Some decisions just can't be taken by umpires on the field during a cricket match. That's where a third umpire comes in. He is the overlord. After taking his time, with the press of a button, he can break a million hearts or give resounding hope. We all know how things go down on the field and on television.
Fans hold their breath, cross their fingers and after what seems like an eternity, the light goes on. Depending on the colour, we curse or praise the 3rd umpire.
Well, the technology was introduced in November, 1992 for a Test match between India & South Africa.
Interestingly, Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman to be given out using television replay (I'm sure we hated that moment). And back then, green meant out!
But obviously, the technology wasn't as 'advanced' back in the day.
Slowly, it evolved, and from just deciding run outs, the third umpire had to also decide if the ball had cleared the ropes when a fielder dove in to save a boundary. Or whether the ball cleared for a six or stayed in the field.
BlackBerry users, here is the news that you don't want to hear !
Facebook-owned WhatsApp and is dropping support for BBOS and BlackBerry 10 devices at the end of the year, now Facebook itself will discontinue supporting the platform. That means the Facebook and Messenger apps will no longer work on either platform.
The announcement was made on the Inside BlackBerry blog last week.
BBOS runs on older BlackBerry devices, such as the Bold. BlackBerry 10 powers more recent devices such as the Passport and Classic.
BlackBerry 10 operating system in favor of Android-powered devices, such as the BlackBerry Priv ,will continue to be able to run the Android version of facebook's apps.
On the othert side, BlackBerry 10 users can still download and install the Android version of the Facebook app through the Amazon App Store, or use the mobile Facebook site to access their accounts. BlackBerry 10 has long included the ability to run Android apps, but it’s not the best experience. Often features don’t work, or apps fail to open at all.
The most powerful 4‑inch phone ever with a known design, then reinvented it from the inside out. The A9 is the same advanced chip used in iPhone 6s. The 12‑megapixel camera captures incredible photos and 4K videos. And Live Photos bring your images to life. The result is an iPhone that looks small. But lives large.
In short iPhone SE, which is essentially an iPhone 6s stuffed into a 5s case. It has everything you’d expect from the latest iPhone: The A9 processor is three times faster than the chip in the 5s. There’s a 12-megapixel camera that also captures 4K video. It has Touch ID. You can get it in rose gold and it starts at $399. The only exception is 3D Touch functionality.
The tech is new, but the design is so four years ago. Look past the matte edges and the SE logo and this phone is a dead ringer for the iPhone 5s. This is perhaps one of Apple’s most telling design admissions to date. The fact is, the iPhone 5 (and 5s) has long been the golden child of Apple phone design and a benchmark for phones in general.
In fact, the iPhone SE is the cheapest launch price for an Apple smartphone at $399. The story, for a while, got even better for the Indian customer as Apple initially announced that the 16GB version of this phone would be priced in India at a very aggressive Rs 30,000. However, the price was later corrected to a more Apple-like Rs 39,000.
Android is the largest and the most used OS available now. Android 6.0 Marshmallow launched in early October 2015, over five months ago, and yet it’s only installed on a mere 2.3% of Android devices that access the Google Play Store.
According to the android statistics, The version with the largest installed base is the previous one, Lollipop, at 36.1%.To compare, this is a 1.1 percent increase from the February figure of 1.2 percent. Back in January and December, the Android Marshmallow figures stood at 0.7 and 0.5 percent respectively.
It is said that this is the first time that Android Lollipop running devices have gone past Android KitKat-powered devices. The devices running KitKat are going down steadily in charts and the version now powers 34.3 percent devices compared to 35.5 percent last month - a decrease of 1.2 percent.
Android Jelly Bean is still holding strong at 22.3 percent, a decrease of 1.6 percent from last month. Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread and Froyo are still all holding on with dear life with 2.3, 2.6 and .1 percent, respectively. Google says that any versions of Android with less than .1 percent distribution aren’t shown on the chart.
