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For Google, IPL’s YouTube partnership is so important that they have started promoting a specially created page for IPL.
Worldwide, Google has promoted a few products (like Droid) on the homepage, but I believe this is the first time, Google India is promoting a landing page from Google.co.in.

The special landing page created for IPL 2010 is nothing but a major attempt to promote the IPL’s YouTube channel since Youtube has grabbed the 2 year right to Exclusive web telecast of IPL. Worldwide, this is the first major sporting event to be live-streamed on YouTube and as part of the deal, YouTube will also offer users a exclusive unique feed not available on any other media platform of all IPL matches.

MAX, the official broadcaster of DLF Indian Premier League (IPL), has entered into an alliance with Sun Direct to telecast IPL matches in high-definition (HD) format on the Sun Direct platform. IPL cricket matches on HD broadcast will give a unique and new world-class experience to millions of passionate cricket lovers in India

IPL may be a hit among masses but we are sure that it’s a nightmare for marketing guys of all other channels (except Set Max). All major entertainment channels started preparing long back to counter IPL

India’s most popular and single-destination mobile value-added services (VAS) provider, Indiatimes 58888, has announced a tie-up with vRock Mobile Communications to offer DLF IPL content to its users.
The tie-up will enable Indiatimes users not only to enjoy live IPL action, including live mobile commentary, SMS alerts and interactive voice response, they will also get a chance to participate in contests and win attractive prizes.

ITV, the oldest television network in the United Kingdom, has been awarded the exclusive broadcasting rights for DLF-IPL III.
This is a landmark event. About 20 million households in the UK will be able to see the IPL III matches live with ITV’s free-to-air service. UK is the biggest market for cricket outside India and the IPL’s aim was to reach them.

Apalya Technologies, owners of the “MiMobiTV” service, partnered with Global Cricket Ventures (GCV), which establishes Apalya as the exclusive mobile, live video streaming provider for all Indian Premier League (IPL) matches for the next three years, including the forthcoming 2010 IPL season. The rights granted cover live video streaming for all mobile platforms worldwide for the IPL on an exclusive basis.

UFO Moviez is targeting a revenue of Rs 500 million by showing the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches across 1,000 screens in India, presenting a case for rich dividends in future from theatrical exploitation.
The company has so far signed contracts for 650 screens and hopes to seal deals that would enable it to spread its net across 1,000 screens during the course of the event.

Karbon Mobile comes on as Operating sponsor for ipl for 3 years and also as main sponsor for ipl nights. biggest single sponsor of IPL

The News Broadcasters Association, the body of top news channels, announced that all its members would boycott the IPL. Talks between IPL and official broadcaster SET Max and the news channel broke down when IPL/SET Max refused to consider any of the issues raised by NBA and said the terms set down by them for coverage were non-negotiable.
This means there will be no surround sound about IPL matches on TV channels, although the game itself would be telecast by SET Max. This is bound to reduce the buzz around the IPL tournament as news channels not only report the matches, but also analyse the games.

If you have any grand plans of watching the Indian Premiere League (IPL) T-20 matches on the big screen, you can forget it if your favourite restaurant or mall there doesn’t have permission. You may also want to see. The permission has to be got from distributors holding exclusive live telecast rights for the matches starting March 12.

Right Ya Wrong’ starring Sunny Deol, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma and Isha Kopikar hits theatres on Friday, coinciding with the commencement of the IPL III matches, the famous director feels that notwithstanding the IPL fever, a good film will always draw audiences to the theatres.
No IPL can stop a good film from running. The love for watching films in theatres will always be there. After all, people too want to see good films. ‘… iski ticket ki bhi bahut value hain agar picture sachi hain toh’ (If a film is sincere in its aim to entertain the audience, its ticket hold a great value).

International news agencies including the Associated Press said they will not cover this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament later this month because of new IPL rules restricting where and how tournament news can be distributed.
The News Media Coalition, the international body that monitors attempts by sporting events to control news coverage, said a number of media organisations were concerned about the IPL rules.
“Newspapers in India and abroad are also known to be reconsidering their plans for coverage,” the NMC said in a statement. “As many publishers the world over rely upon news agencies for news material, the stance taken by the IPL can only serve to limit news and free promotional value of their event and brand.”
News agencies want the IPL to remove or change rules that forbid distribution of tournament coverage to subscribers whose business affiliations or publishing methods IPL finds objectionable.
The media also objected to the limits IPL seeks to impose on the frequency of news and photo updates posted on the Internet while matches are in progress.

And finally what the official IPL Tweeter Lalit Modi had to say. Social Media exploitation at its best.

We would like to have your opinion on the post. If we have missed out on anything please feel free to let us know.

Events

Barcamp Pune 7 rocked m/

March 14, 2010 Utkarsh Leave a comment

Barcamp Pune 7 was on 13 of march ‘10 at I2IT in Hinjewadi Pune. I got the opportunity to volunteer as an organizer. This was the third time I volunteered for such an event, first two being the Idea Camp Pune 2 and Barcamp Pune 6.
It was an awesome experience for me organizing such an event with Saumil and Gaurav and other fellow students. The sessions were very good and the most prominent ones were :-
1. Streaming Databases by Anup Tapadia – Anup talked about how a large database can be stored in form of time slices and then transformed into a smaller slice and stored. A kind of efficient database purge. We also had demo videos of his revolutionary products which are used in gaming and public interactive displays. I also got a chance to talk to him in person. The session was very enlightening for me.
2. Pune Twestival by Gaurav Saha: Pune is having twestival on 25 of march and as Gaurav and we have exams in that week so all those who want to volunteer for the event can catch-up with Gaurav on twitter.
3. Personal Branding by Sahil Khan: Sahil Khan an entrepreneur of just 21 years of age talked about how to be shameless in branding yourself. Quite interesting session.
4. Telescope making by Yashodhan of I2IT: Yashodhan shared with us his experiences of his work in progress about a telescope
5. Graphical Passwords by Sai Kiran of I2IT: Kiran talked about a concept where images and graphics can be used as passwords for enhanced security. He would be coming up with a proof of concept soon.
6. We also had a movie by the Film group of I2IT
7. Live CD issues by Kinjal Ramiya: Kinjal of Symbiosis IT talked about various security issues while one uses a live cd to do online transaction.
8. At last we had a session on entrepreneurship by a faculty member of I2IT. Ms Urvashi talked about why the research and development in India is so low and slow. I too had an good interactive session with her
Apart from all this I also got to meet Anant. An awesome personality who shares same interests as me. I am sure that we two would be doing some thing together pretty soon.

How Tos

How to Fix Msn messenger Error

March 13, 2010 Ridhima Leave a comment

How To fix error 80048820 on Msn messenger

Since you can’t immediately login, remember that you can try logging into the Web Messenger,

at least until you can restore your normal Messenger functionality:
http://webmessenger.msn.com

However, here are few suggestions you should check/try if you haven’t already.

1. The date on your computer needs to be set properly — double click the clock verify that
the time and date are set.
2. If your password information is not saved, verify that you are typing it in with the
correct case (uppercase or lowercase).
3. Change your password @ https://login.passport.com/ChangePW.srf to
something smaller (under 10-12 characters), then try signing in again.
4. If you use a firewall (like ZoneAlarm, Norton Internet Security etc. ), it’s possible
that Messenger doesn’t have the correct rights to access the Internet, especially since you
upgraded. You may need to re/add Messenger to the allowed list of programs in your firewall
if this is the case.
5. If you disabled your firewall in the past, it still may be blocking Messenger — try
restarting it and see if that helps the situation. You also might try uninstalling an
installed firewall, to verify that it isn’t causing a problem (even if it is disabled).
6. Clear your IE cache and cookies — open Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, then
Internet Options, then click the Delete Files button, and when that’s complete click the
Delete Cookies button.
7. Check your IE Security settings — open Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, then
Internet Options, then Advanced tab, scroll to the Security section, and verify that “Check
for server certificate revocation” is unchecked. Also verify that ‘Use SSL 2.0′ and Use SSL
3.0’ is checked, then click OK.
8. Click Start, then Run, and enter the following:
regsvr32 softpub.dll
then click OK
and do the same for the following:
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 MSXML3.dll
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Register softpub.dll using the regsvr32.exe tool.
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type regsvr32 softpub.dll and then click OK.
Restart MSN Messenger

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Make sure your router/modem is compatible with PPPoA/ADSL2 if you have it.

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Make sure you have the latest version of MSN. http://messenger.live.com

1. Check proxy settings
Tools -> Options -> Connection -> Adv settings

– No proxy should be configured unless you use a tool such as Simp to encrypt MSN.
In this case it will be something like

SOCKS: 127.0.0.1 port: 11863

2. If you use a tool like Simp
ex: Simp

open Simp, goto File ->Configure -> Connection
disable all settings (Automatic Detect Settings, Use Proxy server, My router supports MSN protocol)

—-
now it should all work

If you route through another proxy from software such as Simp then there will be more proxy configuration in Simp pointing to a Socks Proxy. You can try changing the MSN configuration to this proxy directly to see if this helps.

Try telnet to the SOCKS proxy to see if it is open to you:
Start -> run -> cmd <enter>
telnet proxy.address port (ex: telnet 192.168.1.1 444)

—

Disabling the proxy configuration in IE can work as well, unless you need it.
But proxying is good, you’d want both to work seamlessly.
Hope this helps..

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First, open IE,
click the Tools menu,
then Internet Options,
then Advanced tab,

scroll to the Security section,
and make sure that “Check for server certificate revocation” is unchecked.

also verify that ‘Use SSL 2.0′ and Use SSL 3.0’ is checked, then click

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Go to Internet Explorer, then click Tools, Internet Options, click Connections and then click LAN Settings. UNTICK the Use a proxy server for your lan.

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FUN n TP

Saturday Mornings! #lol

March 13, 2010 Ridhima Leave a comment

Saturday morning!

I got up early, dressed quietly, made my lunch, grabbed my golf bag, tried not to wake my wife, sneaked quietly into the garage and proceeded to back out into a torrential down pour.

The wind was blowing 50 mph. I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad throughout the day.

Disappointed I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and sneaked back into bed. There I cuddled up to my wife’s back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, ‘The weather out there is terrible.’

My loving wife of 20 yrs replied, ‘Can you believe my stupid husband is out there playing golf in that terrible weather?’

I still don’t know to this day if she was joking, but I have stopped playing golf.

FUN n TP

Secret of a Married life

March 13, 2010 Ridhima Leave a comment

funny-marriage

Once I was asked by my Friend, “What is the secret behind your happy married life?”

I said, “You should share responsibilities with due love and
Respect each other. Then absolutely there will be no problems.”

He asked, “Can you explain?”

I said, “In my house, I take decisions on bigger issues where as my wife decides on smaller issues. We do not interfere in each others decisions.”

Still not convinced, Friend asked me “Give me some examples”

I said,” Smaller issues like, which car we should buy, how much amount to save, when to visit home town, which Sofa, air conditioner, refrigerator , monthly expenses, whether to keep a maid or not etc are decided by my wife. I just agree to it”

He asked, “Then what is your role?”

I said,” My decisions are only for very big issues. Like whether America should attack Iran, whether Britain should lift sanction over Zimbabwe, whether to widen African economy, whether Sachin Tendulkar should retire, etc etc and Do you know one thing,

My wife NEVER, EVER objects to any of these”…………!!!!!!

Events

Wanted to make a difference? Please vote

March 13, 2010 Utkarsh Leave a comment

Click here to vote

One of India’s most trusted and credible NGOs, GiveIndia is taking part in a competition on Facebook to win a US$1 million grant. The winner will be the NGO that gets the highest number of votes from Facebook users. The prize of $1 million will help put or keep 40,000 children across India in school for one year.

What’s really sad at this point is despite our population, we are in the 65th position. Hopefully bloggers can make a difference. Do vote and spread the word.

Check the Give India Blog and their website. But do vote first!

General

Airtel’s gift to its cricket fan customers

March 12, 2010 Utkarsh Leave a comment

Bharti Airtel, one of Asia’s leading integrated telecom service providers, today announced that it is the official Broadband Sponsor of Cricket on YouTube for IPL 2010. For the entire duration of the IPL, cricket enthusiasts enjoying the action on YouTube on an Airtel Broadband connection, will have a free upgrade to a speed of 2mbps. Airtel broadband customers will therefore be able to enjoy a ‘buffer-free’ live cricket viewing experience on www.youtube.com/ipl from 12th March – 25th April.

Read full post.

General

If you don’t pay tax then –

March 11, 2010 Utkarsh Leave a comment

If you don’t like paying taxes . . .

– Don’t drive on paved streets or highways.

– Don’t fly in an airplane that uses air-traffic controllers.

– Don’t use the court system.

– Don’t call the police when you get robbed.

– Don’t use the Post Office, send all your letters via UPS.

– Don’t ask for a agricultural subsidy.

– Don’t ask for a taxpayer subsidy to do business in a city or state.

– Don’t send your children to public schools.

– Don’t attend a state university.

– Don’t look for a government.

– Don’t run for political office where your salary is paid for by the taxpayers.

– Don’t accept government research findings that subsidize research for your industry.

– Don’t be an airline and expect the government to bail you out.

– Don’t be a car company and expect the government to bail you out.

– Don’t be a steel company and expect the government to bail you out.

– Don’t be a company that pollutes and expect the taxpayer to bail you out.

– Don’t call the fire department.

– Don’t expect federal assistance if a natural disaster destroys your home or business.

– Don’t expect the military to defend your country.

– Don’t visit national parks or hike in national forests.

– Don’t drink, bath or otherwise use the water from municipal water systems.

– Don’t look at or relay a weather report.

– Don’t expect a unit of measure like a Litre of petrol to be a full Litre.

– Don’t expect an elevator to work correctly or not fall.

– Don’t expect a red light to work.

– Don’t expect research into medical problems such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, aging, prostrate, menopause, etc.

– Don’t use the public library.

– Don’t apply for government grants.

– Don’t use your state’s convention centers.

– Don’t go to a state, city or municipal-run airport.

– Don’t ask for rural electrification.

– Don’t drive a car that benefits from government safety regulations.

– Don’t use electricity generated by some government-owned and maintained dam or facility.

– Don’t use currency printed by the RBI.

– Don’t go to a beach kept clean by the state.

– Don’t use public transportation.

– Don’t visit public museums.

– Don’t go hunting, fishing, or camping on government property.

– Don’t cross a bridge.

– Don’t use public restrooms.

– Don’t expect your tap water to be clean and germ free.

– Don’t expect there to be much wildlife left other than rats.

– Don’t eat any food transported on roads.

– Don’t expect any workplace safety standards, labor laws, or minimum wage.

– Don’t expect highway signs.

– Don’t expect laws against murder, theft, etc. (the govt. DEFINES crime).

– Don’t expect convicted criminals to be in prison and off your street.

– Don’t expect the state or county to investigate and/or remove children from neglectful or abusive homes.

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FUN n TP

India’s top 10 greatest A*****es

March 10, 2010 Utkarsh Leave a comment

10.

For the top and three and other details about the the ranking and points please visit the original post here @ Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s Blog

Desclaimer: This is not our original work. The original post can be found at Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s Blog

How Tos

Gmail: mark all unread mail as read

March 7, 2010 Utkarsh Leave a comment

Are you tired of havinf numerous emails in your Gmail box and want to get rid of all the unread mail?

I faced a similas situation and wanted to get rid of that bugging number which reminded me that how lazy I was or from how may useless places the emails came to me. So I decided to get rid of it and Googled how to do it. Got a post at Lifehacker that tells how to do it.

I have added the screenshots too to the instructions at Lifehacker to make it easier for the not so savvy ones.

Go to your Settings/Filters page and create a new filter.

In the Has the words field enter “is:unread” (without quotes), and click the Next Step button.

You’ll get a message warning you that this type of filter won’t be applied to new mail, but that’s OK. Click OK to continue.

Check the boxes next to Mark as read and Also apply filter to … conversations below.

Click Create Filter button, and you’re done.

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Category Archives: General

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Barcamp Pune 7 rocked m/

How to Fix Msn messenger Error

Saturday Mornings! #lol

Saturday morning!

I got up early, dressed quietly, made my lunch, grabbed my golf bag, tried not to wake my wife, sneaked quietly into the garage and proceeded to back out into a torrential down pour.

The wind was blowing 50 mph. I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad throughout the day.

Disappointed I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and sneaked back into bed. There I cuddled up to my wife’s back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, ‘The weather out there is terrible.’

My loving wife of 20 yrs replied, ‘Can you believe my stupid husband is out there playing golf in that terrible weather?’

I still don’t know to this day if she was joking, but I have stopped playing golf.

Secret of a Married life

Wanted to make a difference? Please vote

Click here to vote

Airtel’s gift to its cricket fan customers

If you don’t pay tax then –

India’s top 10 greatest A*****es

Gmail: mark all unread mail as read

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