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Starting Tonight: Watch IPL matches Live on YouTube

By Jal Friday March 12, 2010

Google and IPL have teamed up to live stream the IPL matches online on YouTube. Starting tonight, all IPL matches will be broadcasted live on IPL’s YouTube channel.

Youtube IPL

Google acquired online broadcasting rights for all the 60 matches scheduled within a time span of 45 days. The greatest advantage of online broadcasting of these matches is that viewers from other countries where IPL isn’t being telecasted on TV, will be able to see them leading to the increase in the popularity of IPL. Google and IPL are likely to equally share the revenues generated from online broadcasting.

However, you might set back a little bit because the online broadcast on YouTube will be delayed by 5 minutes.

Click here to watch IPL Live

Google Maps adds Biking Directions

By Jal Thursday March 11, 2010

Getting directions using Google Maps is getting simpler with the addition of small but very useful features. Till now, users could get directions from place A to place B based on three different modes of travel – By car, By public transit and By walking. To facilitate bikers and cyclers, Google added one more option to the list – Bicycling.

Google maps bicycling directions

For those skeptical, let me tell you that each of these modes are way different from each other. For example, if you choose the ‘By car’ mode, Google Maps will plot out the trails excluding small roads and lanes which are other-wise given more priorities when you select the ‘Walking’ mode.

The official Google blog points out that the Bicycling mode avoids steep hilly areas and also the busy city intersections. Like all the other modes, the Bicycle mode, too, is extremely modifiable. You just need to click and drag on the path trail from where you wish to modify your path.

The below pictures shows the different legends used in the ‘Bicycle mode’:

Google maps bicycling directions - Legend

Try the ‘Bicycle Mode’ in Google Maps now!

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