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DJ David Guetta’s euphoric treat at Enchanted Village Carnival
Pune: Grammy Award winner DJ and music producer David Guetta does not need a wand or a potion to leave his fans enchanted, his music does the work for him. The musician left thousands in audience grooving to his music at the Enchanted Village Carnival at Aamby Valley, Lonavala.
Nestled by a hillock with wilderness and nature as backdrop, the setting of the carnival at the airstrip of the Aamby township Saturday made the performance at the second edition of the multi-genre music festival mesmerising.
The festival started Friday on a low note with guests and attendees trickling down at the venue, and relaxing. The festival will culminate Sunday.
The audience roared when Guetta set his foot on the stage. Just like a wizard, Guetta bewitched the audience by just demonstrating some steps and the audience repeating it with zeal as he belted out famous tracks like “Titanium”, “Shot me down” and ”Love is gone”.
Guetta also played songs from his new album like “Dangerous” and his versions of hits like “Numb” of band Linkin Park, Afrojack’s “Ten feet tall” and Oasis’s “Wonderwall”.
“This is my second visit to the country and I am just loving it. I have came back after around two year and electronic dance music has grown so much, it is unbelievable,” the French musician said amid his performance.
Guetta’s music was infectious, making everyone around tap their foot to his beats, taking their shirts off during his performance, some shouting ‘We love you Guetta’ and others just cheering till their voice got hoarse.
To pump up the spirit of the audience, Guetta implored the crowd ‘Give me some more’ which made his fans go into a frenzy.
Guetta was not the only highlight of the day, the band Alien Chutney was also a crowd magnet.
Band member, actor-comedian-singer Vir Das doled out some silly and vulgar songs, but different and relaxing as well. He also belted out some new numbers like “Ab ki baar”.
Vir’s music reminded the audience about their school days. Playing the popular card of Delhi and Mumbai competition, he took a dig at Delhi girls.
He also played his popular track “Manboob” to an ebullient crowd.
Other performers of the day were , Neev, band Madboy/Mink, Dualist Inquiry among others.
Camping, bonfire and barbecue food with gentle cold breeze blowing, the set-up at the fest was like a mystical village. Even the stages were named in sync with the theme like – Azbor, Artemis and Analog.
A party need not be all about loud music, and the fest ‘Silent party’ reinforced the notion. Silent party, where they give headsets and the audience groove on their own set of tracks available on their headsets, definitely took the audience in different zone.
Adding to the ambience, there was a tribal themed flea market. Due attention was given to food as well. From burgers, waffles to Italian cuisine to Indian rolls and food along with beverages, the food stalls also had something for everybody.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
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“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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