Fifa 2014 Ticket Scandal, more than $100m per tournament involved

There is a luxury hotel in Rio Brazil where it is said that ticket touting ringleader has sold tickets eight times their face value.

The Police says that the gang earned 100 million dollars per tournament and has already operated at four world cups. This all was revealed from the telephone calls.

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The entire gang goes to the host country only during world cups and since their profit is so large, they only operate in world cups.

Fabio Barucke, the investigator in charge of the case says says that they are now calling for assistance from Fifa to help them identify the main culprit behind this fiasco.

Asus TF303K Specifications, new hybrid Transformer Pad

The Taiwanese company Asus has posted a Android tablet on their YouTube channel. Called the ASUS Transformer Pad TF303K, it seems to be a cheaper than the Transformer Pad TF303CL which made its debut in June at Computex 2014.

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Asus Transformer Pad TF303K Specifications

10.1 inch display
Full HD resolution 1920×1200 pixels
IPS technology with 226 pixels per inch
4-unit core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 processor with frequency of 1.5 GHz
Adreno 320 graphics
2 gigabytes of RAM
802.11n dual bank Wi-Fi

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Asus TF303K Specifications also include stereo speakers. At the moment retail price and market launch date are not known.

iNew v8 vs Oppo N1 vs iNew v3

The Smartphone market is one full of many players, with each out to outdo the other. There is no doubt that iNew Mobile has startled the market with world with gorgeous phones sculpted with innovation and dazzling specs. So is OPPO.

The iNew V3 (http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_26233.html) does not hide any of its fantastic features – 1GB RAM, 16GB ROM, gesture sensing, gravity sensing system, 5.0 inch IPS 1280 x 720 pixel HD screen, Touch and play, download music, pictures to each other and exchange mail list, 13MP dual camera with Sony chip, NFC short distance wireless technology, support for playback via software 720P HD TV and movies, and the ‘latest’ 4.2 Android version (More Android 4.2 phones Click Here). In fact, it is the precursor to the latest iNEW v8 that has puzzled the market with its superior performance and at an affordable cost.

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At the very first glimpse of the iNEW V8, you will find it daunting to differentiate it from Oppo N1 basically on the grounds of similar looks and design. In fact, it has been claimed that the iNew’s v8 is the exact clone of Oppo N1, but matters of originality should be left with the specialists. What is important is to go beyond the close resemblance and evaluate what the distinctive features exist between the iNew v8, Oppo N1 and iNew v3.

There is no doubt that iNEW V8 is the perfect alternative for Oppo N1. Both phones come with a very unique rotating camera. However, given that the Oppo N1 costs about $550 with the iNEW v8 ranging from $250, it is fascinating to have a single camera for both rear and front side with the cheapest and best alternative available in the market.

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The iNew v8 is features a completely optimized design, seamless operation, all the details incredibly combine to make this phone a truly outstanding 3G phone with perfect personality. It is surrounded by elegant streamlined chrome, sculpted innovation with dizzying attention to detail, ultra-slim profile of just 6.8mm and sublime design principles. This sleek hexacore Smartphone with a premium quality 5.5 inch display, Android 4.4.2 OS, 1GB RAM, 16 GB flash, and a rotating 13MP camera that can be used both as a rear and front facing camera. You can take high quality selfies, images and videos with a flash and auto focus.

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On the other hand, the Oppo N1 runs on Android 4.3 OS, 5.0 inch display, 1.6GHz snapdragon 400 Quad Core, Qualcomm chipset, 2 GB RAM, Bluetooth 4.0 with EDR Wi-Fi :IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, supports Wi-Fi hotspot, Micro USB 2.0 plus USB OTG NFC.

When it comes to the battery, while the iNew v8 runs on 2400mAh, the Oppo N1 uses the 2140mAh but has no SD card slot like the v8. The Oppo N1 is much lighter in weight, 150g, when compared to the v8 which weighs 176g.

The development of these great gadgets was motivated by one goal; every customer is out for perfection. Therefore, depending on your budget, tastes and preferences, you can still get the best phone without much hassle. For example, both the iNEW v3, iNEW V8 and the Oppo N1 have 720P screen, same 16GB ROM, the V8 battery is much more powerful, and the Oppo N1 can support 4G and so many other distinctive features. It all boils down to simple questions, budget and elimination. Like if you need a dual SIM card, the v8 is your best bet. If you need 4G Lte, then Oppo N1 is your best bet.

Asus TP300 Review and Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro Video

The Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro is a 13.3 inch ultrabook that comes with touchscreen display and features an outstanding resolution which is 3200×1800 pixels. It is only 15.5 mm thin and comes with either Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor. It also has a dual hinge system and you fold the display 180 degrees.

On the other hand ASUS Transformer Book Flip T300 is a 13.3-Incher and comes with a full HD display with a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels which is of course also is a touch panel. With it you have the choice from complete range of Core i3 to Core i7 processors. The top models also feature the NVIDIA GT820 graphics chip.

Compared to Yoga 2, the Transformer Book Flip has simpler hinges. The angles with the Book Flip a little limited. See this video to get an idea of what we are talking about.

Here is a comparison of various models of TP300. TP300LA and TP300LD

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Display 1366 x 768 Touchscreen 1920 x 1080 Touchscreen 1920 x 1080 Touchscreen 1920 x 1080 Touchscreen 1920 x 1080 Touchscreen 1920 x 1080 Touchscreen
Processor Intel Core i3-4030U Intel Core i5-4210U Intel Core i7-4510U Intel Core i7-4510U Intel Core i5-4210U Intel Core i7-4510U
Graphics HD 4400 graphics HD 4400 graphics HD 4400 graphics HD 4400 graphics Nvidia 820M Nvidia 820M
RAM 4GB DDR3l 4GB DDR3l 6GB DDR3l 8GB DDR3l 4GB DDR3l 8GB DDR3l
Storage 500GB 5400 rpm 500GB 5400 rpm 1TB 5400 rpm 128GB SSD 500GB 5400 rpm 1TB 5400 rpm
OS Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1
Price $700 $800` $900 $1,000 $900 $1000-$1100

The Transformer Book Flip is aimed at those consumers who want to get as much as possible for their money. You get decent graphics for a reasonable price.

The Flip does not have such a stylish personality and it is not as balanced as the Yoga laptop. But you do get all the benefits of Yoga but not the same high quality. The hinges do not seem to be as durable and as mentioned earlier the angles a little more limited.

Nokia Shuts Down Desti after HERE Acquisition

Nokia Corporation will be shutting down Desti on September 3 2014. Desti has already started issuing notifications to its users about about its permanent shut down, following the closure of deal with Nokia.

The Finnish company acquired the personalized travel planning app in May and said that the Desti app will be closed forever after 90 days.

The users using Desti service should save the schedules and share this news with others to access it later after the app shuts down permanently.

However this is a good new for the HERE Maps/Drive users as Nokia will be incorporating Desti’s technology in HERE location search to make it better and more personalized.

Their technology makes use of natural language processing technology and artificial intelligence to offer information to the travellers on the trips base on their choices. So a user will not have to check the hotels, shops and restaurants before planning the holiday.

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IndusInd Bank launches Online Store themorestore.in

IndusInd Bank has launched an exclusive online store for its customers. A website called themorestore.in has been launched to enable customers to redeem their reward points towards purchase of items from an attractive online catalogue as well as purchase attractive merchandise from the site.

This site is similar to Payback.in which was launched by ICICI to allow its customers to redeem reward points.

The MoreStore has three powerful shopping experiences to offer: Redemption, Shopping and Redemption + Shopping.

1. With Redemption, customers can redeem their reward points (across debit and credit cards) against over 200 products listed in the catalogue.

2. With Shopping, customers can shop across categories like lifestyle, health & beauty, gadgets and many more

3. With Redemption + Shopping, they can buy a product from The MoreStore catalogue using their reward points and pay the remaining amount using their Credit Card.

Mr. Anil Ramachandran, Head Retail Unsecured Assets- Credit Card & Personal Loans, IndusInd Bank said,

The launch of The MoreStore is in line with our on-going commitment   to constantly innovate, and to bring to our customers the best services, products and benefits. We already have one of the strongest and most vibrant Rewards program in the country and The MoreStore goes a step ahead by creating a strong and diversified redemption platform. It is, in fact, a  first-of- its-kind  e-commerce solution exclusively for our customers. They can use this dedicated e-commerce website for redemption of their Credit Card and Debit Card reward points as well as for their online shopping.

AMD A8-6410 and A6-6310 Beema CPUs Specifications, already being shipped in HP Laptops

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Until now the HP was offering the AMD A6-6310 Beema APU in the Pavilion 14z Touch, Pavilion 15z, 17z and 17z Touch laptops. But now the same range of laptops are being offered with AMD A8-6410 which has higher base clock frequency and better GPU than the A6-6310.

The new A8 APU is also being offered in HP 245 G3 and 255 G3 as well. We found it in the quick sheet present on HP’s website.

Here are their specs:

AMD A6-6310    4 cores    1.8 / 2.4 GHz clock speed   2 MB L2 cache    Radeon R4 series graphics    15 Watt TDP

AMD A8-6410    4 cores      2 / 2.4 GHz clock speed    2 MB L2 cache    Radeon R5 series GPU    15 Watt TDP

16GB Apple iPod Touch Priced, Discounts on 32 and 64GB models

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Apple is now more serious about its iPod Touch lineup. The company has launched a new 16GB iPod Touch that has built in iSight camera. The new 16GB Apple iPod Touch will now sell for 199 dollars.

The company has also decreased the prices of the 32GB and 64GB models so the prices are down to $249 and $299 respectively.

Other than that nothing has been changed hardware or software wise.

The 16GB iPod Touch used to be sold for $199 which is 30 dollars less than yester year’s model which lacked iSight camera.