Priority Inbox

Today, Google will begin rolling out Priority Inbox for Gmail, a new feature for managing massive amounts of e-mail. Your inbox will never be the same again.

Priority Inbox is Google’s attempt to solve the e-mail woes of Gmail () power users. At its core, the feature is an algorithm; Priority Inbox uses information such as keywords, the people you e-mail the most and your e-mail habits to select the most pressing e-mails in your inbox. Those e-mails are brought to the top of your Gmail and marked as important so you deal with them first.

Priority Inbox is also an adaptive algorithm. Marking items as important or unimportant teaches the system what types of messages you deem the most urgent. You can also use Gmail’s filters to automatically mark certain messages as important (for example, from your boss or your spouse),

The new feature appears as a new menu item just above the “Inbox” link. Instead of indicating how many unread e-mails you have in your inbox, Priority Inbox only displays how many priority e-mails still require your attention. These appear at the top of Gmail as “Important and unread.”

The second layer of the new layout is your starred e-mails. These messages appear in their own section under the Priority Inbox. The goal is to get users to star important e-mails they have read but for whatever reason still need in their inboxes. Under the “Starred” section is “Everything else,” which contains the rest of your unarchived inbox.

The Impact of the Priority Inbox

We can see why. We’ve had the chance to test out Priority Inbox for the last few days and discuss the new feature with Gmail Product Director Keith Coleman, and we’re impressed. Our inboxes get filled with hundreds of e-mails daily, but only a few of them require our immediate attention. Even with dozens of Gmail filters, important messages often get lost in the pile, leading to lost opportunities or missed meetings.

Priority Inbox, while not perfect, is a dramatic step toward solving that problem. Important messages bubble to the top, while e-mails that still require attention can sit in the Starred section until they’re addressed. It basically takes the Gmail Multiple Inboxes feature and adds a smart algorithm for cherry picking the threads that require your attention.

Coleman says that the company has been working on the feature for 18 months, but the original version of Gmail had something similar to this before it launched, but was removed because it simply wasn’t ready for mass consumption. Now it is refined enough for use by all.

Federer at 2009 Against Novak

Big B over Metro Rail Line

It is finally happening. The metro rail being laid over the metropolis called Mumbai, some under the ground, some above over large tracts of cement structures is taking shape. There is general happiness from the commuters, for, the misery of crowded locals and the uncertainties of the three wheeler or the yellow black cab shall hopefully be greatly reduced. But here is the killer .. its going to roll over Prateeksha !! Yesterday the authorities came over to check externally the structural condition of all houses that would get affected by the rail car moving inits  proximity and they came into Prateeksha. So bye bye privacy and hello fellow traveller.

On Saturday, police said they had arrested a 35-year-old for offering bribes to some Pakistan players for spot fixing during the Test after allegations in the Sunday tabloid newspaper, the News of the World.

Butt Is Ring Leader In Match Fixing says Caugh Bookie

In a dramatic development the Scotland Yard detectives visited the Pakistan dressing room immediately after the third day’s play to question the players after a British tabloid’s sting operation exposed the alleged nexus between players and the bookies.

“Scotland Yard detectives had visited the team hotel where they had taken statements of captain Salman Butt, fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal,” Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed said.

The ‘News of the World’ tabloid alleged that a Pakistani man Mazhar Majeed, who is now under arrest, had paid bribes to the players to bowl no-balls and wides in the series and the Lord’s Test.

The tabloid claims it has video evidence confirming involvement of seven players which it had shared with Scotland Yard triggering off the investigation into the spot-fixing racket.

The International Cricket Council said it was aware of all the developments and made it clear that the fourth day’s play of the ongoing Test will continue as scheduled.

“No players nor team officials have been arrested in relation to this incident and the fourth Test match will continue as scheduled on Sunday.

“As this is now subject to a police investigation neither ICC, ECB, PCB nor the ground authority, the MCC, will make any further comment,” an ICC statement said.

Yawar said that the investigators also talked to him but denied that they raided the rooms of the players and recovered money and seized their laptops and phones.

“The police have also spoken to me and we are trying to cooperate with them in every way possible and we are giving them what information they want,” Yawar said.

But sources said the Scotland Yard detectives gathered some evidence from the hotel after raiding the player’s room.

Geo Television has also reported that Scotland Yard have visited the Pakistan team hotel and inspected players rooms and the police is said to have recovered large amounts of money from rooms of some players and also seized their mobile phones.

Confirming that he had contacted the Pakistan High Commission in London for assistance, Yawar said, “the High Commissioner is also in touch with the Scotland Yard in this issue. We are cooperating with them.”

Police in London have picked up Majeed and his accomplice in connection with the scandal. Majeed, 35, was arrested late on Saturday night after the tabloid handed over details of its sting operation to the Scotland Yard.

Sources close to the Pakistan team also have confirmed that the police went into Pakistan dressing room in connection with the arrests as Majeed claims to have paid off some players in excess of 150,000 pounds to fix the Test match.

“The police have carried out preliminary questioning of some players. Majeed is an old associate and friend of many Pakistani players and is settled in London. He has been seen regularly with the players on the tour,” one source said.

“The sad part for the Pakistan cricket is that several leading players are said to be involved in this new scandal which could cause untold damage to Pakistan cricket,” he said.

Pakistani TV channels reported that the players had been sounded off about the inquiry when the third day’s play ended.

“That is why the players left early for the hotel without anyone attending the mandatory day’s post-play press conference,” a source said.

Pakistan had reduced England to 47 for five and then 102 for seven on second day at Lord’s but then allowed Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad to score centuries and share a new record eighth-wicket partnership of 332 runs.

The two Pakistanis who allegedly bowled no-balls under directions from Majeed were Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif. Both bowlers delivered three no-balls on Thursday and Friday.

The two bowlers delivered the no-balls “at precisely the moments promised to our reporter,” the tabloid said.

“Our undercover team was posing as front men for a Far East gambling cartel. In return for their suitcase of money Majeed then calmly detailed what would happen – and when – on the field of play next day, as a taster of all the lucrative information he could supply in future,” it reported.

Pakistan was bowled out for 74 on Saturday and made to follow-on where they reduced to 41 for four at stumps facing certain defeat and a big series loss.

While match-fixing is fixing the result of the whole match, the spot-fixing is fixing events within a match, may be on ball-by-ball basis.

This is not the first time that Akmal’s name has come up in a match fixing allegation.

After Australian tour earlier this year, former Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam and assistant coach Aaqib Javed (who is still with the team) had expressed suspicions about Kamran’s involvement with bookies after assessing his performance in the Sydney Test.

Meanwhile, Iqbal Mohammad Ali who heads National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports blamed the PCB and its Chairman Ijaz Butt for the humiliation Pakistan cricket was facing.

“We and the Senate sports committee had warned that if some players were suspected of having ties with bookies they should be dropped from the team and disciplined.

“But no one paid heed. If these players are now guilty we want to see them behind the bars because this conduct is unacceptable,” Ali said.

Forfeited Test – Aug 20, 2006
Angered after being accused of ball-tampering and penalised five runs by umpire Darrell Hair, Pakistan forfeited the fourth Test against England at The Oval after refusing to take the field in the evening session on day four in protest.

Pakistan Spot Fixing Revealed on 28th August

This thing spread as fire in Jungle. Hence i also played with media.

Salman Khan To Be On Emotional Atyachar

Salman Khan will soon be featured in one of the episode of Emotional Atyachar. Parvesh Rana, who hosts the host is a die-hard fan of the stylish Khan. He will host the complete show in place of Pravesh Rana.

Parvesh was dazed when Salman told the former Mr. India (2008) that he had watched him in Bigg Boss. Salman also said that he waiting to anchor the show as soon as possible.

What’s more Salman also complimented him and said that dealing the internal strife and living with people who were cheating on each other was not an easy cake to walk on.