

(Read:ABOUT SUNDAR PICHAI)

• Strong leaders, independence - "Alphabet is about businesses prospering through strong leaders and independence. In general, our model is to have a strong CEO who runs each business, with Sergey and me in service to them as needed."

Alphabet Inc. will replace Google Inc. as the publicly traded entity, and all shares of Google will automatically convert to shares of Alphabet, with all of the same rights, Page said.

Google will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet. The Google unit will include search and search ads, maps, apps, YouTube, Android and related technical infrastructure, according to a regulatory filing.

The reorganization comes amid concerns that Google's dominance of the tech sector may have peaked as the landscape evolves.

Google has for years been the leader in Internet search and has turned advertising linked to those searches into a highly lucrative business.

But its shares have struggled since hitting an all-time high in early 2014 and it has little to show for ventures in other areas: self-driving cars, Google Glass, Internet balloons, health care, Google TV, mobile payments, home automation and its Google+ social network, among others.

"This is a pretty assertive move on their part," said Bob O'Donnell, who heads the consultancy TECHnalysis Research.

"There have been a lot of questions about their ability to grow outside of search. Search has been their cash cow for a long time."

The new structure means that each of the projects including "wacky" ones would have to stand on their own and produce results, O'Donnell said.

"There has been a sense they need to be more serious about these things," he told AFP.

Jan Dawson of Jackdaw Research agreed, saying in a tweet, "the biggest question about Google's Alphabet transition is whether we finally get transparency over non-core business finances."

Google shares rallied some 5.6 percent in after-hours trading on the news to $669.08.

2.LG Nexus 5(2015) Leaked

Recently in Youtube and some wesites the specs of upcoming Nexus from Google was leaked here is some info of it.

Some of the leaked details tipped include a 5.2-inch display, which will be a definite bump-up from the original Nexus 5 that featured 4.95-inch display. Further, the handset is said to measure 146.9x72.9x8mm; though the device at its thickest point will measure 9.8mm. Another notable addition is said to be the inclusion of the USB Type-C port. A recent AnTuTu benchmark listing of the Google Nexus 5 2015 claimed a score of 85530, which was the highest in any handset we had seen until now.

In other leak, tipster OnLeaks has claimed some the details about the LG-made Nexus smartphone, and somehow tips that both the Nexus smartphone will sport identical specifications and design, with the only difference will be the screen size.

Recently, OnLeaks had claimed that the Huawei-made Nexus would feature a 5.7-inch display, front-facing speakers, will pack USB Type-C, possibly the 3.0 version, and include a fingerprint scanner. Now, the tipster has tipped the same details for the LG-made Nexus smartphone except the screen size of the handset.

3.MIUI 7,Mi Note 2 and Prime Launched

Xiaomi on Thursday unveiled the new Redmi Note 2 and Redmi Note 2 Prime smartphones alongside showcasing its new MIUI 7 custom ROM based on Android 5.0 Lollipop at an event in Beijing, China.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 has been priced at CNY 899 (approximately Rs. 9,000) while the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime will come at CNY 999 (approximately Rs. 10,000). The Redmi Note 2 will be also available in a 3G-only variant which will be available at CNY 799 (approximately Rs. 8,000). Unfortunately, the company hasn't revealed availability plans for other markets yet - though India details should be revealed on Monday at the company's New Delhi event.

The only difference between the Redmi Note 2 3G and 4G variants is the LTE connectivity support, and the rest of the specifications are the same. The Redmi Note 2 Prime, on the other hand, features a higher clocked processor and comes in only 32GB inbuilt storage variant, but is otherwise identical in terms of specifications to the Redmi Note 2. All the three new handsets run MIUI 7 and feature 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) display.

Under the hood, the Redmi Note 2 packs an octa-core MediaTek Helio X10 processor (2GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 + 2GHz quad-core Cortex-A53) coupled with 2GB of RAM. The Redmi Note 2 Prime on the other hand sports a slightly higher-clocked Helio X10 SoC (2.2GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 + 2.2GHz quad-core Cortex-A53). The handset will be available in two storage variants - 16GB and 32GB; though no word on expandable storage. It packs a 3060mAh battery along with quick charge support. The company at the launch teased that the Redmi Note 2 can hit an Antutu score of 54024, which is more than some of the competitors from Meizu and Huawei.

The Redmi Note 2 sports a 13-megapixel Samsung rear camera sensor with phase detection autofocus (PDAF) and is claimed to feature a shutter speed of 0.1 second. The rear camera features aperture of f/2.2 and a 5-element lens. The handset also houses a 5-megapixel front camera with OmniVision. 

Apart from 4G LTE, connectivity options on the Redmi Note 2 and Redmi Note 2 Prime include Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Micro-USB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/ A-GPS, and infrared, meant for universal remote control of compatible appliances. The 4G variants unveiled in China notably support both TDD-LTE Band 40 2300MHz and FDD-LTE Band 3 1800MHz used in India. Onboard sensors include an accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, and a digital compass (magnetometer).

The Redmi Note 2 measures 152x76x8.25mm which is definitely slimmer than the Redmi Note that measures 154x78.7x9.5mm. The Redmi Note 2 is also lighter at 160 grams than its predecessor which weighed hefty 199 grams. The Redmi Note 2 4G and Redmi Note 2 Prime supports dual 4G Micros-SIM cards.

Xiaomi at the event also showcased its new MIUI 7 ROM for the Chinese market, based on Android 5.0 Lollipop. The company claimed that the new ROM was designed by a 750-strong R&D team and primarily includes colourful themes, including specific themes for men and women. One of the highlight feature of the MIUI 7 is it supports facial recognition in Gallery that groups photos by people. It also allows users to edit names and create profiles on the phone.

Specs

MI Note 2

• 5.5'' 1080p @ 401ppi
• 2Ghz MediaTek Helio Processor
• 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM(+32GB expandable storage)
• 13MP and 5MP camera
• Lollipop on top of MIUI 7
• 3060mAh battery
• Dual 4G