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Google has launched its very own short-URL service to the public, Goo.gl.

With the world being taken over by Twitter along with its 140-characters limit, the demand for short-URL service has been increasing. As you cannot really share a long URL without the help of these services.

Google's URL Shortener service Goo.gl

The most popular service so far is Bit.ly. They sure have to brace themselves for the competition from the Big G himself.

Goo.gl interface seems very similar to Bit.ly including its statistics. But of course without the fancy design of Bit.ly as being simply and to the point is what Google always does.

Since this game is all about number of characters. The lower the better.

Bit.ly and Goo.gl are initially equal. They both are 6-characters in length. But in looking smaller Bit.ly wins!

Now, lets try to short an URL : http://www.thfire.com/offbeat/10-weirdest-ebay-auctions-7724 <- this is 60-characters long!

Bit.ly : http://bit.ly/c04MFq <– 20-Characters with ‘http://’ and 13-characters without ‘http://’

Goo.gl : http://goo.gl/DVaF <– 18-Characters with ‘http://’ and 11-characters without ‘http://’

Since Goo.gl is new it can offer a much smaller URL right now, but as people start using it they size must increase to accommodate new URLs. I am guessing they can support 557,845 18-character URLs.

I also checked the redirection time. Both seems pretty fast. I couldn’t find any considerable difference.

Goo.gl is winning by 2 characters right now.

So, lets see what Google tell us why we must use Goo.gl. According to Google’s Social Web Blog, “when you click a goo.gl shortened URL, you’re protected against malware, phishing and spam using the same industry-leading technology we use in search and other products.”

“Earlier today, Google engineer Matt Cutts tweeted … add .qr to a shortened goo.gl URL and you’ll create a QR code that, when scanned, will redirect to the original URL. It’s a quirky additive that makes goo.gl all the more friendly for brands and marketers experimenting with QR codes. A Twitter tipster also informed us that you can add .info to the goo.gl URL to check out analytics,” Mashable said.

Designation: Sr.Product Applications Engineer/ Compatibility Engineer

Job Description:

Ø pSSD Testing and Test Automation: Create test plans for pSSD testing, implementing test procedures, automating the test systems of pSSD product line. Creating pSSD usage models and corresponding test cases;

Ø Service Delivery Card testing: Getting test plans validated, making internal systems for testing Service Delivery Cards. Test the content delivery mechanism; test the mobile applications software.

Ø The individual will develop test cases, test plans and processes and implement them for Mobile phones and other flash card hosts.

Ø Knowledge of electronics engineering fundamentals, strong analytical and technical skills to debug issues, team leadership skills, communication skills and strong IT skills with preferably mobile test automation and mobile testing experience.

Ø The candidate should be detail oriented, systematic and people friendly an the work requires the individual to make extensive reports, presentations and conference calls.

Company Profile :

Founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari, an internationally recognized authority on non-volatile memory technology, SanDisk has grown to become the world’s largest supplier of innovative flash memory data storage products.

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Desired Profile :

Educational Qualification : Bachelor or Master’s in ECE or EEE Engineering from reputed institutes like IIT, NIT, REC or IISc.

Required Experience:

Ø The ideal candidate will have ECE/EEE graduate or post graduate degree with 7+ years of technical + leadership experience.

Ø The candidate should be detail oriented, systematic, people friendly leader.

Ø The work requires making of extensive reports, presentations and conference calls.

Experience: 3 – 10 Years

Functional Area: Embedded/EDA /VLSI/ASIC/Chip Design

Education:
UG – B.Tech/B.E. – Electrical, Electronics/Telecomunication
PG – M.Tech – Electrical, Electronics/Telecomunication

Location: Bengaluru/Bangalore

Website:  http://www.sandisk.com

Designation: Aricent- Senior Software Engineer

Job Description:

Contribute primarily to functional specifications, high-level design, low level design, documentation, coding, design and code reviews, testing, problem fixing, test reports, and provide SW support for Integration, System Verification and in the post-Release phase

Company Profile:

Aricent is a global innovation, technology and services company focused exclusively on communications. Aricent is a strategic supplier to the world’s leading application, infrastructure and service providers, with operations in 19 countries worldwide.Today’s trillion dollar “mile wide inch deep” services market is transitioning to very large, vertically oriented segments as customer look for deep domain expertise, innovation and implementation from a single strategic supplier. Gartner estimates the market opportunity in communications industry, with its massive scale and unprecedented period of change, to exceed $100B in 2009. Aricent is the first company to combine both innovation and implementation to capitalize on this significant market transformation and opportunity.

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Candidate Profile:

Senior Software Engineers responsible for development of location management functionality on SMLC and GMLC.Wireless, GMLC,SMLC, development of mobile location centric nodes, location management techniques such as ECID,TA,UTDOA etc.3-4 years of experience in development using C,C++,Unix/Linux specifically in Wireless

Complete SDLC, i.e. Requirement analysis, design, CUT, SSI, Test Planning and support. Stron Experience in EMS, NMS, Java, SNMP, Clearcase, Object Oriented technology

Stack Porting on UNIX/Linux/QNX Development/Hands-on experience with IP Security stacks Hands-on experience on IP based development Development in C/C++,Key words- OS Porting, C, Unix

Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Experience: 3 – 6 Years

Functional Area: Technical/Software

Education:
UG – B.Tech/B.E. – Any Specialization
PG – MBA/PGDM – Any Specialization, Other

Website:   http://careers.aricent.com