Motorola slashes price of Moto X

Washington: Motorola has reportedly cut down the prices of its Moto X smartphone by 100 dollars for a fully-customized sans-contract 16GB model.

Moto X would have originally cost 499 dollars, but customers can now buy it for 399 dollars.

However, the recently rolled out bamboo back Moto X would still require a premium of 100 dollars above the original cost, Tech Crunch reports.

The report said that with this price cut and the introduction of the wallet-friendly Moto G back in late November; Motorola is positioning itself as a player that can deliver new remarkably solid smartphone experiences at prices that can seem outlandishly low compared to most competitors.

India squads for New Zealand tour announced

The All-India Senior Selection Committee met at the Cricket Centre earlier today, to pick the Indian teams for the ODI series and Test series against New Zealand, to be played in January-February 2014.

The teams are as follows:

INDIAN TEAM – ODI SERIES

M.S. Dhoni (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Ishwar Pandey, Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron.

INDIAN TEAM – TEST SERIES

M.S. Dhoni (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R. Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Ishwar Pandey.