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Ping RecommendsMusic Album- 'Fallen Empires' by Snow Patrol;alternative rock:This time in our music section we'll be previewing(not reviewing) Snow Patrol's upcomingrelease- Fallen Empires. As with other previousSnow Patrol albums, this isn't one which youwill instantly fall for. It's more the one whichwill drift in and out of your mind, embedded inyour head for days. The lyrics, as we havecome to expect from Snow Patrol, are the album'sbiggest strength with the guitar, keyboardand the constant drums being a pleasantbackdrop. Take for instance the lines ‘I can seeyou at the front gate/As you wait on my return/Theyears have blurred to eons/But thetears have never dried/But I’m not coming toyou like this/So battered down inside/I will takethe road forgotten/Again’ from The Presidentwhich cause the classic hit-the-replay-buttonstimulus.'Lifening' with it's poignant strings andLightbody's trademark deep vocals, and 'Thepresident' promise to be an instant hits withthe Snow Patrol faithful while 'This isn't everythingyou are' is a more generic adaption ofSnow Patrol's music style. 'Called out in thedark' along with 'Broken bottles form a star'though being unmistakably Snow Patrol's creationpoint out to the new direction the band isexperimenting with. Fallen Empires managesto be sincere and relatable, a visual and realexperience in spite of the ethereal and intangiblemusic. Although it has an undeniable romanticundertone, it's much more subtle,classy and upbeat than a regular Enrique lovesong and that's the crux of the alum.Android app:Pixlr-o-matic: A photo editor par excellence,the quality and variety of customization puts toshame Adobe's PhotoshopExpress app andmakes others like Pic.say and Little Photo seemjuvenile. Pixlr is probably the only full scale editoravailable for free. It offers a variety of colourand lighting effects and loads of frames.The polished and light interface is an addedbonus.CamScanner: It does what it says on the label -scans pages. However, the way it enhancesthem is just mind blowing. Also it's method ofsaving the scans as a pdf document is uniqueand extremely user friendly, with convenientoptions to rearrange, merge and split thedocuments. A must-have app for students whoconstantly require photocopies.Ping TeamSpecial thanks to: Dr. Giridhar RaoAdvisory Members: Aditya, Archit, Himanshu,Ishaan, Ishan, Kaustav, Mayank, Nahil, Nitish,Rishi, Sankalp and Shipra.Writing:UG2: Garima, KaushikUG1: Akshat, Aneeq, Deepak, Harrshit,Monica, Nikhar, Parth, Priya, Raveesh,Shivraj, Sudhanshu and Vibhav.Designing: Aashit, Deepank, RiturajPublishing: Saumya DwivediLogistics: Chetan, SachinYou can contact us at ping@students.iiit.ac.inWebsite: ping@iiit.ac.inAbout the Front Page: The Banyan Tree wasmade by a few UG1 students — Bharat Jain,Shantanu Patil, Lovepreet Sidhu andRavneet Singh, near OBH D Block using onlymud and leaves. We commend their creativity,effort and imagination and would wish to see agrowth in similar activities in our campus.