Taylor Swift trademarks ‘sick beat’

The star is likely to apply the phrases to her own
range of merchandise

Pop star Taylor Swift has trademarked phrases
including “this sick beat” and “we never go out
of style”, in the United States.

The phrases are all lyrics from her current
album, 1989, which has sold more than 4 million copies in the US.
The trademark ruling prohibits others from using her lyrics on items such as t-shirts, stickers and bags.

Liverpool v West Ham:Allardyce backs Carroll toshine on Anfield return

Andy Carroll makes his first return to Liverpool since leaving for West Ham when the sides meet in the Premier League on Saturday. West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has backed Andy Carroll to cope with the pressure of making his first return to Liverpool since swapping Anfield for Upton Park.

“Icc on Wednesday has decided to allow Nepal to play ICC World Cricket League Championship”

Amid a rumors in media, International Cricket
Council (ICC) on Wednesday has decided to
allow Nepal to play ICC World Cricket League
Championship.
The final two positions in the ICC World Cricket
League Championship will now be filled by
Kenya and Nepal, who finished third and fourth,
respectively, in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket
League Division 2 in Namibia last week.

Three Star Defeats Morang

The Three Star
Club thrashed
Morang Football
Club in the.           

  

second game of the National Football League held by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) on Sunday.

Shrestha Strikes as Lumbini Stun NPC

Ravi Silwal (left) of Lumbini vies with Hari
Kathayat of NPC during Naitonal League on
Monday.

JAN 27 – Lumbini Football Club
pulled off a shocking 1-0 victory over
Nepal Police Club in the National
League at the Dashrath Stadium on
Monday.

Uber Plans tighter screening for drivers

BENGALURU:Online taxi service Uber technologies Inc , one of whose driver was accused of rape in New Delhi,said it was exploring adding new methods to verify drivers’ credentials and make its service safer.Uber has started research and development on biometrics and voice verification to build tools for enhanced driver screening ,Philip Cardenas , the company’s global safety ,head wrote in a blog. The start-up was also exploring new ways to screen drivers , including polygraph tests and adding its own processes on top of commercial license verifications .Uber has been dogged by controversy surrounding its
aggressive approach to local governments and traditional taxi services.

Tech Products Being Raided For Launch

KATHMANDU, JAN 27 – Domestic tech
dealers have lined up a slew of
tablets, laptops and ultra books for
launch this week. Being readied to be
rolled out are products from Dell,
Lenovo, Asus and other brands. A
number of companies have also
planned to unveil laptops with Intel’s
fifth generation processor.
Nagmani International, the authorised
distributor of Asus in Nepal, is all set
to take the wraps off four new models
of its fifth generation laptops, the ZEN
UX 303, K 555, X 455 and X 555, on
Wednesday.
The UX 303 ultra book is powered by
Intel Core i7 processor and features
NVIDIA GeForce GT 840M graphics.
According to the company, the
UX303LN also features a Quad HD+
IPS touchscreen display with a
resolution of 3,200 x 1,800. The laptop
offers a wide 170-degree viewing
angle. The 13.3-inch ultra book will be
sold at Rs 109,800 during CAN Info
Tech.
Similarly, the K 555 is equipped with
a fifth generation i7 processor and
comes with a 15.6-in display. The
ultra book will be priced at Rs
106,200. Likewise, the X 455 and the X
555 both are powered by an i5
processor and come in 14-in and 15.6-
in sizes. These laptops are priced at
Rs 63,900 and Rs 76,500 respectively.
Meanwhile, Mega Tech, the authorised
distributor of Lenovo laptops and
tablets in Nepal, has planned to
introduce the Lenovo Y 50 laptop this
week. The 15.6-in device is suitable
for hardcore gamers as it comes with
a fully loaded gaming software. Priced
at around Rs 135,000, the laptop is
powered by a fourth generation i7
processor. It features 8 GB RAM, 1 TB
hard drive, 4 GB graphics and the
latest Windows OS.
The company is also planning to unveil
the Lenovo Ideapad A 3000 tablet. It
is powered by an MT 8389/8125 Quad-
Core 1.2 GHz processor and runs on
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS. The tablet
comes with a 7-in LED 1,024 x 600 IPS
Multi-touch screen. The Ideapad
features 1 GB RAM, 16 GB RAM
expandable up to 64 GB, 5 MP rear
and 0.3 MP front cameras, G-sensor,
Ambient Light Sensor, Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, voice call and 3G, among
others. According to Dil Kumar
Shrestha, senior sales manager at the
company, it will be priced at Rs
25,000.
Likewise, Dell’s authorised distributor
Generation Next Communication is
planning to launch the Dell Inspiron
3442 laptop this week. The device
comes with 14-in HD display and
features the fourth generation Intel
PDC processor, 4 GB RAM and storage
capacity of 500 GB. The laptop will run
on Windows 8.1 OS. The laptop will
cost in the range of Rs 50,000 to Rs
60,000.

“Nepal Looking Beyond Division Two”

The national cricket team members with
officials upon their arrival at the TIA on
Monday following their participation in the
ICC World Cricket League Division 2 held in
Namibia from January 17-24.

KATHMANDU, JAN 27 – The national
cricket team on Monday returned
from their ‘successful’ ICC World
Cricket League Division 2 campaign
with the Nepali camp seeking to
prepare even strongly to stake their
claims in higher-level cricket.

Android One Smartphone Launches in Nepal

Now a days, Google’s default home (search) page displays a small text ad about Android one in Nepal. This is likely to get enough attention of the launch of low cost smartphones Android One with Google’s sort of flagship for developing country. After few months of official launch in India, Android One is reported to step in multiple South Asian counties including Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (by third week of January 2015). At least, Google’s ad says so. As of now, Android One series of smart phones are released by few manufacturers, phone models including Micromax Canvas A1 Karbonn Sparle V and Spice Dream Uno. However, even before the official launch of Android One series in Nepal, these mobile phones are already available in the market.

Ncell launches Iphone 6 and 6 plus with service bundling

KATHMANDU, – Ncell  launched the Apple iPhone 6
and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones with
is service bundling.

Under the scheme, customers will get
1GB data per month for six months on
purchase of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6
Plus. Buyers of the iPhone 5S will get
300MB per month for six months.
The 16GB iPhone 6 Plus is priced at Rs
94,499, 64GB at Rs 107,999 and 128GB
at Rs 120,999. Similarly, the 16GB
iPhone 6 will be available at Rs 83,999,
64GB at Rs 94,499 and 128GB at Rs
107,999.
However, the company said the prices
may vary based on the US dollar
exchange rate.