Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Easypaisa Launches ‘International Home Transfer’ Service

Tameer Microfinance Bank and Telenor Pakistan made another addition to the bouquet of easypaisa services with the launch of ‘International Home Transfer’ in collaboration with Xpress Money, UK.


This service adds on international home remittances receiving facility in Pakistan.

Microsoft Announces Price Hikes for Xbox Live

Bad news for Xbox Live users as Microsoft has announced a price increase for the service.
Microsoft's Larry Hryb, known to the Xbox Live community as Major Nelson, today announced that Redmond would be increasing the price for Xbox Live Gold members by an additional ten dollars. This brings the price for a yearly membership from $50 to $60 for U.S. gamers.
The good news is that the changes don't apply to all countries. The bad news is that they do apply to the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. All the changes are listed in the tablet below and will come into effect on November 1, 2010.
Major Nelson went on to say that those affected by the price hike might want to lock in their current price by renewing now. Doing so will get an additional discount, so click through to renew.