Today, when i read the article “Many World Cup Players Banned from Social Media” on mashable , it was sheer disappointment for me, as only recently i started following favourite players on twitter including, @realkaka to know the latest updates directly. I hope as a fan, millions across world would’ve felt the same disappointment over this unfair ban.

Social Media Ban

This ban made me think, Is SNS equally rated with sex and alcohol which usually fall under ban category during the World Cup seasons ?? Its not sure what kind of action will be taken on players who breach this ban.

As by report, “Players on the teams from Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Holland, Germany, Argentina and England are forbidden to use social services such as Twitter. Coach Marcelo Bielsa of Chile, banned all social networking and even put a curfew on regular or non-social Internet use during the evening. Moreover, players are not allowed to have someone else post an update or tweet on their behalf…”

Two possiblity of Ban (other than for chile):

1) One is, complete ban of using SNS by players that means no way to access these site, which i think is least possible.

2) Another is, just ban on posting updates through their account that means more chance that players can keep an
eye on the messages they receive from well-wishers (haters too).

So the point here is, whether this ban help them in any way to be focused on their goal ie, winning ‘Holy Grail of Soccer’ ??

In my opinion, it is impossible to keep players without distraction with this ban, when millions of eyes and camera lenses focusing on them in particular. Here are the reasons why the ban appears to be meaningless…

1) Communication: To express clear thoughts through SNS are far better than expressing their views in short time in press meet or after match opinions, which often put them in further controversies and pressure. SNS are best known for expressing ones own view directly and reach out millions without modification, hype or exaggeration.

2) Good Relation between Players and Fans: This ban only make the players not to have healthy interaction with the fans or at least to miss all the inspirational words from their die hard fans and pave way to no peace of mind by sudden cut of daily communication through SNS.

Ban can impose partially, but complete ban during WC season is unfair. I’m curious to know your views too.
Please share what you think as comments below

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The web’s evolution is wildly unpredictable, but still what I see is, in 2010 twitter will face a great competitions from these following websites..

1. Foursquare :

To build something that not only helps you keep up with your friends, but exposes you to new things in and challenges you to explore cities in different ways.

It is pushing the “Here’s where I’m located” phenomena with a service/game that encourages people to become the “mayor” of anywhere and anything?

Available on iPhone app, an Android app, a mobile-web site

2. Posterous :

Posterous is the dead simple way to put anything online using email. We launched in July 2008 and we’ve been steadily growing and adding features.

It captured a lot of buzz a few months ago as a cross between Twitter and blog, particularly when well-known blogger Steve Rubel unveiled plans to use Posterous instead of blogging.

3. Blippy :

Blippy is a fun and easy way to see and discuss the things people are buying. Automatically share your favorite purchases from iTunes, Amazon, Zappos, Visa, MasterCard, and more.

In other words its a social media service, that lets people share their credit card purchases. For example, instead of doing a tweet about your Boxing Day activity, Blippy would automatically announce that you had just spent $149.25 at iTunes.

4. Google Wave:

Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation
and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

Ahhh.. Everybody knows about Google Wave, but the fact is that though Google launched it in 2009 but the real effect will take place now. It supports most of the trends like facebook, twitter, and many more.. And at the end of the day its a great application..

If you know any more such websites, feel free to add as comments.. Thanks for reading..

Priest
Genre: Adventure/Horror
Directed by: Scott Stewart
Written by: Cory Goodman (screenplay), Min-Woo Hyung (comic book)
Starring: Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet
Release Date: August 13, 2010

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Kick-Ass
Genre: Action/Comedy/Drama
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Written by: Jane Goldman (screenplay), Mark Millar (comic book)
Starring: Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Lyndsy Fonseca
Release Date: April 16, 2010

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Iron Man 2
Genre: Action/Science-Fiction/Superhero
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Written by: Don Heck, Jack Kirby
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow
Release Date: May 07, 2010

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Tron 2
aka Tron Legacy
Genre: Science-Fiction
Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Written by: Eddie Kitsis, Adam Horowitz
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Olivia Wilde, Beau Garrett
Release Date: December 17, 2010

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Clash of the Titans
Genre: Action/Drama/Fantasy
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Written by: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes
Release Date: March 26, 2010

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Wall Street 2
aka Wall Street 2 Money Never Sleeps
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Written by: Bryan Burrough, Allan Loeb
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan, Michael Douglas, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon
Release Date: April 23, 2010

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Daybreakers
Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction
Directed by: Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
Written by: Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill
Release Date: January 08, 2010

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Inception
Genre: Action/Science-Fiction/Thriller
Written & Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe
Release Date: July 16, 2010

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Harry Potter 7
aka Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
Genre: Adventure/Drama/Fantasy/Mystery
Directed by: David Yates
Written by: Steve Kloves (screenplay), J.K. Rowling (novel)
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Helena Bonham Carter
Release Date: November 19, 2010

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Twilight 3 Eclipse
aka The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Genre: Fantasy/Thriller/Romance
Directed by: David Slade
Written by: Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay), Stephenie Meyer (novel)
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Release Date: June 30, 2010

Microsoft has finally made downloads of Office 2010 beta available, for both Windows on your desktop and Windows Mobile 6.5. Project 2010, Visio 2010, and SharePoint Server 2010 are also available on the Office 2010 download page, and you can get the mobile version of Office via the Windows Mobile Marketplace. Microsoft says the portal for all things 2010 is http://www.microsoft.com/2010/.

Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 brings the powerful Microsoft Office 2010 tools you use every day at work, home, or school, to the screen of your Windows phone with rich interfaces especially designed for small devices.

Here’s the feature list from the Windows Marketplace page for Office Mobile 2010:

• View and edit your Microsoft® Office® documents with confidence.
• Stay connected to work from anywhere with SharePoint Workspace Mobile.
• Stay connected to work from anywhere with SharePoint Workspace Mobile.
• Use PowerPoint Mobile as a presentation aid.

Microsoft Office 2010, as revealed by the just-released Technical Preview, brings a set of important if incremental improvements to the market-leading office suite.

Word 2010

Word 2010, showing the tweaked Ribbon. Note the rectangular Office button in the upper left, which is now obviously an action button rather than a branding logo.

Excel 2010

Not much has changed in Excel 2010. The most imporant addition is “Sparklines” — small, cell-sized charts that you can embed in a worksheet next to data to get a quick visual representation of the data.

Outlook 2010

Outlook 2010 has gotten a major overhaul, with the Ribbon now an integral part of the interface. Outlook also includes new tools for improving your e-mail productivity, such as Quick Steps, which give you fast access to common actions you perform on a message.

Office 2010′s Photo Editing Tools

Office 2010′s photo editing tools let you edit images in a variety of ways, including sharpening or softening, changing the contrast and color saturation, cropping, eliminating the background, and adding a variety of “artistic effects.”

Backstage View

The new Backstage View, accessible via the Office button, gathers a host of useful information and common tasks. Choosing Print, for example, lets you preview the document and adjust print settings wihtout having to dig through different menus.

Backstage View

Backstage View’s Info view lets you review previous versions of your document and see information such as the author and the last time it was modified.

PowerPoint 2010: Animation Features

Animation features have also been beefed up in PowerPoint 2010; there are more animations to choose from, and they’re easier to use via the Ribbon.

PowerPoint 2010

PowerPoint 2010 has entered the video age with a host of new video editing tools for common tasks such as trimming and compressing videos.

Word 2010: Improved Text Affects

Word 2010 looks and acts largely the same, but search has been improved, with a new search interface (left) that lets you search charts, tables, footnotes and other content. And you can now pretty up your text with special effects (right).

OneNote Web

OneNote — an application that keeps track of notes and other data in multiple formats — will finally come into its own.

Office Excel

As you would expect, the Office Excel Web application allows you to create, edit and, save Microsoft Excel workbooks via Web browsers. Other functions:

* Multiuser co-authoring — more than one person can edit data at the same time.

* The ability to use the same Excel formulas on online and in the client version of the program.

Office PowerPoint

With the Office PowerPoint App you can create and edit presentations from the Web — that includes the ability to pick a theme and slide layout. Other online features include:

* Ability to add animations

* In-browser and full-screen Slide Show views.* Autocorrect, spelling checker, and auto-numbering/bulleting and undo/redo.

* Ability to insert pictures, charts, and tables into existing PowerPoint presentations

Office Word

With Office Word App you can:

* Create, edit, and save Word documents

* Add tables, bullets, and styles to Word documents

* The browser-based version of Word has AutoCorrect and background spelling checker.