TODAY'S FIRST TWO TOPMOST TECHNICAL TRENDING...........NOW LIVE

1. National Geophysical Research Institute‬, ‪Earthquake‬, ‪India‬‬:-
NGRI records 1,534 quakes in 50 years. The seismic observatory at National Geophysical Research Institute completes five decades of service since it was set up in 1967. The facility’s scientists talk about tectonic shift in seismic studies from merely reporting earthquakes in the past to providing cities with estimates for damage along with risk assessment.

“Today, earthquake risk-assessments are essential for all major infrastructure projects,” said D. Srinagesh, who heads the seismic observatory. Seismic observatory of NGRI records over 1,500 quakes in 50 years
Hyderabad, Dec 4 (UNI) The seismic observatory located on the sprawling campus of the city-based National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) has recorded more than 1,500 earthquakes during the last 50 years.
Scientists manning the observatory said that there had been a tectonic shift in seismic studies from just reporting earthquakes in the past to providing cities with estimates for damage and risk assessment.
Head of the seismic observatory D Srinagesh said that in the present times earthquake risk-assessments were essential for all major infrastructure projects.
He said the data about the research work done at the NGRI seismic observatory set up way back in 1967 was still used in world-class publications.


2.  Huawei Honor 6X‬, ‪LG V10‬, ‪India‬‬:-
Huawei Honor 6X smartphone has launched in India today. The phone was announced at the company’s event at CES 2017, and follows in the footsteps of the Honor 8 and Huawei P9 – which also feature the dual rear camera setup.
The specifications are as follows:

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	Announced	2017, December
	Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, January 8th

BODY	Dimensions	157 x 75 x 7 mm (6.18 x 2.95 x 0.28 in)
	Weight	172 g (6.07 oz)
	Build	Front glass, aluminum body
	SIM	Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY	Type	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.99 inches, 92.6 cm2 (~78.6% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~403 ppi density)
	Multitouch	Yes
		- EMUI 8.0

PLATFORM	OS	Android 8.0 (Oreo)
	Chipset	Hisilicon Kirin 970
	CPU	Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
	GPU	Mali-G72 MP12

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
	Internal	128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4/6 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	Dual: 16 MP (f/1.8) + 20 MP, phase detection autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
	Video	2160p@30fps
	Secondary	13 MP, f/2.0

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
	Bluetooth	4.2, A2DP, aptX HD, LE
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
	NFC	Yes
	Infrared port	Yes
	Radio	No
	USB	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go

FEATURES	Sensors	Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
	Browser	HTML5
	Java	No
		- Fast battery charging 4.5V/5A (58% in 30 min) - DivX/XviD/MP4/H.265/WMV player - MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/Flac player - Document editor - Photo/video editor

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Po 3750 mAh battery
	Stand-by	Up to 528 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 23 h (3G)

MISC	Colors	Navy Blue, Midnight Black, Beach Gold, Aurora Blue, Charm Red
	Price	About 500 EUR

For lg v10:-

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	Announced	2015, October
	Status	Available. Released 2015, October

BODY	Dimensions	159.6 x 79.3 x 8.6 mm (6.28 x 3.12 x 0.34 in)
	Weight	192 g (6.77 oz)
	Build	Stainless Steel sides, plastic back
	SIM	Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
		- MIL-STD-810G compliant - shock resistant

DISPLAY	Type	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.7 inches, 89.6 cm2 (~70.8% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1440 x 2560 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~515 ppi density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 4
		- Secondary display, 160 x 1040 pixels, 2.1 inches

PLATFORM	OS	Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808
	CPU	Hexa-core (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A57)
	GPU	Adreno 418

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
	Internal	32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	16 MP (f/1.8, 1/2.6"), laser autofocus, OIS, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
	Video	2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., check quality
	Secondary	Dual 5 MP, f/2.2

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- 32-bit/192kHz audio - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
	Bluetooth	4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
	NFC	Yes
	Infrared port	Yes
	Radio	FM radio
	USB	microUSB 2.0 (SlimPort 4K), USB On-The-Go

FEATURES	Sensors	Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, color spectrum
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Java	No
		- Fast battery charging: 50% in 40 min (Quick Charge 2.0) - MP4/DviX/XviD/H.264/WMV player - MP3/WAV/FLAC/eAAC+/WMA player - Photo/video editor - Document editor

BATTERY		Removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery
	Stand-by	Up to 150 h (2G) / Up to 150 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 22 h (2G) / Up to 18 h (3G)

MISC	Colors	Space Black, Luxe White, Modern Beige, Ocean Blue, Opal Blue
	SAR EU	0.59 W/kg (head)
	Price	About 250 EUR

TESTS	Performance	Basemark OS II 2.0: 1383 / Basemark X: 15161
	Display	Contrast ratio: 1490 (nominal), 2.744 (sunlight)
	Camera	Photo / Video
	Loudspeaker	Voice 66dB / Noise 64dB / Ring 70dB
	Audio quality	Noise -93.3dB / Crosstalk -93.0dB
	Battery life	Endurance rating 56h