Brand Ambassador - Gul Panag : Visit Finland

Visit Finland, the Finnish tourist board in India, has appointed Bollywood actress Gul Panag as the honorary brand ambassador in India.

Terhi Hakala, Ambassador, Embassy of Finland said that the highlight of the destination is a visit to Rovaniemi, the home of Santa Claus where Santa has its own post office and village. The destination offers various activities such as hiking, trekking, berry picking, rafting and nature walks.

NotJobsButPassion.com

Birla Sun Life Insurance partnered with Career Launcher, India’s leading education services provider to launch a comprehensive online property which aims to encourage parents to identify children’s innate strengths and help them find their real passion enabling them to pursue their career accordingly. The website (www.NotJobsButPassion.com) acts as a one stop solution for parents to address career related concerns of their budding juniors. 

It provides comprehensive solutions in talent identification, career planning and how solutions can be structured to finance them.

Arsenal Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars

Tata Global Beverages announced the launch of Arsenal Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars, a soccer tournament for school kids, in association with UK's premier football club Arsenal FC. The event, which launched in 2007, is in its fourth year, and aims to promote football among school children and help young football players access the best in terms of infrastructure and training.

Sushant Dash, vice president, marketing, Tata Global Beverages, said that with the event Tata Tea seeks to awaken the sports scenario in India. Tata Tea together with Tata Football Academy, Jamshedpur will also provide an opportunity to the finalists to join the academy.

The fourth edition will reach out to seven lakh children. 30 selected students will then be trained by Arsenal coaches both in India and in London and the final 16 will represent India at the Arsenal International Soccer Festival 2011 in London.

http://www.jaagoresoccerstars.com/

Brand Ambassador - Boman Irani : Kent RO

Kent RO Systems, water purifier maker signed Bollywood actor Boman Irani as its brand ambassador for its new product ''Kent Tap Guard''.

"As the brand face of Kent Tap Guard, Boman Irani will reinforce the communication of Kent Tap Guard''s core brand values to our customers and his fans around the country," Kent RO Systems Chairman Mahesh Gupta said in a statement.

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Boman Irani aka Dr. Asthana aka Veeru Sahastrabudhhe will join a list of Kent Ro''s brand ambassadors, including Hema Malini, Esha Deol and Aahana Deol.

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Sex game available for Microsoft Kinect

Advances in technology are usually accompanied by advances in pornography, and Microsoft's Kinect is no exception.

Adult gaming company ThriXXX has developed a sex game for the motion-sensor gaming system, so users can grope virtual ladies, just in time for the holidays.

Of course, the game isn't an official Kinect game — Microsoft tends to stick to more family-friendly titles — but ThriXXX hopes to make use of open-source drivers designed by third-party software companies that allow users to connect to Kinect directly via their computers.

“The Kinect interface provides another exciting interface option for users of the sex simulation software to control the experience in extraordinary new ways. Controller-free is the next generation of game user interfaces, allowing users to use gestures, spoken commands, or objects to control in-game action that creates a completely new sex game activity and magical experience,” ThriXXX said in a statement.

The company has released a demo of the game, and posted a video demonstration on YouTube, though it's since been removed for inappropriate content.

BMW Uses Camera Flash Trick to Imprint Logo on People’s Retinas

Ask any advertiser what one of the most important things in reaching your audience is and the majority will not say budget, appeal, or quality, not even production value. At the end of the day the only thing that matters is if their target remembered and retained a memory of their brand and product, because that is what results in revenue.
Marketers are always looking for the next “big innovation” that will change the field of advertising and elevate them to a step above their competition. This time the automotive company BMV was the innovative beneficiary of a brain changing competitive advantage. Known mostly for exuding luxury and performance, BMW’s advertisements are generally simple and to the point; that is until this commercial came out.

It was made for a movie theater where moviegoers were guinea pigs on an “afterimage effect” that causes a glowing circle to appear in your mind, just like looking into the sun and closing your eyes immediately after. Which is what BMW did, they flashed a bright light threw their logo almost near the end of their commercial and asked the audience to immediately close their eyes. What they saw was a BMW image imprinted into their mind. This is nothing new, it’s called “subliminal advertising” and BMW has just given you a glimpse of how marketers get in the backdoor of the mind.

Virgin Atlantic teams up with SABMiller brands for exclusive agreement

Virgin Atlantic has signed a deal with SABMiller which will see the global beer Grolsch and Miller Genuine Draft served on-board Virgin Atlantic from next year.

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Sachin's 50 Test hundreds

Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday became the first man in the history of cricket to score 50 Test centuries when he took the single off Dale Steyn to reach the historic milestone against South Africa at the Centurion.

1. 119 not out vs England at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester on 14 August 1990
2. 148 not out vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 6 January 1992
3. 114 vs Australia at WACA Ground, Perth on 3 February 1992
4. 111 vs South Africa at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 28 November 1992
5. 165 vs England at M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 12 February 1993
6. 104 not out vs Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo on 31 July 1993
7. 142 vs Sri Lanka at K D Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow on 19 January 1994
8. 179 vs West Indies at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur on 2 December 1994
9. 122 vs England at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham on 8 June 1996
10. 177 vs England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 5 July 1996
11. 169 vs South Africa at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town on 4 January 1997
12. 143 vs Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 3 August 1997
13. 139 vs Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo on 11 August 1997
14. 148 vs Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 4 December 1997
15. 155 not nout vs Australia at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 9 March 1998
16. 177 vs Australia at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 26 March 1998
17. 113 vs New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington on 29 December 1998
18. 136 vs Pakistan at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 31 January 1999
19. 124 not out vs Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo on 28 February 1999
20. 126 not out vs New Zealand at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on 13 October 1999
21. 217 vs New Zealand at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad on30 October 1999
22. 116 vs Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 28 December 1999
23. 122 vs Zimbabwe at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi on 21 November 2000
24. 201 not out vs Zimbabwe at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground on 26 November 2000
25. 126 vs Australia at MA Chidambaram Stadium on 20 March 2001
26. 155 vs South Africa at Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein on 3 November 2001
27. 103 vs England at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad on 13 December 2001
28. 176 vs Zimbabwe at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur on 24 February 2002
29. 117 vs West Indies at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain on 20 April 2002
30. 193 vs England at Headingley, Leeds on 23 August 2002
31. 176 vs West Indies at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 3 November 2002
32. 241 not out vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 4 January 2004
33. 194 not out vs Pakistan at Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan on 29 March 2004
34. 248 not out vs Bangladesh at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka on 12 December 2004
35. 109 vs Sri Lanka at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi on 22 December 2005
36. 101 vs Bangladesh at Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong on 19 May 2007
37. 122 not out vs Bangladesh atSher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on 26 May 2007
38. 154 not out vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 4 January 2008
39. 153 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 25 January 2008
40. 109 vs Australia at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur on 6 November 2008
41. 103 not out vs England at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 15 December 2008
42. 160 vs New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton on 20 March 2009
43. 100 not out vs Sri Lanka at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad on 20 November 2009
44. 105 not out vs Bangladesh at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong on 18 January 2010
45. 143 vs Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on 25 January 2010
46. 100 vs South Africa at Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur on 9 February 2010
47. 106 vs South Africa at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 15 February 2010
48. 203 vs Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo on 28 July 2010
49. 214 vs Australia at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 11 October 2010