Tag: CRICKET

Cell phone providers are scrambling to offer customers the speediest connection, and while every provider claims it's the fastest, PCMag recently decided to put our wireless overlords to the test. Using custom-designed software and people based in 18 U.S. cities, the magazine tested speeds from AT&T, Cricket, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Sprint 3G and Sprint 4G to find out which was the fastest ...

Google is shaking up the sports world. According to The New York Times, the company recently broadcast a live sporting event on YouTube for the first time. About 50 million fans tuned in from around the world (minus the U.S., where the event was broadcast on delay) to watch the Indian Premier League's eight-team cricket tournament. It's not the NBA Playoffs, but the 60 live matches drew about a ...

Scientists in New York City are asking all folks with a cell phone and a sharp ear to take part in an interesting, and some might say disgusting, survey. According to Wired, it's called the 'NYC Cricket Crawl,' and the goal is to get an idea of just how many crickets and katydids still live in the city. At least it's not a sewer rat survey, right? The 'Cricket Crawl' is quick, simple, and best ...

Let's just chalk this one up as the biggest text-messaging blunder of the day (of which we've had a few). In this case, Australian cricket champion Shane Warne did a number on his wife (soon to be ex) when he accidentally sent her a text message meant for his secret lover. His message, which read, "Hey beautiful, I'm just talking to my kids, the back door's open," was meant to go to the woman he ...