This year, two Major League Baseball teams will pay tribute to the Grateful Dead! Both the Boston Red Sox and the San Francisco Giants will host “Grateful Dead Tribute Nights”, with a heavy emphasis on charity at both events.The first Grateful Dead Tribute Night will take place at Boston’s legendary Fenway Park on April 11th, when the Red Sox take on the Baltimore Orioles. There will be a special edition dancing bears figurine for all in attendance, as well as a pre-game concert of Dead tunes. A portion of all proceeds will go to the Dead’s Rex Foundation charity. You can find out all the info you need for the Boston Red Sox’s Grateful Dead Tribute Night at this link.Later in the summer, the San Francisco Giants will host their annual Grateful Dead Tribute Night on August 3rd at their beautiful AT&T Park, when the Giants will take on the Oakland A’s. This night will double as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the “Summer of Love”, which took place in 1967. Members of the Dead will be on hand, as well as a few members of Jerry Garcia‘s family will be at the event and will take part in a special pre-game ceremony. Proceeds from every special event ticket sold will be donated to a host of non-profits that are important to the band and their organization. For more information on the San Francisco Giants’ Grateful Dead Tribute Night at this link. [H/T JamBase] read more
Google Photos gets a feature that tells users how long their current cloud storage will last. Recently, Google announced that it will be ending unlimited free storage from June 1 next year and after the 15GB free cap gets over, users will have to pay to be able to store their photos and videos on Google Photos. The new tool gives users an estimate on when their current storage will run out, based on personal upload history. It also shows users the amount of storage space used by Google Drive and Gmail.To find out how much storage is left on your Google account, head to this page and sign in to your account. If already signed in, it will show you your total storage depending on the plan you use. If you have not purchased a plan, you get 15GB free as standard with every Google account for “original quality storage.” The tool shows you an estimate on how long your storage will last. This estimate depends on how often you backup content to your Google account. It also shows the amount of storage taken up by your photos and videos, along with content from Google Drive and Gmail.- Advertisement – The tool was revealed by Google Photos Product Lead David Lieb through a series of tweets explaining the development.Recently, Google announced it will be ending its free unlimited storage service from June 1, 2021. High quality photos and videos that are already uploaded, or will be uploaded before June 1 next year, will not count towards the 15GB free storage. Google said this change allows it to “keep pace with the growing demand for storage.”Additionally, the search giant will also be adding a new free tool to the Photos app that will help users with managing their backed-up photos and videos. The tool will be added in June next year when this change is implemented. Users can also purchase more storage through Google One plans that start at Rs. 130 per month and offers 100GB storage. This plan is currently discounted to Rs. 65 for the first three months. There is also a Rs. 210 per month plan for 200GB and a Rs. 650 per month plan for 2TB storage.- Advertisement – Which is the best TV under Rs. 25,000? We discussed this on Orbital, our weekly technology podcast, which you can subscribe to via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or RSS, download the episode, or just hit the play button below. – Advertisement – read more
AUSTRALIA Women cricketers will not underestimate the West Indies despite a raft of injuries, meaning their Caribbean rivals will be without a host of key players for their upcoming one-day international series.As the Australian touring party flew to the Caribbean on Thursday, the Windies named their 13-player squad for the three-match series in Antigua.Crucially, the hosts will be without star all-rounder Deandra Dottin, who has not played since being ruled out of her team’s tour of the United Kingdom in May due to a shoulder injury that required surgery.Shakera Selman, Chedean Nation and Shemaine Campbelle are also down to miss the ODIs due to injury.In their place the West Indies have called in veteran off-spinner Anisa Mohammed, Kyshona Knight and uncapped teenager Shabika Gajnabi.The inclusion of Gajnabi will give the Australians plenty to think about ahead of the series, with the 19-year-old medium-pacer from Guyana representing an unknown quantity for the tourists.While Australia’s up-and-coming talent is showcased through television and streamed broadcast of the Rebel WBBL, the same isn’t true of the domestic set-up in the West Indies.But Australia vice-captain Rachael Haynes says the world’s top-ranked team won’t let the unknowns faze them when the first one-dayer gets underway at Antigua’s Coolidge Cricket Ground on September 5.Nor will there be any room for complacency despite the Windies’ recent poor display against England, where they failed to win a game, and their lengthy injury list.“They’re going to be very strong here,” Haynes said.“There are some new faces coming into their team so it’s going to be a bit of a different challenge for us, coming up against some fresh players and some players we haven’t seen a lot of.“They’re a pretty mercurial side and we know on their day they can be really dangerous so we’ll prepare really well (because) at home they’ll be really strong.”Mohammed is the fifth highest wicket-taker in women’s ODIs but was dropped for the Windies’ tours of England and Ireland in May and June after below-par performances against Pakistan in February, while Knight was part of the Windies’ T20 World Cup-winning squad in 2016.“The panel selected the best available players from the camp in Antigua over the last month, as a result of most of our senior players being unavailable due to injury,” CWI Interim Chairman of Selectors Robert Haynes said.“We have included Anisa Mohammed and Kyshona Knight who have a lot of experience between them and which is required when playing against Australia, the top-ranked women’s team.“As a result of the injuries to our senior players, it gave us the opportunity to select two of our younger players in Shabika Gajnabi and Karishma Ramharack to give the captain more options in the bowling department.”The ODI series will get underway in Antigua on September 5, with ICC Women’s ODI Championship points on offer for each of the three one-dayers.Played across a period of three years, the Championship determines which four teams are handed automatic qualification for the 2021 Women’s World Cup.CommBank Tour of the West IndiesOne-Day Internationals* *ICC Women’s Championship matchesSeptember 5: First ODI, Coolidge Cricket Ground, AntiguaSeptember 8: Second ODI, Sir Viv Richards Ground, AntiguaSeptember 11: Third ODI, Sir Viv Richards Ground, AntiguaTwenty20 InternationalsSeptember 14: First T20I, Kensington Oval, BarbadosSeptember 16: Second T20I, Kensington Oval, BarbadosSeptember 18: Third T20I, Kensington Oval, Barbados read more