Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Pune Warriors India to leave IPL forever

Pune Warriors India, owner by Sahara India Pariwar has been pulled out the Indian Premier League for the second time. This decision came out when the firm demanded BCCI to reduce the franchise fee for Pune Warriors India which BCCI refused.

In result to which the bang guarantees for Pune Warriors India were encashed and led to the termination of the franchise of the team from Indian Premier League.

A spokesperson from Sahara confirmed " This is the firms final decision to withdraw Sahara from the IPL".




Once again after 2012 this has happend, Sahara had withdrawn the team Pune Warriors India once before also in 2012 for similiar reasons where as those differences were cleared and the team went forward.

Reportedly, Sahara has completely refused to join IPL even if the entire fee is waived. Sahara has also planned to discontinue the sponsorship from Indian Cricket Team once their contract ends in December 2013. Whereas they refrained due to the interest of the players. 

Pune Warriors India was the most expensive franchise of the whole league. The franchise was purchased by Sahara for Rs.1,702 crore in 20122 for 10 years.
 

Pune Warriors India finished eighth in the sixth season of the IPL, winning four of the 16 matches played.

Sources : Times of India

Friday, May 17, 2013

Google Wallet - Simply WOW

Once again, Google comes up with something and something really cool.

Google Wallet.

I dont know if you have heard about it or no, But for me its new and its something cool.

Google Wallet is a virtual wallet for in store and online shopping. With the help of google wallet you will very soon be able to send money which will be integrated with gmail.

Google Wallet is a mobile payment system developed by Google that allows its users to store debit cards, credit cards, loyalty cards, and gift cards among other things, as well as redeeming sales promotions on their mobile phone. Google Wallet uses near field communication (NFC) to "make secure payments fast and convenient by simply tapping the phone on any PayPass-enabled terminal at checkout."

Google Wallet is currently available on the following devices:

Phones
  • Samsung Nexus S 4G on Sprint
  • Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Sprint
  • Samsung Galaxy Nexus GSM/HSPA+
  • Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE on Sprint
  • Samsung Galaxy SIII on Sprint, MetroPCS, and US Cellular
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 on Sprint
  • Samsung Galaxy Axiom on US Cellular
  • LG Viper™ 4G LTE on Sprint
  • LG Optimus Elite™ on Sprint and Virgin Mobile
  • LG Nexus 4 GSM/HSPA+ (available for purchase on Google Play)
  • HTC EVO 4G LTE on Sprint
  • HTC One on Sprint
Tablets
  • Asus Nexus 7 (available for purchase on Google Play)
  • Samsung Nexus 10 (available for purchase on Google Play)

Currently, Google Wallet does not support devices purchased anywhere besides United States. Even an unlocked mobile phone will not work with Google Wallet.

Tap your NFC-enabled phone to pay anywhere contactless payments are accepted. Look for these symbols at checkout:
Google Wallet also let's you discover new deals and purchase them from your cell phone.

Let's see when does this masterpiece arrive India and allow us to send us money through our email i'd.


Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Blackberry Messenger (BBM) to go Cross Platform


Today morning brought a new surprise to the consumers which was ecstatic and something we all were waiting for. Our very own Blackberry Messenger, Blackberry's popular messaging app will finally be operational on other operating software's like iPhone and Android besides Blackberry.

 This is the first time BlackBerry has brought BBM to other platforms, and it’s something the company’s fans have been begging for over the past few years. It’ll be available on iPhones running iOS 6 or greater and Android Phones running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

In the first version of multi-platform BBM, iOS and Android users are expected to be able to experience the following BBM features:

- The immediacy of BBM chats
- Multi-person chats
- Voice note sharing
- BlackBerry Groups, where BBM users are able to set up groups of up to 30 people and share calendar, photos, files and more