Wednesday 3 May 2017
Thursday 20 April 2017
IPL POINT TABLE AFTER MUMBAI INDIANS WIN TONIGHT ON 20-04-2017
Mumbai did not hit their mark right from the start and struggled for control throughout the innings. Krunal Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah were the only bowlers who stemmed the flow of runs with an economical spell. Everybody else was hit around for runs. One wonders why wasn't Harbhajan given his full quota of his overs. Anyway, the challenge in front of Mumbai is a stiff one and despite the deep batting line-up, this will take some chasing. Mohali will be high on confidence and will aim to get back to winning ways. Should be a cracking chase. Join us in a while for it.
Phew! We all need a break after that breathtaking batting performance by Mohali. They were inserted into bat and got off to a flier thanks to their two openers. Shaun Marsh gave them a good start, Wriddhiman Saha departed soon but then came out Maxwell and the runs began to overflow. Both the skipper and the South African batsman plundered as many as 83 runs in just 33 balls and hit Mumbai all around the park. The visitors took a few wickets towards the end but Amla ensured that his side reaches an above-par total on this wicket.
Wednesday 19 April 2017
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Friday 20 January 2017
Google now allows you to 'search' without internet
Google on Wednesday said that it will allow smartphone users to "search" for something even when there is no internet connection in the phone. Now of course, there is a catch here. Google, irrespective of its brilliant engineers, cannot defeat the laws of physics and return the search results from the web when there is no data connection in a smartphone. Just that now the Google app will now won't tell offline users that it can't complete the search. Instead, it will queue up the search query and complete the search when the phone connects to internet.
"Mobile networks can sometimes be inconsistent or spotty, which means that even if you have a connection when you start your search, it might fail before you get your results back," Google's Shekhar Sharad wrote on the company blog.
"With this change, search results are saved as soon as they are retrieved, even if you lose connection afterwards or go into airplane mode. So the next time you lose service, feel free to queue up your searches, put your phone away and carry on with your day. The Google app will work behind-the-scenes to detect when a connection is available again and deliver your search results once completed," he said.
Although this is not any solution to the internet connectivity issues that people face, particularly in countries in India, it just makes it slightly more convenient to use the Google Search on smartphones.
Although this is not any solution to the internet connectivity issues that people face, particularly in countries in India, it just makes it slightly more convenient to use the Google Search on smartphones.
For now the feature is available only on Google Search app for Android. To get this feature, all that users have to do is update the app on their phone by going into the Play Store.
Of late, Google that is among the world's biggest web companies, is focusing a lot on improving the offline features in its app. Earlier, the company hoped to improve the offline capabilities of YouTube by allowing consumers to download the videos temporarily. The company's CEO Sundar Pichai had said this offline YouTube feature was specifically created keeping Indian users in mind. But then proved so useful and popular that the company also rolled it out in other regions.
Thousands join Alec Baldwin, Michael Moore in pre-inauguration protest outside Trump Hotel
Thousands of New Yorkers — led by a star-studded roster of speakers and performers — gathered outside the Trump International Hotel in New York City Thursday evening to protest Donald Trump on the eve of his inauguration.
“This is the beginning of the 100 days of resistance,” declared filmmaker Michael Moore, who led the pre-inauguration rally along with other outspoken Trump critics, including Alec Baldwin, Mark Ruffalo, Rosie Perez and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
For about two hours, the relatively subdued crowd that had assembled between Trump’s Columbus Circle property and Central Park West, listened and applauded as a lengthy lineup of A-listers, joined by local activists and officials, took turns denouncing the president-elect. Robert de Nero, Sally Field, Julianne Moore and Cher shared the dais with Reverend Al Sharpton, New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the AFL-CIO’s Stuart Applebaum.
“[Trump] is a bad example of this country, this city,” said De Niro, before reading several mock tweets that he predicted Trump might write about him later that night.
From healthcare to immigration to islamophobia and LGBT rights, there were almost as many issues addressed at the rally as there were speakers who took the stage. However, the overarching message of the evening was one of unity — and the power in numbers.
“We are the majority,” said Michael Moore, referring to the millions of Americans who voted against Trump. “There’s more of us than there are of them.”
Yet as the parade of public figures on stage vowed one by one to stand up to Trump, it seemed the president-elect had already begun to have an effect on many of the non-famous New Yorkers in the crowd.
The majority of rally-goers who spoke to Yahoo News declined to provide their full names. Asked why, 27-year-old Carol from Queens answered, “paranoia about the incoming administration.”
“Just a general fear based on type of people he’s putting in power and how insecure he is about any criticism,” she continued. “It gives you pause.”
Nearby, a group of New York City public school teachers — with the exception of one man, who identified himself as Jeffrey Ellis-Lee — were equally hesitant to share their names.
Pinned to each of their jackets was a yellow piece of paper with a lowercase letter “i” which, Ellis-Lee explained, “represents that Trump is an illegitimate president.”
One of the teachers, a young woman who declined to give her first or last name, said that beyond their own opposition to Trump and “the things that he said on the campaign trail,” she and her colleagues were motivated to attend Thursday night’s rally because of the fear and concern expressed by many of their immigrant students in the wake of the election.
“We had a number of students crying, freaked out that they would be picked up by somebody because what they understood from the news was that they were not wanted,” she said.
Another teacher, who identified herself only as Emily, chimed in: “If it hasn’t been bad enough nationally, having a population of kids who are directly affected by everything he’s been saying and everything he’s been proposing is very hard to experience.”
Protecting New York City’s immigrants against potential attempts at widespread deportations by the incoming Trump administration was among the ways Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed that he will “stand up against hate” as part of his “pledge for the next 100 days of action.”
But while the celebrity calls to action and resistance were met with cheers and applause from the crowd, for many in attendance the event was more of a comforting farewell to the pre-Trump era than anything else.
“I don’t know how much good this is gonna do on a practical level,” said Carol. “I just feel like I can’t do nothing.”
Carol’s friend Claire, a 26-year-old who works in publishing and also declined to give her last name, agreed, citing her “own personal moral compass” as motivation for participating in Thursday night’s rally.
Obama posts emotional farewell letter on Facebook
New York, Jan 20 (IANS) As Donald Trump sets to take oath as the 45th President of the United States, outgoing President Barack Obama shared an emotional farewell letter on the social networking site Facebook.
Expressing his gratitude to the US people, Obama wrote on Thursday: "Throughout these eight years, you have been the source of goodness, resilience and hope from which I've pulled strength. I've seen neighbours and communities take care of each other during the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes."
Obama recalled the Charleston Church shooting and said that he had mourned with grieving families searching for answers.
Obama noted that he had watched scientists help wounded war heroes walk again and seen "scientists help a paralysed man regain his sense of touch".
The outgoing President recalled some positive points of his tenure like providing access to healthcare and legalising same-sex marriages.
"I have seen the youngest of children remind us through their actions and through their generosity of our obligations to care for refugees, or work for peace, and, above all, to look out for each other," Obama further wrote.
"When the arc of progress seems slow, remember: America is not the project of any one person. The single-most powerful word in our democracy is the word 'We'. 'We the People'. 'We shall overcome'."
"I'll be right there with you every step of the way," he added.
The 44th US President shared a link on his Facebook post for anyone interested in keeping in touch with his work.
