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Coin Soccer

Here is a very cool take on an old school game. I used to play this while waiting for the rain to stop while playing tennis, but we never had a table like this!

Coin Soccer from ZBalge on Vimeo.

iPad 2 Now Available in 13 More Countries Including India

Apple has just rolled out the iPad 2 to 13 more countries including India. Now millions in India will be able to pick up the new iPad 2 from their favourite retailers.

Apple iPad Now Available to Buy in Apple India Stores: Price RS. 27900

The Apple iPad is now available to buy in the Apple Indian Stores for RS.27900. The Apple iPad page is live on the Apple India site and displays the iPad prices. The India market is very important for Apple as they currently have some of the biggest growth potential in the world.

iPad with Wi-Fi
16GB – Rs. 27,900
32GB – Rs. 32,900
64GB – Rs. 37,900

iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G
16GB – Rs. 34,900
32GB – Rs. 39,900
64GB – Rs. 44,900

Additionally: BSNL data plans for iPad are live. Unlimited data plan for Rs 999 for 30 days.

Social Networks: Blocked by 52% of IT Administrators

Cisco completed a very interesting report regarding social networking sites and companies. Taking several countries as reference, around 52% of organizations block social networking applications and collaboration tools; with the main differential in India, where the 96% IT administrators and decision makers block this content.

The complete study took 10 different countries around the globe, and the main reason for organization to block any of these applications or tools reside in security matters or in the “lack of education with these tools”.

But that’s not all, the study also shows that around 50% of the users actually ignore company policy and 27% of those admit that they usually get a workaround by changing some settings to get access to those sites and applications (I’m pretty sure that the 27% is a lot bigger).

Around 2023 users and 1021 IT administrators and decision makers completed this research.

What about your company? Do they block some content or applications to end-users?

YouTube to Stream Live Cricket: Indian Premier Cricket League

YouTube streaming live entertainment – it was inevitable really. The world’s biggest video website was eventually going to push into the market of sites like UStream. For their first outing into this unfamiliar field they’re sticking with a market which is sure to please many of our Indian readers – live Indian Premier League Cricket.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear as though YouTube are taking any steps to secure broadcasting rights for Western sports such as football (World Cup 2010 would be a great launching pad), Golf, Rugby, American Football, Basketball or Tennis – all of which would have a huge audience. Perhaps they’re seeing how people adapt to watching sports online in a less prominent market before they go mainstream on YouTube.com.

They are due to begin broadcasting cricket on YouTube in March.

So, who would have though the first sport to receive mainstream online broadcasting attention would be Indian Cricket?