Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Finally World Cup 2010 Is Here

World Cup- Soccer 2010 is finally here, with our favorite teams lining up for the mega sporting spectacle. While for the Internet savvy's there's more to cherish with, as the IT giants Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are gearing up to woo you with their eye catchy gadgets and services to keep yourself updated with the events and news directly from South Africa.


WorldCup Highlights
In case if you missed out those heart throbbing shots? Then here is an opportunity for those tied up with tight schedules. FIFA has put up the match highlights video online here.








Google's World Cup Offerings

Google with its innovative offerings has loads of serves for Soccer enthusiasts. With the very first one from the search engine forefront itself. If you were to key-in world cup to Google search box, you will be presented with the match details straight away.




A Panoramic Walk-through of World Cup Stadiums
While Google Street View is there with more aerial and visual treats, with street and panoramic views focused on to world cup soccer stadiums. Here you can take a walk through of those majestic Soccer stadiums in South Africa.




just in case if you are curious on how the street view is captured, here's a  how to video released by Google.


World Cup Stadiums 3D Video
You tube guys are out there with something different with a three dimensional view of the world cup soccer stadiums. Here you can immerse yourself in a three dimensional treat of those marvelous engineering.


World Cup Theme Songs
YouTube doesn't end there with just a view of the soccer stadiums, theres even more. The 2010 World Cup Theme song which really holds the spirit of the game, is a must watch.  

Here's The Official World Cup 2010 theme song by FIFA
  
 FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 Official Theme Song.


Ariel Snaps of World Cup Stadiums
The PicasaWeb is there with some really good snaps, where you can find some Ariel view of the stadiums right from construction to completion.


Chrome Extensions
With the World Cup fever caught up with the browser extensions, Google Chrome is now made available with a new extension exclusively for FIFA World Cup 2010. This lists out news, fixtures, results, videos and more from the Soccer forefront. You can download the extension from here.




Yahoo World Cup 2010 Offerings
Yahoo had put up a dedicated site for reporting the latest happenings at World Cup Football 2010. The site has loads of details which every football manic expects and many more. You can visit the Yahoo Sports site here.


Microsoft World Cup 2010 Offerings
Microsoft has come up with new FIFA World Cup 2010 themes for Windows 7, upholding the spirit of Soccer. Here you can download the themes for World Cup 2010


Microsoft World Cup 2010 Score Card
Keep track of Who's Who at next level with Microsoft Excel Templates. Here you can download templates hosted by community members.


World Cup Live Video Feed
Here is a couple of sites coming up with live video feed from World Cup 2010.
http://watchworldcup.tv/ These chaps are providing live feed for a nominal fee. http://www.streamdirect.tv/ While these guys are said to offer the live feed for FREE of cost !!!. I think I should try out this once the World Cup rolls out into action.


WorldCup - Blogs 
Keep a tab on development at FIFA World Cup 2010 at the forefront and the things behind the scenes at http://www.worldcupblog.org/


Official World Cup Site
World Cup 2010 South Africa
FIFA World Cup Matches







World Cup 2010 match Schedule
You can download the match schedules from FIFA website.


If you want a single snapshot of the match schedules, Teams, Groups, Countries, Locations. Then here's an elegant 360 degree chart presenting with all of the above attributes, click here to visit.













World Cup 2010 
Broadcasters
If you interested to know which channel covering World Cup Football in your country, click here.


So get yourself ready for the mega event starting from June 11th to July 11th.


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